Tuesday, 21 May, 2013
KARACHI – A fire that swept through a Karachi garment factory Tuesday night had engulfed at least 289 people as it still raged on Wednesday evening. Officials feared more deaths because more than hundred workers were believed to be trapped in the basement.The fatal inferno, probably ...
ISLAMABAD – Islamabad Police on Wednesday arrested 15 persons including a gang of ...
OUR STAFF REPORTERKARACHI – Widespread condolences were offered for the victims of ...
ISLAMABAD - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved two credits ...
LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said he was grieved over the loss of ...
BENGHAZI (AFP/Reuters) - Washington’s envoy to Libya and three other Americans were killed when a mob outraged over a blasphemous movie stormed the US consulate in Benghazi, Libyan and US ...
TIANJIN - Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Wednesday invited the Chinese companies to invest in Pakistan’s emerging information technology sector.The prime Minister was talking to the ...
CAIRO - Egyptian authorities on Wednesday called for restraint in the face of outrage over a film deemed offensive to Islam that has raised fears of renewed sectarian tensions.The government denounced the film as “offensive and immoral” and called on Egyptians to exercise ...
Gary SchmittWhen it comes to “hard power,” the West is in steep decline. Virtually every nation in Europe is cutting its defence budget. Japan refuses to spend more than 1pc of its gross domestic product on defence. And Australia is slashing its military budget, leaving it at just 1.5pc ...
VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday called for peace in the Middle East based on “respect for legitimate differences” before his Lebanon trip this week as the conflict in neighbouring Syria rages. “We ask God to give this region of the world the peace it so ...
COLOMBO, Sept 12 - Pakistan captain M Hafeez expects Shahid Afridi to recover from injury in time to play a decisive role in his country's attempt to win another ICC World Twenty20. Afridi is hoping to overcome a thumb injury before the tournament, which runs from Sept. 18 to Oct. 7 in Sri ...
NEW YORK (AFP) - New York fashion week hit the road Tuesday with colorful travel-themed looks from Tory Burch and J.Crew for the free-spirited woman on a quest for adventure.California sister act Rodarte meanwhile sent out an army of medieval cyber punks in corseted silhouettes, while Marc Jacobs ...
ISLAMABAD - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved two credits totaling $220 million for the Punjab government. The credits are from the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s concessionary lending arm. These carry a 0.75pc service charge, ...
Social and economic mobility is the essence of the “American dream”. But that dream is universal and as much an ambition of young people ...
Eleven years after 9/11, with the Party Conventions over, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama will now vie head-to-head for the White House come Election ...
“True friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the ...
Some time ago, I received a small rectangular shipment from an old school friend, who lives in the United States. My preoccupation with other ...
The late arrival of monsoon rains in KPK and Punjab has brought disaster to the poor once again despite promises from ...
Media and politicians always talk about corruption, terrorism, militancy, economy, employment, inflation, load ...
The Chief of Army Staff did not allow the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to prosecute three retired army generals ...
It has been announced by a TV Channel that Kachhi Canal would be completed in Balochistan by the end of December 2012 ...
Pakistan provided a desperate win to the Aussies after they went down to tenth spot on the ICC T20 rankings as the ...
LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said he was grieved over the loss of precious ...
LAHORE – Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial observed on Wednesday that the ...
LAHORE – The PTI top leadership, expressing grief over the tragic fire incidents in the ...
LAHORE – Amid tears and screaming, most of the victims of Tuesday’s factory fire were ...
OUR STAFF REPORTERKARACHI – Widespread condolences were offered for the victims of massive ...
KARACHI - Arrest warrants have been issued for the Baldia Town garment factory owner. According to ...
KARACHI – The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) will bear all expenses for the burial of ...
KARACHI – The Pakistan Tehreek Insaf has called for confiscating property of the owner of the ...
ISLAMABAD – Islamabad Police on Wednesday arrested 15 persons including a gang of five ...
RAWALPINDI – A patient suspected to having dengue arrived here at Benazir Bhutto Hospital ...
ISLAMABAD – The federal government has appointed Syed Mustafin Kazmi, a grade-20 officer, as ...
RAWALPIND - On the directives of Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif, around 1,200 brilliant ...
