In Haveli Lakha, one Shakeel Ahmad killed his mother Parveen Akhter along with her alleged paramour for honour. Reportedly, Shakeel Ahmad, a resident of village 1/SP Wasa-we Wala killed his mother and a relative after observing them in objectionable condition. The police have registered a case. ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has decided to honour Aamir Atlas Khan in the best possible way for winning laurels for the country after a gap of 14 years. In an exclusive interview with The Nation on Friday, PSB Director General Syed Amir Hamza Gilani said: “According to the PSB ...

TAIPEI - Taiwan on Friday awarded Oscar-winning director Ang Lee a top medal of honour to recognise his achievement in the film industry after he garnered two best director Oscars.President Ma Ying-jeou conferred the highest class of the “Order of the Brilliant Star” to Lee, making him ...

NEW YORK BBC - A film installation celebrating Nelson Mandela is taking over the electronic billboards in New York’s Times Square.The short presentation was commissioned by the Tribeca Film Institute, the arts organisation co-founded by Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro.Inspirational quotes ...

BAHAWALPUR A youth killed his sister while a man butchered his wife for honour in two separate incidents.According to details, Ghulam Fareed, a resident of Basti Khai near Ahmadpur Lama, Sadiqabad suspected that his sister 25-year-old Maqsooda Bibi had developed illicit relationship with someone ...

AMMAN (AFP) - Jordanian police said on Sunday they found the burned body of a pregnant woman whose throat had been slit and belly cut open showing her four-month-old foetus, in an apparent “honour killing”. “We found the body of the woman at dawn in Ruseifeh (east of Amman). Her ...

AMMAN - Jordanian police said on Sunday they found the burned body of a pregnant woman whose throat had been slit and belly cut open showing her four-month-old foetus, in an apparent “honour killing”. “We found the body of the woman at dawn in Ruseifeh (east of Amman). Her throat ...

LAHORE – A man stabbed to death his wife after she was found in objectionable condition in the bedroom with her paramour in Manga Mandi, police said on Tuesday. The woman succumbs to injuries in the way to hospital while the killer managed escape. Police investigators said that the deceased, ...

Developments funds used to construct schools or hospitals by parliamentarians, paid bureaucrats and constitutional office holders to honor the memory of their father, wife or father-in-law etc are an abuse of power, because this is taxpayers’ money, which cannot be allowed for self ...

MUZAFFARGARH/VEHARI - A woman, her stepson and daughter were gunned down by her family for honour while unidentified assailants killed three people including two women, and later set them on fire in Adda Ghulam Shah area of Vehari the other night.In Muzaffargarh, the vengeful family killed the ...

HOBART - Ricky Ponting will receive a tribute during next week's opening Test match against Sri Lanka in Hobart. Ponting played his final and 168th Test match against South Africa in Perth after a run of low scores in the three-Test series against the Proteas. His home state association said ...

Lahore (PR) - Shammal Qureshi and his team at Toni&Guy Lahore have yet again increased Pakistan’s visibility on the global fashion map after winning the Best Salon Director award from Toni&Guy International in London this year, says a press release issued here. Shammal, who is in ...

JHANG - At least seven people including four women were killed and 15 other received injuries in different incidents of honour killing, family dispute and mishaps here in different areas over the past 24 hours. As per detail, a man namely Muhammad Sharif, a resident of Jinnah Colony Shortkot with ...

JHANG - At least nine people including five women were killed and another four sustained multiple injuries in separate incidents in different parts of the district over the past 24 hours. As per detail, four people including three women were shot dead by one Qalab Ali in Sharifabad situated in ...

LARKANA – The killing of a woman and her daughter for honour in Noorpur village of Dokri tehsil have turned to be a targeted one, as it had been revealed that the station house officer of the Badah Police Station was in cahoots with the assassin.According to reports, the SHO allegedly took Rs ...

