Nearly a fifth of land mines planted in Sri Lanka have been removed at a cost of 12 million dollars and the country could be completely rid of mines in three years, a top official here said Wednesday.
A group of delegates to Afghanistan's historic loya jirga who claim the constitution they approved earlier this month was altered ahead of its signing into law have taken their complaints to the government and international observers.
A new book claiming to be the first written entirely in the abbreviated slang used in mobile phone text messages has come out in France with an anti-smoking story aimed at teenagers.
Japanese former minister of posts and telecommunications, Noboru Minowa, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in a bid to block the planned deployment of Japanese troops to Iraq, Kyodo news agency reported.
The Mydoom computer virus was Wednesday overtaking the Sobig.F bug as the largest virus outbreak ever, clogging the Internet with some 100 million infected e-mails in its first 36 hours and prompting the FBI to launch an investigation.
South Carolina is just one of seven states holding Democratic contests on Tuesday but it enjoys out-sized attention from the candidates as the first test among a large pool of black voters, one of the party's most loyal voting blocs.
A group of junior Philippines army officers is demanding that Defence Secretary Eduardo Ermita resign, saying he ordered some of their comrades to spy on opposition politicians in the run-up to elections in May.
North Korea's isolated totalitarian regime has offered to sell Nigeria advanced missile technology, a Nigerian official said Wednesday, announcing talks that are likely to anger the United States.
The US-led coalition in Afghanistan is confident of capturing al Qaeda terror network chief Osama bin Laden, who has long eluded determined efforts to catch him, by the end of the year, a US military spokesman said Wednesday.
Representatives of 50 countries on Wednesday vowed to do whatever it takes to avoid a repeat of the World War II Holocaust, as they wrapped up an international conference on genocide.
Syrian Foreign Minister Faruq al-Shara and Japan's Middle East envoy Tatsuo Arima vowed Wednesday to work for a "just peace" in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Iran's main pro-democracy student group weighed into a bitter political stand-off Wednesday, calling for a boycott of next month's parliament elections in protest over the mass disqualification of reformist candidates.
Scientists in Switzerland are developing an ultra-lightweight plane which could soar through the skies of Mars in about a decade's time, with the help of balsa wood and model aircraft know-how.
A British soldier was killed and three wounded on Wednesday when a suicide bomber drove a taxi carrying explosives up to their vehicle in Kabul, the second attack on peacekeepers in the Afghan capital in as many days.
UN chief Kofi Annan said Wednesday he remains concerned about security, which is the "determinant" factor in deciding when to send a United Nations team to Baghdad.
A Nigerian military jet crashed into fields near a farming village in the north of the country Wednesday, killing at least one of its pilots, witnesses and officials said.
Declaring that "we were all wrong," former chief weapons hunter David Kay called Wednesday for a fundamental analysis of how the US intelligence community erred in concluding that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
Iraqi authorities will ask the United Nations to oversee a national census if and when it returns to Iraq, in what could be a politically charged move ahead of elections due next year.
The judge investigating the suicide of British arms expert David Kelly on Wednesday cleared the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair of any wrongdoing, but launched a scathing attack on the BBC.
The delegations will be due here from Thursday for Saturday's executive committee meeting of South Asian Sports Federation, that will give all clear to 9th SAF games in the Pakistan capital.
Captain S. Naqi-ur-Rehman was elected as President of Pakistan Airline Pilots' Association (Palpa) in the elections held recently in which new principal office bearers and executive committee for the term 2004-2006 were also elected.
The third summit of first ladies of Regional Steering Committee Asia Pacific (RSC-AP) will be held on February 10-12. It was finalised in the fourth preparatory meeting for the summit here on Thursday.
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade has invited Pakistan to attend international software exhibition, scheduled to be held at Chengdu from April 5 to 7.
The sale of chicken meat and eggs is at its peak in the city and other parts of Sialkot district. However, the reports of virus in poultry have brought down the rate of chicken meat in the district.
Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, Chaudhry Nouraiz Shakoor said on Wednesday that incentives and facilities being offered to local and foreign investors in petroleum sector are not less than any other country of the world.
The chairman, Parliamentary Committee on Water Resources, Senator Nisar Memon, has said no decision has been taken by the committee about construction of Kalabagh, Bhasha and other water reservoirs.
Palestine Online's nerve centre is a carpeted, computerised, sixth floor office overlooking the outlying villages of Ramallah, the city where Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has his, now wrecked, headquarters.
Asian languages are enjoying a boom in Russia's Far East, as young people thirsting for a good career learn Mandarin and other languages of Asia-Pacific neighbours.
Cerebral conceptualisations and proficient experiences when syndicated, unleash invigorating manifestations that not only widen the canvass of thought and solidify convictions but also trigger an inculcation characterised with a spirit and alacrity to act
Afghan President Hamid Karzai's signing into law of a new Constitution signals an important milestone along the road towards reuniting his war-shattered country and boosting hopes of defeating the virulent Taleban-al Qaeda insurgency.
Golfer Kitamura won the Amateur Golf Tournament organised by the Japanese Association of Pakistan at the Arabian Sea Country Club here on Sunday, January 25. The event was sponsored by Cathay Pacific Airways.
The NWFP government has decided to increase the daily quota of wheat from 1150 to 1650 tonnes forthwith to fulfil the requirements of flour mills and enhance the working capabilities of flour mills industry in NWFP.
Pakistan Tobacco Company (PTC) handed over a donation of Rs 0.5 million for the Prisoners Welfare Fund (PWF), Peshawar, to Akram Khan Durrani, Chief Minister NWFP at Frontier House Islamabad on Wednesday.
