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Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB) has reared a nursery of seedless kinno and started its sale on commercial basis, said Dr Kausar Abdullah Malik, member Administration and Biosciences, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC). He visited the nursery at NIAB here Saturday and lauded the efforts of PAEC scientists, observing that Pakistan could earn [...]

Pakistan’s Aqeel Khan lived up to his top billing and won the USD 10,000 ITF Mens’ Futures title defeating Chinese Taipei’s Liu Tai-Wei 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-1 at the Lal Bahadur stadium tennis complex here today. Twenty-four-year-old Khan had a good beginning and he rolled on to 5-3 in the first set until he relaxed [...]

Pakistan’s Minister for Environment [has] said environment-related subjects would be introduced in school curriculum after consultation with the ministry of education. He stated this while inaugurating a one-day workshop on “Promotion of environmental issues through social mobilization, interpersonal communication and advocacy”, organized by Islamabad Resource Centre of the National Conservation Strategy of the ministry of [...]

Five Pakistan born players including vice captain Nasir Javed were named in the 14 member squad announced by the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) for the forthcoming Champions Trophy Cricket Tournament scheduled to be played in England from September 10. Team USA, making its maiden appearance in the big time cricket, though, would [...]

As a curtain raiser for the three-day workshop starting September 24, a young lady, Beena Khan, a city-based journalist, was hypnotized by Dr Moiz Hussain at a local hotel on Friday evening. According to Prof Moiz, she was judged to be at the highest level of hypnosis, the sixth level, in the hypnotists’ parlance. Khan [...]

The Pakistan Dental Association wants to collaborate with India in higher education and training in dentistry and buy equipment and materials from here. A 150-member delegation from Pakistan Dental Association, participating in a four-day Federation Dentaire International (FDI) conference that began here Friday, made this interest evident. Over 4,500 delegates are attending the mega exhibition-cum-conference [...]

International Material Development, a US firm has offered to set up super-shredder for scrap metals in Pakistan in collaboration with M/s Monica International Inc. The offer was made by a 6-member US delegation, headed by Howard Lincoln, a veteran of the scrap metal industry in a meeting, chaired by Jehangir Khan Tareen, federal minister for [...]

“I was born in a business family in Karachi. I studied up to intermediate class. My father is in oil trade. I am married with two sons and same number of daughters. They are studying in higher secondary classes. My brothers are doing different jobs. Sisters are married happily. “Soon after doing intermediate, I started [...]

The oldest surviving Olympic gold medalist will have a field hockey match dedicated to him after celebrating his 100th birthday yesterday. Feroz Khan played in the Indian team that won the gold at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam. He settled in Karachi, Pakistan, after partition in 1947. Khan became the oldest-known living Olympic medalist after [...]

The Central Developmental Working Party (CDWP) of the federal government has approved the Rs180 million project of establishing the Institute of Communication Technologies at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro. This was stated by Higher Education Commission (HEC) chairman Dr Attaur Rehman at an official meeting held on Wednesday, official sources told Dawn. Dr [...]