SIALKOT: The poetry of Allama Iqbal has become a point of unification at the border posts of Pakistan and India in Sucheetgarh, at the Sialkot working limit. The Rangers of Pakistan and the Border Security Force (BSF) of India are almost no face-to-face on any issue, given the rivalry and frequent tension at the border,
LAHORE: More than 1.2 million patients were denied treatment in the 44 tertiary care hospitals in Punjab during a month-long strike by employees against the government's plan to enforce the Medical Education Institutions Ordinance (MTI) . The figure appeared in the analysis conducted by the Department of Specialized Medical Care and Medical Education that worked
ISLAMABAD: The president of the Federal Revenue Board (FBR), Shabbar Zaidi, set up three high-level advisory committees on Friday to make proposals on the restructuring of the fiscal authority to make the reforms a more exclusive exercise. The committees were formed three days after FBR chief commissioners and members of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
MUMBAI: Sellers wait for customers in a wholesale market at a fishing port on Friday. Reuters BENGALURU: Moody's Investors Service reduced the outlook for India's ratings to "negative" as "stable," citing the growing risks of Asia's third largest economy growing at a slower pace than in the past, sending to the markets Securities almost 1
QUETTA: The Chinese ambassador to Pakistan, Yao Jing, said Friday that his government was going to establish 19 factories in Gwadar to create job opportunities for Balochistan's youth. “China seeks to contribute to the overall development of the mining, agriculture, fishing and water sectors of Balochistan. The Chinese consulate is facilitating the visa procedure for
ISLAMABAD: The majority of illegal Pakistani immigrants prefer to remain incarcerated and do low-level jobs in the hope of obtaining legal status abroad instead of opting to return home, the foreign ministry said Friday to a parliamentary committee . "They are mostly asylum seekers, who have torn their passports and, despite facing extreme difficulties in
ISLAMABAD: The Superior Court of Islamabad (IHC) has given the attorney general a week to submit a response on identical petitions filed against the recent dissolution of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC). The development occurred on Friday after Judge Mohsin Akhtar Kayani resumed the hearing of the petitions and Attorney General Anwar Mansoor
WASHINGTON: There has been a dramatic increase in burning stubble in the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana, which is causing an equally dramatic increase in air pollution throughout the region, says a report published by the US space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (Pot) NASA collected data from October 21-29 and has
ISLAMABAD: "We are independent, but we also depend on others at the same time," Judge Syed Mansoor Ali Shah observed with a smile on his face as he rose for a day after attending tax-related cases in the Supreme Court on Friday. The observation came when the judges withdrew for a short break during judicial
Kelvin Gastelum was fined for controversial behavior during the official weigh-in of UFC 244 last weekend in New York City, according to a report from Newsday last weekend. Gastelum, who lost a co-main event bout with Darren Till through a split decision, turned out to lean against his chief coach, Rafael Cordeiro, while he was
