Pakistan is enumerated among the countries exposed to consistent environmental degradation, also manifested through deteriorating sanitary conditions and hygienic standards with its direct impact on public health. These observations were made by Saddar To

Most of the health-related problems, with particular reference to respiratory diseases in Pakistan originate from poverty, illiteracy, lack of resources, population and poor planning. The fact was duly highlighted by Professor Arshad Javaid in his present

Citibank N.A. Pakistan and Serena Hotels have introduced a unique promotional discount package to the Citibank credit card holders, which will provide fabulous discounts at Serena Hotel facilities nation-wide. According to a press release issued here, the

The Agricultural Credit Department of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will extend loans to agriculture sector under three-year revolving credit scheme programme on one time documentation/annual automatic renewals by multiple bank operations throughout th

A workshop on 'Electron Microscopy' will be held at the Karachi University campus from Monday. This was announced by the spokesman of Karachi University in a statement on Saturday. He said that the three-day moot is being organised by MAH Qadri Biological

Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Chairman Raja Zafarul Haq has said that India has changed its strategy from the subcontinent to other areas, including China and Middle East, and it no more considers Pakistan as its equal. He said that India was trying to e

A four-day exhibition, IGATEX Pakistan-2005, will open in Karachi on Monday at the Expo Center to showcase latest textile manufacturing machinery being produced by 300 top companies of more than 30 countries, a press release said on Saturday. Prominent co

Picic Managing Director Muhammad Ali Khoja has said the bank's branch, "financial supermarket" recently inaugurated here, will play its distinguishable role as a part of its commitment for development of national economy. He was speaking at the luncheon c

Qazi Sahib says he went to the hospital for the 'normal' check-up of his heart bypass surgery carried out some 13 years ago. Chaudhry Shujaat rushed to the hospital to enquire about Qazi Sahib's welfare?

Hats off the government of Sindh for taking a bold and meaningful step of prohibiting private schools from taking advance fees and transport charges from the student for the summer holidays. Can't the Federal government take a similar step to prohibit the

Spring plantation 2005 has just taken place in different parts of Islamabad. However, I am wish to discussed a particular area lying between sectors "I" and "H". The strip between the two sectors, known as the green belt, starts from international Islamic

Tourist-filled cafes along a palm-lined waterfront are a far cry from the impoverished reality of the Gaza Strip, but with an Israeli withdrawal on the horizon, some are beginning to dream of such a future. It has been years since Palestinians in the war-

Approached by air, French oil giant Total's Girassol facility 150 km (90 miles) off the Angolan coast looks like a gargantuan child's construction toy drifting in the cold Atlantic ocean. Visitors touching down on the Floating Production Storage and Offlo

The distribution of revenue has been a tangled and twisted issue in a politically unstable, socially uneven, ethnically assorted and constitutionally puzzled, lacks inter and intra provincial harmony like Pakistan, since the very first day of its inceptio

The Chairman of Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), Tariq Hamid, reportedly with the concurrence of the Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Ali Jatoi, has stopped a move by the Private Power Infrastructure Board (PPIB) to amend the original ag

The presidential commission that George W Bush had appointed a year ago to pacify the critics of his invasion and occupation of Iraq, presented its report last Thursday. Like a similar commission's conclusions in Britain, it blamed intelligence officials

Faisalabad's District Co-ordination Officer (DCO) Athar Hussain Sial has announced local holiday on April 15 (Friday), the last day of Faisalabad centennial celebrations, "Jashan-e-Faisalabad" to facilitate participation of maximum number of people

Pakistani pilot Feroze Aftab Khan has achieved a distinction, playing a pioneering role bringing China into fold of International Federation of Air Line Pilots Association (IFALPA). "China Pilot Association formally joined IFALPA Saturday at its meeting h

Four persons, who had been injured in LPG cylinders explosion near general bus stand here, have succumbed to their injuries here at Nishtar Hospital burns unit. They were identified as Abdul Rashid, Abdul Sattar, Fida Hussain and Irshad Ali. Of the 12 per

