Saturday, 25 May, 2013
LAHORE - A strong windstorm spawning torrential rains lashed the Punjab metropolis on Saturday flooding roads and streets, disrupting transportation and turning the normally bustling capital city into a deserted town forcing the majority of the citizens to stay indoors.Record-breaking torrential ...
RAWALPINDI - Heavy rain played havoc in various parts of the city on Saturday, as two ...
LAHORE (NNI) - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Saturday urged the government ...
KARACHI - Beside extortion and protection money, collection of Fitra and Zakat by various ...
HOWICK - South Africa unveiled its latest monument to Nelson Mandela on Saturday, a ...
NANKANA SAHIB - A case has been registered against a station house officer and six others for killing two persons in a fake police shootout, sources said. Six armed men opened fire under the alleged ...
WASHINGTON - A Republican senator is holding up President Barack Obama’s nominee for ambassador to Pakistan to send Islamabad a message about the arrest of a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA ...
HOWICK - South Africa unveiled its latest monument to Nelson Mandela on Saturday, a new statue along a rural highway marking the spot where he was arrested 50 years ago for his struggle against apartheid.Mandela, now 94, was arrested as a young liberation fighter on August 5, 1962, near the ...
BEIJING (AFP) - China warned Saturday that American criticism of its decision to set up a new military garrison in the South China Sea sent the “wrong signal” and threatened peace in the hotly disputed waters.Washington on Friday accused Beijing of raising tensions in the sea after it ...
JOHNNY WESTAbout 150 million people went missing in the media coverage of India’s power crisis this week. Reports spoke of the 600 million people affected by the blackout across India’s north and east as cities plunged into darkness for two nights in a row - and the high priests of ...
LONDON - World record holder Usain Bolt and world champion Yohan Blake stormed onto centre-stage at the Olympics on Saturday as amputee runner Oscar Pistorius made history. Defending 100m champion Bolt clocked 10.09sec in his first round heat for the blue riband event of the Games while ...
TEAM GB cheerleaders Princes William and Harry were “completely in the dark” over the Queen’s starring Olympic role as a Bond girl.They only knew about their grandma’s top-secret Opening Ceremony mission alongside 007 star Daniel Craig when she appeared on screen.While wife ...
LAHORE (NNI) - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Saturday urged the government to control line losses, electricity theft, inefficiency in recovery of dues and help stop political interference in energy sector that has reduced the country’s economic growth by 3-4 per cent in the last ...
Only the worst makes news in our country. Gruesome stories of domestic violence and sanctioned murders, natural calamities rendering countless people ...
Somehow we have travelled a long way from mourning the death of our loved ones to converting them into social gatherings. To start with, the few ...
I am a simple person with simple needs and unlimited wants. I live my life like life should be lived - self-servingly, of course. Hey! I didn’t ...
I was visiting Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States when the phone on his desk rang. “The hot line,” he said. “Sorry, I ...
This is with reference to the FIR 291/12 at the Saddar police station, Hafizabad. The chief minister and Punjab ...
President Asif Ali Zardari has emphasised the need of building mini dams in Pakistan. While the President visits China ...
Pakistan agreed to reopen land routes for Nato goods on July 3, 2012 after ordering the longest border closure of ...
On July 28 it was two years since the tragic plane crash of Airblue flight 202 in the Margalla Hills, Islamabad, in ...
The public, politicians, bureaucracy and the judiciary are not happy with the performance of our police. There are many ...
At a time when PPP led coalition government is facing crisis after crisis, the only good news is that there is a strong ...
LAHORE – Although the long-awaited rain spell brought relief to the sweltering heat-hit ...
LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said the basic agenda of Pakistan Muslim ...
LAHORE – Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Syed Munawar Hasan has said President Asif Ali Zardari should ...
LAHORE – A disgruntled Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa is expected to renew his loyalty to the ...
KARACHI - Beside extortion and protection money, collection of Fitra and Zakat by various religious ...
KARACHI – Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon, coming hard against the recent ...
KARACHI - New US Consul General Michael Dodman visited the Mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali ...
KARACHI - Sindh CM Qaim Ali Shah on Saturday announced to award a memorable shield to Sindh Culture ...
RAWALPINDI - Heavy rain played havoc in various parts of the city on Saturday, as two little ...
ISLAMABAD - Former Prime Minister AJK, Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry, called on Prime Minister ...
ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: Several sectors of the federal capital are facing acute water shortage while ...
RAWALPINDI - Police Station Morgah personnel recovered eight missing billboards from a ...
