India's left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan has been ruled out of the second Test against Pakistan due to a suspected hamstring injury, the team's manager said.
The first Test in the sizzling heat of Multan is over bar the shouting and with Pakistan precariously and agonizingly standing at 207 for nine at stumps in the second venture on the fourth evening only the award ceremony has been left to be held on Thursd
Leg-spinner Anil Kumble grabbed six for 71 to leave India on the verge of a maiden Test victory in Pakistan following a dramatic fourth day's play here on Wednesday.
Fourteen people were killed and 38 injured Wednesday when a bus plunged into a river during busy rush hour traffic in southern China's Sichuan province, state media said.
Monster sandstorms blowing in from the deserts of Mongolia and northern China and reaching as far afield as the west coast of the United States are an increasing threat to health and the environment, experts warned here Wednesday.
In a move hailed by human rights campaigners, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered the United States on Wednesday to "review and reconsider" the cases of 51 Mexicans on death row.
Protests in most Russian public places, including outside official buildings, will become illegal under a bill given preliminary approval by the Kremlin-controlled parliament on Wednesday.
Europe occasionally speaks with one voice, but never in one language, and from May 1 the European Union's translation services will have to cope with nine new official languages as the bloc expands to 25 members.
Austria's far-right strongman Joerg Haider was re-elected Wednesday as the head of Austria's southern Carinthia region following his Freedom Party's surprise victory in provincial elections.
The Islamic world's top central bankers are meeting in Bali this week to tackle problems ranging from personnel to paperwork that hobble Islamic banking despite growing demand for its products.
Indian beauty queen Laxmi Pandit, who was declared first runner-up in Miss India 2004, returned her crown Wednesday saying she was traumatised by allegations that she is married, organisers said.
European lawmakers rejected on Wednesday a US-EU accord on handing over air passengers' personal details to Washington in a show of hostility to American methods of fighting terrorism.
British Muslim leaders on Wednesday urged every Imam to help police fight terrorism after the arrest of eight men stoked fears that disaffected young Britons may be as much of a threat as foreign militants.
The United States urged Greeks, Turks and Cypriots to strike a historic deal at unification talks on Wednesday, but Greece described prospects as poor as a midnight deadline approached.
The UN nuclear watchdog said in an internal report that some inspections in Iran were "managed" by the Iranians, who refused to let inspectors take pictures with UN cameras or use their own electronic devices.
Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide filed a lawsuit in Paris on Wednesday against unnamed French officials accusing them of "death threats, kidnapping and sequestration".
Thousands of Ukrainians stopped traffic and chanted outside the country's government building on Wednesday, demanding the "criminal" authorities return stolen money to the people or stand down.
French President Jacques Chirac named Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy as his finance minister in a government reshuffle on Wednesday, handing him the key task of pushing through economic reforms.
Uzbek authorities reported detaining 30 suspects amid heightened security Wednesday after two days of blasts and shootouts killed more than 40 people in Washington's key Central Asia ally.
The Spanish judge investigating the Madrid train bombings issued a world-wide arrest warrant on Wednesday for a wealthy Moroccan man also sought in connection with bombings in Casablanca and Riyadh last year.
Several thousand Bangladeshi traders went on strike for the second successive day Wednesday demanding "tough punishment" for criminals targeting entrepreneurs.
Democrat John Kerry entered the hospital for minor surgery on his right shoulder on Wednesday, a "quick fix" to repair a torn tendon that will keep him off the presidential campaign trail for the rest of the week.
Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qorei Wednesday defended his cabinet's lacklustre performance, as his embattled Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon sought grass roots support for a Gaza pullout plan.
The High Commissioner of Brunei Darussalam Haji Masutappa Haji Sirat presented a cheque of US $100,000 as relief assistance for the victims of floods in Sindh and Balochistan.
Member of the Executive Committee, Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) Zahidullah Shinwari has urged upon the exporters, investors, taxpayers and traders to collect form for participation in the Businessman of the Year and Export Trophy awards
The Federal Minister for Privatisation and Investment, Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, would chair the review meetings of the Privatisation Commission (PC) and the Board of Investment (BoI) on Thursday.
Pakistani community can obtain their visas and passports by sending their applications in pre-paid self-addressed envelopes to the Pakistan High Commission.