Hosiery manufacturers have asked the government to take immediate and necessary steps for saving hosiery units, which are facing closure threats due to continuous losses. Muhammad Adil Butt, chairman, Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers Association (PHMA), Nor

Yunnan Province of Peoples Republic of China Assistant Governor Tang Lilu has called upon the business community from Lahore to come forward and initiate joint ventures with their Chinese counterparts so as to enter both the Chinese and International mark

The 39th convocation of the Government Girls College (GGC), Madina Town, here will be held at college campus here on April 13. Federal Minister for Textile Industry Chaudhry Mushtaq Ali Cheema will be the chief guest. He will confer degrees upon the succe

Punjab government has recovered record revenue of Rs 5.7 million through open auction of 136 attractive registration numbers of vehicles for RLB series. The auction took place at the office of Motor Registering Authority Rawalpindi under the supervision o

All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, describing the opening of the road as human issue, said the road was opened due to the efforts of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. "Thei

A member of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) has filed a petition before the Lahore High Court (LHC) praying to the court to direct the respondent government to lift condition of compulsory wearing of helmets by the motorcyclists in summer se

The Department of Psychology, Government College University (GCU) Lahore, organised a dissemination seminar on 'Neuroscience and Psychology' here on Saturday, which was a joint academic venture of Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, British Council a

Scout training promotes discipline and confidence in the students, thus keeping in view the importance of this training, participation of students in scout camps would be encouraged to make them responsible and useful citizens of the country. Punjab Educa

The Punjab Minister for Revenue Gul Hameed Khan Rokhari has said that land disputes' pending cases were being disposed off on priority basis and the members of Board of Revenue (BOR) had been directed to dispose off cases in a minimum time and fulfil all

An accountability court on Saturday reserved its verdict in an application filed by Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) praying to the court to dispose off the reference against federal minister Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat, as he has reached an agre

Ex-senator Asif Ali Zardari, spouse of former prime minister and chairperson of PPP Benazir Bhutto has said that PPP had a comprehensive programme to end unemployment, poverty, hunger, exploitation, injustice and price hike of essential commodities and we

Lahore Businessmen Association for Rehabilitation of Disabled (Labard) is planning to establish a community centre in the city where 'special persons' would be provided recreational, medical and educational facilities under one roof in a bid to make them

British State Secretary of Department for International Development (DFID) Hilary Benn, in an interaction with State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli, has assured that Britain will further promote its economic co-operation wi

Another child, Qaiser Iqbal (nine) succumbed to bullet injuries in Nishtar Hospital here on Friday night, raising death toll to three in a dog-fight case. The incident took place in village Rindi Sargana, some 35 kilometer east of here on Tuesday evening

Former Premier, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said the President General Musharraf's government is on verge of end and any individual or party dealing with his government, under the prevailing situation, will loose his political credibility among the mas

Qazi Munir-ul-Haq, Executive Vice President of the Bank of Khyber (BoK), on Saturday assumed charge as the acting Managing Director of the bank, after the provincial government accepted the resignation of Dr Munir Ahmad, the outgoing managing director. Qa

President General Pervez Musharraf visited the Embassy of the Holy See on Saturday, and expressed his heart-felt condolences on the demise of His Holiness Pope John Paul II. The President was received by the Ambassador of the Holy See in Islamabad Archbis

Pakistan Television (PTV) is no more in deficit, instead it is earning profit, said Managing Director PTV Arshad Khan. Addressing a function arranged by the PTV Employees Union of Lahore Centre, MD PTV said the organisation has earned a record profit of R

Pakistan Television (PTV) is no more in deficit, instead it is earning profit, said Managing Director PTV Arshad Khan. Addressing a function arranged by the PTV Employees Union of Lahore Centre, MD PTV said the organisation has earned a record profit of R

President General Pervez Musharraf has summoned the National Assembly to meet in the Parliament House here on April 11 at 4 pm, said a press release from NA issued here on Saturday.

