London, Oct 23 : Top Pakistan Opposition leaders have said that the country was heading towards its worst ever crisis, and with the renewed insurgency it was “on the edge”.

“Pakistan is going through the worst crisis of its history,” said to a leaked letter signed by the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, the main opposition leader in Pakistan.

A similar view is shared by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, another opposition leader, who says that the political and economic meltdown "is leading to a sort of anarchy in Pakistan". “How does a country collapse?” the former cricketer asked.

London, Oct 23: Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a potential target for developing new cancer drugs.

They have found a previously undetected trigger point on a naturally occurring "death protein" that helps the body get rid of unwanted or diseased cells.

The research team suggests that the newly discovered ‘trigger point’ called BAX can help design new drugs that would force malignant cancer cells to commit suicide.

Gold prices slumped sharply today to end the day with a loss of Rs 370 per 10 grams to Rs 12,155. The price of Gold in local markets dropped due to dramatic collapse in the international prices.

In the local market, standard gold (99.5 purity) ended at Rs 12,155 and pure gold (99.9 purity) also went down by Rs 355 per 10 grams to Rs 12,230 from Rs 12,585 yesterday.

Along with this, Silver also eased further on lack of industrial demand. Silver ready (.999 fineness) corrected by another Rs 70 per kilo to Rs 17,980 from Rs 18,050.

Berlin - Germany's biggest newspaper group, Axel Springer, said Thursday it was launching a Chinese online edition of its car magazine Auto Bild.

Beijing - His name was familiar to US President George W Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao months before he won the EU's Sakharov prize for human rights, yet just a few years ago China's most prominent dissident was a largely unknown activist for the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS.

Hu Jia's international reputation grew while he was forced to spend most of his time confined inside his suburban apartment on the outskirts of Beijing in 2006 and 2007.

Before his formal arrest in late December, Hu had spent most of the previous two years under virtual house arrest or other forms of detention.

Tata Teleservices, a part of the Tata Group of companies, has informed that it would launch its services in Jammu and Kashmir and the North Eastern region in next two month.

The proposed roll out of services would take its presence to 21 circles across the country. Presently, the company operates in more than 6600 towns across 19 circles.