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Print - 2014-12-07
Ibrahimovic brace takes PSG top

Ibrahimovic brace takes PSG top

Paris Saint-Germain leapfrogged Marseille into top spot in Ligue 1 on Saturday by coming from behind to beat Nantes 2-1 at the Parc des Princes thanks to a Zlatan Ibrahimovic brace. Nantes had led thanks to a stunning early strike by United States interna
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
England stun Australia, Belgium beat Pakistan in Champions Trophy

England stun Australia, Belgium beat Pakistan in Champions Trophy

Debutant Sam Ward scored two goals as a spirited England upset defending champions Australia 3-1 in the opening match of the Champions Trophy field hockey tournament in India on Saturday. Rapidly-improving Belgium also made a winning start in pool A of th
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Vietnam detains blogger for anti-state articles

Vietnam detains blogger for anti-state articles

A Vietnamese blogger was detained for posting anti-state articles, as Hanoi steps up a crackdown on dissent that has been condemned by rights groups and Western governments. Writer Nguyen Quang Lap was detained after police searched his house on Saturday
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong calls off hunger strike

Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong calls off hunger strike

Joshua Wong, the teenage face of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, said Saturday he has ended a four-day hunger strike designed to force the government into further talks on political reform. "Under the strong urging of the doctor, I have stopped the hu
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Lima climate talks split on role of adaptation, finance in new deal

Lima climate talks split on role of adaptation, finance in new deal

Negotiators at UN climate talks in Lima are divided over whether governments should include finance and adaptation commitments in the national offers of action they are due to put forward early next year as the building blocks of a new global climate chan
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Two Sierra Leone Ebola doctors die in one day

Two Sierra Leone Ebola doctors die in one day

Two doctors have died on the same day after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone, the government said on Saturday, bringing to nine the number of medics killed by the virus. They are among hundreds of healthcare workers to die treating patients infected in t
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
UK says signs deal to expand naval presence in Bahrain

UK says signs deal to expand naval presence in Bahrain

Britain said on Friday it had sealed a deal to expand and reinforce its naval presence in Bahrain that would allow it to operate more and bigger ships in the Gulf on a long-term basis. Under the agreement, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said onshore facili
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Zimbabwe ruling party puts Mugabe's wife on path to power

Zimbabwe ruling party puts Mugabe's wife on path to power

Zimbabwe's ruling party on Saturday put President Robert Mugabe's wife Grace on the path to follow him to the top job by naming her to head the powerful women's wing. On the final day of the ZANU-PF party congress, delegates elected 49-year-old Grace Muga
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Greek writer Menis Koumandareas found apparently murdered

Greek writer Menis Koumandareas found apparently murdered

Acclaimed Greek author Menis Koumandareas was found apparently murdered Saturday in his central Athens home, authorities said. He was 83. Though his cause of death was not yet determined, police said the author had wounds to his neck and face, which also
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Greek lawmaker starts hunger strike over Syrian refugees' plight

Greek lawmaker starts hunger strike over Syrian refugees' plight

A Greek lawmaker joined Syrian refugees in a hunger strike outside the Athens parliament on Saturday to protest against the government's refusal to help them move to other European countries to reunite with relatives. Yiannis Michelogiannakis, a deputy fr
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Islamic State fighters kill 16 from Iraqi tribe

Islamic State fighters kill 16 from Iraqi tribe

Islamic State fighters kidnapped and killed 16 members of an Iraqi tribe which has fought the Sunni militant group in the western province of Anbar, a tribal leader and a hospital source said on Saturday. Tribal chief Sheikh Naeem al-Ga'oud told Reuters I
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Iran confirms air strikes in Iraq against Islamic State

Iran confirms air strikes in Iraq against Islamic State

A senior Iranian official has confirmed his country carried out air strikes in neighbouring Iraq against Islamic State fighters at the request of Iraqi authorities, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported. It quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Ebrahim Rahimpour
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
US condemns Gambia over disappearances, new anti-gay law

US condemns Gambia over disappearances, new anti-gay law

President Barack Obama's National Security Council (NSC) has voiced concern over Gambia's moves to block access to top United Nations human rights investigators and enact tough new legislation against homosexuality. Gambia's foreign minister last week vow
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Sony employees receive email threat claiming to be from hackers

