ISLAMABAD - The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has said that around 1,100 women are among 75,000 prisoners in different jails of the country."The women prisoners are in miserable conditions. Their families no longer care for them or stay in contact with them rather than pursuing their ...

odcSYDNEY Australian fashion designer Stephanie Wilson married her high-school sweetheart in a unique dress made from 100,000 plastic bread tags she had collected over the last 10 years.Stephanie Wilson and Will Wapling met and became friends while attending Belmont High School in Geelong. ...

LONDON : Oil prices pushed towards $100 a barrel on Friday, recovering some ground after a steep six-day fall as bargain hunters stepped in, although worries about global demand and oversupply kept a lid on the rebound. Analysts said the market seemed to be stabilising after a week of heavy ...

NEW YORK - ESJAY Z and Jennifer Lawrence have been named among the most influential people in the world by Time magazine.The publication has printed its annual Time 100, and the special issue of the publication features seven covers, each featuring a member of the list, including the rap mogul and ...

NOWSHERA VIRKAN - Political campaign is gaining momentum day by day here especially in For NA-100 as the general elections are approaching fast. All the parties and candidates are making efforts to win the voters’ trust. Public gatherings and corner meetings are being held after the ...

NOWSHERA VIRKAN - Political campaign is gaining momentum day by day here especially in For NA-100 as the general elections are approaching fast. All the parties and candidates are making efforts to win the voters’ trust. Public gatherings and corner meetings are being held after the ...

LONDON (AFP) - Brent oil prices plunged Monday to a new eight-month low near $100 per barrel, mirroring losses across financial markets, after disappointing first-quarter growth data in top global energy consumer China.In earlier morning deals, Brent North Sea crude for delivery in May slid to ...

ISLAMABAD– Capital Development Authority has provided 100 saplings of Kachnar and Amaltas plants to Child Club for inculcating habit of tree plantation among young children and apprise them with the benefits of plantation.The club, established under the aegis of Society for the Protection of ...

NOWSHERA VIRKAN- After a prolonged delay, PML-N has finally announced its candidates for one national and two provincial assembly seats of Nowshera Virkan.The PML-N leadership decided to award all three tickets to Nahra Group after reviewing overall situation of the constituency. PML-N has ...

KUWAIT CITY - OPEC's largest oil producing member Saudi Arabia said on Monday that $100 a barrel is a "reasonable" price for oil while its Gulf neighbour Kuwait said the price is "fair" and the market was stable."In 1997, I thought 20 dollars was reasonable. In 2006, I though 27 dollars was ...

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - More than 100 people have died in battles for control of gold mines in Sudan’s conflict-ravaged Darfur region, the UN said Wednesday. Several North Darfur villages have been torched in the battles between rival tribes this month, and gunmen have blocked roads to prevent ...

DAMASCUS  - More than 100 civilians have been killed in a new “massacre” in Syria, a watchdog said Thursday, as Russia slammed the United States for blaming deadly blasts at a university campus on the Damascus regime.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the deaths came when ...

ISLAMABAD - Grain exporter Seatrade Group of Pakistan said it will start shipping 100,000 tons of wheat to Iran by the end of January or early February, one-tenth of the original tender agreed in August.Iranian wheat imports are usually handled by the private sector but the Iranian government had ...

ISLAMABAD - The CDA issued notices against 100 encroachers in Blue Area and claimed that stern action would be taken against those who would try to violate the law. Meanwhile, the CDA in its operation against encroachment in Aabpara Market seized four loaded trucks of goods here the other day. The ...

KARACHI - Sindh government has decided to establish a 100-bed latest hospital with all latest facilities in Qasimabad, tehsil of Hyderabad, named after Begum Nusrat Bhutto. It has also been decided to complete Trauma Centre Karachi early and the same will be inaugurated soon. A high level meeting, ...

KARACHI - Pakistan still has thousands of villages that are not electrified and routine activities of villagers therein are limited to sunlight. Nevertheless, in a unique project, 115 households of Jhimpir area of Thatta district have been electrified through solar energy. The project has ...

MINCHINABAD - The consumers demanded uninterrupted and speedy service of internet here, saying that about 100 telephone connections are lying disconnected for the last one month mainly due to lack of staffers.The consumers of the PTCL said the Minchinabad exchange was facing shortage of staffers. ...

KARACHI – Law-enforcement agencies conducted a ‘targeted operation’ in the mountainous area of Manghopir and claimed to have arrested seven militants out of 100 suspects picked up during the search operation. The operation began in search of Tehreek-e-Taliban Karachi Chapter. A ...

COTONOU (Reuters) - Tomb raiders have dug up more than 100 graves at a cemetery in Benin since Saturday for what authorities suspect is a black-market trade in human organs and skulls for voodoo ritual fetishes. The incident is the most serious case of grave-robbing in the West African state, the ...

KARACHI  - The country is facing an alarming situation where around 100 children have become victims of molestation every month in Pakistan and normally their teachers and relatives are involved in such incidents, a report said on Tuesday.According to a research, the ratio of the sexual ...

LAHORE - Some 20 linemen from different power companies have completed a Quick Impact Lineman Training programme under the USAID’s Power Distribution Project, said a press release issued by the US Consulate in Lahore.   Approximately 100 linemen lose their lives every year in Pakistan ...

LAHORE - The Pakistan Carpet Manufacturers and Exporters Association in collaboration with Trade Development Authority of Pakistan is holding a three-day mega show of hand-knotted carpets from Sunday to Tuesday (October 7 to 9) at Expo Centre.The locally-made carpet show will be inaugurated by ...

LYON - A French centenarian on Friday set a record for the fastest 100-year-old to cycle 100 kilometres (62 miles) and said he had outdone himself.Robert Marchand, an amateur cyclist who claims to have clocked tens of thousands of kilometres in the saddle, finished the distance in 4 hours, 17 ...

At least three persons including a railway guard were killed and more than 100 others injured in collision between two passenger trains near Bin Qasim station on Monday.According to DS Railway Karachi, Amjad Rizwi, the incident took place 50km away from Karachi when Karachi-bound Shalimar express ...

 MUZAFFARGARH - More than 100 people out the total casualties of the Karachi factory tragedy belonged to Muzaffargarh district. Twelve bodies were received at Bet Mir Hazar Khan’s two villages - Beilay wala and Jhabail while other bodies were being shifted to their native town by ...

LAHORE – More than 100 Hindus pilgrims crossed into India on Saturday through the Wagha border after the Interior Ministry directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to allow them entry following verification of their travel documents.FIA immigration authorities stopped 242 Hindu ...

JERUSALEM - Nearly 100,00O Muslim worshippers poured into Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City for the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramazan, an Israeli police spokesman said."Nearly 100,000 Palestinians from the West Bank" and east Jerusalem "were at the Temple Mount for ...

PORT HARCOURT  - More than 100 people who rushed to scoop up fuel after a Nigerian petrol tanker tipped over Thursday were killed when the vehicle and pools of spilled oil caught fire.Children were among those killed, while dozens more were badly burned, despite a warning from troops who ...

RAJANPUR –A ceremony was held for distribution of 100 houses among flood affected people in Rojhan here the other day. Speaking on the occasion, PML-N MPA Atif Hussain Khan Mazari said the people of Rohan faced unprecedented floods in last three years that rendered people homeless in various ...

A 100-YEAR-OLD giant tortoise known as a symbol for the disappearing species and of the Galapagos Islands has died.The tortoise named Lonesome George, who gained notoriety with its failed efforts to produce offspring, was found dead on Sunday, officials at the Galapagos National Park ...