The government has announced the appointment of Habib-ur-Rahman as Ambassador of Pakistan to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Habib-ur-Rehman was born on July 18, 1950 and holds degrees of MA and LLB. He joined Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1975 and he

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said the media in the country had never been so free in the past as it was at present. "In the sub-continent the freedom of Pakistani press is unprecedented. I was also Information Mini

PPP Vice Chairman Amin Fahim has denounced the statement of Information Minister Rashid Ahmad that Zardari's return to Pakistan on April 16 could undermine the possibility of broad-based reconciliation with political parties. In a statement on Saturday, A

NWFP governor Khalil-ur-Rehman hosted a farewell dinner in honour of the ex-Governor Lieutenant General Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah (Retd) at the beautiful lush green lawn of the Governor's House on Friday evening. The ceremony was attended by the Chief Mi

A medium-term plan for radically augmenting water resources is being undertaken for sustainable development of agriculture sector in the country. According to official sources, the plan envisages an additional storage capacity of 4.5 MAF of water and near

Pakistani and Indian authorities at a 45-minute long meeting near the Line of Control (LoC) in Azad Kashmir, have exchanged lists of 169 passengers intending to onboard the next Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus. Pakistan forwarded a list of 50 passengers wanting

A local journalist of a national English daily was among seven killed in two road accidents here on Friday night, witnesses and police said on Saturday. Noorullah, sub-editor in daily 'The Nation', was among four killed and 11 injured in collision between

The local government (LG) elections starting from the first week of July 2005 will be completed in two phases, it is learnt. Some amendments in the local bodies elections laws regarding qualification, status of nazim and naib nazim, and the number of wome

To protest against the attack on female participants and viewers of Marathon race in Gujranwala, all civil society organisations (CSOs) of Islamabad will hold a demonstration in front of Parliament House on April 11, it is learnt. Human Rights Commission

The Pakistan Muslim League (PML) leadership and Baloch leaders have mutually agreed to open the Sui-Dera Bugti road for normal traffic. According to a joint press release issued here on Saturday by PML secretary-general Mushahid Hussein Bayed, it has been

Ministry of Information Technology (MIT) has started process to purchase computers to be given to 123 Press Clubs and 11 Press Information Departments (PIDs) of the country. The Electronic Government Directorate (EGD) had already placed tenders for the pr

The by-elections for the senate seat from NWFP will be held in provincial assembly on April 13. The seat fell vacant after the appointment of commander Khalil-ur-Rahman as new governor of NWFP. Similarly, the by-elections in Balochistan for national assem

The Interior Ministry has forwarded recommendations to Finance Division to enhance the compensation package for Frontier Constabulary (FC) Jawans in case of death, injury or incapacitation. Sources told Business Recorder here on Saturday that the m

Pakistan Muslim League (PML) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Saturday said the Punjab government was not at all scared of Asif Zardari's arrival in Lahore. "Asif Zardari is not a Dracula for the Punjab government. We are not at all scared of him," h

The Baloch Students Organisation (BSO) has given a wheel jam strike call in Balochistan on Sunday against the arrest of its chairman Imdad Baloch and other workers. The Baloch student leader and workers were arrested on March 25 from Karachi but nobody kn

The central leader of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) and Naib Amir Jamat-i-Islami (JI) Senator Professor Ghafoor Ahmed has strongly condemned the police raid on JI Karachi office, Idara Noor-e-Haq on Friday. Speaking at a press conference here on Saturday,

People in Sindh welcomed decision of the Punjab Provincial Assembly amending the property tax bill whereby all owners of five marla houses have been exempted from property tax from July 2004 irrespective of rental value. People also hope that Sindh will f

The Rabi-ul-Awwal moon has not been sighted and as such the first of Rabi-ul-Awwal will fall on Monday, April 11. This was announced by the Chairmen of the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee, Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman, after chairing a meeting of the comm

The curriculum development has always been a matter of concern as it has been acutely felt that commerce graduates lack certain skills and knowledge much needed to excel in the present-day corporate world. This was stated by Commander Abdul Razaq, Princip

Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, who is in Britain on a visit, spent a busy day on Saturday in meeting various delegations. According to reports reaching here, the chief minister while talking to a delegation of investors belonging to Sindh pro

Quetta police foiled a terrorism bid and arrested three persons after recovery of a big cache of arms and ammunition from Mumtaz Town, Killi Geo in the outskirts of the provincial capital. Capital City Police Officer Salman Syed Mohammad informed this whi

The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) is going for a massive training program of auditors for capacity building to carry out accurate and precise audit of taxpayers, Member, Sales Tax, Shahid Ahmed, said here on Saturday. "National Audit Policy is being form

President General Pervez Musharraf has expressed heartfelt condolences on the demise of Prince Rainer III of Monaco. In a message to Prince Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre II, the President said: "It is with profound sadness that I have learnt of the passin

Sri Lanka has shown interest in providing technical assistance to Pakistan in gemstone cutting and polishing. This was the outcome of high-level meeting of Sri Lankan delegation led by Lal Kumara Gamage, federal secretary of natural resources with differe

European Union's Policy and Security Chief, Javier Solana has welcomed the successful launch of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service, reports Kashmir Media Service. "This is a measure of great symbolic and practical significance, which will contribute to

All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani has said the plying of Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service is a political gimmick, and it can never lead to the resolution of Kashmir issue. "How can we accept that the resumption of bus

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday urged the people to fully participate in the tree plantation campaign while stressing its importance in ensuring a pollution free environment. He launched the campaign by "Subh-e-Nau", a non-governmental organisatio

Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhary Pervaiz Ellahi called on Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday and discussed various issues including the current political situation, and law and order in the country. During the meeting, held at the PM House, they also

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will inaugurate a pilot housing project in sector G-11/4, Islamabad for low-paid government employees on self-financing basis, this was stated by federal minister for housing and works Syed Safwanullah here on Saturday. He adde

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that Rs 1.4 billion mega project of 400 bed modern hospital is a gift for the people of Rawalpindi and it is ample proof of the commitment of the government to serve masses in

Pakistan Railways (PR) will be earning Rs 1.2 billion more than target income during current financial year. The Federal Minister for Railways Mian Shamim Haider claimed this while addressing the concluding session of 83rd Divisional Superintendents Confe

Pakistan Railways (PR) will be earning Rs 1.2 billion more than target income during current financial year. The Federal Minister for Railways Mian Shamim Haider claimed this while addressing the concluding session of 83rd Divisional Superintendents Confe

The federal government will not give any guarantee to NWFP, and the decisions taken by the 'Net Hydel Profit (NHP) Committee' would remain intact, it is learnt. The issue was deliberated in a meeting of NHP committee held under the chairmanship of Secreta

The federal government will not give any guarantee to NWFP, and the decisions taken by the 'Net Hydel Profit (NHP) Committee' would remain intact, it is learnt. The issue was deliberated in a meeting of NHP committee held under the chairmanship of Secreta

A meeting of the Special Committee on reforms in administrative, judicial, parliamentary system in the country was held here on Saturday and discussed various suggestions aimed at improving efficiency of the relevant departments. Federal Minister for Law,

A meeting of the Special Committee on reforms in administrative, judicial, parliamentary system in the country was held here on Saturday and discussed various suggestions aimed at improving efficiency of the relevant departments. Federal Minister for Law,

The President and leader of the KCCI trade delegation, Khalid Firoz, on the last leg of their visit to India, had a broad-based interactive meeting with the members of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at their office in New Delhi. A KCCI statement h

The President and leader of the KCCI trade delegation, Khalid Firoz, on the last leg of their visit to India, had a broad-based interactive meeting with the members of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at their office in New Delhi. A KCCI statement h

Customs department on Saturday set on fire huge quantity of narcotics including charas and heroin weighing 6.5 tonnes at Wagha check post, in the presence of officials of police, Rangers, anti narcotics force, legal experts, representatives of print and e