Sony employees receive email threat claiming to be from hackers

Employees at Sony Pictures Entertainment received threatening emails on Friday that claimed to be from the group that carried out a massive cyber attack at the Hollywood film studio. The email said it came from GOP, the shorthand for "Guardians of Peace,"
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Snowden film 'CitizenFour' wins top documentary award

Snowden film 'CitizenFour' wins top documentary award

"CitizenFour," filmmaker Laura Poitras's documentary about National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, was given the top award for best feature by the International Documentary Association on Friday. The IDA award for "CitizenFour" follows the
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Four stabbed on Amtrak train in Michigan

Four stabbed on Amtrak train in Michigan

Police took a suspect into custody in Michigan on Friday after four people were stabbed aboard an Amtrak passenger train in the town of Niles, police and Amtrak officials said. None of the victims was killed, a dispatcher for the Niles Police Department s
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Obama promises more aid, loan guarantees to Jordan

Obama promises more aid, loan guarantees to Jordan

President Barack Obama said on Friday that the United States and its allies are making slow but steady progress in the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, and he pledged new aid to Jordan to grapple with Syrian refugees. Obama and Jor
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Obama promises more aid, loan guarantees to Jordan

Obama promises more aid, loan guarantees to Jordan

President Barack Obama said on Friday that the United States and its allies are making slow but steady progress in the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, and he pledged new aid to Jordan to grapple with Syrian refugees. Obama and Jor
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Egyptian court sentences seven jihadists to death

Egyptian court sentences seven jihadists to death

An Egyptian court has sentenced to death seven men, including prominent Islamist militant Adel Habara, over the killing of 25 policemen last year in an attack near the border with Israel, judicial sources said on Saturday. The attack took place in August
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Somali premier loses confidence vote in parliament

Somali premier loses confidence vote in parliament

Somalia's prime minister lost a confidence vote in parliament on Saturday after months of dispute with the country's president and international concern that the turmoil was harming rebuilding efforts. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was given 30 days to
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Cablevision, union both declare victory after judge's ruling

Cablevision, union both declare victory after judge's ruling

Cablevision Systems Corp and a union representing some of its workers in Brooklyn, New York, both declared victory after a judge's ruling on National Labor Relations Board allegations that the company bargained with its workers in bad faith. In January 20
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Border, airport screening exempt from new US profiling rules

Border, airport screening exempt from new US profiling rules

New federal restrictions on racial profiling will still allow some officials to use the controversial practice along the southwestern US border and in screening of airline passengers, the Washington Post said. The rules will ban racial profiling from nati
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Ukraine ceasefire deal talks may be held on December 9

Ukraine ceasefire deal talks may be held on December 9

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Saturday a preliminary agreement had been reached to hold talks in Minsk on December 9 on implementing the steps of a September ceasefire deal with eastern separatists, Interfax reported. Clashes in east Ukrain
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Voters head to polls in Louisiana US Senate race

Voters head to polls in Louisiana US Senate race

Louisiana voters voted on Saturday in a runoff election that opinion polls indicate will expand Republicans' majority in the US Senate at the expense of one of the chamber's last remaining southern Democrats. Republican US Representative Bill Cassidy is c
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
UK foreign secretary says must not concede too far on Iran talks

UK foreign secretary says must not concede too far on Iran talks

Britain and other powers negotiating with Iran for a deal over its nuclear programme, which they suspect is aimed at building a bomb, must not make "unwise concessions" for the sake of convenience, Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond said on Saturday. Iran
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Swiss man overpowers rebel guard, escapes in Philippines

Swiss man overpowers rebel guard, escapes in Philippines

A Swiss wildlife photographer escaped from Islamist rebels in the Philippines on Saturday, killing one of them with a machete as he made a break for freedom during a clash between the insurgents and government troops, a Philippine officer said. Rebels of
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Lebanese block roads to demand release of soldiers

Lebanese block roads to demand release of soldiers

Families of Lebanese soldiers held by militants blocked roads in Beirut and highways between major cities on Saturday, pressing the government to do more to free them. More than two dozen members of the Lebanese security forces are being held by Sunni Isl
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Germany expects 230,000 asylum seekers in 2015