President General Pervez Musharraf conferred the award of Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military) on General Abdul Aziz Bin Mohamed, Commander, Royal Saudi Air Force, at a special investiture ceremony on Wednesday.
Full exploitation of the budding educational institution of Government College University (GCU) Faisalabad is must to provide much needed educated and qualified human resource for the future development and progress of Pakistan, said Governor Punjab Lieut
A working committee with key ministries as its member would be set up soon to draw up a long-term national strategy and an action plan for achieving the goals and objectives of the Social Charter.
The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has launched a five-year comprehensive plan to provide gas to 600 new small cities and villages of Sindh and Balochistan
In-charge Minister for Science and Technology, Professor Dr Atta-ur-Rahman said that Rs five billion has been sanctioned for the promotion of higher education in the country and this will be extended up to Rs nine billion during the next decade.
A one-day Awareness Workshop on Agro Food Processing was organised in the Central Cotton Research Institute Multan by Small and Medium size Enterprises Development Authority(Smeda) (Agribusiness division) in collaboration with the Mango Growers Associatio
The visiting 7-member Chinese delegation led by Wang Tian Kai, Vice Minister/Chairman of China Textile Industry Council, will hold meeting with the Minister for Industries and Production Liaqat Ali Jatoi on textile sector here on Friday.
The NWFP assembly has been prorogued sine die on Tuesday without concluding the discussion on the development schemes identified under the Annual Development Programme (ADP).
In your issue of March 19, 2004, read with interest the lead story about US Secretary of State Colin Powell's statement that Pakistan has been categorised as a 'major non-Nato ally' for military-to-military relationship.
I read with great interest the two articles "Pakistan Resolution - Revisited" by F.U. Ahmad and "Pakistan Movement based on Islamic ideology" by Professor Dr M. Yakub Mughal which appeared in your 23rd March special edition.
Sindh is the third largest province of Pakistan. The total land area of Sindh, which lies between 23 and 29 degrees north latitude and 67 and 71 degrees east longitude, is 14.1 million hectares (or 34.84 million acres).
Earmarking, a fiscal practice under which revenues from one or more sources are pooled into a separate independent fund to be used to finance certain pre-determined public services, has never been followed in Pakistan for reasons best known to financial m
Going through the second quarterly report for the year 2003-04 released by the State Bank on 30th March, one is impressed with its objectivity and clear-headed approach to important issues.
The Punjab Privatisation Board (PPB) has sold out two sub-offices of defunct Punjab Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) in Muzaffargarh and Dajal towns in southern Punjab.
The Terminal Association of Pakistan (TAP) has asked the law enforcement agencies to increase security in the terminal area and ensure that the owners of oil tankers do not create law and order situation.
The number of Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority members has been further increased by induction of two new members, Dr Buxal Lashari and Professor Abdul Rashid Memon.
Punjab Zone Chairman of Pakistan Sugar Mills Association Javed Kayani made a courtesy call on Chief Minister Punjab Pervaiz Elahi along with the Executive Director of International Sugar Organisation, Dr Peter Baron.
Wang Tian Kai, leader of Chinese textile delegation, and Vice Chairman of China National Textile Industry Council and President of China Hengtian Group, has said that the purpose of the delegation's visit is to see the possibilities of co-operation betwee
The Pakistan Silk and Rayon Mills Association (Psarma) has suggested that sales tax refund claims should be accepted after seeing the original copy of return challan.
The KESC performance in many areas of the Defence Housing Authority including Phase 6 and Phase 5 showed improvement on Wednesday and there were no phone calls from any resident of these areas to the newspaper offices complaining about power breakdowns.
Lieutenant General Hafiez, Chairman NAB, on Wednesday presented Bureau's Annual Report (2003) to President General Pervez Musharraf in Rawalpindi on Wednesday.
After taking serious note of delay in the completion of various development project, including Nullah Lai and use of sub-standard material, the Punjab government has directed the concerned departments to submit a report for the delay and fix the responsib
The Ministry of Health has nominated Ilyas Nainitalwala as member of the sub-committee for tariff rationalisation of pharmaceutical sector for the budget 2004-05.
The district government of Rawalpindi has sent a summary of the initiation of the Ring Road project around Rawalpindi to address the old problem of traffic jams in the city.
