ISLAMABAD  - The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Thursday prayed to the Supreme Court to ban the use of CNG in public transport, as it might repeat Gujrat-like incident in future.Afnan Kundi, counsel for the Ogra, said that since 2011 they have been writing to the federal government ...

Two versions of the attack on a Pakistani diplomat have come up: one report based on the statement of an Indian official maintains that the vehicle of our First Secretary in the High Commission in India had a slight road accident which only resulted in loose talk and shouting. The second version is ...

NEW DELHI - Reacting to the news of Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf being withdrawn by the ICC from Champions Trophy next month for his alleged involvement in spot-fixing, legendary cricket umpire Dickie Bird said "the incident has brought cricket to its knees".Bird, the 80-year-old former English umpire ...

LONDON  - The stage adaptation of Mark Haddon’s novel “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” claimed seven prizes at Britain’s prestigious Laurence Olivier Awards. The mystery drama’s haul included best play and best actor for Luke Treadaway and ...

peshawar -  At least seven children sustained injuries when roof of a mosque collapsed owing to torrential rain in post Hayatabad township on Friday.According to details, roof of Nimra Mosque at phase-6 Hayatabad town collapsed due to heavy rain and hailstorm. As a result, seven children were ...

LAHORE – Peace and Harmony Network Pakistan, an association of scholars and representatives from different religions, on Thursday condemned the Muslims-Christians clash in Francis Colony, Gujranwala.In a joint statement issued Thursday, PHNP Chairman Allama Zubair Abid and Secretary General ...

LAHORE – The Lahore High Court on Tuesday directed the police to re-investigate the Kharrak factory collapse incident and submit a fresh report till March 20. Petitioners Zaheer, Zafar and Zubair, owners of the collapsed factory, had challenged the verdict of a Sessions Court about their ...

RAWALPINDI - Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Judge, Rana Masood Akhter, on Saturday extended the physical remand of the two suspects of Pir Chanbal incident for two days.Police brought the two suspects namely Waheed Ahmed and Muhammad Ijaz before the ATC No 2 amid tight security. Police filed an ...

KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has strongly condemned the firing by assailants in Akhtarabad area of Quetta in which 13 persons were killed and several injured. He expressed grief and sorrow over the tragic incident and the loss of lives. Altaf said that the firing on buses ...

ISLAMABAD The US military Thursday conveyed its most sincere condolences to Pakistans Army Chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, over a fatal cross-border strike in Kurram Agency on September 30, which strained relations between the two countries. The letter was made public by the US Embassy a day ...

LAHORE The match-fixing incident allegedly related to players of Pakistan cricket team playing in England these days, has come about as another painful episode for the nation when it is already tormented by deadly floods, corruption, bad governance, terrorism, political tug of war, price-hike, ...

LAHORE - On the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, a joint investigation team headed by Additional IG Mushtaq Ahmed Sukhera has been constituted for investigation of murder of two brothers in Sialkot, whe-reas DIG Major (r) Mub-ashar will continue departmental inquiry of the ...

ISLAMABAD The Senators on Wednesday called for review of Foreign Policy and formulation of uniform guidelines to counter rising terrorism. They also blamed the law-enforcement agencies for their failure to maintain law and order situation in the country. The Upper House of the Parliament discussed ...

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has ordered judicial enquiry into the tragic incident on Ring Road at Karol Ghati. He was presiding over a meeting held to review the incident of Karol Ghati, says a handout issued here Sunday. MNA Mian Marghoob Ahmad, MPAs Khawaja Salman Rafiq, Hafiz ...

KARACHI - The nursing student, who was allegedly raped by the medicolegal officer Dr Jabbar Memon, has temporarily lost her memory about the tragic incident, while she gained her senses on Friday after the three days of medical treatment at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC). After ...

KARACHI - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Munawar Hassan on Sunday claimed that Blackwater and US marines were involved in the Data Darbar blast saying that any Muslim cannot imagine the act of terrorism at Data Darbar. Addressing press conference at JI office Idara-e-Noor Haq, he said that Blackwater ...

KARACHI - Former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and former Indian Counsel General in Karachi, Mani Shankar Aiyar delivered a lecture on 'India after Rajiv under the lecture series titled Culture, Politics and Change in South at the Mohatta Palace. Aiyar in his lecture stressed the need for ...

LAHORE Pakistan will consider lodging a complaint with the International Cricket Council following a disgraceful incident in which Khalid Latif was tackled to the ground by a Perth spectator last night. Ijaz Butt, the president of the Pakistan Cricket Board, told the Herald after the match that ...

KARACHI - The surveyors of the ship MV JPO Delphinus, which was grounded near Gwadar a couple of days ago, have reached the Gwadar Port to probe the incident. Moreover, the Mercantile Marine Department (MMD) has also started investigation of the accident, and after the report the demurrage would ...

ISLAMABAD-Panic gripped the residents of the twin cities after news of the deadly terrorist attack on police training centre in Lahore broke out Monday. The Lahore attack caused anxiety among the citizens who are already scared and in the grip of panic by successive terrorist attacks in the recent ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Olympic superstar turned tabloid target Michael Phelps told the Baltimore Sun on Wednesday that the incident that produced a photo of him apparently smoking marijuana was "stupid". "It's obviously bad judgment and it's something I'm not proud of at all," the 23-year-old said. "I ...

NEW YORK - "Shoe-icide Attack" is the screaming headline of a New York tabloid on the double shoe-throwing attack on President George W. Bush at a press conference in Baghdad on Sunday. "Lame Duck" was the headline of The New York Post, another tabloids, which used the expression to convey that the ...

SYDNEY (AFP) - The world is on the brink of an avalanche in the spread of devastating weaponry, a new global non-proliferation group warned Tuesday, saying that a nuclear incident would dwarf the September 11 attacks. The Middle East, particularly Iran, is a potential tipping point, according to ...

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said in an interview that arch-enemy India had never been a threat to his country and that Islamic militant groups in Indian-controlled Kashmir were "terrorists." Zardari also indicated in the interview with the Wall Street Journal that there was an ...