By Mehmood-Ul-Hassan Khan How you rate Pakistan-Kuwait bilateral diplomatic relations along with suggestions for its further strengthening? Our diplomatic relations are distinct, friendly and extraordinary based on Islamic brotherhood for the beneficiaries of the two… Read More »INTERVIEW WITH HONORABLE H. H. NAWAF ABDUL AZIZ ALENEZI AMBASSADOR THE STATE OF KUWAIT IN PAKISTAN
Mehmood-Ul-Hassan Khan Most recently, His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai has published a poem on Gaza. In which HH. Muhammad strongly criticized… Read More »Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s poem on Gaza
By Hina Mahgul Rind
KARACHI: Government is likely to relax the age-limit for the used imported cars from three years to five years, trade sources told The News on Saturday.
“The age relaxation might be announced next week,” a leading automobile importer and dealer said preferring not to be named.Read More »Pakistan Government may relax age-limit for used cars
By Gohar Ali Khan
KARACHI: Gold prices climbed for the second straight day on Saturday to a new high of Rs34,114 per 10 grams after a sharp surge in the international prices, fuelled by sovereign debt worries and a weak euro, dealers said.
Read More »Gold rises to new high of Rs34,114 per 10 grams: 20-Jun-10
Higher Education Commission (HEC) has been facing acute pressure for verifying the educational degrees of parliamentarians while Executive Director of HEC went on long leave.
Read More »Islamabad: HEC faces acute pressure to verify MPs’ degrees
AZIZ-UD-DIN AHMAD
With Musharraf’s All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) finally launched, Wikipedia will have to add another party to its list of 93 already in the country. The party was, in fact, already there on the Facebook with 212,929 admirers. Musharraf had become eligible to take part in politics after November 28, 2009. It was first let out that the party would start functioning in March. The delay in the announcement was presumably caused because none of Musharraf’s erstwhile political allies was willing to join the party, at least at this juncture.Read More »All Pakistan Muslim League: no prospects
RAWALPINDI: Renowned scientist and former federal minister Dr Attaur Rehman has said that today’s world is the world of knowledge and national progress and development was impossible until we put the nation on the track of education.
Read More »Dr AttaurRehman stresses need for improving education level
Ahmad Rafay Alam
The Economic Survey 2009-2010 is available and online for all to access. It paints a startling picture of this Islamic Republic and presents ground realities that cannot be ignored. And if one cares to compare what it says with the recent budget, the mismatch between what people need and what the government has proposed to meet those needs reveals itself in sharp relief.Read More »The belief in change
COMMON painkiller such as Ibuprofen, which is available without prescription, doubles heart attack risk if taken in high doses for a long time, a study has revealed. Read More »Common painkiller doubles heart attack risk
* Upper House unanimously passes recommendations of Standing Committee on Finance
* Committee proposes withdrawal of one percent increase in GST
* Senators recommend 60% raise in salaries of grades 1 to 16 govt employees
By Zeeshan Javaid
The Upper House of the Parliament on Wednesday unanimously approved 74 budgetary recommendations and forwarded them to the National Assembly for their incorporation in the Finance Bill 2010-11.Read More »Pakistan Budget 2010-2011: Senate recommends 74 changes