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ISLAMABAD - In a major development, Japan has shown interest to finance the much needed laying of the transmission line upto the Thar coalfield, which is needed to expedite power generation from the coalfield. INTEREST EXPRESSED An official source said that interest was recently expressed...

KARACHI - Commercial banks held over Rs70 billion of excess cash reserves during the week spanning between 23rd and 29th December; thus adversely impacting smooth functioning of the interest rate corridor. POCKETING HANDSOME AMOUNTS Central bank reported Friday that banks, presently...

Faisalabad - “Pakistan’s tax to GDP ratio that was 13.8 per cent in 1987-88 has declined to 8.5 per cent during 2010-11. This has led to a tax revenue loss of Rs. 900 million per anum which is a significant drain on national resources”, says Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) Dr Shoaib Suddle. He was...

SINGAPORE - Singapore will slash its leaders’ unpopular multi-million-dollar salaries by at least a third, new guidelines showed Wednesday, but they will remain the world’s best-paid politicians. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who promised the salary review to ease public anger that surfaced in...

India is not match for neighbouring China when it comes to social development indicators, eminent economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has said. "There is a huge gap there (on social front) as China is one of the best performers in terms of social indicators," Sen said while speaking at...

India is not match for neighbouring China when it comes to social development indicators, eminent economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has said. "There is a huge gap there (on social front) as China is one of the best performers in terms of social indicators," Sen said while speaking at...

From the Economic Times: "BEIJING: Amid a deterioration in US-Pak ties, China has assured Pakistan's political and military leadership of its support in maintaining sovereignty and internal stability and promised to help its 'trusted ally' play a bigger role in global and regional affairs...

NEW DELH(SANA): India has rejected Pakistan’s proposal to move heavy artillery and mortars away from the Line of Control citing frequent ceasefire violations and asked Islamabad to come clear on its nuclear policy, including command and control over nuclear assets. This was conveyed to the...

LONDON: Controversial TV personality Jeremy Clarkson has once again been accused of racism after mocking Indian culture in a 'Top Gear' Christmas Special on BBC. Viewers were furious after Clarkson staged a series of Carry On style digs at India's trains, toilets, clothing, food and history...

Trafficking of rare stuff - in high demand at the international market - is on the rise on India’s border with China in Himachal Pradesh. For second time in past 13 months police has detected cross border smuggling on “porous” border with China in remote Kinnaur district raising questions about...

Furious over controversial BBC presenter Jeremy Clarkson mocking Indian culture during a Christmas special programme while driving in India, senior Labour MP Keith Vaz on Saturday demanded an apology. The controversy seems to have even sucked in the 10 Downing Street. Indian origin Vaz...

Please stop vomiting and defeating like the Bollywood daydreamers. Keep PDF free of your venon. We are proud of all Chinese achievements which have been made despite Western embargoes.

China and pakistan are not enemies of India. However since the advent of the Bush and Obama administrations, the US is instilling hate between these countries in a divide and rule policy and in view of contaning the expansion of China.

The US war criminals and the Obama administration are again spreading WMD around the world. The Israelis have nothing to worry as the F 15 and its weapons would be disabled in case of Arab Israeli conflict. The Saudis F 15 and all its weaponry have been programmed to shot only Iranian, Russian...

COIMBATORE: A 22-year-old BEd girl student allegedly committed suicide by jumping out of a running train in the city today. The student was travelling in the Chennai-Kollam special train and was found talking on mobile phone throughout the night, police, quoting some passengers in the woman...

MUMBAI, India - At the edge of India's greatest slum, Shaikh Mobin's decrepit shanty is cleaved like a wedding cake, four layers high and sliced down the middle. The missing half has been demolished. What remains appears ready for demolition, too, with temporary walls and a rickety corrugated...

ATTARI: A group of Pakistani nationals arrived in India via Attari border on Wednesday to attend the 8th joint convention of Pakistan-India People's Forum for peace and democracy, scheduled to be held in Allahabad from December 29 to 31. The peaceniks were of the opinion that efforts made to...

CHANDIGARH: Misleading information by kingpin of the kidney transplant scam, with roots in Mohali and Chandigarh, unearthed by Lucknow police recently, has led UP police to scrutinize the role of two hospitals in Mohali. "The kingpin had said that only seven transplants were carried out...

Another milestone achieved. Congratulations to our motherland, China and may this success contributes to safeguard our holyland from the US war criminals and western neo greedy colonialist and imperialist future aggression and bullying. Longlived to the Pakistanese and Chinese brotherhood. Such...

MUMBAI, India - At the edge of India's greatest slum, Shaikh Mobin's decrepit shanty is cleaved like a wedding cake, four layers high and sliced down the middle. The missing half has been demolished. What remains appears ready for demolition, too, with temporary walls and a rickety corrugated...