Thursday, 23 May, 2013
ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court Friday struck down the Contempt of Court Act-2012 declaring it ‘unconstitutional, void and non est’, clearing the way for legal proceedings against the prime minister.New Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf was thought to be the immediate beneficiary ...
LAHORE – Following in the footsteps of his father Zulfiqar Khosa, former Punjab ...
KARACHI - Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi on Friday staged protest demonstration against the ...
LOS ANGELES - Electronic dance music DJ Tiesto has been named the world’s ...
ISLAMABAD - As the holy month of Ramadan slowly creeps towards its end, flocks of eager ...
ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court Friday struck down the Contempt of Court Act-2012 declaring it ‘unconstitutional, void and non est’, clearing the way for legal proceedings against the ...
WASHINGTON - The US Congress has released $280 million in new assistance to support Pakistan’s energy sector. The funds will support improvements to Mangla Dam and infrastructure support ...
TOKYO - Thousands of people staged a rally in front of the Japanese prime minister’s office Friday, maintaining anti-nuclear sentiment triggered by last year’s atomic crisis at Fukushima.It was the latest in a string of protests in Japan, which has seen a rising tide of ...
Israel treats children like adults. Only two countries impose life without parole (LWOP) sentences on minors – America and Israel.Israel is a signatory to the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). It’s explicit and binding provisions state:* “every human being” ...
LONDON - A Pakistani-born couple were jailed for life by a British court Friday for murdering their "westernised" teenage daughter in an apparent honour killing.Iftikhar Ahmed, 52, and his wife Farzana, 49, were told at Chester Crown Court in Cheshire, north-west England, that they would ...
LONDON - The Olympics glamour sport of track and field made an electrifying start Friday as Michael Phelps prepared to chase down his third gold medal of the Games in the pool. Roger Federer endured the longest three-set singles match in tennis' Open era when he beat Juan Martin del Potro in a ...
LOS ANGELES - Electronic dance music DJ Tiesto has been named the world’s highest paid DJ, in a year when EDM has became a staple sound in mainstream pop music.Dutch DJ Tiesto, 43, real name Tijs Verwest, earned $22 million in the past year, fueled by headlining sets at this ...
KARACHI - Stocks closed lower Friday on institutional profit-taking in the earnings announcements session amid cautious activity ahead of SBP policy announcement due next week. Uncertainty regarding the outcome of the contempt law hearing in the Supreme Court kept investors away from the market. ...
Halfway during the month of Ramazan, when it is all about piety and goodness etc etc and bang in the middle of zakat collection, the PML-N stalwart, ...
There is no dearth of mindless people in the motley crowd that runs our country or perhaps our ministers appear to spew forth rubbish that appears ...
According to a recent newspaper report, a revised literacy programme for 2012-2013 has been approved by the Punjab Development Working Party. A total ...
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. Nay, it should be otherwise: if elections were horses, Zardari would ride. It was at Khairpur the ...
Dr. Faiz Ahmad of the NUST has rather sarcastically tried to ridicule Agha Waqar for the auto water-kit (WK) that the ...
We observe daily agitating crowds in cities protesting against excessive loadshedding resulting in destruction of ...
Pakistan is fast becoming a failed state and there is no realisation of it by our leaders. I simply fail to understand ...
The transportation system in Pakistan is quite pathetic. It is not developed properly to meet the requirement of rising ...
The US lawmakers dub Pakistan a ‘black hole for aid’ as the Democrats and Republicans debate the $2.4bn aid ...
LAHORE – On the call of mainstream religious and religio-political parties, rallies, ...
LAHORE – Prime Minister Raja Parvaiz Ashraf and Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvaiz Elahi held a ...
LAHORE - The Chamba House bore the brunt of the war between a babu and a former federal minister, ...
lahore : Punjab Education Minister Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman said on Friday that a curriculum ...
KARACHI - Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi on Friday staged protest demonstration against the killings of ...
KARACHI - The Deputy Inspector General of Police Traffic, Karachi has said that it will be ...
KARACHI- President Asif Ali Zardari assured MQM Chief Altaf Hussain that the government had taken ...
KARACHI - The speakers at the International Palestine Solidarity Conference emphasised on unity of ...
ISLAMABAD - As the holy month of Ramadan slowly creeps towards its end, flocks of eager customers ...
ISLAMABAD - National Assembly Standing Committee on Inter-provincial Coordination Friday showed its ...
RAWALPINDI - On the call of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Ameer Syed Munawar Hassan, JI Rawalpindi chapter ...
RAWALPINDI - A gunfight between the two rival groups claimed two precious human lives at Garibabad, ...