The sleuths of Customs Preventive Collectorate posted at Drug Enforcement Cell Jinnah International Airport thwarted an attempt of smuggling heroin abroad when they intercepted a Pakistani passenger and recovered 7.5 kg heroin from him. The passenger Ghul

The Chinese Company that provided locomotives to Pakistan Railways has assured the government of removing faults from the engines besides increasing their guarantee up to five years. Chinese Company Dongfang Electric Corporation President Luo Zingzang, in

The Chinese Company that provided locomotives to Pakistan Railways has assured the government of removing faults from the engines besides increasing their guarantee up to five years. Chinese Company Dongfang Electric Corporation President Luo Zingzang, in

Indonesia hopes to sign a peace deal ending three decades of conflict with separatists in Aceh province in July, its vice president said in an interview published here on Saturday. Vice President Yusuf Kalla expressed optimism over the peace process ahead

North Korea is taking an increasingly hard-line stance on talks on its nuclear ambitions a US expert said on Saturday, after five days of talks with leaders of the isolated regime. Selig Harrison, of the Washington-based Center for International Policy, s

Total budgetary and non-budgetary pro-poor expenditures during last five years (1999-2004) stood at Rs 1 trillion, according to a recent release of Finance Ministry. PRSP expenditures by the federal and provincial governments stood at Rs 125 billion durin

A Swiss lottery player was celebrating Saturday after winning a record jackpot of more than 64 million euros (83 million dollars) in the Euro-Millions draw, the French national lottery agency said. The player, who was not identified, was the only one fron

A US army team is expected to arrive from America on Saturday to investigate the cause of the deadliest crash of a US military chopper in Afghanistan, a statement said. The team is due to take over an investigation already under way by the US military at

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday called for private investment in agriculture to arrest a decline in the farm sector and spur economic growth to seven to eight percent of gross domestic product. In a speech to an agriculture meeting in New De

The government is thinking over to cut utility rates for exporters and manufacturers in the next national budget to make them competitive and increase exports. This was stated by Member Customs, Central Board of Revenue (CBR), Muhammad Ramzan Bhatti, whil

President Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday that during his coming visit to India he would discuss the issue of Kashmir with the Indian leadership, as "watching cricket in no way is the sole objective of the visit". "Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus service laun

President Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday that during his coming visit to India he would discuss the issue of Kashmir with the Indian leadership, as "watching cricket in no way is the sole objective of the visit". "Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus service laun

The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) presented a new draft of Central Excise Act re-named as the Federal Excise (FE) Act which would be based on self-clearance and filing of monthly returns. Apart from simplification and elimination of a number of documents

The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) presented a new draft of Central Excise Act re-named as the Federal Excise (FE) Act which would be based on self-clearance and filing of monthly returns. Apart from simplification and elimination of a number of documents

The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) presented a new draft of Central Excise Act re-named as the Federal Excise (FE) Act which would be based on self-clearance and filing of monthly returns. Apart from simplification and elimination of a number of documents

Tens of thousands of Shia protestors poured into central Baghdad Saturday to demand that US troops leave Iraq as 29 people were killed in attacks on the second anniversary of Saddam Hussein's downfall. Chanting "No, no, USA," followers of Moqtada Sadr con

The government has made a shift in its policy to protect the interest of fixed income group facing hardship due to high inflation, said State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Dr Ishrat Husain on Saturday. Consequences of economic policies could be both pos

The government has made a shift in its policy to protect the interest of fixed income group facing hardship due to high inflation, said State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Dr Ishrat Husain on Saturday. Consequences of economic policies could be both pos

The government has made a shift in its policy to protect the interest of fixed income group facing hardship due to high inflation, said State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Dr Ishrat Husain on Saturday. Consequences of economic policies could be both pos

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) have agreed that KSE board of directors and management would jointly submit a proposal for resolving issues pertaining to ''futures'' market. KSE board directors le

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) have agreed that KSE board of directors and management would jointly submit a proposal for resolving issues pertaining to 'futures' market. KSE board directors led

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) have agreed that KSE board of directors and management would jointly submit a proposal for resolving issues pertaining to 'futures' market. KSE board directors led