LAHORE - SALMAN ABDUHU - Not a single penny has been allocated in federal budgets for power generation for the last 19 years despite unprecedented electricity loadshedding in the country.This was stated by former managing director of Pepco, Engineer Tahir Basharat Cheema, while addressing a seminar ...

ISLAMABAD  - National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) said here on Friday that final electoral rolls (FER) 2012 had been dispatched to Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Sindh, Punjab, and Federally Administered Tribal Area (Fata).According to Nadra, a total of 86,189,751 ...

multan/toba tek singhWith just one major change, the PML-N has finalised its candidates from all six National Assembly and 13 Punjab Assembly constituencies, The Nation has learnt. The PPP has already named its candidates from entire South Punjab but the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf is still in process ...

ISLAMABAD - Islamabad police on Saturday claimed to arrest 19 accused from various areas of the city and recovered 3.735 kilograms heroin, stolen car and wine bottles from them, a police spokesman said.According to a press note issued from office of SSP Islamabad police on Saturday, a team of ...

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 ...

KANO, Nigeria (AFP) - Weekend attacks on three communities in volatile and ethnically divided central Nigeria have left 19 people dead and displaced some 4,500 others, a local official said on Tuesday.The attacks were believed to be reprisals in a dispute involving mainly Muslim Fulanis and the ...

A hot air balloon exploded and plunged to earth at Egypt's ancient temple city of Luxor during a sunrise flight on Tuesday, killing up to 19 tourists, including Asians and Europeans, sources said.The balloon carrying 21 people was flying at 300 metres (1,000 feet) when it caught fire, a security ...

CAIRO  - A train carrying military conscripts derailed southwest of Cairo on Tuesday, killing 19 people and wounding 107, the health ministry said, highlighting the country’s chronic transport problems.The train was taking young recruits from south Egypt to a military camp in Cairo when ...

KARACHI – At least 19 people were killed in two days in violent incidents here on Friday.A worker of Sunni Tehreek was found dead in Lines Area within the remits of Brigade police station. Police said that the deceased was identified as Ali aka Bengali, 23, resident of same area. He was ...

ISLAMABAD – Islamabad Police on Friday claimed to arrest 19 outlaws from various areas of the city and recovered three cars, one motorbike, laptop, narcotics and weapons from their possession, a police spokesman said. According to details, ASI Tasneem Ahmed from CIA police Islamabad arrested ...

ISLAMABAD  – Islamabad Police have arrested 19 outlaws including seven gamblers and four dacoits besides recovering 73 wine bottles, hashish, weapons and stake money from their possession, a police spokesman said on Saturday.According to details, Station House Officer of Bhara Kau police ...

LAHORE – Lahore, Sialkot, Karachi and Quetta scored win in the U-19 National Women Cricket Championship here at the at Lahore Country Club grounds A and B on Monday. At Lahore Country Club Ground A, Lahore U-19 outclassed Rawalpindi by 63 runs. Lahore U-19 scored 126/7 in 20 overs. Fareeha ...

ISLAMABAD – Islamabad and Peshawar play draw in the round six match of pool C of Inter Region/Departments U-19 tournament at National cricket ground on Sunday.Peshawar required 227 runs for victory could manage only 214/8 in 49 overs. Khushdil Shah made 49 while Shahziab Hasan was unbeaten at ...

BAHAWALPUR - Tight security arrangements would be made throughout the Punjab during Muharram while 19 districts of the province had been declared sensitive, said Punjab Inspector General of Police Haji Habibur Rehman.“As many as 9,000 mourning processions will be taken out throughout the ...

ISLAMABAD - NBP U-19 were bowled out for 269 runs in 80.3 overs against ZTBL on the opening day of their Pool B Inter Region/Departments U-19 Three-day Tournament fifth round match at Marghazar ground on Friday. After putting into bat by ZTBL, NBP’s Daniyal Mansoor made polished 87, while ...

ISLAMABAD – The U-19 Inter-Region women trials will be held on October 23 at Pindi Cricket Stadium at 9am sharp. All the interesting players are advised to reach the ground with all the required documents. 

DHAKA  - At least 19 people were killed and an estimated 1,500 fishermen are missing after tropical storms smashed into Bangladesh’s southern coastal islands and districts early Thursday, police said.Police said at least 1,500 mud, tin and straw-built houses were also levelled in the ...

 BAHAWALPUR - The Mepco Bahawalpur has disconnected electricity connections of 19 departments due to non payment and sent notices to 84 others for clearance of dues immediately.The Livestock, Education, Railway, Cholistan and Planning departments are included in the departments whose ...

RAWALPINDI - The Army Promotion Board approved with immediate effect on Friday the promotions of 19 brigadiers to the rank of major general as a top commanders meeting concluded after reviewing monthly progress on security.The promotions followed detailed professional evaluations and scrutiny ...

KARACHI - Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) Chancellor ZA Nizami, has directed the University’s Library Department to ensure availability of all books required by students, before the start of new semester.A spokesperson said here on Tuesday that he issued the ...

FALLUJAH   - A roadside bomb in Iraq's Anbar province wounded 19 Pakistani Shia pilgrims on Sunday, police and a doctor said. "A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims was targeted by a roadside bomb at around 4:00 pm (1300 GMT) on the highway to Baghdad" from Fallujah, Anbar police spokesman ...

KARACHI – At least 19 motorbikes and four cars were burnt in a fire which broke out in Westland Apartments within the remits of the Bahadurabad Police Station on Monday. According to sources, the fire engulfed the whole basement within no time. Six fire tenders put out the blaze after ...

Afghan police, backed by army and NATO- led coalition forces, have eliminated 19 Taliban militants during cleanup operations across the country within the past 24 hours, the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Tuesday morning. "Afghan National Police (ANP), Afghan National Army, NDS or Afghan ...

 Karachi Various vigilance teams of the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) have caught 19 candidates while using unfair means during the paper of SSC Part-II (X-Class), Science Group Annual Examinations 2012. Special vigilance team paid visits to various schools where the BSEK has set ...

KARACHI – Sindh Senior Education Minister Pir Mazharul Haq has said that the biometrics system is being introduced in the public colleges of the province. Initially, in two colleges of every region of the province the system was being introduced through pilot project while in rest of the ...

LAHORE – The banned outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir or HT has suffered a major blow as its 19 top leaders and activists have been sent to jail, days after they were arrested during a joint operation in Model Town area and booked under sedition laws.Sources in the joint investigations team disclosed ...

ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Police have arrested 19 activists of a banned organisation for their alleged involvement in distributing pamphlets and provoking material against the government, a police spokesman said. Industrial police also recovered pamphlets, books, CDs and laptops from their possession ...

LAHORE - City police arrested 19 suspects during search operation launched in different parts of the Punjab capital late on Tuesday night, police sources said on Wednesday. The sources said that the police took the suspects into custody as they failed to produce National Identity Cards (NICs).

Police arrested 19 suspects for not having Computer National Identity Cards (NICs) and other document during search operation here in Lahore late Tuesday night.According to details, on a tip off regarding presence of suspected people, police launched search operation in Kotha Pind, Faisal Town area ...

LONDON - Hollywood star Jude Law is among 19 new victims of phone hacking by Britain’s News of the World tabloid who have received payouts from Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, their lawyers said Thursday. Former British deputy premier John Prescott and Chelsea footballer Ashley Cole were ...