ABOARD MAKUNG DESTROYER - Taiwan held a military exercise Thursday in waters near the northern Philippines in response to the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman, after rejecting repeated apologies from Manila. President Ma Ying-jeou reiterated that the Philippines should take formal responsibility ...

ISLAMABAD - A massive turnout of appeals is expected from the electoral candidates as well as the different complainants against the respective decisions of the returning officers (ROs) on the nomination papers in consequence of the electoral body’s apparent reluctance to increase the ...

LAKKI MARWAT – Local leaders of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf have condemned the party’s parliamentary board for awarding ticket to an undeserving person for the sole seat of National Assembly of Lakki. Speaking at a hurriedly called meeting here on Sunday, Haklim Asghar, Farman Zangikhel, ...

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira has urged media to exercise utmost care in reporting the sensitive issues.Addressing a news conference in Islamabad ‚ he referred to several instances when some sections of media reported issues with particular angles‚ creating ...

STRENUOUS daily exercise could help to repair the heart of someone who has just suffered a heart attack, according to a new study.Researchers at Liverpool John Moores University found that vigorous regular exercise led to dormant stem cells in the heart becoming active. This stimulated the ...

LAHORE – The City District Government Lahore (CDGL) has failed to control the illegal slaughter of animals in the provincial capital despite its ongoing drive against the same, mainly because of absence of any suitable mechanism in this regard, according to a survey conducted by ...

ISLAMABAD  – In a study of heart muscle function in mice, researchers have uncovered evidence to explain why exercise is beneficial for heart function in type 2 diabetes.The research team, led by scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, found that greater amounts of ...

LAHORE – The Excise and Taxation Department’s passport-size registration book project has failed to facilitate the motorists, automobilists and agents sitting outside the Excise Office told this scribe on Friday. They alleged that only the people paying extra money were being issued new ...

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran Monday tested missiles near the Strait of Hormuz, underlining its threats to close the vital oil-transit waterway as the West prepares to impose more economic sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear drive. The launch of two missiles took place on the final day of war games in ...

LAHORE - The first comprehensive mock exercise of active police pickets was held at Qila Gujjar Singh Police Lines, where 30 trained police officers demonstrated the formation of pickets, importance, preparation and public cooperation during this process. SP Civil Lines Police Division Omer Saeed ...

LAHORE - The Civil Aviation Authority, on Thursday, conducted a full-scale mock emergency exercise at the Allama Iqbal International Airport here. To make it beyond an exercise, the CAA arranged and extinguished a large-scale fire at the tarmac. Thereafter, the ‘injured’ passengers were ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - A Pakistani Navy ship named after Khalid Bin Walid, the famous companion of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), is arriving next week at the Malaysian port of Langkawi to represent Pakistan in the five-day Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) exercise 2011. While aiming to ...

SIALKOT - The free, fair and peaceful polling was held at all the 257 polling stations established in the Sialkot district for the AJK LA general elections as 19,1319 registered voters (Kashmiris) in two constituencies (LA- 31, Jammu-II Sialkot and LA-32, Jammu-III Sialkot) cast their votes on ...

KARACHI (APP) - The five-day multinational naval exercise 'Aman-2011 was formally inaugurated by Commander Pakistan Fleet, Vice-Admiral Abbas Raza, on Tuesday. The naval exercises will continue till March 12 in the Arabian Sea under the arrangements of Pakistan Navy. The exercise will enable all ...

ISLAMABAD - Avoiding to pin any hope on, most of the political stakeholders in Sindh, in general, and Karachi, in particular, have welcomed the PPP's call for all parties' conference on the deteriorating law and order situation in the financial capital of the country. The only voice against the APC ...

LONDON President Asif Ali Zardari met British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday and it is said that he discussed matters of bilateral interest with him besides war against terror issue. Zardari visited UK amid severe criticism on his tour in the context of Camerons statement against Pakistan ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Monday launched country-wide Exercise High Mark-2010 when Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, disseminated the Air Tasking Orders (ATO) to all PAF Units. The area of exercise would cover the entire country from Skardu in the ...

INTENSE exercise sessions could squeeze a weeks worth of exercise into one workout of one hour, according to a new study. Interval training was originally developed for Olympic athletes and thought to be too strenuous for normal people. But in recent years, studies in older people and those with ...

INDIA Friday decried the just-concluded polls in Gilgit-Baltistan, formerly the Northern Areas which was renamed by Pakistan a few months ago, as 'just another cosmetic exercise intended to camouflage Islamabads illegal occupation of areas of Jammu and Kashmir, reported Indian media. The elections ...

CHERYL Coles journey from aspiring pop star to svelte X Factor judge has made her a fashion icon for millions of women. So the decision by the slim singer to invest 36,000 on a 'wind tunnel exercise bike will certainly raise eyebrows. The Girls Aloud star, who weighs only seven and a half stone, is ...

WHILE physical exercise has been shown to trigger migraine headaches among sufferers, a new study describes an exercise program that is well tolerated by patients. The findings show that the program decreased the frequency of headaches and improved quality of life. The study used a sample of ...

LAHORE - As many as 8,584 voters will exercise their right of ballot in Lahore Bar Association's today (Tuesday) election to elect new office-bearers while the main groups of the bar have lined up their strategies for the covet slot of president. For this year election of the bar, two candidates ...

NEW DELHI (APP) - First- ever-joint exercise between Indian and Chinese armies on Indian soil started in Belgaum in Karnataka state on Saturday with an objective to share experience in anti-terrorism operations. The 15-day 'Exercise Hand-in-Hand 2008' will be conducted in three phases. Senior ...

HIS name is Harvey and he's a surfer of the highest pedigree. After all, it's not everyone who can balance with four feet on the board at once - let alone use his tail as a rudder. The three-year-old labrador is the pet of Scott Pearson and his 16-year-old son James, both keen surfers. He ...

ISLAMABAD (Online)- Moderate exercise may help strengthen knee cartilage and improve joint symptoms and function in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA), says a Swedish study in the November issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism. The study included 29 men and 16 women, aged 35 to 50, who'd had ...

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has inaugurated the controversial Baglihar Dam today (Friday). Addressing the inaugural ceremony, Indian Prime Minister said the dam will help overcome power crisis. In India, 26 per cent of power is generated through hydel power. Manmohan Singh said 150 ...

THREE months of aerobic exercise decreased body fat and calorie intake in overweight and obese people, according to a new study, and the researchers believe that changes to a central nervous system factor are responsible. A research team at the University of Chile Clinical Hospital in Santiago, ...