beijing - China Sunday marked the fifth anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake which killed more than 80,000 but some said questions remained over the thousands of children who died as their schools collapsed.The 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck the southwestern province of Sichuan on the afternoon ...

UNITED NATIONS A UN report Friday called for a moratorium on the "testing, production, assembly, transfer, acquisition, deployment and use" of lethal autonomous robotics (LARs), known as 'killer robots', until an international framework on their use has been agreed upon.Unlike drones, LARs are ...

KIM Kardashian is allegedly putting herself and her baby at high risk for killer diabetes.Sources say the 5-foot-2 reality star has packed more than 100 pounds onto her normally 119-pound frame. According to a new report, if Kim has gained that much weight, it’s four times more than what is ...

SIALKOT - District and Sessions Judge Ameer Muhammad Khan sentenced a murder accused to death and fined him of Rs2.5 million in the murder of an elderly woman after abduction.The Gujranwala based ‘serial killer’ Yousaf Mughal had been living in a rented house along with his relatives in ...

GUJRANWALA/TOBA TEK SINGH - The onslaught of the toxic cough syrup continued for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday as 12 more people gave in to the ‘assassin’, taking the death 44 across Punjab.The alarming rise in the death toll due to the consumption of ‘killer’ cough ...

This is for the second time in less than a month that a deadly cough syrup had taken a big human toll in two major cities of Punjab, Lahore and Gujranwala. Earlier, over 20 persons had lost their lives after drinking Tyno syrup in Shahdra town, a suburb of the metropolis. Now 33 persons have ...

GUJRANWALA/TOBA TEK SINGH - The onslaught of the toxic cough syrup continued for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday as 12 more people gave in to the ‘assassin’, taking the death 44 across Punjab.The alarming rise in the death toll due to the consumption of ‘killer’ cough ...

GUJRANWALA – The death toll of junkies died from overdose of DextroMethorphan syrupreached 35, prompting swoop on medical stores after the Punjab chief minister took notice of the issue.Eight more people died in Gujranwala Friday due to the syrup, taking the toll in the city to 28in three ...

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Thursday that one of Benazir Bhutto’s suspected killer was killed in a drone strike where as the remaining accused languishes in jail.Moreover, he said that they want to solve country’s problem by ...

MANILA (AFP) - A typhoon that has killed hundreds of people and left tens of thousands homeless in the southern Philippines has turned back towards the country and will hit it again, forecasters said Saturday. Typhoon Bopha will slam into the northern tip of the main island of Luzon early Sunday, ...

LAHORE – The Crimes Investigations Agency (CIA) has arrested a man who had shot dead his wife one year ago in the Naulakha police precincts and fled away. Police sources said that a team of CIA Ghaziabad had arrested the proclaimed offender Aun Sajjad who had gunned down his wife, Tahira ...

MULTAN - Killer string took the life of a two-year old child here on Saturday, prompting a police crackdown on kite and string traders. The deceased namely Subhan was passing through Chungi No-1 area with his uncle on a motorbike when the string cut his throat. Although he was rushed to Nishtar ...

KARACHI - The Crime Range West Zone Police the arrest of a target killer from Rashid Minhas Road. According to SP Khurram Waris, the raid was conducted on a tip-off which led to the arrest a target killer identified as Raheem Mama alias Raheem Bux. He said the accused confessed to have killed 6 ...

MIAN DAWOODLAHORE – The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the performance of the Punjab Government when it was told that the government had not yet completed various water filtration plants “introduced” for the last many years.A two-judge bench, ...

LAHORE – The Lahore High Court was told on Monday that the Punjab Institute of Cardiology administration was involved in the purchase of the substandard medicine which killed 120 cardiac patients. Some 2m tablets of the spurious Isotab have so far been sold, the court further heard. ...