Germany expects 230,000 asylum seekers in 2015

Germany expects 230,000 asylum seekers in 2015, which would mean another jump in new arrivals for a country already struggling to handle its load of refugees, a top official said Saturday. "According to current estimates, a total of 230,000 asylum request
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Vale mulling spinoff of base metals unit stake

Vale mulling spinoff of base metals unit stake

Brazil's Vale SA said on Thursday it is considering the sale of a minority stake in its base metals unit in an initial public offering, as it looks to raise funds for key projects in the midst of sliding commodity prices. Chief Executive Murilo Ferreira t
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Canada wheat exports dogged by quality complaints

Canada wheat exports dogged by quality complaints

Buyers of Canadian wheat are increasingly complaining about quality ever since Ottawa changed how its biggest crop is sold and inspected, raising the risk the world's third largest exporter will lose sales to rivals like the United States. Problems includ
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
New York gold slides after US payrolls data beats forecasts

New York gold slides after US payrolls data beats forecasts

Gold fell more than 1 percent on Friday, after US November non-farm payrolls data beat forecasts, fuelling expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates sooner rather than later and lifting the dollar. Labour Department data showed the U
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Barry Callebaut chief sees global cocoa surplus

Barry Callebaut chief sees global cocoa surplus

The world's biggest maker of industrial chocolate Barry Callebaut said on Tuesday there will be a global cocoa surplus this year and possibly the next, taking a more bearish perspective than some other forecasters so far. "This year we will have more bean
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Index funds to buy, not sell, crude oil in reweighting: SocGen

Index funds to buy, not sell, crude oil in reweighting: SocGen

Commodity index funds will have to buy, rather than sell, crude oil contracts during their annual rebalancing in early January, due to tumbling prices, Societe Generale said on Thursday. The funds will need to buy $293 million worth of West Texas Intermed
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Food crises still a risk as grain stocks near a 15-year high

Food crises still a risk as grain stocks near a 15-year high

Global grain stocks are heading for a 15-year high as the largest ever US corn harvest enters its final stages, but the risk of food shortages persists as demand for meat and biofuel keeps rising. Drought in major grain-producing countries in both 2007/08
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Cotton futures fall from 3-1/2-week high

Cotton futures fall from 3-1/2-week high

Cotton futures closed lower on Friday after a climb to a 3-1/2- week high prompted farmer selling and investor profit-taking after three straight days of gains. The most-active March cotton contract on ICE Futures US climbed to 60.91 cents a lb before rev
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Oil market plumbs new five-year lows

Oil market plumbs new five-year lows

Oil struck fresh five-year low points this week on the back of the strong dollar, oversupply fears and major producer Saudi Arabia slashing its export prices. The market had already dived last week after the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Microsoft Devices launches Lumia 535 in Pakistan

Microsoft Devices launches Lumia 535 in Pakistan

Microsoft announced the availability of the Lumia 535 Dual SIM in Pakistan. Offering five great integrated Microsoft experiences, a wide-angle 5 megapixel front facing camera, and a spacious 5 inch display - all for an affordable price - Lumia 535 Dual SI
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
NA-122 'rigging' case - asks tribunal to unseal bags of ballots

NA-122 'rigging' case - asks tribunal to unseal bags of ballots

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday asked the election tribunal to open polling bags of NA-122 which was won by Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq. The tribunal was hearing a petition of Imran Khan, accusing the Speaker NA of
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Days of 'status quo politics' are numbered: Imran

Days of 'status quo politics' are numbered: Imran

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday declared that his party is all set to lockdown Faisalabad with a warning to government not to a commit a blunder by trying to stop the 'junoon or madness'. Addressing his party's anti-governme
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Solar power panels: Dar successfully settles import-related matters

Solar power panels: Dar successfully settles import-related matters

A meeting chaired by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar here on Saturday settled all necessary matters regarding import of solar power panels and related equipment. Senior representatives of the Ministry of Industries & Production, Engineering Development Board,
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
LUMHS holds symposium on 'Paradigm Shift in Medicine'

