KARACHI - One person was killed and more than 50 others injured in six blasts within a span of 60 minutes which ripped through different parts of Karachi, the commercial and industrial hub of the country on Monday. Police was put on high alert as authorities declared emergency in all hospitals. ...
Inspector-General Punjab Shaukat Javed Monday unveiled an alleged plot of suicide attack on President Pervez Musharraf, reported ...
LAHORE - Besides extending the imposition of Section 144 through out the province for another month, the Punjab government has ...
SRINAGAR - The chief minister of Indian Kashmir announced his resignation Monday in the wake of a wave of violent protests ...
LONDON: Pakistan's newly appointed envoy to Britain Wajid Shamsul Hasan has said that the new democratic government is committed ...
WASHINGTON: - The Sindhi Association Of North America (SANA) has called for restoration of judiciary to pre-emergency position, ...
WASHINGTON: - The United States and the United Nations today strongly condemned the incidents of bombings in Pakistan and ...
BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday he is negotiating a deal with Washington that will for the ...
JERUSALEM - Israel signed an undertaking in front of UN officials on Monday to go ahead with a proposed prisoner swap with ...
DATE, Japan - Protesters and police engaged in a tense stand-off on Monday as Japanese authorities blocked demonstrators ...
LOS ANGELES - Exhausted firefighters raced Monday to contain hundreds of wildfires raging across California as forecasters ...
SAPPORO, Japan - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Monday that the United States must take the lead in fighting climate ...
LONDON - The Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has said that despite the hate and the misrepresentation, ...
NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left Monday for the G8 summit, where he is expected to tell US President ...
NAGARJUN, Nepal - Around 500 people gathered outside the home of Nepal's deposed king Monday to wish him a happy 61st birthday ...
KARACHI - State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday launched state-of-the-art new currency notes of Rs 5 and new design of Rs 50 ...
KARACHI - Despite withdrawal of GST and provision of subsidy the dealers of the fertilizers are fleecing the farmers by charging ...
LAHORE - The stock market, in continuation of the last week's bearish trend, kept on its sluggish view, remaining in strong grip ...
FAISALABAD - The Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FCCI), Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA), All ...
LAHORE - Punjab's Irrigation system, which is one of the largest contiguous systems in the world, is currently facing major ...
KARACHI - Realizing the urgent need of the SMEs the Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) with the help of its ...
LONDON - Oil prices fell on Monday after a long US holiday weekend as traders eyed the stronger dollar and easing tensions over ...
ISLAMABAD - The Senate Standing Committee on Ports and Shipping has expressed concern over the slow development of Gwadar Port ...
ISLAMABAD-Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Abdullah Yousaf has formally launched Investment Tax Scheme-2008 at Islamabad ...
LONDON - The dollar rose against major currencies Monday after US President Bush, speaking over the week end ahead of a ...
LAHORE- Despite its best efforts, the Punjab govt has not been able so far to find some suitable person to head the Bank of ...
KUALA LUMPUR - In a startling disclosure, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Monday said that Laskhar-e-Islam's chief Mangal ...
KUALA LUMPUR- Strongly condemning a series of explosions in Karachi on Monday, the Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani ...
SWAT - Reaffirming their stand on restoration of peace and stability in the region, the NWFP government and the Taliban from Swat ...
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Monday condemned a deadly suicide bombing at the Indian Embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul in ...
Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf has said government will deliver its promise of bringing an end to the ongoing ...
ISLAMABAD - Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production Nisar Memon has said that poppy cultivation in ...
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia is all set to host the Sixth Summit of the Group of Eight Islamic Developing Countries (D-8) on ...
QUETTA-A lawyer was gunned down by unknown armed assailants at Jan Muhammad Road here on Monday morning. According to police, ...
TEHRAN - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday bluntly rejected as "repetitive" calls for Iran to suspend uranium ...
TOYAKO, Japan, - Rising food and fuel prices are topping the agenda for leaders of the world's major industrialised nations ...
LAHORE- PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif has condemned Karachi blasts, expressing deep sympathies with the bereaved families. A ...
KARACHI - Pakistan Coast Guards on Monday apprehended 30 illegal immigrants attempting to cross the border from coastal area of ...
The rate of 100 kilogram of sugar has roared up to Rs 3050 from Rs 3000, showing an increase of Rs 50, a private TV channel ...
ARGANDA DEL REY (Spain) - Rock legends Bob Dylan and Lenny Kravitz closed out Spain's first ever Rock in Rio event as ...
WILL Smith's latest movie Hancock has made its debut at number one in the North American box office chart. The film, which ...
PARIS - Carla Bruni's 1960s-influenced new album has sparked a sensation ahead of its release this week, but the work ...
THE problem with antibiotics is that, eventually, bacteria outsmart them and become resistant. But by targeting the gene that ...
QUEBEC CITY - UNESCO's World Heritage Committee on Sunday added three new sites to its heritage list, including a former slave ...
LOS ANGELES - Madonna on Sunday took the rare step of issuing a formal denial of reports linking her to US baseball star ...
ISLAMABAD - The government strategy to handle flood situation in the twin cities could not work as recent rains and flood water ...
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf and Ambassador of Japan Seji Kojima jointly inaugurated the ...
ISLAMABAD - Peaceful atmosphere of the Federal Capital is again jeopardized by the elements that do not want to see peace and ...
ISLAMABAD - Capital Development Authority (CDA) has prepared comprehensive protocol for prevention of Diarrhea and other ...
ISLAMABAD - Deputy Chairman Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation (ERRA) Lt Gen Sajjad Akram expressed satisfaction over ...
ISLAMABAD - The Health Ministry is planning to start work on a project to expend medical facilities at Pakistan Institute of ...
KARACHI - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Government of Sindh Department of Education and ...
KARACHI - The Coastal-line of Sindh is suffering from environmental threats as thousands of tons of mangroves have been cut ...
KARACHI - MQM leader Altaf Hussain has said the people of Sindh and Karachi did not want confrontation and are prepared to offer ...
KARACHI - Strongly condemning bomb blasts in Karachi on Monday, Sindh Minister for Information Shazia Marri has said that anti ...
Karachi - A division bench of Sindh High Court comprising Chief Justice Azizullah M Memon and Justice Khalid Ali Z Kazi ...
KARACHI - The enraged commuters Monday started to express their resentment over the increasing rail fares and many quarrels were ...
LAHORE - The Punjab government is finding it hard to convert the lately constructed Chief Minister's Secretariat into an ...
LAHORE - The Jinnah Hospital management has shelved the newborn baby's abduction case by recruiting his (baby's) father Muhammad ...
LAHORE - Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan has blamed the ruling coalition for giving a new lease of life in power to Pervez Musharraf ...
LAHORE - Justice Sajjad Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court, taking serious notice of not arresting two police officials involved ...
LAHORE - Barrister Iqbal Jafree, counsel of nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, in a communication has 'advised' chairman ...
LAHORE - Eminent intellectual columnist, playwright, also the Secretary Punjab Information Culture and Youth Affairs, Orya ...