Sunday, 19 May, 2013
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI – President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday signed into law the National Commission for Human Rights Bill 2012, handing ample powers to a to-be-formed civilian entity to grill military and intelligence organisations over alleged rights abuses.The bill was signed at a special ...
KARACHI - Sindhi nationalist leader and chief of Sindh Taraqi Passand Party, Dr Qadir ...
ISLAMABAD – Due to lack of proper planning, various sectors of the federal ...
BEIRUT (AFP/Reuters) - Fierce fighting erupted on Wednesday between regime troops and ...
LAHORE - Devising of an integrated transport policy is a major challenge before the ...
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI – President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday signed into law the National Commission for Human Rights Bill 2012, handing ample powers to a to-be-formed civilian entity to grill ...
FAISALABAD/SIALKOT/MULTAN/KANGANPUR/TT SINGH – Tempers on Wednesday got frayed and irked people held demonstrations and took out rallies across the Punjab province as a protest against ...
BEIRUT (AFP/Reuters) - Fierce fighting erupted on Wednesday between regime troops and rebels near Damascus and in Homs province, a watchdog said, while reporting 39 more people killed across Syria.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said five people were killed in the Damascus suburb of Douma, ...
Jack KennyWhen former Speaker of the House and 2012 presidential candidate Newt Gingrich spoke of the Palestinians as an “invented people,” many were offended on behalf of the Palestinians. But former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney was offended on ...
ADEN - Yemeni forces pressed an offensive against Al-Qaeda loyalists in the south on Wednesday, leaving six soldiers and 22 militants dead, as clashes elsewhere killed three people, officials and tribal sources said.Troops backed by local militiamen renewed their assault on the town of Jaar, a ...
IPOH - Pakistan lost their match third successive match in the seven nation Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup Tournament, losing out to hosts Malaysia 2-3 on Wednesday.The third defeat in a row means that the green shirts are no more in the race for a podium finish in Malaysia. Pakistan now lie at the ...
HOLLYWOOD hot property Chris Hemsworth plays a reluctant hero in Snow White and the Huntsman. Next up he is taking on the role of British Formula One racing hero James Hunt.At 6ft 3in tall and built like an Olympic hammer thrower, it is little surprise that Australian actor Chris Hemsworth made his ...
LAHORE - The rate of inflation for 44 commodities including wheat, rice, pulses, meat, kitchen fuel and poultry products stood at 9 per cent in April 2012. This is a comparatively smaller increase than the 15 per cent inflation rate in the same month last year. However, the overall rate of ...
It is a columnist’s dream to receive letters from the readers, or emails as it would be nowadays. I usually receive some emails but not very ...
An event last week quietly demonstrated just how much damage America’s position in the world has suffered at the hands of its political leaders ...
The man next to you reaches into his pocket and pulls out a gun. He looks around, first at you and then into his lap while his hand slowly goes up as ...
Lahore has been taken by storm many times in history - sometimes by invading hordes and others by those that represent nature’s limitless ...
The National English Press has highlighted the statement of State Bank Governor that it would be difficult to pay $ 4 ...
A report which has appeared in the print media that the country’s 10 month oil import bill has soared to ...
The Prime Minister has decided not to file the appeal against his conviction by the SC after the ruling of the Speaker ...
The Australian Ambassador for Counter Terrorism, Bill Paterson, has claimed that terror outfits that have embraced the ...
PM Gillani has stated that there was no restriction on dual nationality for legislators in our constitution. Perhaps ...
LAHORE - Devising of an integrated transport policy is a major challenge before the Punjab ...
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that good neighbourly relations will have to ...
LAHORE - All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) founder Pervez Musharraf after failing to get political ...
LAHORE - PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday asked the Punjab government to create 100,000 new ...
KARACHI - Sindhi nationalist leader and chief of Sindh Taraqi Passand Party, Dr Qadir Magsi has ...
KARACHI – Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has strongly condemned the murder of renowned ...
KARACHI - Additional Commissioner Abdul Wahab Soomro on Wednesday assured all concerned citizens, ...
KARACHI - Difa-e Pakistan Council (DPC) would stage a sit-in protest at the Karachi Press Club on ...
ISLAMABAD – Due to lack of proper planning, various sectors of the federal capital are ...
ISLAMABAD – The students of Quaid-I-Azam University called off their strike on Wednesday ...
ISLAMABAD – Senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League Likeminded, Salim Saifullah Khan, on ...
ISLAMABAD – More than 30 scientists of Pakistan Museum of Natural History (PMNH) are ...
