DAMASCUS - Airstrikes by regime warplanes killed at least 12 children in two incidents on Sunday, one targeting a Kurdish village in northeast Syria and the other a district of Damascus, a watchdog said.Elsewhere, activists accused the regime of destroying the minaret of the historic Omari mosque ...

RAWALPINDI - As many as 14 candidates of different political parties, whose candidatures had been rejected by Returning Officers on various grounds, got clearance from the Election Tribunal (ET) on Saturday to contest general elections 2013.The two-member ET comprising Justice Asad Rauf Sheikh and ...

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BAQUBA, Iraq  - Bombs against Sunni Muslim worshippers in Baghdad and north of the capital killed 12 people on Friday, officials said, the latest in an uptick in violence ahead of provincial elections next week. In the deadliest single blast, a roadside bomb struck after prayers at the Omar ...

BAQUBA - Bomb attacks on worshippers in Baghdad and north of the Iraqi capital killed 12 people on Friday, officials said, the latest in an uptick in violence ahead of provincial polls next week.In the deadliest single blast, a roadside bomb struck after prayers at the Omar bin Abdul Aziz mosque, ...

KARACHI - The increasing cases of women and children being burnt alive due to improper law enforcing mechanism are highly condemnable. Delay in providing justice, lack of implementation on policies, police negligence, poor medical facilities, medicolegal negligence and availability of limited ...

PESHAWAR - At least 12 persons were injured when militants fired five rockets from Khyber Agency into Hayatabad Phase 6 area of Peshawar on Tuesday.Police said that out of the total six rockets, two of the rockets fell near houses in a street and two landed in a empty plot on street 17. The rockets ...

ISLAMABAD - Flanked by Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Javed Hashmi and backed by his party leaders, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday unveiled his party's much awaited 12-point election manifesto. Imran made it loud and clear that his party, once voted into power, would relentlessly ...

PESHAWAR  - Electioneering is picking up momentum in Nowshera as the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP-P), Awami National Party (ANP) and Pakistan Tahrik-e-Insaf (PTI) have fielded senior politicians from Khattak tribe to win elections from the NA-5 Nowshera-I ...

ISLAMABAD – The Capital Development Authority (CDA) would soon launch the topographical survey of three residential sectors of C-15, C-16 and I-12 to assess the natural and man-made features of the area for onward compensation to the owners.The CDA has invited the interested firms to conduct ...

LAHORE – As Punjab industry is suffering at least 12 hours power loadshedding and four-day gas suspension, textile manufacturers have strongly protested at the injudicious distribution of electricity and gas supply, calling for an equitable supply. “Punjab alone should not be made sole ...

ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday declared fake/invalid the degrees of eleven former MPs including three ex-senators and eight MPAs and ordered the respective Sessions Courts to initiate criminal proceedings against them.The eleven former MPs included Rehana Yahya ...

ISLAMABAD - Troublesome times possibly await 12 ex-lawmakers whose educational credentials were reconfirmed to be fake on Friday, following which, the Election Commission of Pakistan reserved its decision, to be announced today (Saturday).Furthermore, the degrees of nine ex-lawmakers were confirmed ...

ISLAMABAD  - Islamabad police arrested 12outlaws including six proclaimed offenders from various areas of the city wanted to police in crime cases of various nature, a police spokesman said on Sunday.According to details, Sub-Inspector Shoukat Mehmood from police station Bhara Kahu during ...

A mortar attack on Damascus University killed at least 12 students on Thursday, state television reported, blaming rebels who have stepped up attacks in the heart of the Syrian capital."The number of students killed in the mortar attack on the architecture faculty in Damascus University has risen ...

PESHAWAR - Showing no mercy, the unabated wave of terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata claimed lives of 12,456 people besides injuring 14,775 others during the five-year-term of the Awami National Party-led coalition government. Soon after the Lal Masjid operation in 2007, the situation ...

PESHAWAR - Police averted a major terror bid by defusing a 12-kilogram explosive device in Matni area in the outskirt of Peshawar here on Wednesday. Sources said that the explosive material has been planted on roadside in Maryamzai locality situated in Mattni town.  The area is already badly ...

TOBA TEK SINGH - As many as 12 deserving couples tied the knots during a mass-wedding ceremony held at Toba city under the auspices of Markazi Milad Committee (MMC) the other day. DCO Syed Javed Iqbal, TMA Administrator Khadim Jeelani, AC Fareeha Tehseen and MMC President Ahmad Din Rehmani were ...

ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Capital Territory Police (ICTP) Sunday apprehended 12 outlaws and recovered 1.9-kg charas, five pistols, one carbine and looted booty from their possession.According to the ICTP spokesman, separate cases have been registered against the culprits and relevant police officers ...

AHMEDPUR EAST - The Bahawalpur National Awami Party (BNAP) will bring out a rally from Jamia Masjid Al-Sadiq after Friday prayers against the proposed Bahawalpur Janoobi Punjab Province and in favour of restoration of former provincial status of Bahawalpur here on Friday (today).The rally will be ...

KARACHI - At least 12 people lost their lives in the city on Saturday. Authorities say policemen, political and religious workers were among the dead. In the first incident, armed men targeted and killed two policemen near Vita Chowrangi in Korangi. The victim policemen were stationed at the ...

KARACHI – Twelve people were killed in separate incidents of violence here on Tuesday.A man was gunned down in Golimar area within the remits of Rizvia police station.Police said that the victim Shahzad, 35, was standing near his home when unidentified armed riders came and opened fire. He ...

KARACHI – Twelve people were killed in separate incidents of violence here on Tuesday.A man was gunned down in Golimar area within the remits of Rizvia police station.Police said that the victim Shahzad, 35, was standing near his home when unidentified armed riders came and opened fire. He ...

At least 12 people were injured as a convoy of Awami National Party (ANP) was attacked in the city area of Umerzai area.The injured include Bashir Umarzai, a provincial leader of Awami National Party (ANP) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (KPK), and three policemen, said police.The attack took place ...

KARACHI  - The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, conducted a search operation in Ittehad Town here earlier on Sunday. A Rangers spokesman said that 12 alleged criminals `mostly belonging to defunct organization’ were arrested. He further pointed out that 60 weapons of different calibres, ...

ISLAMABAD – Police have arrested 12 outlaws from various areas of the city with wine, narcotics and weipons, a police spokesman said on Sunday.Sabzi Mandi police arrested Ashfaq Khan for possessing one Kalashnikov- one 9 MM pistol and 19 rounds while CIA police nabbed a dacoit Waheed Zaman ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Just over one in 12 US service members who died in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars had plaque buildup in the arteries around their hearts - an early sign of heart disease, according to a new study.None of them had been diagnosed with heart disease before deployment, researchers ...

SIALKOT - In a special raid, 12 shopkeepers were arrested for selling LPG on inflated rates here the other day. A special team led by Assistant Commissioner Pasrur Samia Saleem, raided at various shops in Badiana, Kingra, Chobara, Darrowal and Tharo Mandi and arrested 12 shopkeepers for selling LPG ...

BAGHDAD  - Attacks in Iraq including a string of bombings against Shia places of worship and a car bomb at a Kurdish political office killed at least 12 people and wounded at least 75 on Sunday, officials said. Two car bombs and seven roadside bombs targeted two Shia places of worship, known ...

HONG KONG (AFP) - Couples from Hong Kong and Singapore are flocking to tie the knot on 12/12/12, sparking a wedding boom on the century’s last repeating date seen as auspicious by some to guarantee a happy marriage.Dates like 10/10/10 or 11/11/11 have traditionally seen couples from the two ...