Carpet exports from NWFP are constantly registering sharp decline for the last two-and-a-half years, sources in carpet industry told Business Recorder on Wednesday.
Mrs Faryal Almani, a faculty member of the Institute of Pharmacy University of Sindh, has said that the grim race between the population growth and the efforts to maintain increase in quantity and quality of the world's per capita food supply could be des
Pakistan Telecommunication Company (Ltd), PTCL has introduced another help-line service as 106 or 111-900-900, to facilitate its customers in an improved manner.
As many as five persons were killed including the driver and six injured in a head on collision between a truck and pick up on main Dera-Tank road on Wednesday.
The human and civil rights organisation, the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International, on Wednesday announced that another batch of 388 Pakistani prisoners, released from the jails of Muscat, will reach home on January 29.
Karachi Nazim and Chairman, Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB), Naimatullah Khan has appealed to the government that the electricity charges from the Water Board should be recovered on the basis of tariff for agriculture.
Naib Amir Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Senator Professor Ghafoor Ahmed on Wednesday demanded of the provincial government to immediately withdraw recent increase in public transport fares otherwise it would have to face massive agitation in result of MMA's pr
An amount of Rs 10 million of Sindh Bar Council and Rs 8.5 million of Karachi Bar Association (KBA) was misappropriated by the accused in the Kutchery Post Office fraud case.
The District Council, Hyderabad, passed its annual budget for the year 2003-2004 amounting to Rs 3,734,850,400 in its session held at district council hall on Wednesday.
The District Council, Hyderabad, passed its annual budget for the year 2003-2004 amounting to Rs 3,734,850,400 in its session held at district council hall on Wednesday.
The OIC Standing Committee for Scientific and Technological Co-operation (Comstech) awarded scholarships to 190 students in science and technology to receive training in different universities of OIC region.
The District Co-ordination Officer (DCO), Karachi, Mir Hussain Ali, has said that two problems have hindered the development of a proper water distribution system and a comprehensive sewerage infrastructure in mega city of Karachi.
A division bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali and S. Ali Aslam Jaffery on Wednesday disposed of a constitutional petition challenging alleged illegal detention of freelance journalist Khawar Mehdi Rizvi.
Jan Snippe, Managing Director, and Dr Hertzen Howkwerda Director Regulatory Affairs Bional International on Wednesday visited the Fountain House and appreciated the work done by the team.
Federal Minister for Railways Ghaus Baksh Mehr has said that Pakistan Railways (PR) which is providing travelling facilities to more than 70 million people annually, is upgrading its systems to enhance its passenger handling capacity by starting new train
Over 140,000 workers of Water and Development Authority (Wapda) protesting against privatisation of Wapda will bring out rallies and hold meetings throughout the country on February 11.
The Collector Sales Tax Mohammad Ashraf Khan agreed with the LCCI President Mian Anjum Nisar to hold Sales Tax audits on the Chamber premises to curb growing complaints of questionable behaviour of the auditors.
The Turkish Embassy and the Lok Virsa (Heritage) Museum of Pakistan have joint hands to piece together an exhibition of nearly 1,500 camera photos of Ottoman Empire here from February 9 to 20.
The visiting Pakistan-origin Deputy Lord Mayor of Birmingham Councillor Mahmood Hussain Khawaja has said that Kashmir freedom movement will soon achieve success.
Children suffering from diabetes must be referred to qualified physician instead of an unqualified doctor and faith healers, because the symptoms may have been the onset of Type 1 diabetes which often results in instant death of the child.
Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) has urged the government to hold a high-level probe to look into the causes of crisis like situation being faced by poultry sector after the news of bird flu virus in Karachi.
Pakistan and Economic Co-operation Organisation (ECO) countries will chalk out a framework for establishment of ECO Development Bank, ECO Reinsurance Company and develop co-operation among the tax authorities of member countries for sharing information on
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has sought the help of Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) for conducting a survey to assess the possibilities of launching Mass Transit Transportation System in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpind
The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) informed its member publications that they would observe two closed holidays on February 2 and 3, 2004 (Monday and Tuesday) on account of Eid-ul-Azha.
The British High Commission has announced that its Visa and Consular Sections in Islamabad will be closed for Eid-ul-Azha on February 2 and 3 (Monday and Tuesday) inclusive.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday has constituted a Jail Reforms Committee, comprising Advocate Generals of all the four provinces and Attorney General, directing it to compile a comprehensive report regarding jail reforms and submit it before the apex court
Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) has developed a financing product in consultation with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to ensure financing at a flat rate of 7.5 percent for plant modernisation, equipment and computerisation as per plans, made by the foreig
National Accountability B, Sindh has filed a reference against accused Akbar Ali Abbasi, son of Ali Nawaz Abbasi, ex-Manager Small Business Finance Corporation (SBFC), (now renamed as SME Bank), Larkana and Shikarpur branches from 1994-99.
Pakistan has sought technical assistance from Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations to assess the epidemiological effect of deadly outbreak of bird flu and to fight it out in Karachi which is under heavy attack of the disease since
The visiting Pakistani Industries and Production Minister, Liaquat Ali Jatoi, called on President Syed Muhammad Khatami and First Vice-President Muhammad Reza Aref in Tehran and conveyed greetings and best wishes of Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jama
The World Bank (WB) has agreed to prepare the working paper and feasibility reports for developing new sectors and affordable housing units for low-paid income groups in the Federal Capital, sources informed Business Recorder here on Wednesday.
The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) has expressed its deep sorrow over the demise of wife of a senior member of the Bar Rashid Murtaza Qureshi.
Mian Anjum Nisar, President, Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), on Wednesday inaugurated an outlet of Pharmax Pakistan (Pvt) Limited in Township area.