KABUL - A renegade Afghan soldier who shot dead four French troops paid a bribe to rejoin his country's army after deserting, the US news website McClatchy said on Saturday.The 21-year-old soldier had already bribed a recruiter to enter the army a first time, he said during questioning after the ...

RAWALPINDI – The ill-fated mother whose two daughters were brutally murdered while another got injured over marriage issue during a brazen attack on a private girls hostel in Lalkurti area on June 20, 2011 wants the killer to be hanged.“What I want is the arrest and death penalty for ...

The killer of former Provincial Minister for Social Welfare Zil-e-Huma, has expired here in the hospital in Kot Lakhpat jail, police sources said on Friday.  Maulvi Sarwar had gunned down the Minister at Muslim League House in Gujranwala on February 20, 2007, and he was arrested and sentenced ...

SARGODHA - The police have arrested the accused who killed his stepfather from District Chakwal, the other day.According to police, a rickshaw driver, Liaqat Ali, resident of Chak-84/NB, was going towards his home from Sargodha on his vehicle on November 21, 2011. When he reached near Ckak-84/NB, ...

LAHORE – Speakers at a convention have vowed to revive the spirit of Pakistan Movement and work for solidarity and integrity of the country. They said spiritual offsprings of the Mushaikh would fight alongside the military to safeguardthe  geographical boundaries of the country. ...

OSLO (AFP) - The lawyer for the gunman behind last week's attacks in Norway laid out his feelings about the case and his client Tuesday, painting a picture of a cold and paranoid "warrior" who appears to be insane. "This whole case indicates that he's insane," Geir Lippestad said about Anders ...

SIALKOT - District & Sessions Judge Manzoor Hussain Dogar Wednesday sentenced to death 'serial killer Muhammad Yousaf Mughal and fined him Rs0.7 million in a notorious murder case registered by the Muradpur Police. Earlier, the police produced the accused in the court amid tight security. According ...

SARGODHA - A speeding car driver crashed a motorcyclist Qamar Ali near Aziz Bhatti Town who died on the spot. As per detail, a rushing car trampled the motorcyclist and he succumbed to critical wounds on the spot. The police shifted the dead body to Sargodha District Headquarters Hospital.

LAHORE The Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Yousaf Aujla on Thursday awarded death sentence to Aurangzaib on two counts for killing two persons. The court also ordered the convict to pay Rs.1,100,000 as compensation to the victim families. According to the case details, Aurangzaib ...

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/WASHINGTON Wasting no time after US President Barack Obamas immunity plea for US shooter Raymond Davis, interpreted 'threadbare by US Senator John Kerry on the ground, the Pakistan Foreign Office late Tuesday night proclaimed diplomatic immunity for the US double murderer whose ...

LAHORE Police investigators on Friday said it has been proved that Raymond Davis, the undercover US operative held for killing two Pakistanis in Lahore last month, did not act in self-defence but was guilty of cold-blood murder. The Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) said at least one of the men ...

LAHORE - A psychic and so-called religious person instigated the 30-year-old woman to butcher her husband and 65-year-old father-in-law as it would be a great job and she would get an ideal holy reward for it. The widow who along with the man mercilessly butchered her husband and father-in-law ...

ISLAMABAD Cervical cancer is the third leading cause of deaths among women globally after breast and lung caner and in terms of prevalence it is the second most common cancer in women. Health experts expressed these views here on Wednesday while addressing a media briefing on Cervical Cancer is ...

KARACHI - The Anti-Extremist Cell (AEC) of Crime Investigation Department (CID) on Thursday claimed to have arrest killer of the slain CID Head Constable and recovered one hand-grenade and a TT Pistol from his procession. SSP CID Omar Shahid said that on a tip-off, the CID team arrested Arshad, son ...

PARIS (AFP) Alberto Contador leaves Paris on Sunday with yet another Tour de France crown, and the same angelic smile that paints a picture of a no-frills cycling champion. Behind that facade is a rider who, like cancer survivor Lance Armstrong, has realised there are more painful things than ...