Lahore - Dr Ghazanfar Mehdi, a candidate for general elections 2013, has announced to contest elections from NA-40.  Dr Mehdi also presented his manifesto comprising seven major salient features. He said that he was going to take part in active politics to save the country and its people from ...

  NEW DELHI   Record-breaking batsman Sachin Tendulkar turns 40 on Wednesday with no plans to retire despite media speculation and recent form suggesting that age is finally catching up with the "Little Master". Test and one-day cricket's greatest run-scorer approaches the game with ...

LAHORE - The spiritual healers (peers) have been playing a significant role in electoral politics much before the birth of Pakistan. Starting from the Pakistan Movement led by All India Muslim League to the present-day politics, spiritual healers have remained a driving force behind the victory of ...

KARACHI – A special vigilance team of the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has caught around 40 candidates found copying in the papers of Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Part-I, Science Group, Annual Examinations 2013 in various examination centers.The BSEK held a paper of ...

SARGODHA - The newly appointed DPO Sultan Ahmad Chaudhry has transferred all 27 Station House Officers (SHO’s) across the district.According to the notification, Inspector Khurram Anwar has been posted as SHO City Sargodha, Inspector Akhtar Nawaz SHO Satellite Town, Inspector Nasir Nawaz SHO ...

MULTAN - More than 40 shops were gutted when a fire erupted in a cloth market here on Saturday. According to Rescue 1122 sources, a fire broke out in Kale Mandi cloth market due to short-circuit which all of sudden engulfed more than 40. As a result, cloths worth millions of rupee and other ...

MULTAN - More than 40 shops were gutted when a fire erupted in a cloth market here on Saturday. According to Rescue 1122 sources, a fire broke out in Kale Mandi cloth market due to short-circuit which all of sudden engulfed more than 40. As a result, cloths worth millions of rupee and other ...

TALHAR - At least 40 passengers were injured when a bus turned turtle near here on Sunday.As per details, a bus carrying devotees of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar was going to Sehwan when it overturned at Mataro bus stop in a bid to overtake a truck.As a result 40 passengers including women and children ...

ISLAMABAD - Though the long march led by Tahirul Qadri will seemingly reach Federal capital till Monday (today) due to its slow pace, apart from other followers around 40,000 Tehrik Minhajul Quran (TMQ) women in Islamabad are ready to welcome and join the rally.TMQ Secretary Information Islamabad ...

LAHORE - A 40-year-old man died mysteriously in Data Darbar police area on Sunday, police said.The deceased was identified as Asmat Ali, a resident of Depalpur. The police officials said that the victim came to Data Darbar where some swindlers served him with intoxicated food  that caused his ...

LAHORE - As many as 40,000 industrial workers working in Lahore Township Industrial area facing threat of going jobless while sword of default is hanging on the head of a large number of industrial units. This was stated by newly-elected Chairman of Lahore Township Industrial Association (LTIA), ...

At least five people were killed and 40 others wounded in a blast near Cantonment Railway Station, commonly known as Cantt Station in Karachi on Saturday.According to initial reports, the blast occurred in a passenger bus standing near the station, killing three people and injuring 40 others.The ...

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s maritime agency on Tuesday said it “rescued” 40 Myanmar shipwreck survivors, who are thought to be Muslim Rohingya fleeing ethnic violence, who had been denied entry to Singapore. The agency told AFP the survivors of a wreck off the Myanmar coast on ...

ISLAMABAD - At a time when all the political parties are unanimously backing the idea of deweaponistation of the country and a resolution to this effect has recently been adopted by the National Assembly, the Senate was informed on Thursday that during the past five years the government has issued ...

KARACHI - Muhammad Ahmed Baloch, a 40-day-old baby from Dera Allah Yar, Balochistan has become the first patient in Pakistan to survive on an artificial heart-lung machine for three days at Aga Khan University Hospital. The baby was born with a severe heart defect, where the two major vessels that ...

