KABUL  Afghanistan's finance minister on Monday named in parliament several lawmakers whom he said were guilty of corruption, triggering wild cheering and applause during a televised session of the lower house.Corruption is one of the key challenges facing Afghanistan as it tries to establish ...

ISLAMABAD - A deep political crisis brewing in the country for last some days finally came to an amicable end Thursday night when PPP-led coalition accepted most of the electoral reforms demands of Dr Tahirul Qadri, who in turn also demonstrated flexibility on some points.The Islamabad Long March ...

Security high as Prince William and Kate in Belfast Kate Middleton tossed a pancake in the centre of Belfast today as she visited the city with Prince William. Miss Middleton, 29, was handed a frying pan by her fianc and told to have a go in front of children involved in a Shrove Tuesday ...

KARACHI - Market participants celebrated the approval of relaunching of deliverable future contracts on Thursday as the local bourse added 61 points to close at 7,863 points. Moreover, investors remained optimistic throughout the session for significant rate cut in the monetary policy review this ...

KARACHI - Positive developments on the political fronts refuelled the bulls at the stock market as the Karachi Stock Exchange 100-Index expanded by 277 points on Tuesday. The talks of inclusion of local stocks in the MSCI Frontier Index kept the sentiments high while the benchmark index and ...

LAHORE - After gaining overall 396.54 points during the last four days owing to better corporate results, the equity market witnessed a mild correction on the last trading day of the week. Due to this the benchmark KSE-100 index could not sustain 6,000 level and lost 53.35 points to close at ...

MANILA (AFP) - From the presidential palace to the rough-and-tumble slums, millions of Filipinos cheered Sunday after boxing hero Manny Pacquiao hammered legend Oscar De La Hoya in Las Vegas. "Pacman" solidified his reputation as the world's best pound-for-pound fighter with a dominant performance ...

Victoria Beckham is her sons' cheerleader. The Spice Girl - who is married to soccer star David - says her three boys, Brooklyn, nine, Romeo, five, and three-year-old Cruz, have become huge fans of American sports since moving to Los Angeles last July and she always finds herself passionately ...