Sunday, 26 May, 2013
KARACHI – Explicitly indicating that the apex court might strike down any law repugnant to the constitution, the chief justice Saturday said that constitution, not the parliament, was the supreme entity.Without mincing words, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chahudhry declared that no ...
ISLAMABAD - The local administration and capital police have neither so far made ...
MOSCOW - Severe flash floods and a landslide in Russia's southern Krasnodar region have ...
LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the green card scheme, ...
KARACHI - Political forces, opposed to PPP and the influential families of the interior ...
KARACHI – Explicitly indicating that the apex court might strike down any law repugnant to the constitution, the chief justice Saturday said that constitution, not the parliament, was the ...
MULTAN - For the first time in the electoral history of the country, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is going to send the information of polling stations to the voters via mobile SMS, The ...
MOSCOW - Severe flash floods and a landslide in Russia's southern Krasnodar region have killed at least 103 people and affected nearly 13,000 in the area's worst natural disaster in decades, officials said Saturday.President Vladimir Putin was expected to personally inspect the worst-hit areas as ...
Robert DreyfusLike the fairy-tale Big Bad Wolf, the United States and the European Union continue to huff and puff and say that economic sanctions will blow Iran’s house down.Referring to new US sanctions that can be levied against third-party purchasers of Iranian oil and to the ban, imposed ...
DILI - East Timor's voters went to the polls Saturday in parliamentary elections seen as a key test for the young and fragile democracy and likely to determine if UN peacekeepers can leave by the end of the year. Polls opened at 7:00 am (2200 GMT Friday) and voting continued until 3:00 pm for ...
LONDON - Serena Williams was crowned Wimbledon champion for the fifth time on Saturday as the American subdued a brave fightback from Polish third seed Agnieszka Radwanska to win 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 in a dramatic final.Serena, who pockets a cheque for £1.15 milllion ($1.78 million), is the first ...
TOM Cruise and Katie Holmes are talking to each other - albeit through their lawyers - as they bid to resolve their divorce dispute. The Hollywood couple recently announced they are splitting up, leading to a period of discussion over the precise details of their settlement. It seemed at first as ...
SIALKOT (Sarmad Mehmood) - Member Science and Technology Planning Commission of Pakistan, Dr Samar Mubarakmand has said that Pakistan is rich in coal reservoirs and stands fourth in the world with 175 million tonnes of coal. Addressing the Presidents of Chambers of Commerce and Industry at Sialkot ...
In his separate note that was issued by the Supreme Court with its detailed judgment on the Gillani Disqualification case last week, Justice Jawad S. ...
Egypt is not the only place where the bright hopes of the Arab Spring are fading. From attacks against Western governments to ethnic clashes in ...
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has ordered placing Pakistan Telecommunication Authority head Mohammad Yasin on the exit control. PAC Chairman ...
Every day I pick up the newspaper, daring to hope that perhaps today is the day when I will not see a news item that has become as much of a ...
During this summer, I started community work for Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital. It was an absolute delight to spend ...
The Taliban (regardless of which side of the border they reside) will be unhappy at the way both United States and ...
I refer to The Nation’s headline – ‘Zardari orders emergency steps to tackle power crisis’. He ...
Playing with the lives of so many innocent Pakistanis, causing a lot of destruction and spreading an air of harassment ...
LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the green card scheme, which ...
LAHORE – MIAN DAWOOD - Suspending termination, transfer and show cause notices, the Lahore ...
LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has turned down the recently-floated proposal ...
The Administration Committee has directed that LHC principal seat (Lahore); its regional benches at ...
KARACHI - Political forces, opposed to PPP and the influential families of the interior Sindh, are ...
KARACHI - At least 68 children, rescued from two oil companies, have been handed over to Edhi ...
KARACHI - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Sardar Mumtaz Ali Bhutto has urged the opposition ...
KARACHI (RAMZAN CHANDIO/TALHA MAKHDOOM ) - Following the failed attempt to smuggle the artefacts of ...
ISLAMABAD - The local administration and capital police have neither so far made comprehensive ...
ISLAMABAD - The government nominated international cricketing superstar Shahid Afridi as polio ...
RAWALPINDI - Over 300 buildings in Rawal Town, particularly near Nullah Lai, have been ...
RAWALPINDI - A court of magistrate sent the two accused to Adyala Jail on judicial remand for 14 ...
