Tuesday, 21 May, 2013
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Wednesday warned that Pakistan could face US sanctions if it pressed ahead with its proposed gas pipeline project with Iran.“[This] would be particularly damaging to Pakistan because their economy is already quite shaky,” Clinton told the ...
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Balochistan minerals secretary to ...
KARCHI - The Sindh Assembly on Wednesday paid tribute to Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, an Oscar ...
LAHORE – The Punjab government has finally drafted a bill regarding violence ...
LAHORE – SALMAN ABDUHU - Ministry of Industries and Defence Production and the ...
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Wednesday warned that Pakistan could face US sanctions if it pressed ahead with its proposed gas pipeline project with Iran.“[This] would be ...
ISLAMABAD – The government on Wednesday once again increased the prices of petroleum products and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).The debilitating increase of up to Rs8.67 per litre in the prices ...
TOM ENGELHARDT & NICK TURSEIs it all over but the (anti-American) shouting - and the killing? Are the exits finally coming into view?Sometimes, in a moment, the fog lifts, the clouds shift, and you can finally see the landscape ahead with startling clarity. In Afghanistan, Washington may be ...
WASHINGTON - Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney was a double winner Tuesday, capturing the Michigan and Arizona Republican presidential primaries that boosted his chances for nomination to face President Barack Obama in the November general elections. At a rally in Toledo, Ohio , Romney ...
OLDBURY-ON-SEVERN, Britain - The world’s oldest running nuclear reactor is due to shut at 1100 GMT on Wednesday after 44 years of operation, starting the countdown to 2025, by when a new British nuclear station is expected to open on a site just a few hundred meters away. Some local residents ...
NAPIER - South Africa trounced New Zealand by eight wickets Wednesday, led by a Morne Morkel five-wicket haul and 92 runs from Hashim Amla, to seal victory in their one-day series with a game to spare. The victory at McLean Park in Napier hands the tourists an unassailable 2-0 lead in the ODIs, and ...
NEW YORK - Cinema legend Marilyn Monroe has been selected as the icon for the 2012 Cannes film festival that kicks off in May, 50 years after Monroe’s death, festival organisers said on Tuesday.A poster for the festival, which marks its 65th anniversary this year, features a large black and ...
LAHORE – SALMAN ABDUHU - Ministry of Industries and Defence Production and the Finance Ministry have locked horns over the issue of increase in price of imported urea, depriving the Rabi crops growers of this vital input at the time when it is need the most. Sources said that Senior Minister ...
A senior British journalist wrote a book a few years ago about how difficult it is to assist, or force, developing countries in their transition from ...
A Chinese lady, who has lived in Pakistan for a dozen or so years, told me that in Chinese culture they abjure from sugar intake and view it as a ...
"While democracy must have its organisation and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty." – Charles EvansThe recent turnout during the ...
One of my older siblings is closeted in the study in pursuit of what she calls ‘lingual conservation’. It appears that she is engaged in ...
I just heard on the TV that Leon Panetta, the US secretary defence, complaining to Karzai that he is not providing ...
While the political parties are gearing up for the next elections and predicting sweeping the election, none is ...
Every law abiding citizen would be in shock to see a news report in print and electronic media about shooting incident ...
A parliamentary committee has recommended imposition of 2 percent Radio Tax on every recharge of the mobile phones and ...
The Indian Supreme Court has ordered the government to interlink 30 major rivers in the region to ensure flood ...
The news regarding provision of funds to the Senators by the Federal Government during the approval of 20th ...
LAHORE – The Punjab government has finally drafted a bill regarding violence against women. ...
LAHORE - The Oval ground at Government College University was filled with a hoard of colours on ...
LAHORE – The Pakistan Railways Police is trying its best to control criminal activities and ...
LAHORE – Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday revealed that Cabinet committees are ...
KARCHI - The Sindh Assembly on Wednesday paid tribute to Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, an Oscar ...
KARACHI - Gunmen abducted two Christians working for a South Korean-run hospital at Orangi Town ...
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Balochistan minerals secretary to dispose ...
ISLAMABAD - The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has collected Rs 1107 billion revenue during the ...
ISLAMABAD - The Ambassador of Afghanistan, Mohammad Umar Daudzai, called on the Foreign Minister ...
ISLAMABAD - The Government of Pakistan Tuesday condemned in the strongest terms an incident in ...
