KARACHI:  "Chancellor and Governor Sindh - Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan will visit the University of Karachi very soon. In addition, the quality of new and under construction buildings of the University is satisfactory. However, timely funding can bring improvement in delay in completion of these projects," these views were expressed by the members of the Governor's Provincial Monitoring Unit during their visit ...

The company attributes its success to low debt, investment in training its workforce. FAISALABAD:Its peers may be struggling with power outages, failing to meet export orders, and laying off workers, but Ashfaq Textile Mills appears to be bucking the trend, with soaring profits and an expanding workforce. The Faisalabad-based company manufactures grey, dyed and bleached fabrics and exports most of its produ ...

Life is like a movie. Whether it is good or bad, long or short is more a question of individual preference than industry positioning. Some movies unanimously fall in the category of tragedy while many others get classified as comedy. Some go like a slow drama, some, melodrama while many are too action packed to be a drama. And, of course, some are labeled as horror and some simply are horrible. Some are thr ...

US President Barack Obama (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, on June 18, 2012. The United States has recognized Iran's right to access to nuclear energy meant for peaceful purposes and says Washington is committed to a comprehensive negotiated settlement of the issue. US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladi ...

NEW YORK: Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent insists his company is not responsible for the rise in US obesity despite New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's recent moves to limit the consumption of sugary drinks. "This is an important, complicated societal issue that we all have to work together to provide a solution," Kent told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published late Monday. "That's why we are working w ...

Pakistan squandered several chances, dropping catches, missing run-out opportunities and conceding 22 extras as the team showed little improvement in the field. Pakistan threw away another golden opportunity to beat Sri Lanka, going down by two wickets in the fifth and final One-Day International (ODI) and also lose the series 3-1. Angelo Mathews was Sri Lanka’s hero with a splendid, unbeaten 80 as the tour ...

Ghazala Javed was renowned for singing in Pushto. PESHAWAR: Renowned Pashto language singer Ghazala Javed was shot dead along with her father in Peshawar on Monday. According to details, Ghazala was visiting a beauty parlour in Mohalla Nuo, Dabagari for pre-show preparations. When she left the saloon with her father, two unknown armed men riding a motorbike fired on her. Ghazala received six bullet wounds a ...

Amnesty International has condemned the recent execution of Iranian nationals in Saudi Arabia. It came as no surprise to hear that executed Iranians had not been allowed consular access and that the Saudi Arabian authorities did not allow them to lawyers or interpreters in the court - both violations of the internationally recognized right to a fair trial.”   Ann Harrison, deputy director of Amnesty In ...

Three people were killed and 12 were injured in a tribal clash in the Chashma Achozai area of Quetta on Tuesday. QUETTA: Three people were killed and 12 were injured in a tribal clash in the Chashma Achozai area of Quetta on Tuesday. According to the correspondent, the clash had taken place over a land dispute. The injured had initially been shifted to Civil hospital, where a large number of policemen had t ...

Two Palestinians have been killed in a fresh airstrike carried out by Israeli warplanes on the Gaza Strip, a day after four other Palestinians were killed in similar attacks. A Palestinian medical source said the attack targeted an area in the city of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza during the early hours of Tuesday. “Two citizens were killed in an Israeli airstrike,” said the source, whose name was not menti ...