PESHAWAR: Terming Pakistan’s polio eradication efforts ‘a disaster’, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) has recommended that the charge of wiping out the crippling virus be immediately handed over to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). In a report released on … read more
The federal government has missed its first quarter cash transfer target for the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), depriving some 372,000 families that would have come under the social security net. Against the budgetary target of distributing Rs24.1 billion among … read more
NEW DELHI: Assembly polls in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) and Jharkhand will be held in five phases between November 25 and December 20 and the counting of votes will take place on December 23, the Election Commission announced on Saturday, … read more
ABBAS KASSAR HYDERABAD: Former director information and renowned journalist Allah Bachayo Memon has said the much needed peace can be achieved through development of classical music and to encourage those artists working on it.He said Ustad Mairaj Hussain Raju Samrat … read more
DUBAI: Pakistan´s spinners scythed through Australia´s top order in the second innings to get them close to victory in the first Test after twin centuries from Younus Khan and youngster Ahmad Shehzad helped the hosts set an improbable target. Left-arm … read more