During Saturday’s proceedings of the Benazir Bhutto murder case, the Rawalpindi Anti Terrorism Court judge summoned all accused, including former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, for its upcoming hearing.The case was heard by ATC judge Chaudhry Habibur Rehman.Although, Musharraf has already ...

16-YEAR-old Timothy Doner from New York City has taught himself to speak 23 languages from Hebrew and Arabic to Swahili and Chinese.Timothy Doner has taught himself a host of languages, starting with Hebrew, which he learnt so he could keep up with his favourite Israeli dance music.“Some of ...

PESHAWAR  - Heavy fighting between Pakistani troops and militants has killed 23 soldiers and more than 110 enemy fighters at a flashpoint near the Afghan border, military officials said on Tuesday.The clashes signalled a fresh military push in the Tirah Valley of Khyber district, where the ...

KARACHI  - At least 23 suspects were arrested in a targeted operation in Baldia Town area. Heavy contingent of police cordoned off Nawab Colony in Baldia Town area and sealed all entry and exit points before launching house-to-house search. The SSP Baldia informed that 23 suspects were nabbed ...

MARDAN – Several of the disgruntled workers of Awami National Party (ANP) of provincial constituency of PK-23 have decided to raise black flags and wear black dresses against the alleged indifferent attitude of president and general secretary of the provincial constituency on December 9. Some ...

RAWALPINDI - City Police Officer (CPO) Azhar Hameed Khokhar will hold an open court at 12:00pm today (Saturday) at Police Station Ratta Amral.The CPO will listen to the complaints of people regarding police and issue necessary orders for their redressal. On the other hand, police claimed to have ...

LAHORE – At least 23 police officers have been reshuffled by SP Mujahid Squad and deputed at different police pickets in the City’s imperative areas on Wednesday. A handout says standard operating procedures (SOPs) are being implemented and visible sign boards are also being displayed ...

RAWALPINDI - Seven out of 23 dispensaries of the city have been reported to be lacking the facility of a doctor. This problem has been reported at a time when 10 dispensaries are been upgraded to LHV centre with a 24-hour facility of gynaecologists, while dispensaries lacking doctors are being run ...

Members of Libya's Toubou minority and government forces fought for a second consecutive day on Sunday, leaving at least 23 people dead and dozens wounded since the clashes erupted, sources said. Doctor Taher Wehli said 20 members of the Toubu community, including women and children, were killed ...

ISLAMABAD  - Believe it or not, 23 law makers who have assets worth millions of rupees claim that they have no ornaments for themselves and female members of their families.But, there are members who own gold in kilograms - a commodity simply out of the reach of the common man.Former Senator ...

ORAKZAI AGENCY - At least 23 militants were killed and seven others sustained injuries when fighter jets pounded militants’ hideouts in Orakzai Agency on Saturday. The forces targeted militants in the areas of Dabori, Kago Qamar, Hasanzai, Mamozai, Torsam, Adukhel, and Sama Bazaar. ...

At least nine security officials were martyred while 23 militants were killed in two different incidents in Khyber Agency, officials said on Friday.The military officials said that seven soldiers were killed when militants ambushed security forces check post in Teerah Valley of the area. They said ...

A Chinese man set a new world record when he balanced 23 wooden benches - on his teeth. Li Hongxiao, 30, performed the stunt in front of amazed shoppers in Chongqing city centre.He managed to balance all 23 benches in the air for 11 seconds. The previous record was 14 benches. The one metre long ...

U.S. and North Korean officials will meet in Beijing in 10 days time to discuss nuclear issues, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters on Monday. "Special Representative for North Korea policy Glyn Davies will lead an inter-agency team to Beijing on February 23 to meet with a ...

Sunni Tehreek (ST) President Sarwat Ejaz Qadri on Sunday announced to convert ST as a political party, adding that they would start their political activities from the public gathering on 23rd march at Minar-e-Pakistan Lahore. Addressing a ‘Jannisaran-e-Pakistan’ conference in Karachi, ...

