President, Air League of PIA employees Lahore chapter, Ahmad Butt has said that workers of the Air League have a strong commitment to transform PIA into one of the top airlines of the world under the dynamic leadership of Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. He resolved to use talent of the workers for ...

LAHORE - Given that not much time is left in the withdrawal of Nato forces from Afghanistan, the US administration is waiting passionately to work with the new political dispensation in Pakistan which, it thinks, would prove to be a great helping hand to it in controlling the spread of Taliban, ...

A senior Defense Department official said Thursday that the Pentagon sees no need to change the broad congressional authorization under which the military conducts lethal drone strikes against terrorist targets and estimated that the war with al-Qaeda could continue for up to two decades, said a ...

This is the fourth year in a row that the once famous apple crop of the Murree area has been decimated by what can only be called ‘Hairdryer winds’ - just when the blossom fades and fruit is trying to set during the last half of April: these persistent, hot, dry winds - blowing day ...

islamabad - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Chief Munawar Hassan on Thursday said that if masses with their votes help seizing the security of ‘some hundred families’ of the country a pleasant change could be possible as they were treating masses as slaves.Addressing the last election campaign ...

CHINIOTParvez AhmadFormer Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that May 11 is not merely a polling day rather it is a day of change destiny of the country and fate of people. Addressing a public meeting at Hockey Stadium Chiniot here on Tuesday, the PML-N kingpin asserted that if voted to ...

CHINIOT - Former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that May 11 is not merely a polling day rather it is a day of change destiny of the country and fate of people. Addressing a public meeting at Hockey Stadium Chiniot here on Tuesday, the PML-N kingpin asserted that if voted to power, ...

  California BBC The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences is to allow all of its members to vote in the documentary shorts and foreign language film categories. Previously, members had to see the nominees in cinemas to be eligible to vote in the final round of balloting. However, DVDs ...

BANNU - Despite security threats, the inhabitants of district Bannu have also swept away with the popular wave by jumping on to the bandwagon of electioneering. Political wheeling and dealing, acceptance and rejection of candidates, and size and rise of political gatherings are the hot topics of ...

Chief of his own faction Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)‚ Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said that 11th May is not election day but is day to change the destiny of the country and fate of the people.Addressing a public meeting at Piplan near Mianwali on Sunday‚ he said that power crisis ...

President, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Nawaz Sharif said that youth is the force of PML-N here on Saturday.Addressing a public meeting, PML-N chief urged the youth to play their role in development of the country and vote his party.The PML-N Chief promised that his party will change the ...

LAHORE - AYAZ MAHMOOD KHAN - In a bid to break my nocturnal routine, I came out of my den too early and started walking on empty roads of the city.After covering a distance of ‘thousand yards’, I crashed onto an empty bench placed at a narrow green strip between Mall Road and Jewelers ...

islamabad - A fierce competition has forced the contesting candidates to mobilize women voters in their respective constituencies in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) thus breaking all the social taboos hoped to surface in May 11 general elections.Background discussions and interviews ...

NEW YORK:  Lindsay Lohan doesn’t think she can give up smoking in rehab. The 26-year-old actress - who was sentenced to 90 days in treatment after pleading ‘’no contest’’ to charges for lying to police about driving during a car crash on the Pacific Coast Highway ...

ISLAMABAD  - President Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Javed Hashmi announced on Tuesday that his party would try its best to solve the problems confronting the residents of federal capital if voted to power."I am well aware about the problems you people have been facing since long. Our party ...

LAHORE/HAFIZABAD - PTI Chairman Imran Khan has appealed to the extremist elements not to sabotage the electioneering process and wait instead, as the ‘change is around’.“Let the political parties run their campaigns during the run-up to the elections,” he urged on Sunday, ...

MULTAN - Taking a swipe at the PML-N, Imran Khan said on Friday that Shahbaz Sharif, the former Chief Minister of Punjab, is a political juggler. The personal remarks came the day the ECP reminded the political contestants against launching personal attacks. Meanwhile, addressing big public ...

RAWALPINDI - For the first time in the history of the country, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) has awarded tickets to the youth in huge numbers while other political parties are busy in finding high and mighty candidates to win the general elections 2013.This was stated by a young ticket holder of ...

LAHORE - “Go away and don’t come back”, a Pathan working in his godown of animal fodder in Lahore, the second biggest city of Pakistan, yells at the anti-polio team. “I will not allow you to go upstairs and why do you keep on coming back even when we have vaccinated our ...

PTI chief Imran Khan has said that tested parties are unable to bring about a change in the country.He was addressing a joining ceremony of 67 former Nazims in Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaf.Addressing a press conference held in a local hotel in Lahore‚ the leaders of the joining group termed ...

Earth Day is observed every year on April 22 to create awareness about and support for environmental protection. It was initiated by Gaylord Nelson, an American Senator and Environmentalist in 1970. This day brought in its wake the passing of acts like the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and the ...

TANDO ALLAHYAR - Nawaz Sharif has said that his party if voted to power will bring prosperity to the country by reforming the educational system.Addressing a public meeting here Monday‚ the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) chief promised giving soft loan with less mark-up rate to ...

Recently, Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) announced its party manifesto for the general elections in Pakistan. The event was held at Marriot Hotel in Islamabad. While addressing the press conference, it was announced according to the PTI manifesto that there will be justice for all. It was ...

KARACHI - Jamaat-e-Islami chief Munawar Hasan has termed the 10-party alliance a pleasant change and referred to it as a single contestant against MQM in upcoming elections. Addressing a ‘Tarazu Road Caravan’ from Karachi to Peshawar, organised by Shabab-e-Milli on Sunday, the JI chief ...

CARACAS  - Venezuelans flocked to the polls Sunday to pick Hugo Chavez's successor, choosing between the handpicked heir of his socialist revolution and an opponent vowing change in the divided nation.After a brief and bitter campaign, supporters of acting President Nicolas Maduro played ...

Democracy in Pakistan is like changing of socks. People keep choosing the same leaders. The leaders keep changing parties and positions for their own benefits, while the system remains unchanged. And so does the condition of the ordinary citizens.The same horses are in the run again in the general ...

Lieutenant-General Hamid Gul (Retired) on Thursday said elections may bring some cosmetic changes but it will not bring any meaningful change to resolve issues confronted by masses and the country.Masses will continue to reel under inflation, lawlessness, unemployment, and food insecurity while ...

LAHORE – The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has allocated 40 percent representation of the youth, proving that it wanted to bring about a change, said PML-N women leader Shakeela Luqman. In a statement she lauded the PML-N leadership for brining fourth the youth. About the ticket issue, she ...

ISLAMABAD – It is a matter of pleasant surprise that how PTV has transformed its transmission since the dissolution of the government. The sudden change in the News bulletins and coverage of all political parties gives an indication that the state media is not being dictated by the caretaker ...

RAHIM YAR KHAN - The political scenario of Rahim Yar Khan district, that consists of six National Assembly and 13 Punjab Assembly constituencies, has been changed after Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood has joined the Pakistan People's Party and become the Punjab governor, and on the other side, Makhdoom ...