LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray was in dire financial straits when he was hired to care for the US superstar, a policeman testified.Murray, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011 over Jackson’s death, had tens of thousands of dollars in debts, ...

ISLAMABAD The Supreme Court heard the appeals against Lahore High Court judgement that has declared Section 15 of the Financial Institutions Recoveries of Loans Ordinance 2001, as ultra vires.Akram Sheikh, representing more than 65 appellants, including the National Bank of Pakistan and certain ...

WELLINGTON - New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder was only punched once and his injuries were not as serious as reported, a lawyer for one of the two men charged with his assault told a court Thursday.Jonathan Eaton said Ryder was sharing a friendly drink with the accused before a dispute broke out, ...

A bench of Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday heard the petition against police operation in Lyari which ended inconclusively on Friday. The petition was filed by Salahuddin Advocate, describing the crackdown against ‘peaceful’ and ‘innocent’ citizens of Lyari as violation of ...

KARACHI - The food budget of each prisoner has been increased to Rs117 from Rs35, while computer training is also being imparted to the juveniles in prisons, Sindh Prison Minister Ayaz Soomro informed Sindh Assembly during question-hour on Friday. He said that 3,000 computers have been installed in ...

WASHINGTON - US scientists said Wednesday they have found a way to decode how the brain hears words, in what researchers described as a major step toward one day helping people communicate after paralysis or stroke.By placing electrodes on the brains of research subjects and then having them listen ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court has fixed the case of National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) for hearing today (Tuesday), which would be heard by a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. The notices have been issued to Attorney General for Pakistan Maulvi ...

GAZA CITY (AFP) - A UN human rights mission on Sunday listened as witnesses described in gruesome detail the Israeli shelling of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip during a three-week offensive at the turn of the year. The delegation planned to hold two days of public hearings as part of its investigation ...

LAHORE - Chief Justice Lahore High Court Sayed Zahid Hussain on Tuesday reconstituted a full bench to start hearing of two identical petitions against the imposition of Governor's rule in Punjab. The full bench comprised seven judges headed by the chief justice will start its proceedings from today ...