COOLUM (AFP) - Former Australian amateur champion Marcus Fraser skipped two shots clear of a strong field after carding a flawless seven-under 65 in the second round of the Australian PGA on Friday. US Presidents Cup player Bubba Watson, who led for much of the day after a second-round 68, was ...

These motorists proved they arent the brightest sparks - by destroying their cars after crossing jump-start wires. The motoring mishap resulted in damage that meant both cars were write-offs. The incident in Columbia, South Carolina, saw silver Jeep owner Andrew Jernigan connect jump-leads to ...

ISLAMABAD (INFN) Sniffing of Samadbond, a sticking material used in furniture hardware work, is common among child drug addicts who beg on traffic signals to fulfill their addiction. Rahimuullah Yousafzai, 15, is one of the Samadbond sniffers. He lives along his family in Golra Sharif. He told ...

ISLAMABAD - The daughter of Chairman Benazir Income Support Programme and central leader of ruling Pakistan Peoples Party, Farzana Raja, went missing on Friday, sources said. According to official sources, Farzanas daughter was allegedly picked up by her ex-husband when she was on her way to ...

SYDNEY (AFP) - Chief selector Andrew Hilditch and head coach Tim Nielsen were high-profile casualties Friday of a sweeping review into Australian cricket sparked by the team's Ashes humiliation this year. Both men lost their jobs, along with fellow selector Greg Chappell, following the seven-month ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - The District administration has failed to control black-marketing of various daily-use products particularly edibles as prices of such commodities are skyrocketing and shopkeepers continued fleecing the consumers, it is learnt on Thursday. On the other hand, the price ...

VEHARI - On the eve of Ramazan, the prices of daily use commodities are increasing exorbitantly as the role of 'so-called price control committees is seen nowhere in this regard. People have strongly protested against the district government for not taking steps against the price hike ahead of the ...

DASKA - The travelling on the motorcycles on rural areas roads in district has become very risky, as the incidents of bikes-snatching were rising day by day. Daska city has also become a safer place for the bike lifters, as the Daska police have failed to trace out the criminals involved in ...

A rare Charlie Chaplin film, bought for 3.20 on eBay, is expected to fetch a six-figure sum when it goes up for auction in June. The film, Charlie Chaplin in Zepped, is the only known surviving copy and is thought to feature some of the earliest-known animation. Collector Morace Park bought the ...

ISLAMABAD (Online) - Syed Saleem Shazad, Bureau Chief of Asia Times, has been missing since Sunday evening. Saleem left his house at Nazimuddin Road F-8/4 to participate in a programme of a private TV channel but neither he neither reached the private TV channel nor returned home. He has also not ...

ISLAMABAD-An important file containing inquiry report about the exclusion of names of Abdul Munaf Kalai and Javaid Khanani in a money laundering case registered at FIA Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) s Crime Circle Abbottabad has gone missing at the agencys headquarters, The Nation has learnt ...

The power shortfall in the country has surged to 4,500 megawatt, leading to an increased loadshedding up to 14 hours in Punjab and other parts of the country, report said. The power crisis forced the Pakistan Electric Supply Company (PEPCO) to carry out eight to ten hour power cut in urban Punjab ...

Power output from Tarbela Dam has plunged down to its lowest level of 540 megawatt, following water in the largest reservoirs of the country receded to dead level. Wapda sources said that the water reserve in Tarbela Dam has depleted to dead level, as it now stands at 1378 feet, while whatever ...

JUSTIN BIEBER shaves off his luscious locks while making an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. I look like Michael Jordan, Justin said. Its going to help me be more aerodynamic on the basketball court. [And people] will focus on my beautiful, silky-smooth vocals. I think the girls will be upset, but ...

LAHORE An American diplomat gunned down two Pakistani young motorcyclists near Mozang Crossing, shortly after they intercepted him as he was fleeing after crushing another bike rider to death at Jail Road on Thursday afternoon, eyewitnesses said. Even after killing three people, the Americans went ...

