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Iran rejects Western pressures over its nuclear activities
May 17th
TEHRAN: Iran rejects Western pressures over its nuclear activities and will never give up its rights, Tehran’s chief nuclear negotiator said Thursday ahead of crunch talks with world powers in Baghdad next week.
“If we participate in the negotiations… it is because of our resistance (to Western powers). Thanks to our More >
US ambassador to Israel said, Plans ‘ready’ to strike Iran, says US envoy
May 17th
JERUSALEM: US plans for a possible military strike on Iran are ready and the option is “fully available”, the US ambassador to Israel said – days before Tehran resumes talks with world powers which suspect it of seeking to develop nuclear arms.
Like Israel, the United States has said it considers More >
Suspected US drone kills 2 Qaeda militants in eastern Yemen
May 17th
ADEN: A suspected US drone strike killed two al Qaeda militants on Thursday in eastern Yemen, as an army offensive against the extremist group entered its sixth day, a local official said.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official said the two al Qaeda suspects were killed in a strike on More >
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan faces police probe over cricket row
May 17th
MUMBAI: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan faced a police probe and a lifetime ban from Mumbai’s main cricket stadium on Thursday following a furious late-night row with staff at the ground, officials said.
The actor, who co-owns the Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kolkata Knight Riders, took a group of youngsters More >
Supreme Court should immediately take note of conspiracies against Thar Coal project
May 17th
LAHORE - The Punjab Forum said on Wednesday that vested interests have targeted the Thar Coal project after burying the Kala Bagh dam (KBD) project to bleed the country dry. Pakistan can never become a stable and energy-secure country in the absence of critical projects which are being made controversial for specific More >
Lahore School of Economics hosted
May 17th
LAHORE - Amidst distinguished economists, academicians and policymakers from both the national and international platform, the Lahore School of Economics hosted its eighth annual conference on ‘Management of the Pakistan Economy’ at its main Burki campus. The theme of this conference was ‘Towards Accelerated Economic Growth: Its Need and Feasibility’, with the More >
Minister for providing modern educational facilities
May 17th
LAHORE - Punjab Education Minister Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman said the government was implementing a comprehensive programme for providing modern educational facilities to students. Addressing a meeting on Wednesday, he said the government was working hard to achieve an 88 percent literacy rate before 2015 in order to fulfill the international commitment made under More >
HEC, British Council sign agreement for internationalising higher education
May 17th
ISLAMABAD - An agreement on internationalising higher education partnership between the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) and the British Council Pakistan was inked here at HEC, Islamabad. Prof Dr Nasser Ali Khan, HEC Acting Executive Director and Dr Nils Tomes, Director Education, Wider South Asia British Council, British High Commission, Islamabad-Pakistan More >
AIOU will promote research of issue-based
May 17th
ISLAMABAD - Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) will promote research work at higher educational level that helps to solve the community-based problems and the national issues, like energy crisis, illiteracy and unemployment. It will extensively work enhancing capacity-building of its researchers and the students, so that they could produce high-profile research papers More >
AIOU final exams to start from May 21
May 17th
ISLAMABAD - Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) will hold final examinations for Matric and Postgraduate programmes for the semester autumn 2011 from May 21 across the country. Controller of Exams, AIOU, Muhammad Bashir Chaudhry said that the Roll No slips of Matric and Postgraduate programmes have already been dispatched to all the More >
Focus Humanitarian Assistance Pakistan organises seminar to celebrate School Safety Day
May 17th
Islamabad - Focus Humanitarian Assistance Pakistan, an affiliate of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), organised a seminar to commemorate 16th May as School Safety Day in line with a unanimous declaration passed at the International School Safety Conference organised by AKDN in March 2008. The seminar on School Safety was held More >
DMC arranges one-day ‘school health’ programme
May 17th
RAWALPINDI - The Disaster Management Cell (DMC) of the Islamic International Medical College organised a one-day ‘school health’ programme here for medical check-up of students and their family members. Under the programme, doctors examined the students suffering from ENT, dental and skin related ailments besides conducing different tests to diagnose other disease More >
Kalash spring festival ends
May 17th
CHITRAL, May 16: Chilim Jusht, the four-day spring festival of Kalash people, ended here on Wednesday in the Bumburate valley while the festival was celebrated in the other two valleys Rumbur and Birir on the first and second day of the festival respectively.
Hundreds of Kalash people including men, women, girls, More >
A befitting tribute to Shahid Sajjad at Photospace Gallery
May 17th
KARACHI, May 16: It is always a delight to see one artist paying tribute to another. This works wonders in two ways: (1) it elevates the artistic expression of the tribute-paying person to a level where sincerity of content surpasses the command over technique (2) it creates bonhomie between extraordinary More >
International Museum Day exhibition
May 17th
KARACHI, May 16: A special exhibition of rare collections will be held at the National Museum to mark the International Museum Day — being observed on Thursday.
The Sindh culture department has organised a seminar on the occasion, and other special events to celebrate the 62nd anniversary of the National Museum, More >
Two Turkish companies to operate 130 buses of international standard
May 17th
LAHORE, May 16: Two Turkish companies will be operating 130 new buses of international standard on different routes while the number of buses on all other routes of Lahore will also be increased.
Turkish company Albayrak will operate 100 new air-conditioned buses on four routes while another Turkish company, OuzPak, will More >
Manhandling by IJT, PU teachers to boycott classes
May 17th
LAHORE, May 16: The Punjab University Academic Staff Association executive body announced boycotting classes and creating law and order “to jolt the government” over the thrashing of two university teachers by a group of students.
“The government does not realise the gravity of an issue until it is responded with a More >
IJT activists vandalises VC office PU
May 17th
LAHORE, May 16: Islami Jamiat Tulaba (IJT) activists threw flowerpots at Punjab University vice-chancellor office and vandalised its windowpanes on Wednesday in protest at the killing of Awais Aqeel on varsity campus.
No university security guard challenged the rioters.
Protesters led by IJT PU Nazim Rai Haq Nawaz and IJT Punjab Nazim More >
Pakistani, Chinese artistes perform at Alhamra Lahore
May 17th
LAHORE, May 16: An awesome music and dance night punctuated with some out-of-the-world performances by Chinese and Pakistani artistes stole many a heart at Alhamra Art Centre’s Hall No 1 on The Mall that was packed to its maximum capacity of 1,000 seats.
The stage was an emblem of a dreamy More >
Capital hosts printmakers’ collection by Nageen Hyatt
May 17th
ISLAMABAD, May 16: “After working with print makers for almost twenty years, we at Nomad felt that it would be worth it to work with Iram and Aleem to put an exhibition together,” explained Nageen Hyatt, curator of Nomad Gallery.
And in this spirit, Iram Wani and Aleem Dad have put More >










