News Desk

LAHORE - The 7th National Ju-Jitsu Championship 2011 concluded here at the WAPDA Sports Complex on Saturday with hosts WAPDA winning the title with 77 points. Police secured the second place with 39 p

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ISLAMABAD - The two rounds of negotiations between the government and PML-N committees have so far not touched real issues plaguing the economy, as both sides have been working on cosmetic exercises,

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ISLAMABAD - The government on Saturday said an inquiry had been ordered into a scam regarding issuance of visas by foreign missions on basis of recommendations made by the officials in those offices.F

LAHORE

LAHORE - The formal dinner of the LUMS Young Leaders and Entrepreneurs Summit (YLES) 2011 was held at old Hockey Field LUMS on Friday. With the pirate theme created with a laboriously made large ship,

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GUJRANWALA - A 26-year-old hafiz-e-Quran, Hafiz Tayyab committed suicide by jumping before a Lahore-bound Malikwal Express train the other day. He was a son of a prayer leader and was jobless these da

LAHORE

LAHORE - All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) London General Secretary Ifzaal Siddiqui's father passed away owing to a heart attack on Thursday morning. The funeral prayer was held in a ground in G block, Johar Town.<br />APML President Gen Pervez Musharraf paid his condolence over the phone to the deceased's family. Funeral was attended by APML Chief Coordinator Shahbaz Hussain, APML Media Adviser Fawad Hussain, Hafiz Ghulam Mohiyuddin, Rana Mobashir Ahmad, Fawad Khalid, Saad Malik,

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LAHORE - The Concerned Citizens Society of Pakistan (CCP), a non-governmental organisation, has condemned the inauguration for luxury apartments construction for National Assembly members by prime min

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LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday allowed the Pakistan Railways (PR) to purchase locomotives by inviting tenders and directly approaching manufacturers of locomotives. The court issued th

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LAHORE - An accountability court on Friday re-opened the case filed against Syed Fiaz Hussain Shah, partner of Syed Sibt-ul-Hassan Saha alias Double Shah, while fixing February 3 as the date of hearing.<br />Earlier, the case was consigned to record, owing to accused' non-appearance. Yesterday, the court issued show-cause notice to investigation officer of the reference as to why he had not yet filed the list of properties of the accused.<br />Fiaz Shah was co-accused in a financial

Foreign

RIYADH - Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz arrived in Casablanca, Morocco on Saturday to convalesce two months after undergoing back surgery in the United States, the official SPA news agency reporte

Business

KARACHI - The United Bank Limited (UBL) in collaboration with an international advisory firm on Thursday launched a poor-centric branchless banking model in the country that State Bank Governor Shahid

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FAISALABAD - Pakistan's nuclear scientist Dr Samar Mubarakmund has said that Pakistan's Thar coal deposits are a blessing and Pakistan can obtain the cheapest electricity generation through coal gas to overcome its energy crisis.<br />He was speaking at a seminar titled "Energy Crisis in Pakistan" held at Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) at East Canal Road. He said the underground coal deposits spreading over 9,600 square kilometers in Sindh were 100 times more in