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Sharif to strengthen party for next elections 26 Oct 2014 - 12:12 am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has decided to reinvigorate the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) in a manner that in the coming 30...

Anti-polio campaign 26 Oct 2014 - 12:12 am

A paramedic administers polio drops to a child in a hospital in Islamabad. Polio is still endemic in Pakistan and efforts to stamp...

Sectarian clashes claim 4,900 in 25 years 25 Oct 2014 - 11:52 pm

ISLAMABAD: During the quarter of a century between 1989 and 2014, more than 4,900 Pakistani citizens have perished in around 3,000 incidents of...

PM blames protests for rise in metro bus project costs 25 Oct 2014 - 11:51 pm

ISLAMABAD: Several construction firms working on the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Bus Project have submitted prolongation cost claims running into millions of rupees due to...

Pakistan govt clears $1.74m student loans 25 Oct 2014 - 11:51 pm

KARACHI: The apex committee of the Student Loan Scheme approved yesterday Rs173.57m ($1.74m) worth of interest-free loans to be given to deserving students...

Gulf states risk deficit as oil price falls: IMF head 25 Oct 2014 - 02:57 pm

KUWAIT CITY: Oil-dependent Gulf states will face budget shortfalls if the recent decline in oil prices persists, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde...

Two dead in US school shooting after online warnings 25 Oct 2014 - 01:57 pm

LOS ANGELES: A US student who had issued chilling warnings on Twitter opened fire in a school cafeteria on Friday, killing at least...

Iran hangs woman in defiance of international campaign 25 Oct 2014 - 01:39 pm

TEHRAN: Iran hanged Saturday a woman convicted of murdering a former intelligence officer she claimed had tried to sexually assault her, defying international...

Qatargas sells its first cargo of LNG to JOVO 25 Oct 2014 - 01:16 pm

DOHA: Qatargas sold its first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Jovo LNG Storage and Transportation Co., Ltd. (JOVO), an independent LNG...

Ebola death toll tops 4,900 out of more than 10,000 cases: WHO 25 Oct 2014 - 01:15 pm

GENEVA: The death toll from the Ebola epidemic rose to 4,922 out of 10,141 known cases in eight countries through Oct. 23, the...

Kuwait urges Gulf reforms as oil prices fall 25 Oct 2014 - 01:13 pm

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait's oil minister on Saturday called for economic reforms by energy-dependent Gulf states to cope with a drop in oil prices...

Qatar urges more efforts to stop proliferation of weapons of mass destruction 25 Oct 2014 - 12:37 pm

NEW YORK: The State of Qatar called for intensified efforts to remove the threat posed by proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD),...

Myanmar army kills 'reporter' in custody 25 Oct 2014 - 12:37 pm

YANGON: Myanmar's press council Saturday said the army had admitted to shooting dead a man in its custody who activists claim was a...

20 people trapped in coal mine accident in China 25 Oct 2014 - 12:00 pm

BEIJING: A coal mine accident occurred in far West China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region late Friday night, causing an unspecified number of deaths...

Deutsche Bank sees $1.1bn quarterly legal costs 25 Oct 2014 - 08:52 am

FRANKFURT: Deutsche Bank (DBK) AG, Germany’s largest lender, said it expects to log 894 million euros ($1.13 billion) of litigation costs in the...

Egypt imposes state of emergency in Sinai after bomb kills 30 soldiers 25 Oct 2014 - 08:49 am

CAIRO: Egypt declared a three-month state of emergency would begin Saturday in the north and centre of the Sinai Peninsula after a suicide...

WHO eyes mass Ebola vaccines by mid-2015 25 Oct 2014 - 08:49 am

GENEVA: Hundreds of thousands of Ebola vaccine doses could be rolled out to west Africa by mid-2015, the World Health Organization said Friday,...

PM’s $120m offer not enough: Kashmir parties 25 Oct 2014 - 04:39 am

Paramilitary troopers stand guard in front of shuttered shops during a one-day strike called by Kashmiri separatists protesting against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s...