UK- MOL- Barber shops are enjoying a sudden boost in business, with young men across the UK increasingly choosing cheap buzz cuts over more expensive flamboyant styles offered by unisex salons.With stars such as David Beckham and Twilight actor Robert Pattinson showing off traditional ...

karachi-Though several PPP key stalwarts are jockeying for the slot of chief executive of Sindh but Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, a senior party leader hailing from Jacobabad, is seen as the winning horse, sources in the PPP said.Others who are in the race are former chief minister Qaim Ali Shah, who is ...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan is leading in NA-1 (Peshawar) NA-122 (Lahore) NA-56 (Rawalpindi) and NA-71 (Mianwali) as initial results started pouring in after counting of votes began. PML-N president, Nawaz Sharif is leading in NA-68 (Sargodha), while his brother Shahbaz Sharif is ...

KARACHI - Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Tuesday stressed implementation of integrated and well-coordinated security plan to ensure peaceful elections. According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) DG Maj-Gen Asim Salim Bajwa, the COAS said this during a detailed ...

LOS ANGELES - Mike Rodgers notched the fastest 100m in the world this year at the Mount SAC Relays on Saturday, while America's top two sprinters -- Tyson Gay and Justin Gatlin -- took to the track in Florida. Rodgers, the US national champion in 2009, won the Mount SAC 100m in 10.04sec -- in an ...

ISLAMABAD - A French diplomat on Thursday said France and Pakistan need each other to attain common goal of peace and prosperity. Gilles Angles, French Attaché of Cultural and Cooperation Ties said that Pakistan can become a global economic power with the help of its incredible natural and ...

 Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Monday said that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) played leading role in improving the lives of people of Gilgit Baltistan (GB) by giving administrative and financial autonomy to the region.The Prime Minister expressed these views while talking to a delegation of ...

LAHORE - The game of golf is expected to receive a big boost as the country's leading cellular company Ufone has signed Pakistan's top three golfers M Shabbir Iqbal, Matloob Ahmad and M Munir along with five other prominent players. In the recently held Prime Minister Golf Open 2012, Shabbir ...

ISLAMABAD – The complex interaction of trade, capital, information, and technology is leading to a new global convergence, for better and for worse, says the International Monetary Fund(IMF).Kemal Dervis of the Brookings Institution said the surge in information enhances human lives-improving ...

EASTBOURNE  - The three leading women’s seeds were toppled in short order on Tuesday at the Eastbourne grass-court event with Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova leading the exit. The Czech, seeded second at Devonshire park at this south-coast town, was joined on the sidelines by top seed ...

LOS ANGELES - Vanity Fair unveiled the cover of its annual Hollywood issue on Tuesday, featuring “fresh stars of 2012” who were chosen for the impact they made through movies, including Oscar nominees Rooney Mara and Jessica Chastain.“We’re looking for actresses who are ...

MIRPUR (AJK) - AJK President Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan has said that AJK University is being developed at a fast pace and expressed his hope that it will be transpired into a leading University of South Asia by taking practical steps to attain the set goals.Addressing 37th Syndicate meeting of ...

SADIQABAD - Despite severe crises and loadshedding of gas and electricity, skyrocketing increase in their tariffs is tantamount to destroying the national economy and paving the way for civil disobedience and bloodshed, a traders’ leader and industrialist said. . “By putting burden of ...

LAHORE - The team at Manager Today magazine has announced the successful conclusion of its forum ‘Organisational Development & Learning as Investment: A CEO’s perspective’, says a Press release.The forum was held on 27th December at the Royal Palm Golf and Country Club with ...

PARIS (AFP) - Recovery by leading world economies may be peaking, particularly in the United States, a leading indicator published by the OECD showed on Friday. But Germany seems set for continuing relatively robust performance. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said its ...

KARACHI (PR) - Governor Sindh Dr Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan conferred the prestigious Presidential Award for Pride of Performance to Ms Masarrat Misbah on behalf of President Asif All Zardari during an impressive ceremony held at the Governor House on Pakistan Day. Through this honourable award, Ms ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Leading US economic indicators rose for the 10th consecutive month in January, pointing to a strengthening recovery in the next six months, the Conference Board said Thursday. The business research firm said its forward-looking leading economic index (LEI) advanced 0.3 percent in ...

TEHRAN (Reuters/AFP) - A prosecutor demanded on Tuesday maximum punishment for a senior reformer accused of acting against national security, a crime punishable by death, in Irans fourth mass trial of moderates since a disputed election. Saeed Hajjarian, disabled since an assassination attempt in ...

ISLAMABAD - The prevailing financial crunch has not only affected the commoners but some leading business enterprises and industrial tycoons have been forced to suspend their operations as well, on account of adverse earning conditions. The gravity of the situation could be witnessed from the fact ...

WASHINGTON  - A forward-looking index of economic indicators fell 0.1 percent in June, suggesting difficult conditions for the remainder of the year, the Conference Board reported Monday. The small decline followed a revised drop of 0.2 percent in May in the index of leading economic ...

NEW YORK - With 2.3 million people behind bars, the United States is the world's leading jailer, according to a leading human rights watchdog. New figures show that US incarceration rates are climbing even higher, with racial minorities greatly over represented in prisons and jails, thus ...

LAHORE- Five leading bankers have categorically rejected the Punjab govt's offer to become the President of Bank of Punjab (BoP), after its former President Hamesh Khan was sacked as the State Bank of Pakistan had reservations about his appointment since he took the charge of his office, ...