LUMHS holds symposium on 'Paradigm Shift in Medicine'

The Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences (LUMHS) Jamshoro has organised the 1st annual symposium on "Paradigm Shift in Medicine" here on Saturday at university.
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
United front to be formed against PML-N, PPP: Musharraf

United front to be formed against PML-N, PPP: Musharraf

All Pakistan Muslim League Chief and former President Pervez Musharraf Saturday said the country is in the midst of serious crises and institutions have weakened due to inefficiency of PPP and PML-N governments while the judiciary is not playing its role.
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
New CEC can't change system: Qadri

New CEC can't change system: Qadri

The chairman of Pakistan Awami Tehreek Dr Tahirul Qadri has said that with the appointment of a new Chief Election Commissioner the election system will not change but what needs to be done is to overhaul the whole election system and bring in new reforms
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Fuel supply: PSO asks PIA to clear Rs 12.1 billion dues

Fuel supply: PSO asks PIA to clear Rs 12.1 billion dues

Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has asked Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to clear the outstanding dues worth Rs 12.1 billion or the company would suspend supply to the national flag-carrier, it is learnt. Sources in the Petroleum Ministry said PIA may not
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Book launched

Book launched

A launching ceremony of the country's well known and eminent police officer Zulfiqar Ahmad Cheema's book "Do Tok Batein" was held at Arts Council on December 04. Former Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid presided over the ceremony and Dr Ishrat Hussain, former Gov
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Alleged terrorist arrested

Alleged terrorist arrested

The city police and Rangers personnel on Saturday arrested 12 criminals, including an alleged terrorist. A police official said that a joint team of police and Rangers conducted raids in Faraash Town's katchi abadi and Chatha Bakhtawar areas early Saturda
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Nepra to hold public hearing in Islamabad

Nepra to hold public hearing in Islamabad

In order to avoid criticism by the consumers, National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has announced to hold a public hearing on December 11 on a plea that was submitted by K-Electric for monthly Fuel Cost Adjustment (FCA) in Islamabad instead
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
JI urges PTI to hold talks with government

JI urges PTI to hold talks with government

Ameer Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan Sirajul Haq has welcomed the government's assurance to step down in case rigging in the 2013 elections was proved, and has urged the PTI to trust the rulers and go ahead with the talks. Talking to different delegations at M
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
SAB terms decrease in sugarcane purchase price anti-Sindh

SAB terms decrease in sugarcane purchase price anti-Sindh

Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) has termed the decrease in purchase price of sugarcane by Sindh government anti-Sindh and anti-agriculture. Sindh Abadgar Board has also announced to block National Highway by staging two-day sit-in on Tuesday and Wednesday, with
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Death of Raja Aurangzeb condoled

Death of Raja Aurangzeb condoled

Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Speaker and Murtaza Javed Abbasi, Deputy Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan have condoled the sad demise of Raja Aurangzeb, husband of Tahira Aurangzeb MNA, father of Marryam Aurangzeb Parliamentary Secretary of Interior & Narcotics
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Medical students honoured

Medical students honoured

A special function was arranged in honour of students of second year of Ameer Uddin Medical College for getting first position in the province by obtaining 99 percent marks in the first professional examination of medical colleges in Punjab. Advisor on He
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
482 IBA students awarded degrees

482 IBA students awarded degrees

A total of 482 students were awarded degrees for the successful completion of various undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes at annual convocation of the Institute of the Business Administration (IBA), held IBA Main Campus here on Saturday.
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
PML-N member joins PML-Q

PML-N member joins PML-Q

Central Vice President, PML-N Women Wing Saeeda Ilyas on Saturday resigned from party basic membership and announced joining PML-Q. She made this announcement in presence of PML-Q provincial President Intikhab Chamkani, here on Saturday. On the occasion,
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
LATI seeks chief minister's help for restoration of water supply

LATI seeks chief minister's help for restoration of water supply

President Landhi Association of Trade and Industry (LATI), Hussain Kuli khan has sought the help of Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Qaim Ali Shah to direct Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) to restore normal water supply to Landhi industrial area. In a l
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
KP government cancels registration of over 3,000 NGOs

