Our staff reporter ISLAMABAD - The induction of JF-17 Thunder into PAF combat fleet will go a long way in the history of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and Pak-China strategic relations, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman said on Wednesday. Addressing 11th International Fighter ...

NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, one of Indias most charismatic cricketers and a prolific batsman despite losing an eye, died on Thursday aged 70 following a lung disease, his doctors said. The former national captain, better known as the Nawab of Pataudi or 'Tiger, was admitted to a ...

LAHORE (APP)Chairman Department of Poultry Production of University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Prof Dr Muhammad Akram has said that production of various quail breeds and their eggs can be very profitable in the country. He was addressing a one-day awareness seminar on Quail farming ...

On September 11th, 2001, on what was a perfect morning-right up until the very moment a Boeing 767-223-ER slammed into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre, I stood on the corner of Delancey and Ridge Streets in downtown Manhattan. I was working on an election campaign - it was primary day in ...

PATTOKI - The people using public transport braved heavy downpour and gusty winds on bus stops without shelters in the city, highlighting the city managers disregard for addressing the problem. The people from all walks of life have deplored the situation. They said that the problem confronted the ...

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel central bank governor Stanley Fischer's chance of becoming the next head of the International Monetary Fund are "not great," Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz acknowledged Sunday. Fischer announced Saturday he was throwing his hat into the ring for the IMF top job, ...

One of the heaviest flying birds in the world is in danger of going extinct, conservationists are warning. Great Indian bustards stand a metre tall and weigh up to 15kg, yet as few as 250 may now survive. That is according to the latest edition of the IUCN Red List for Birds, which reports that the ...

NEW YORK - The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, was arrested early Sunday in New York on charge of attempting to sexually assault a hotel maid, according to US media reports. The arrest of Strauss-Kahn, 62, widely considered a potential candidate for the French ...

The National Police Agency said Wednesday that the catastrophic earthquake and ensuing tsunami have left 9,301 people dead and 13,786 others unaccounted for in Japan by 09:00 local time (0500 PST). A 9.0-magnitude earthquake hit the Pacific coastal areas of northeastern and eastern Japan on March ...

Archaeologists have identified the dilapidated walls in northeast China to be the remains of the "Wooden" Great Wall, breaking the stereotype that the landmark wall of China was only made of stone and earthen bricks. Some willow fences, found in the mountainous areas of Dandong City, Liaoning ...

MARTIN WOLF Convergent incomes and divergent growth - that is the economic story of our times. We are witnessing the reversal of the 19th and early 20th century era of divergent incomes. In that epoch, the peoples of western Europe and their most successful former colonies achieved a huge economic ...

Thousands of Iranians chanted Death to America as they staged Thursday a mass protest against the Great Satan to mark the 31st anniversary of the capture of the American embassy by students. Tehran, meanwhile, welcomed Washingtons decision to list shadowy rebel group Jundallah as a foreign ...

KARACHI - MQM chief Altaf Hussain has said that the martyrdom of Dr Imran Farooq is a great loss but those who think that they can break our resolve, are mistaken. Talking to the members of the Rabita Committee at Nine Zero on Saturday, he said that he had a long relationship with Imran Farooq ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Tuesday adjourned till July 6 hearing of a suo moto notice against the alleged presence of arsenic contents in water of 352 tube wells of Wasa supplying drinking water to the citizens. Chief justice Khawaja Muhammad Shairf had taken suo moto notice on June 28 on a ...

LAHORE - Engagement with actor Babrak Shah and friendship with cricketer Mohammad Asif was a great blunder of my life. This was stated by Lollywood top star Veena Malik while talking to TheNation on telephone on Monday. Veena said that now she has been engaged to Faisal Akbar, a US citizen with the ...

MADRID (AFP) Real Madrid president Florentino Perez said on Tuesday his side is looking to recruit up to three new players and he hinted that talismanic Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and Inter Milan defender Maicon were possible targets. I think we already have stars in our squad, what we are ...

LAHORE - Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif has said that China is a great friend of Pakistan and Pak-China friendship is time tested. He expressed these views during a meeting with 7-member delegation of Chinese investors led by Mr. Yen Li, Chairman Tnegzhong Group of China on Saturday. Secretary Advisory ...

SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian woman suffered massive blood loss and was airlifted to hospital Saturday after being savaged by a shark off an island on the Great Barrier Reef, officials said. The 60-year-old was dragged under the water by the shark near Dent Island on the popular Whitsundays around ...

LAHORE - Great grandson of Mirza Ghulam Ahmed Qadiani, Abdur Rahman, who has reverted to Islam, called on Qazi Hussain Ahmed, former Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami, at Mansoora on Wednesday. Allama Ibtisam Elahi Zaheer, son of Allama Ehsan Elahi Zaheer accompanied him. Abdur Rahman, elder son of Mirza ...

ANGELINA Jolie thinks President Barack Obama is a great communicator but not interested in issues outside the United States, a source has revealed. [Jolie thinks] President Obama is a great communicator but not interested in issues outside the United States, says a Hollywood insider close to the ...

DUBAI During one of his three stints with the Pakistani team as a coach, Javed Miandad once jokingly had offered to come out of the retirement and help the depleted team. Dave Currie, the manager of New Zealand team, may not be able to offer such 'help to his team, which has hardly 11 fit ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said that bilateral trade between Pakistan and Turkey in the recent past has reached around $600 million which should be increased, as this doesnt reflect the true potential existing between the two countries. Addressing the ...

NEW YORK (AFP) - Forgive Caroline Wozniacki that she hasn't had time for romance lately. She has been too busy playing the greatest tennis of her life and making an unlikely run into the US Open semi-finals. The Danish ninth seed, until now the highest-ranked player never to reach a Grand Slam ...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters/AFP) - EU ministers fiercely criticised Nato on Saturday for an airstrike in Afghanistan that local officials said killed scores of people, many of them civilians, saying that it was an unacceptable catastrophe as well as a great tragedy. The ministers said the air raid ...

LAHORE - Carmela Conroy, newly-appointed Principal Officer US Consulate in Lahore, has said the Afghans, especially women, are happy over the removal of the Taliban government, and they are yearning to have peaceful land to lead better life and raise their children, which is possible through ...

One of the Soviet Union's best-loved folk singers, Lydmila Zykina, who rose to stardom from the factory floor, has died of a heart attack, Russian state television said. She was 80 years old. "A few days ago Lyudmila Georgievna suffered a heart attack and today her heart stopped beating," said a ...

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif said that his party unconditionally supports the government for the perpetuation of the democracy in the country. Talking to diplomats hailing from European countries, he urged the European officials to play role in halting the drones attack ...

Pakistan captain Younus Khan spoke on Wednesday of how he would never forget Bob Woolmer, as the cricket world marked the second anniversary of the former national team coach's death. Woolmer, who had been a Test batsman for England, took Pakistan to the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies but died ...

Pakistan pledged Monday to restore its deposed top judge and end a crackdown on activists, caving in under mass protests in a bid to defuse a crisis that took the nation to the brink of chaos. Main opposition leader Nawaz Sharif welcomed what he called an historic achievement and promptly called ...

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said country was facing the challenges of terrorism and extremism, while the law and order situation also needed to be improved in the given circumstances. Prime Minister Gilani was addressing the joint session of PPP's Central Executive Committee ...