Labourers engaged in the construction of "Shah De Khoi", under-pass at new campus canal damaged the 1,500 lines cable thus disconnecting entire adjoining areas with PTCL network.
The treasury members in the National Assembly on Wednesday demanded of the government to evolve a mechanism to check screening of obscenity in the Internet cafes.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is undertaking a comprehensive study on the issues pertaining to sanitary/phyto-sanitary (SPS), Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), and environmental and social compliance measures as envisaged under the World Trade Organis
A 25-member Austrian delegation would visit Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad in the first week of October, said UAE-based Austrian Commercial Counsellor Dr Nikolaus Seiwald in a meeting with LCCI Vice-President Shahzad Ali Malik here on Wednesday.
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday directed the law officer to inform the court as to why the petitioner former federal minister and secretary general PPPP Jehangir Badr was not allowed to go abroad.
In order to review the progress at the Water Wing projects under Vision 2025-National Water and Hydropower Resources Development Programme and others up to February this year, a meeting was held with Chairman Wapda Tariq Hamid in the chair.
In a bid to redress the complaints of overseas Pakistanis pertaining to issuance of new National Identity Cards (NIC), National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has decided to set up Swift Registration Centres (SRCs) in UK, UAE and Saudi Arabia
Bank of Punjab (BoP), Chairman, Hafeez Akhtar Randhawa has said that the Bank would expand its network up to district level to bring in to the loop all the transactions related to wheat, cotton, milk, sugarcane and other crops.
The industrial production has registered a growth of 15 percent, foreign exchange reserve position is comfortable, stock markets are buoyant, inflation rate is low, exchange rate is stable and GDP is expected to grow in the vicinity of 5.5 to 6 percent.
Dr Khalil Ahmed a leading economist has stressed upon increased privatisation, lesser taxes, abolishing of income tax, reduction of tax rate for enhancing country's economy.
Romania has invited Pakistani exporters, investors, entrepreneurs and industrialists to visit Romanian markets and enhance the trade and economic links between the two countries, particularly to seeking the participation of Pakistanis in June industrial e
New Jubilee Life Insurance Company (Formerly Commercial Union Life Assurance Company (Pakistan) Ltd) has announced the offer and bid price per unit for the following funds effective from Thursday, April 01, 2004.
Trading floor of Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) in Faisalabad, which is expected to start functioning from July 1, will not only benefit the brokers and investors but also enhance trade volume of the exchange.
New Jubilee Life Insurance Company (Formerly Commercial Union Life Assurance Company (Pakistan) Ltd) has announced the offer and bid price per unit for the following funds effective from Thursday, April 01, 2004.
Federal Minister for Railways, Ghous Baksh Mehr has said that Pakistan would become the hub of transport between the South Asia and Middle East in future, however, before attaining this stature, Pakistan Railways (PR) would have to improve it's services a
New Jubilee Life Insurance Company (Formerly Commercial Union Life Assurance Company (Pakistan) Ltd) has announced the offer and bid price per unit for the following funds effective from Thursday, April 01, 2004.
Provincial Minister for Food and Agriculture Arif Mustafa Jatoi is expected to chair the meetings of provincial crop management committees at Sindh Secretariat on Thursday to discuss the issues confronting various crops and devise strategy for their devel
Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that to make the Red Crescent Society effective its network should be expanded and extended to the grass roots level in different districts.
A portrait of Justice Sheikh Riaz Ahmed has appeared among the gallery of the former chief justices of the country in the First Bench of the Supreme Court.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) would soon issue two more licences through open auction for carrying out cellular business in the country, said PTA Chairman Major General Shahzada Alam (Retd).
At a reception given by Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister for Information and Archive Salahuddin Haider at a local hotel on Wednesday speakers paid glowing tributes to Mehtab Akber Rashdi on her getting Pride of Performance in recognition of her contributio
Arif Nizami of Nawa-i-Waqt Group of Publications and Mohammad Aslam Kazi of Daily Kawish were re-elected as President and Secretary General of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) by the Executive Committee elect for the second term.
Rising trend was seen in the open market on Wednesday as the rupee posted a fresh gain of two paisa versus the dollar at Rs 57.82 and Rs 57.88 respectively, moneychangers said.