KP government cancels registration of over 3,000 NGOs

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has cancelled registration of more than 3,000 non-governmental organisations due to their non-functionality and existence only on papers. This was revealed by Adviser to Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Social Welfar
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Polio drive: motorcycle riding banned

Polio drive: motorcycle riding banned

District administration here on Saturday imposed a ban on motorcycle riding to maintain law and order, and provide security cover to vaccinators during polio campaign in the provincial metropolis. To avoid any untoward incident during the one day polio dr
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Number of car thefts in Islamabad soars

Number of car thefts in Islamabad soars

The street crimes specially car lifting has risen in the federal Capital manifold as auto thieves have stolen or snatched over 10 vehicles including bikes during the last week from various localities of the city. The residents of the city said that carjac
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Fire destroys goods worth millions of rupees

Fire destroys goods worth millions of rupees

Fire erupted in the electronics market outside Bohar gate here on Saturday in which goods worth millions of rupees were totally destroyed. According to details fire broke out in the plaza of electronics market due to short circuit.
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Prices of kitchen items remain unchanged

Prices of kitchen items remain unchanged

Prices of most of the essential food items remain unchanged last week as compared to the preceding week, reveals a survey conducted by Business Recorder on Saturday. The survey noted that majority of perishable and non-perishable food items prices
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
People of Faisalabad reject Imran's protest call: Sanaullah

People of Faisalabad reject Imran's protest call: Sanaullah

Member of Punjab Assembly Rana Sanaullah on Saturday said that people of Faisalabad had rejected the protest call of PTI chief Imran Khan. He said claim of support of strike by transporters is another white lie of Imran Khan. Traders have right to do busi
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Indonesian embassy celebrates assumption of office by new President

Indonesian embassy celebrates assumption of office by new President

The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Pakistan on Saturday arranged a cultural extravaganza to celebrate the assumption of the office by the new President of the Republic of Indonesia after a peaceful democratic electoral process this year.
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
KP transporters reluctant to reduce fares

KP transporters reluctant to reduce fares

Transporters here in provincial metropolis, continuously are fleecing commuters by charging old fares, despite twice considerable cut in the prices petroleum products, as authorities have been failed to implement new fares in public transport, plying at l
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
VC GC women university visits FCCI

VC GC women university visits FCCI

Madam Naureen Aziz Qureshi, Vice Chancellor GC Women University Faisalabad visited Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) and other leading business houses of the town, said Engr Rizwan Ashraf president FCCI.
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Rabi crop season: wheat cultivated over 2.5 million acres in Gujranwala

Rabi crop season: wheat cultivated over 2.5 million acres in Gujranwala

About 2.5 million acres of land has been brought under wheat crop during Rabi crop season in Gujranwala division. Agriculture department's official on Saturday said that the process of wheat sowing has been completed in various districts of the division w
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Ghazi murder case: Musharraf summoned by court

Ghazi murder case: Musharraf summoned by court

Rejecting the plea of former President General Pervez Musharraf (Retd) who sought an exemption from court's appearance, the Additional Sessions Judge (ADSJ) of Islamabad court on Saturday summoned Musharraf to appear before the court on December 13 in the
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Tevta to train over four million youth of Punjab in two years

Tevta to train over four million youth of Punjab in two years

Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (Tevta) Chairman Irfan Qaiser Shair has said the authority will train more than four million youth of Punjab with different skills in next two years. He also said his team was revamping Tevta and would
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
FPCCI elections: UBG names candidates for top slots

FPCCI elections: UBG names candidates for top slots

The Core Committee of the United Business Group (UBG) on Saturday announced its candidates for the slot of senior vice president and vice presidents in the FPCCI elections. The meeting that was presided over by Group Chairman Iftikhar Ali Malik at his res
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Cop on polio duty commits suicide

Cop on polio duty commits suicide

A policeman of Balochistan University Police Station committed suicide by firing himself in his room. According to police, gunshot was heard early on Saturday morning in Constable Abdul Waheed's room. He was rushed to the Civil Hospital but could not surv
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Huge cache of arms and ammunition seized, one held

Huge cache of arms and ammunition seized, one held

Police on Saturday claimed to have impounded a vehicle at Chakri Interchange carrying a huge cache of arms and ammunition being smuggled to different parts of the Rawalpindi city, besides arresting one smuggler, police officials said. They also said that
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Punjab chief minister reviews law and order situation