LAHORE - A meeting of Punjab University Advanced Studies and Research Board was held under the chairmanship of Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran here on Monday.The meeting solved cases of PhD scholars presented for review in the Board by different PU departments, institutes, colleges and ...

RIYADH  - Saudi authorities announced Monday the names of 23 men wanted for involvement in trouble during the past few months in Shiite areas of the kingdom’s Eastern Province. The group is accused mainly of “possessing illegal firearms and opening fire on the public and police, in ...

LAHORE – The PTI will seek remedy from the courts if the Election Commission of Pakistan could not complete the process of voters list by March 23. PTI leaders during a press conference on Monday said that the Supreme Court had directed the Commission and NADRA to complete the process by ...

SADIQABAD - The Federal Seed Certification and Registration Department has issued notices to 23 seed companies seeking explanation for not producing seed for the last five years. FSC&RD Deputy Director Muhammad Azam Khan told the media that these companies had been put on notices to seek their ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 23 people were killed as Syrian tank forces battled opponents of President Bashar al-Assad in Homs on Monday, residents said, ahead of a planned visit by Arab League monitors to verify whether he is ending a violent crackdown on unrest.A day before observers were to have ...

ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) stance over delay in preparing voter lists and ordered completing the process by February 22, 2012, threatening the ECP secretary of punitive action for any further delay.Questioning the conduct of ...

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Rabita Committee Deputy Convener Farooq Sattar has said public revolution was unfolding and masses would crush underfoot any hurdle in its way.In a statement issued here in Karachi on Thursday, Farooq Sattar said that Islamabad would see a sit-in of 200 million people ...

SADIQABAD - As many as 23 schools were found non-functional in district Rahim Yar Khan during last two months while 20 teachers were found absent out of which 10 fined, 13 granted a free pardon and two teachers were terminated, says a district monitoring report. It explained that the Education ...

ISLAMABAD (APP): The Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE-10) here on Monday witnessed bearish trend, as the index fell to 22.86 points to close at 2411.62 as compared to previous days trading. Senior Equity Dealer, Ismail Iqbal Pvt Ltd, Zaheer Ahmed told APP that the decline in international markets and ...

The unabated incidents of violence and target killing continued in the mega city on Monday in some areas and the death toll has risen to 23 during the last 24 hours while police and rangers have nabbed 65 suspects from various spots of the city on Monday. Police said that most of the violence took ...

PESHAWAR US missiles strikes on South and North Waziristan Agencies killed at least 23 suspected militants including seven foreigners on Monday, destroying compound and two vehicles in the deadliest drone strikes for months. In the first attack, a US unmanned aircraft at about 2:15 am midnight ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A naturalised US citizen from Pakistan pleaded guilty on Monday to joining what he thought was an Al-Qaeda plot to bomb the Washington area subway system and received a 23-year prison sentence. Farooque Ahmed, 35, was arrested in October in a US government sting operation for ...

ISLAMABAD A contemporary solo display of 23 paintings by a Lahore-based painter Rakhshanda Atawar entitled 'The Line Unleashed is on at the Khaas Art Gallery. It will be concluded on the Saturday next October 23, and can be viewed daily from 11am to 6.30pm at House 1, Street 2, F-6/3, Margalla ...

The Indian military said Friday 23 soldiers had died in flash floods that struck a mountainous region in the north of the country a fortnight ago. "The army has lost 23 soldiers, including three JCOs (junior commissioned officers) in the flash-floods," Indian military spokesman Biplab Nath said. He ...

Under the directions of Secretary Health Punjab, Fawad Hassan Fawad, Lady Willington Hospital Lahore is sending a medical team of Lady Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics with relief goods and medicines to flood affected areas of Districts Muzzafargarh and Dera Ghazi Khan. This team will leave the ...