The launching ceremony of “Between Dreams and Realities: Some Milestones in Pakistan’s History”, a book on Pakistan’s political history by former Federal Finance Minister Sartaj Aziz, was held at a local hotel on Tuesday.

A LAWYER has moved the Lahore High Court against the allocation of $ 20 million for pleading the case of Dr Afia Siddiqui in America. He had prayed to the court for a direction to the federal government that the matter instead might be taken to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which was the[…]

CHIEF Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that poverty and ignorance cannot be the fate of Pakistanis and we will have to make progress with hard work, honesty and determination, learning a lesson from our past mistakes so that our new generations can be proud of us.

OVER 750 people, including experts and scientists, from across the world have so far been registered for the 6th Asian Buffalo Congress being organised by the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences in collaboration with the Livestock and Dairy Development (L&DD) Department, Punjab, and the Asian Buffalo Association (ABA) from October 27 to 30.

LAHORE: The chief executive of ZARCO money exchange company, Syed Lakht-e-Hasnain, illegally transferred around Rs 1,870 million to his bank accounts abroad, while his company performed Foreign Telegraphic Transfers (FTTs) of $346.71 million under the hawala business in 2008, according to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).

LAHORE: The Punjab government has warned the sugar dealers if they failed to bring all the sold sugar stocks available in the open market within next 48 hours their stocks will be confiscated and auctioned. This warning was issued by Punjab Minister for Food Malik Nadeem Kamran while presiding over a meeting held to review[…]

LAHORE: The Lahore stock market was under complete control of bulls as it rose 94 points to cross 2,400 points and close at 2,454 amid a moderate trading volume.

ISLAMABAD: Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) has suffered a loss of $2,146 million in different sectors due to terrorism, while $1,009 million are immediately needed to initiate work on various mega projects in the region, Secretary Planning & Development Department FATA, Secretariat Zafar Hassan said Monday.

The Punjabi National Conference held under the auspices of the Academy for the Promotion of Punjabi Language, Literature, Art and Culture (APPLLAC) at Alhamra Art Council, adopted sixteen unanimous resolutions.

PUNJAB Minister for Population Welfare Neelam Jabbar Ch said the government had established 104 Reproductive Health Services-A centers. She said these centers would be increased up to 130 whereas at present 53 non-development reproductive health services-B centers were registered with the Population Welfare Department and, during the next plan, the number of RHS-B centers would[…]