Punjab chief minister reviews law and order situation

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif presided over a high-level meeting here on Saturday reviewing the overall law & order situation in the province. While addressing the meeting, the Chief Minister said that protection of life and property of the citizen
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
LHC summons HEC chief on January 23

LHC summons HEC chief on January 23

The Lahore High Court (LHC) has directed Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) to appear before the court on January 23 next and explained his position for not implementing a judgement against National Testing Service (NTS). The petitioner Abdul Rauf
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
CCP Member's findings: Vanaspati ghee samples show high ratio of nickel

CCP Member's findings: Vanaspati ghee samples show high ratio of nickel

Dr Shazad Ansar, Member Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP), made an astonishing disclosure publicly that most of the random samples of vanaspati ghee available in the Pakistani markets contain nickel, a deadly catalyst/toxic for human health that ma
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
SU vice chancellor inspects ongoing semester exams

SU vice chancellor inspects ongoing semester exams

The 2nd semester examinations at Sindh University Jamshoro are underway in peaceful manner. VC Professor Dr Imdad Ali Ismaili visited various departments and centres at Allama I.I Kazi Campus and inspected the ongoing exams here on Saturday. According to
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
PVMA announces protest against gas supply suspension in Punjab

PVMA announces protest against gas supply suspension in Punjab

Pakistan Vanasptai Manufacturers Association has announced country wide protest against the suspension of gas supply in Punjab. Atif Ikram Sheikh, Chairman PVMA has shown concern on the suspension of gas supply in Punjab, and said that ghee industry is co
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
JI blames 'establishment' for Karachi's economic and social woes

JI blames 'establishment' for Karachi's economic and social woes

Secretary General of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), Liaquat Baloch, said here on Saturday that the country's powerful establishment's intervention into the political affairs of the city was responsible for its economic and social woes. Speaking at a news conferenc
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
13 held for pro-Daish wall-chalking in Lahore

13 held for pro-Daish wall-chalking in Lahore

Police have arrested 13 persons in connection with Daish wall-chalking and distribution of pamphlets in Gulburg area of Lahore. According to a private television, police had received information that workers of banned group Hizbul Tehreer were busy in dis
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Ibad meets Mamnoon

Ibad meets Mamnoon

Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan called on President Mamnoon Hussain in Karachi on Saturday. During the meeting, political situation of the country including national issues came under discussion. Both the leaders also discussed ongoing development pr
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Commission formed to investigate deaths in Thar

Commission formed to investigate deaths in Thar

In a belated action, Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has ordered the constitution of a two-member commission to probe into the drought-related deaths in Tharparkar. The commission will consist of two retired justices. Prior to this, a commission that h
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
One more child dies

One more child dies

One more child died of famine in Thar on Saturday, escalating the death toll to 151 in 68 days. According to reports, a seven-month old malnourished girl who was shifted to Golarachi Hospital passed away after fighting for life for several days whereas th
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
The IMF chiefs

The IMF chiefs

Apropos 'Ex-IMF chief denies bank misrepresented accounts before listing' carried by Business Recorder yesterday, it is both interesting and shocking to learn that ex-IMF head Rodrigo Rato has denied that bailed-out Spanish leader Bankia misreprese
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Sanctions, oil, recession: Russian company bonds feel the pain

Sanctions, oil, recession: Russian company bonds feel the pain

Rouble depreciation, Western sanctions and collapsing commodity prices have sent Russian companies' hard currency bonds tumbling to multi-year lows and there is very likely more stress ahead. With around $650 billion in external debt, more than $100 billi
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Mexicans scour for remains of their dead

Mexicans scour for remains of their dead

Terrorized by brutal drug gangs and corrupt police, residents around this town in south-western Mexico have for years kept silent when relatives disappeared, fearing they would be targeted next if they made a fuss. Some tried their own low-profile searche
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Economic integration through globalization

Economic integration through globalization

Globalization of economies dates back to start of 20th century that is period prior to World War One when it started shaping into a long distance trade and commerce among various rich and less-developed countries particularly those which were under coloni
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Fight against ISIS: A long haul