Former President Pervez Musharrafs former staff officer (Retd) colonel Manzoor Hussain has been missing for last one day. According to media reports, Colonel (Retd) Manzoor Hussain has recently resigned from DHA. Talking to private TV channel wife of Colonel Manzoor said that a suspicious vehicle ...

BHUBANESWAR (AFP) - Indias maiden test of an upgraded version of its nuclear-capable, medium-range Agni-II ballistic missile ended in failure Friday, when the missile dropped into the Bay of Bengal. The surface-to-surface Agni-II plus was fired from a mobile rail launcher on Wheeler Island off the ...

BEIRUT (AFP) - US diplomatic cables unveiled by WikiLeaks have exposed backstage manoeuvres surrounding a UN investigation into the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, stoking new controversy around the probe. The cables, which are among some 4,000 secret documents on Lebanon expected to be ...

KARACHI - The Provincial Government, despite making tall claims, has failed to restrict the sea lords and mafias using of tidal trap nets in Sindh water. The illegal fishing not only causing decline in fish stock but also depriving thousands of fishermen of their livelihood, it was learnt. ...

A warm-hearted South Korean sparked a security scare at this week's G20 summit in Seoul by trying to send a gift of pears to US President Barack Obama, Yonhap news agency reported Friday. Staff at a post office in southern Seoul on Tuesday received a parcel addressed to Obama's youngest daughter, ...

LAHORE - The 8th death anniversary of veteran Urdu poet, writer and scholar Jaun Elia went by unnoticed as no major ceremony was organised in the cultural hub of Lahore on Monday in remembrance of the literature figure. Jaun Elia was born on December 14, 1931 in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh India. He ...

Pakistan cricket on Monday again fell in a major controversy when their young wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider went missing from hotel room in Dubai. Pakistani Official, Intikhab Alam told to media that he could confirm that Haider had not come to the ground with the team for the match. And he also ...

KARACHI A technician of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) died accidentally while another was wounded in a firing incident in the premises of the PAF Base Masroor within the limits of Maripur police station. PAF spokesman Muhammad Nadeem Khan said that a person probably a technician, died while another ...

LAHORE - The 7th death anniversary of Baba-e-Jamhoriat, Nawabzada Nusrullah Khan, also famous for making political alliances against dictators, passed unnoticed in the City, a place he had selected for his political activities in his life time. Confused and perturbed by the volatile political ...

ISLAMABAD Without taking approval from internal bodies of the university the Quaid-i-Azam University is going to start Quaid-i-Azam School of Management Sciences (QASMS) with public private partnership at the university. It has been learnt that the internal bodies including Academic Council, ...

LONDON (AFP) Brede Hangeland salvaged a point for Fulham against Manchester United in a 2-2 draw at Craven Cottage when the defender headed a 90th minute equaliser after scoring an own goal just moments earlier. United had only themselves to blame for dropping two points on Sunday after Nani ...

PML-N candidate won the NA-68 Sargodha by-poll Thursday while the PPP candidate was certain to grab NA-100 Gujranwala-VI as he was enjoying around eight thousand votes led with only ten polling stations remaining. In Lodhran, where by-election was held in NA-155, a PML-N-backed independent ...

ISLAMABAD Despite series of reports TheNation has published with documentary evidence about Irfan Puri and his principal suppliers mischievous business with Pakistan State Oil, they continue, unabated, with their typical dealing directly harmful to PSO. This time Puri has come up with yet another ...

ISLAMABAD (Online) - The biggest scam of customs has been reported in countrys history, which relates to the provision of equipment to Isaf (International Security Assistance Force) as containers worth over Rs 220 billion with prohibited and non-prohibited luggage have went missing during the last ...

ISLAMABAD - The administration of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) is shy of taking action against the Authoritys former officials including former chairmen, who are still enjoying the facilities like CDA pool residences, vehicles and staffers deputed at their houses. According to ...