Author : Atif Iqbal

A cup of coffee may trigger a heart attack in some people within an hour of drinking it, reveals a new study. Ana Baylin and colleagues at the Brown University School of Medicine in Providence, Rhode Island, studied 503 cases of non-fatal heart attacks in Costa Rica. They surveyed participants about their coffee consumption in[…]

AN Indian delegation, headed by Gurukul University Vice Chancellor Prof Swatantra Kumar, called on Punjab University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran in his office on Tuesday. Both the sides emphasized the academic, cultural and economic collaboration between Pakistan and India. The PU VC briefed the delegation about various departments including Law College and Hailey[…]

HAZOOR Khan is a resident of Mitiari, Sindh. He was given the best micro entrepreneur award for 2008 by the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund and Citigroup as he got rid of poverty on microfinance.

THE district coordination officer (DCO) appointed 50 price control magistrates to ensure sale of edibles and necessary items at government fixed rates especially during Ramazan.

WALLED City Project Director General Oriya Maqbool Jan Abbasi has stressed the need for concerted efforts by all the government departments for the conservation of historical and cultural heritage. He said that the Punjab government was spending Rs 300 million for the conservation of the Shalimar Gardens

Counsel for Dr. Aafia Siddiqui has filed a contempt of court petition before the Lahore High Court against the ministries of interior and foreign affairs for releasing $20million to three American lawyers for defending Dr Aafia in the US courts, thus violating the court order.

AN ADDITIONAL district and sessions judge on Tuesday issued notice to police on a petition seeking directions for registration of a criminal case against Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf.

PRESIDENT PPP Punjab Rana Aftab Ahmed Khan has said the government has successfully crushed the terrorism and its network in the military operation. The PPP leader stated this at a reception given in his and Deputy Secretary Information Sajjad Bokhari’s honour by Khalid Awan, Pakistan’s investment counselor in USA, on Tuesday.

PUNJAB Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif presided over a meeting at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat to review the pace of implementation of land record computerization project. Chairman Bank of Punjab, Senior Member Board of Revenue, Secretary Information Technology, Project Director Land Computerization Record and other officers concerned attended the meeting.

THE Supreme Court of Pakistan Tuesday ordered the Punjab government and the Lahore Development Authority to submit a building-wise report and recommendations about the line of action against buildings built in violation of rules and regulations.

LAHORE: While the concept of microfinance is still at a developing stage in Pakistan, its pioneer in Bangladesh Mohammad Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank which provides small loans to poor people, hopes that the day is not far when Bangladeshi children will visit museums to see what poverty was like.

LAHORE: The Lahore stock market on Tuesday saw bullish activity which pushed the index up by 31.58 points to 2,418.54. In the morning, the trading started on a positive note and fresh buying in major blue-chips kept the index in the positive zone. In the refinery sector, however, some profit-taking was seen, but shares of[…]

LAHORE: The Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) ended on a bearish note on Monday. The LSE 25-shares index finished at 2,386.96, losing 31.47 points as on last Thursday market was closed at the level of 2,418.43 points. The volume of market remained at 10.99 million shares, 3.34 million less than Thursday’s turnover of 14.34 million shares.[…]

LAHORE: Pakistan Sugar Mills Association, Punjab Zone, has expressed concern over crackdown on sugar dealers in the province, and warned if the operation is not stopped, the mills will not to go in to crushing during the next season. “If the operation is not stopped, we will not supply the commodity on lower rates to[…]

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has sent a summary to the Ministry of Law and Justice for the appointment of 15 new LHC judges, a private TV channel reported on Monday. According to the channel, the names of Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Hafiz Tariq, Syed Ehtisham Qadir, Syed Najamul Hassan, Mansoor Malik, Asad Munir,[…]

LAHORE: The city faced lesser load shedding as the Lahore Electric Supply Company’s (LESCO) shortfall decreased due to pleasant weather after rain on Monday. Fewer power outages were reported on Saturday and Sunday while there has been no power suspension for the past three nights.

LAHORE: The district government will set up 29 Ramzan Bazaars in the city to ensure the availability of cheap food items, a private TV channel quoted District Coordination Officer (DCO) Sajjad Ahmad Bhutta as saying on Monday. According to the channel, the DCO told a meeting at his office that the administration would provide Iftar[…]

LAHORE: A general house meeting of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) on Monday unanimously passed a resolution against proposed reappointment of judges allegedly appointed by former chief justice of Pakistan Abdul Hameed Dogar.

THE Punjab government is trying to alleviate poverty in the province without realising that the poor cannot get out of poverty traps without state help. Poverty becomes a trap when a vicious cycle undermines the effort of the poor to improve their lots. The Punjab government would have to take remedial steps to help the[…]

LAHORITES had respite from load shedding on Saturday and Sunday thanks to rain and pleasant weather.People welcomed the change and praised the PEPCO and the LESCO for giving relief to citizens facing the power crisis. They said the PEPCO should be credited for a hiatus in power outages even though it was the pleasant weather[…]

A general house of Lahore High Court Bar Association Monday passed a unanimous resolution against proposed reappointment of judges who belonged to what it called ‘Dogar Court’.

The Lahore High Court on Monday adjourned till August 27 the hearing of a habeas corpus petition seeking the recovery of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui from American detention. The court adjourned hearing after a deputy attorney general filed a written request on behalf of the Foreign Affairs and Interior ministries.

THE PPP leadership once again ditched a party loyalist and the injured guard of slain party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto who was left high and dry at the gate of the President’s House on Monday and denied entrance to the Presidency.

LAHORE: Any possible supply of drone technology to Pakistan would destabilise the balance of power in the region, a private TV channel quoted Indian Foreign Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Monday. According to the channel, Krishna said the US ammunition supplied to Pakistan in the past had been used against India. He added that the[…]