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Islamabad: Four teams of Pakistani students represented their country in the 22nd International Biology Olympiad (IBO) in Taipei, Taiwan, 43rd International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) in Ankara, Turkey, 52nd International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and 42nd International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) in Bangkok, Thailand. All the four teams showed excellent performance, altogether winning nine bronze medals and four honourable mentions in these events. The students participated in these Olympiads under the auspices of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), [...]

Islamabad: Dr Nafisa Shah, MNA has been unopposed elected as the Vice-Chairperson of the Executive Committee of the Common Wealth Parliamentary Association. According to a message received from London, Dr. Nafisa Shah was unanimously supported by the CPA Members for the Vice-chairpersonship of the Executive Committee. The 57th Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association is being held in London, UK from 21st to 28th July, 2011. A 6-member Parliamentary delegation from National Assembly is participating in the Conference which is [...]

Islamabad: The prices of 25 commodities including poultry products, meat, vegetables, cooking oil, kitchen fuel and some pulses and fruits registered an average increase of 13% while 17 commodities registered an average decrease of 4%, which is too meagre to offset the sharp increase in the price of important consumer items ahead of Ramazan, says FAFEN’s Retail Price Monitor for the month of July 2011. Some important commodities like tomato (157%), potato (18%), chicken meat (18%), eggs (13%), LPG (12%), [...]

Islamabad: Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Ms. Farzana Raja has said that Pak China friendship is time-tested and the mutual cooperation between both the countries in various fields especially in social sector will be enhanced further with the passage of time. She said this while talking to Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan H.E. Liu Jian here at BISP Secretariat Thursday. Ms. Farzana Raja informed the visiting ambassador about the details of the various steps taken by BISP and said that [...]

London: With only one year to go until the greatest show on earth – the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympics Games the British High Commission along with the British Council today (Wednesday 27 July) organised sporting events in Islamabad and Karachi to celebrate the start of the countdown to the Games. Deputy High Commissioner, Dr Peter Tibber said: “Today marks one year to go until the eyes of the world focus on the London 2012 Olympics. It is an exciting [...]

Karachi: Karachi Electric Supply Company has raised warning bells on the sudden and unilateral decision taken by the Sui Southern Gas Company on Thursday morning. The unannounced reduction in the gas supply started off by the dropping of gas pressure at the power plants due to valve pinching by SSGC was the beginning of the fiasco. Due to this action the gas turbines at the power plants started tripping, leading not only to the damage of the equipment but also [...]

Karachi: Karachi Electric Supply Company has started fast repair and maintenance of pending local faults to provide immediate relief to the power consumers suffering from prolonged fault-based outages. In view of a big number of awaiting local faults all across the City for about two and a half months because of the unrest, special teams have also been formed to attend as much public complaints as possible on fast track basis. KESC has urged all the employees through an internal [...]