KARACHI  - On an average 40,000 women die of breast cancer every year in Pakistan whereas every ninth women suffering from cancers is inflicted with breast cancer, said speakers at a seminar organized by Baqai Medical University in collaboration with Higher Education Commission and Pink Ribbon ...

KARACHI - Tuwairqi Steel Mills first shipment of DRI Grade Oxide Pellets having iron ore content of 67pc arrives at Port Qasim, Karachi.According to detail, the arrival of 40,000 tons of oxide pellets marks a major milestone in the successful completion and operation of TSML’s DRI Plant. The ...

PESHAWAR - The Political administration of Orakazi Agency on Wednesday arrested 40 suspected persons and shifted them to an unknown location.Sources in the political administration said that the administration of the agency had taken action against the Utmankhel tribe under the Collective ...

MEXICO CITY  - More than 40 aftershocks shook the Mexican capital and southern areas after a long and powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake left 11 hurt and damaged dozens of buildings, officials said Wednesday. Aftershocks of up to 5.0-magnitude continued some 12 hours after the quake, which ...

MISRATA  - Residents of the battle-scarred town of Misrata voted on Monday to elect their local council, in Libya's first poll in more than 40 years and held four months after the killing of Moamer Gaddafi."This is an historic event. We hope these elections will be an example" for the rest of ...

KURRAM AGENCY - At least ten soldiers and 40 militants were killed in fierce clashes erupted when Taliban attacked a security post in central Kurram Agency on Tuesday.Armed with sophisticated weapons, a group of over 200 militants attacked a newly established checkpost on strategically important ...

CANBERRA  - A landslide swept through two villages in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, covering much of the settlements in mud and leaving up to 40 people missing, officials and residents told Australian media. The accident, which occurred in the island state's Southern Highlands on Tuesday ...

KOT ADDU - A case has been registered against the incharge of an imambargah and 40 others for taking the Chehlum precession to a road in Mahmood Kot area without getting permission from the authorities concerned. Meanwhile, a truck crushed a motorcyclist to death. Younus along with his brother was ...

COPENHAGEN - Crowds came out en masse in Denmark on Saturday to honour Queen Margrethe II as she celebrated 40 years on the throne which saw her become one of Europe's most popular and versatile monarchs. She acceded to the throne on January 14, 1972, when, a tall and lanky crown princess grief ...

BEIRUT (Reuters/AFP) - Forty people were killed and 100 wounded in two blasts which struck Damascus on Friday, Syria’s Dunia television channel reported, quoting its correspondent on the scene. Dunia said most of the casualties in the explosions, which struck near security sites in the ...

LAHORE - PIAs plan to lease 40 new aircraft within next six years does not sound a financially viable option given its bleak financial health verified from unaudited Half Yearly Report (Jan-June 30, 2011), which was released on September 24, 2011, sources in the airline said. According to details, ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER VEHARI - The All Pakistan Fiat Tractors Dealers Association office bearers announced to construct 40 houses for flood victims at a cost of Rs 15 million in Mianwali, Kot Addu, DG Khan and Sindh. They said that they would also donate edibles to the victims. They urged the ...

ISLAMABAD (Online) - Agriculture Policy Institute (API) Monday vowed to make recommendations for increase in wheat prices in the interest of farmers and production of the crops. API Chairman Musadiq Muhammad Khan said it after holding 3-hour long meeting with representatives of farmers from all ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - Lahore High Court Acting Chief Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Monday strictly directed Pakistan Railways to run special trains within 24 hours for the devotees of Hazrat Baba Lal Shahbaz Qalandar to Sehwan Sharif for annual urs. The acting CJ passed this orders on a ...

KARACHI - The world of business is becoming increasingly global and marked by virtual organizations using mobile technology and social networks. Organizations must be equipped to better assess and act decisively on huge volumes of data both from within and outside their businesses. In response to ...