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Massive earthquake, aftershocks hit Chile; over 700 dead

Massive earthquake, aftershocks hit Chile; over 700 dead

CONCEPCION, Chile, (Reuters) The death toll from a massive earthquake that struck Chile surged above 700 on Sunday as reports emerged of coastal towns devastated by the tremor and tsunamis that followed. President Michelle Bachelet said that 708 people were confirmed dead and that the total was ...


International News
Iran says can cut energy to Europe, hit enemies

Iran says can cut energy to Europe, hit enemies

TEHRAN (AFP/Reuters) - Israel has lost its raison detre and its presence in the region causes instability, Iranian media quoted President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying Sunday at a conference attended ...

OIC slams Israel's dangerous Al-Aqsa mosque move

OIC slams Israel's dangerous Al-Aqsa mosque move

World pledges aid to quake-hit Chile

World pledges aid to quake-hit Chile

Entertainment News
A Prophet triumphs at French film awards

A Prophet triumphs at French film awards

PARIS (Reuters) - Jacques Audiards powerful prison drama Un Prophete (A Prophet) swept the board at the Cesar awards on Saturday night, picking up the best film, best actor and best director prizes ...

Precious wins big at NAACP awards

Precious wins big at NAACP awards

Marie Osmonds teenage son commits suicide

Marie Osmonds teenage son commits suicide

Regional News

Govt supplying substandard wheat: Millers

LAHORE - The Pakistan Flour Mills Association has alleged that the Punjab Food Department is supplying imported but substandard wheat to the flourmills despite availability of huge quantity of ...

PML-Q, JI evolve give-and-take formula

LAHORE - PML-Q and JI have decided to make seat adjustments in the upcoming by-polls of NA-123 and PP-111, while both the parties are also deliberating to forge an electoral alliance in the next ...

Eid-i-Milad celebrated with religious fervour

LAHORE - Eid Milad-un-Nabi (SAW) was celebrated throughout Pakistan as well as in the City on Saturday with great religious fervour and enthusiasm. The Muslims spared no effort to show their ...

Sh Rashid withdraws party candidates

LAHORE - Chief of Awami Muslim League (AML), Sheikh Rashid Ahmed alleging massive rigging in the by-poll of NA-55 has withdrawn his party candidates from NA-123, Lahore and PP-82, Jhang as a protest. ...

Punjab, Argentine agree to enhance agri coop

LAHORE - Foreign Secretary of Argentine Republic, Victorio Taccetti called on Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, here on Sunday, and discussed with him matters of mutual interest as well ...

The reason for the celebration

Has anyone noticed the Rabiul Awwal celebrations? Or rather the Eid Milad-un-Nabi celebrations. The recent upsurge in them was indeed because Ziaul Haq, that immoderate and benighted man, wanted us ...

30 couples tie knot in mass-marriage ceremony

LAHORE As many as 30 couple were married in a mass marriage ceremony held under the aegis of Women Social Service Organisation (WSSO) at a local marriage hall near Qaddafi Stadium at Ferozpur Road ...

'Enemies of Islam failed to spark Shia-Sunni clashes'

LAHORE - Top leadership of various religio-political parties while strongly condemning the firing and violence incidents at the Eid Milad-un-Nabi celebrations termed it an attempt to push the country ...

HSBC thrash Colony Sugar

LAHORE HSBC Bank thrashed Colony Sugar by 14-3 in the ongoing National Polo Championship for the Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup at the Lahore Polo Club here on Sunday. Hissam Ali Hyder was the destroyer in ...

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Lack of conveyance facility puts driving in jeopardy

KARACHI - Inadequate transport facility has put a question mark on the future of road safety education programme (RSEP) and it is feared the programme may not bear the desired fruits in the ...

Eid-i-Milad observed with religious reverence

KARACHI - Eid Milad-un-Nabi was celebrated in the metropolis on Saturday with religious reverence, fervour and a commitment to spend lives by following the teachings and the principles laid down by ...

Woman among three die in separate incidents

KARACHI - A man on Sunday strangulated his wife and managed to flee within the limits of Jackson police station. The incident took place in a house situated near Amna Masjid, ...

Childhood obesity linked to premature death

KARACHI (PPI) - Obese children have double the risk for premature death compared to that of children having a normal weight, and children with pre-diabetes also face twice the risk of an early ...

Uplift of communication, info tech urged

KARACHI - On the concluding day of the Second SAARC Simulation Exercise the student- information ministers of SAARC member states while expressing their views said that the development of ...

Youth development centre established

KARACHI (APP) - A mega youth development centre would be constructed in Karachi in Gulistan-i-Jauhar at an estimated cost of Rs193 million. The Sindh Minister for Youth Affairs, Syed Faisal Subzwari, ...

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Rainy spell delights twin cities residents

ISLAMABAD (APP) The continuous rainy spell has not only turned the weather pleasant but also cheered the spirits of the rain-starved residents of the twin cities. The pleasant change in weather has ...

'Sh Rashid's bodyguard was main target'

ISLAMABAD Inquiry into deadly attack on Chairman Awami Muslim League Sh Rashid Ahmed during his election campaign has entered into a decisive phase, it is learnt reliably. Sources in police ...

Baseless cases against journalists condemned

RAWALPINDI Media men on Sunday took out a protest rally on the Benazir Bhutto Road (BBR) against the City Police Officer (CPO) Rao Muhammad Iqbal Khan for implicating journalists in false cases in a ...

Shakil promises houses for the poor

RAWALPINDI (APP) Newly elected Member of the National Assembly, Malik Shakil Awan said on Saturday that the Punjab government would launch housing scheme for the low-income group under the title ...

Twin cities celebrate Eid Milad with due reverence

ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI (Online) Eid Milad-un-Nabi (SAW) was celebrated throughout the country including twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad with full religious fervour and reverence. Strict ...

Police nab 12, recover weapons, drugs

ISLAMABAD The Capital police on Sunday claimed to have arrested 12 accused on different charges and recovered weapons, narcotics and liquor from some of them. A spokesman for Islamabad police said ...

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