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Credit to farm sector surges

in Finance - Wed May 22, 2013

KARACHI : The State Bank reported on Tuesday that agriculture credit disbursement by banks surged by over 15 per cent in the first 10 months of

Unidentified bullets claim 11 more lives

in National - Sat May 18, 2013

KARACHI: Eleven persons, including a woman, were k

PN man among five shot dead in city

in National - Thu May 02, 2013

KARACHI: Five people, including a Pakistan Navy man, were shot dead in separate incidents in the city on Wednesday, police said.

A Pakistan Nav

Shanghai stops poultry trade on bird flu fears

in International - Sat April 06, 2013

Shanghai"s live poultry markets were shut on Saturday after authorities banned trading in birds to prevent the spread of H7N9 bird flu, which has killed six people in China.

Mocking Morsi: How funny is too funny in Egypt?

in International - Fri April 05, 2013

CAIRO, Egypt  Egypt"s judiciary created an international firestorm when the top judge summoned the country"s foremost political satirist in for questioning this week.

Venezuela presidential campaigning launched

in International - Wed April 03, 2013

Venezuela"s electoral campaigning has begun, to see who will succeed the late president Hugo Chavez after the 14 April election – even though the political jockeying began i

Tide of Syrian refugees ebbs and flows across Lebanese bor

in International - Mon March 11, 2013

Syrian families are subsisting in camps in the Bekaa Valley that the Lebanese government claims do not exist Lebanon is awash with a cresting tide of Syrian refugees.

Couch Potato on the Brit Awards, Embarrassing Bodies and C

in International - Mon February 25, 2013

What crisis? 99% of beef meals free of horsemeat

in International - Sat February 16, 2013

The Food Standards Agency said 29 of 2,501 tests came back positive for horse DNA at levels above one per cent  yet even these low levels of contamination were "to

EU approves testing plan to halt horsemeat scandal

in International - Sat February 16, 2013

BRUSSELS: The European Union has agreed the immediate launch of tests for horse DNA in meat products, seeking to reassure nervous consumers that their food is safe and to en

Fireworks among few signs of life in Beijing

in International - Sat February 16, 2013

Everyone was gone from Beijing. My apartment compound filled with the chirping of birds - a sound rarely heard over the din of everyday life - punctuated by distant firew

In impromptu market visits, Hatta mistaken for Jokowi

in International - Thu February 14, 2013

Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo may indeed be the most popular high-ranking official in the country as a survey suggests, leaving other national political figures behind, as a

Year of Snake sees serpent sales soar in Hong Kong

in International - Sat February 09, 2013

HONG KONG: As Hong Kong prepares to usher in the Year of the Snake, an increasing number of the reptiles are slithering their way into local households, with sales of the

Shahbaz lauds Turkish help in development projects

in National - Mon January 28, 2013

LAHORE: An 18-member delegation of Turkish businessmen led by Sadi Yildarier, chief executive of Pak Turk Businessmen Association, called on Punjab Chief Minister Muhamma

Help! Too many crocodiles, South Africa police say

in International - Fri January 25, 2013

Johannesburg: Calling all crocodile experts - South African police say you\'re needed to help capture thousands of crocs out on the lam.

Thousands of crocodi

The Big Hurt Pop culture news in brief

in International - Thu January 24, 2013

Could Nicki Minaj be casting aside her reputation as a fashion trailblazer? Billboard reports that she\'s parted ways with Terrence Davidson, the celebrity wigmaker who made

Lance Armstrong Will Be Back

in International - Tue January 22, 2013

Anyone expecting a tearful Lance Armstrong to gaze into the camera and beg forgiveness for a lifetime of deceit, after having given up all of the names and details of the ho

Al Masri Al Youm kitchen measure of price rises for the fi

in International - Thu January 17, 2013

The rate of increase in prices or in other words «inflation» one of the main data prepared by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, which issued a mo

Farewell stormin norman

in International - Sat December 29, 2012

It was perhaps inevitable that the first-ever war broadcast live on TV would produce an outsize media hero like its commander, Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf.

But

Emigrant Christmases: Skype was broken. But actually I was

in International - Fri December 28, 2012

GENERATION EMIGRATION: Will Keena , Melbourne

I"ve tried to convince myself, in absentia, that Christmas in Ireland is just consumer frenzy soaked in alcohol

Japan to Deepen Discussions About Trans Pacific Trade Pact

in International - Thu December 27, 2012

Japan will deepen internal discussions over the Trans-Pacific Partnership as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe considers meeting U.S. President Barack Obama next month, new Agric

Family traditions at the Christmas table

in International - Mon December 24, 2012

Recession-weary Britons are reining back the spending for this year\'s festivities, but the average household will still spend pound 48 on Christmas day food, according to M

Mangaung Maskandi: Romance dies in Mangaung

in International - Tue December 18, 2012

 There is a lot of meat in Mangaung. The comrades will go through seven-and-a-half tonnes of dead cow over the next few days.

The Flatulent Forces of Ch

Syrians in Turkey camps desperate to return

in International - Wed October 24, 2012

Ahmed al-Arash bore the expression of a powerless father as he stood over his one-year-old son, Mohamed, in a health clinic in Turkey\'s Islahiyeh refugee camp.

Europe Weighs More Sanctions as Irans Currency Plummets

in International - Thu October 04, 2012

The U.K., France and Germany are pressing for new sanctions to bring Iran"s economy to its knees and curb its nuclear ambitions, according to several European diplomats, as