Fight against ISIS: A long haul

Though Turkey has allowed the Kurdish forces a passage through its territory to retake Kobani, the ISIS siege of the border city remains unbroken, and a kind of stalemate persists. But the anti-ISIS Iraqi force has succeeded in taking back from the Islami
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
A welcome shift in security paradigm

A welcome shift in security paradigm

In his speech on "Security Outlook 2025: National Security and Defence Transformation" at the South Asian Strategic Stability Institution on Thursday, CoAS General Raheel Sharif reflected a refreshing new thinking on different aspects of defence in a chan
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Typhoon slams into Philippines

Typhoon slams into Philippines

A powerful typhoon roared into the eastern Philippines on Saturday, bringing lashing rain and strong winds that felled trees, ripped off tin roofs and toppled power lines in areas still bearing the scars of a super typhoon 13 months ago. About 1 million p
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Typhoon slams into Philippines

Typhoon slams into Philippines

A powerful typhoon roared into the eastern Philippines on Saturday, bringing lashing rain and strong winds that felled trees, ripped off tin roofs and toppled power lines in areas still bearing the scars of a super typhoon 13 months ago. About 1 million p
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Biggest power cuts hit South Africa

Biggest power cuts hit South Africa

South Africa was hit Saturday by a second running day of massive power cuts, as state-owned utility Eskom imposed the biggest rolling blackouts in almost seven years to keep its overstrained system from collapsing entirely. Road traffic was disrupted as s
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Biggest power cuts hit South Africa

Biggest power cuts hit South Africa

South Africa was hit Saturday by a second running day of massive power cuts, as state-owned utility Eskom imposed the biggest rolling blackouts in almost seven years to keep its overstrained system from collapsing entirely. Road traffic was disrupted as s
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Biggest power cuts hit South Africa

Biggest power cuts hit South Africa

South Africa was hit Saturday by a second running day of massive power cuts, as state-owned utility Eskom imposed the biggest rolling blackouts in almost seven years to keep its overstrained system from collapsing entirely. Road traffic was disrupted as s
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Ghous declared winner on NA-215

Ghous declared winner on NA-215

Election Tribunal on Saturday declared Syed Ghous Ali Shah of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) as winner on NA-215 Khairpur. The tribunal also declared the election of PPP's Nawab Ali Wasan as null and void. Shah had challenged the success of PPP
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Ghous declared winner on NA-215

Ghous declared winner on NA-215

Election Tribunal on Saturday declared Syed Ghous Ali Shah of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) as winner on NA-215 Khairpur. The tribunal also declared the election of PPP's Nawab Ali Wasan as null and void. Shah had challenged the success of PPP
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Bangladesh Prime Minister murder plot: India arrests accused

Bangladesh Prime Minister murder plot: India arrests accused

Indian police have arrested a key suspect behind a blast in the state of West Bengal who is also believed to have been involved in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh and stage a coup there. Shahnor Alom, who was arrested in a
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Bangladesh Prime Minister murder plot: India arrests accused

Bangladesh Prime Minister murder plot: India arrests accused

Indian police have arrested a key suspect behind a blast in the state of West Bengal who is also believed to have been involved in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh and stage a coup there. Shahnor Alom, who was arrested in a
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Funeral for unarmed man shot dead by New York police

Funeral for unarmed man shot dead by New York police

Friends and relatives gathered Saturday for the New York funeral service of an unarmed black man shot dead by police, after a wave of national protests against similar killings. Akai Gurley, 28, a father of a young daughter, was shot dead when a police of
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Funeral for unarmed man shot dead by New York police

Funeral for unarmed man shot dead by New York police

Friends and relatives gathered Saturday for the New York funeral service of an unarmed black man shot dead by police, after a wave of national protests against similar killings. Akai Gurley, 28, a father of a young daughter, was shot dead when a police of
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
Aircraft on dry lease: PIA management reprimanded for miscalculation

Aircraft on dry lease: PIA management reprimanded for miscalculation

Economic Co-ordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet headed by Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Saturday snubbed the top brass of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for seeking an amount much greater than $52 million to be paid for aircraft to be
Published 07 Dec, 2014 12:00am
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