Two real sisters were shot dead for  honour in South 71 village here in Sargodha on Tuesday.According to SHO Malik Khuda Bukhs, two armed men named Aamir and Akhtar opened fire at their cousins who were already married  on the plea that they were having illicit relations with some persons ...

MULTAN - Jamaat-e-Islami Punjab Ameer Dr Syed Waseem Akhtar asked on Wednesday the government to respect masses’ sentiments on Nato supply line restoration issue and refrain from resuming the supply.Addressing a meeting of JI workers, he said that restoration of Nato supply would prove fatal ...

NEW YORK - Cinema legend Marilyn Monroe has been selected as the icon for the 2012 Cannes film festival that kicks off in May, 50 years after Monroe’s death, festival organisers said on Tuesday.A poster for the festival, which marks its 65th anniversary this year, features a large black and ...

The meandering Prime Minister had long stood convicted in the court of public opinion, guilty of crimes like incompetence and corruption. Now he has also earned the honour of being indicted in a court of law. But we know what will happen. The Prime Minister is instead wearing this stigma as a badge ...

BELGRADE - Novak Djokovic has been awarded the top state honour in Serbia. President Boris Tadic has decorated the tennis great with the Karadjordjeva Star Medal, the highest honor in the Balkan country.Tadic said on Tuesday Djokovic deserves the medal for "special merits in representing Serbia." ...

Sharon Stone broke down in tears as she accepted a lifetime achievement prize from Martin Scorsese on Monday. The veteran star became emotional as her Casino director presented her with the trophy at the 11th Annual AARP Magazine Movies for Grownups Awards in Beverly Hills.Fighting back tears, ...

THE Artist director Michel Hazanavicius has clinched top honours at the annual Directors Guild Awards.The Frenchman was barely known in Hollywood prior to the success of his silent era movie The Artist, which has dominated this year’s awards season. “It’s maybe the highest ...

Rock supergroup Velvet Revolver are to reunite with sacked frontman Scott Weiland next week to honour a late friend of guitarist Dave Kushner. Slash, Duff McKagan, Kushner and Matt Sorum have been looking for Weiland’s replacement since he was fired from the group following a public bust-up ...

Actor Robbie Coltrane was honoured for his outstanding contribution to film at the Scottish Baftas award ceremony. The Cracker and Harry Potter actor was one of several celebrities attending the ceremony in Glasgow on Sunday. Actor and director Peter Mullan picked up two awards for Neds, a film ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The Oscars came to London on Sunday, when the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences honoured British actress Vanessa Redgrave in the first such tribute made in Europe. Playwright David Hare hosted the event at a central London cinema, and stars including Meryl Streep, ...

Our staff reporter QUETTA - A man killed his wife and her alleged lover for honour in Jhal Magsi district, some 400 kms from Quetta, on Saturday. According to reports, accused Bahawal Khan in Gott Rahoja of Gandawa tehsil suspected that his wife Anwer Khatoon was involved with Ali. On Saturday, he ...

The International Rome Film Festival (IRFF) will honour American actor Richard Gere with the Marcus Aurelius career award at its next edition, organizers said on Wednesday. The star of films including An Officer and a Gentleman, American Gigolo, and Pretty Woman, will receive the award at the sixth ...

LONDON (Agencies) - Young West Indies batsman Darren Bravo has admitted to being surprised over his short-listing for the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Emerging Player-of-the-Year award, but is now backing his chances of walking away with the honour. The 22-year-old, a stylish left-hander, ...

Veteran actress Shirley Maclaine was honoured for her longstanding career at the Deauville American Film Festival in France on Sunday. The star, who made her debut movie appearance in 1955s The Trouble with Harry, boasts an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA - and now shes got another ...

OKARA - A youth along with his friends shot his aunt (fathers sister) dead In village 41/4.L here for honour. Allah Ditta was present at home along with his family when Murtaza alias Kali, a resident of Loharan Wla Khoh, Lahore, equipped with arms entered his house along with his accomplices and ...