KSE-100 index gains 83 points
May 15th
The market started the day with bullish trend and the buying pressure persisted during the whole trading session. Trade volume surged by about fifty percent and remained at 152 million shares.
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Loading ...Nankana: Boy dragged by tying with buffalo tale
May 15th
They not only beat him but also dragged by tying him with the tale of a buffalo. The incident occurred in the area of Syedwala police station where 10-year-old Qasim Ali was grazing his buffaloes in the field. Landlord Mohsan Ali Kharal’s two sons got irritated with the victim on trifle matter and tied his both arms with the tale of a buffalo
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...FDI decreases by 65pc during current FY
May 15th
According to the data released by the State Bank of Pakistan, volume of FDI remained at $563 million during the current fiscal year. Which is $1.3 billion lower as compared with the last year
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Bounty announced for 23 proclaimed offenders
May 15th
All of them are involved in heinous crimes and are required by the security forces and law enforcement departments in various criminal cases. Head money worth Rs 2 million has been announced for the arrest of Sarfraz from Fiasalabad and Basharat from Sheikhupura while one million rupees have been announced for the arrest of Muhammad Imran and Riaz from Lahore, Asif from Kasur, Kashif from Faisalabad, Shehzad Hussain from Gujranwala and Chan Pir Shah from Sialkot. Muhammad Iftikhar and Irfan belong to Sialkot and Faryad Ali is from Sheikhupura
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Lahore: alleged killer of 4 brothers arrested
May 15th
Apart from this, four others accused have also been arrested for using bogus credit cards during shopping activities. The CIA police have arrested the accused Riasat from Pattoki. The accused had killed the brother-in-law of Shehzad Butt, the advisor to Punjab CM a year back.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Peshawar: Blast outside trader’s house; kid hurt
May 15th
The building of house was also partially damaged.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Oil tankers owners get signal for resumptions of NATO supplies
May 15th
Arrival of loaders and tankers has started to make their way into Pakistan from Afghanistan.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...PM recommends reopening of NATO supplies
May 15th
In this regard, an important meeting of the Defence Committee was held in Islamabad with PM Gilani in the chair. Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, Finance Minister Hafiz Sheikh, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira and Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar attended the meeting.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Dr Chishti arrives in Pakistan
May 15th
Chishti, an 80-year-old Pakistani virologist who has spent at least 20 years at a prison in Ajmer, has reached Pakistan. The Indian Supreme Court had permitted Dr Chishti to visit Pakistan during the pendency of his appeal against his conviction in a murder case and life imprisonment. Earlier, talking to media at Jaipur railway station, Chishti said, "I am happy that I am going to my home land to meet my family and friends.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Merkel meets new French president
May 15th
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met new French President Francois Hollande Tuesday for their first-ever talks set to be dominated by differences over crisis remedies for Europe as the risk of a Greek eurozone exit piles on the pressure. After the collapse of talks in Athens on forming a new government, forcing new elections, Merkel will have to to overcome a rift with the newly sworn-in French leader over the eurozone s economic roadmap. Their face-to-face talks began more than an hour late after lightning hit Hollande s presidential plane en route, forcing it to turn around before he again set off for the German capital in another aircraft.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...US Army opens jobs in combat battalions to women
May 15th
Female soldiers this week are moving into new jobs closer to the battlefield in once all-male units, as the U.S. Army breaks down formal barriers in recognition of what s already happening in Iraq and Afghanistan. The policy change announced earlier this year is being tested at nine brigades before going Army-wide.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Sugar can affect brainpower: research
May 15th
Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) fed two groups of rats a solution containing high-fructose corn syrup — a common ingredient in processed foods — as drinking water for six weeks. One group of rats was supplemented with brain-boosting omega-3 fatty acids in the form of flaxseed oil and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), while the other group was not.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...President Zardari to attend NATO summit in Chicago
May 15th
WASHINGTON: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will attend a summit of NATO leaders in Chicago this weekend, the Pakistani embassy in Washington said on Tuesday.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...11 hurt in garment factory’s bus crash in Lahore
May 15th
Staff Report LAHORE: At least 11 garment factory workers sustained injuries as staff bus crashed into a nullah in Kahna area of Lahore today, SAMAA reported on Tuesday. Ətraflı görə, a local garment factory’s staff bus, carrying 25 workers, plunged into a nullah in Kahna area of Lahore this day when its driver tried to reverse it. Eleven workers sustained injuries in the crash.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Six rockets fired in Peshawar’s Hayatabad, 3 hurt
May 15th
Staff Report PESHAWAR: Three people were wounded on Tuesday when six rockets were thrown at Hayatabad in Peshawar.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...PML-N made no proposal to reopen NATO supply: Nawaz
May 15th
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: PML-N President Mian Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said that his party had made no proposal to reopen NATO supply routes. Speaking to SAMAA correspondent Arbab Chandio, he said some powers want to divide Sindh, but he would not let happen. People, he said, want to get rid of this government.
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