Lahore - The Lahore High Court full bench on Monday annulled the verdict of the election tribunal and allowed former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf to contest elections.The bench headed by Justice Ijazul Ahsan on Monday, passed the orders while hearing Ashraf’s application challenging his ...

lahore The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Wednesday cleared names for 13 National Assembly and 25 Punjab Assembly seats of Lahore. Of the 13 candidates for national seats, seven are repeat election contestants. On the other hand, at least nine candidates, who won from their constituencies in ...

ISLAMABAD - The deadline given by the Supreme Court to parliamentarians to get their academic credentials verified ended Friday midnight. As many as 77 out of the total 183 lawmakers got their academic certificates verified by the given time.“Degrees of as many as 77 parliamentarians have ...

 The Abbottabad Commission, assigned to investigate the U.S. raid in Abbottabad which killed Osama Bin Laden, has cleared Pakistan's government and military establishment of involvement in protection of the al-Qaeda chief .The Daily Telegraph quoting a senior government official says that no ...

LAHORE – An officer of Police Service of Pakistan, who allegedly received Rs 2 million gratification through a cross-cheque to influence investigations into a criminal case, has been acquitted since the evidence of corruption was covertly detached from his file, it was reliably learnt on ...

CAPE CANAVERAL (Reuters) - A private company will make a trial cargo run to the International Space Station in February, a key step in a new US programme to buy spaceflight services on a commercial basis, NASA said on Friday. California-based Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, plans to ...

LAHORE Lahore Waste Management Companys (LWMC) Plot Clearance Move 2011 is in progress. The company in collaboration with general public IS trying its level best to clear and clean all open plots filled with waste and construction and demolition material in all city (CDGL operational ...

HYDERABAD (Agencies) Announcing his decision to quit politics, Former home minister of Sindh Dr Zulfiqar Mirza on Tuesday said he was retiring from politics as some elements were hell-bent to get his basic membership of PPP cancelled. He said presently he was passing through the most crucial phase ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Senate voted Thursday to end debate on the most sweeping rewrite of Wall Street rules since the Great Depression of the 1930s, setting the stage for final approval of the historic legislation. The 60-38 vote with just three Republicans breaking ranks to join all but one ...

LAHORE When love is in the air, how can controversy be far behind? Hot on the heels of the Shoaib Malik-Ayesha Siddiqui-Sania Mirza saga that left a bitter-sweet taste in the mouth, two Pakistani quicks have been in the news for luscious reasons, reported ESPN. While the dope-tainted Mohammed ...

KARACHI - The SBP has granted the approval to Faysal Bank Limited and EFG-Herms Holdings to conduct the due diligence of the RBS-Pakistans operations, RBS notified KSE on Thursday. It may be mentioned that both parties had requested the State Bank of Pakistan last month to grant permission for ...

BARCELONA (Reuters) - An experimental intravenous drug from Sanofi-Aventis to stop blood clots in people with serious heart conditions has proved successful in a mid-stage trial, researchers said on Sunday. Patients receiving an intermediate dose of otamixaban had a 40 percent lower rate of death, ...

MUMBAI - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has summoned their pace bowler Mohammad Asif to appear before the disciplinary committee on July 23. "We have received a six-page report (three pages in Arabic and three pages translated into English) from Dubai authorities where he was detained ...

BIRMINGHAM (AFP) - Match referee Javagal Srinath said England would not face any action over their over-rate after New Zealand were denied the chance of a series-levelling victory in controversial fashion here Wednesday. The Black Caps, looking to make the five-match series all square at 1-1, ...