DHAKA:  A baby boy who was born in a Bangladeshi storm shelter was named after an impending cyclone by villagers who hoped the gesture would protect them from the storm’s wrath, an official said Friday. Village elders named the youngster Mahasen after he was born early on Thursday ...

PARIS: The science world has paid homage to Johnny Depp by giving his name to an extinct creepy-crawly with “scissor hand-like” claws reminiscent of one of the Hollywood actor’s best-known roles. Kooteninchela deppi, a 505-million-year-old distant ancestor of lobsters and ...

    ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) chairman Syed Ali Akber Shah Qadri has nominated 20 technical officials for the 35th Velo Cup National Boxing Championship to be held at Sialkot from May 25-30. The officials include Ali Akber Shah Qadri (AIBA) technical delegate, Ghulam ...

LAHORE- Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Thursday announced the squad and management for the upcoming ICC Global Twenty20 qualifiers to be hosted byIreland. The PCB women wing announced 14 women players, four reserves and five officials. They will be part of the squad for the ICC Global T20 qualifiers ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Billiard and Snooker Association (PBSA) Friday named its four-member team to take part in the ACBS Team Events and the 6-Red Snooker Championships being held from May 24 to 30 in Doha, Qatar. The team comprises M Asif, M Sajjad, Hamza Akbar and M MajidAli, said PBSA president ...

NEW YORK - Imran Khan's leadership qualities have been acknowledged by the famed former England umpire Dickie Bird, who named the Pakistani cricket hero the captain of his dream world XI for Test matches, according to media reports. "My captain. His knowledge was outstanding," Bird, who tuned ...

DALLAS: A subtitling firm has apologised after naming actress Zooey Deschanel as one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects on live TV news. The erroneous onscreen text appeared during coverage of the manhunt for the second bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The message displayed on screen read: ...

SHEIKHUPURA - All the political parties in the district have finalised their candidates for the five National Assembly constituencies - NA-131, NA-132, NA-133, NA-134 and NA-135. For NA-131, the PPP has fielded Usman Nisar Pannu as its candidate. He is son of late Nisar Pannu Advocate who was ...

SHEIKHUPURA - All the political parties in the district have finalised their candidates for the five National Assembly constituencies - NA-131, NA-132, NA-133, NA-134 and NA-135. For NA-131, the PPP has fielded Usman Nisar Pannu as its candidate. He is son of late Nisar Pannu Advocate who was ...

BEIRUT (AFP) - Tamam Salam of the Western-backed opposition was named Lebanon’s new PM and tasked with forming a government, said the presidency. “President Michel Sleiman has tasked Tamam Salam with forming a new government,” the president’s office said in a statement. ...

SHEIKHUPURA - The PTI leadership has announced its decision to award tickets in five National Assembly and eight Punjab Assembly seats, disappointing the local leaders and activists of the party.In NA-131, the party candidate is Brigadier (r) Rahat Amanullah while Malik Sarfraz Ayyaz was named for ...

SHEIKHUPURA - The PTI leadership has announced its decision to award tickets in five National Assembly and eight Punjab Assembly seats, disappointing the local leaders and activists of the party.In NA-131, the party candidate is Brigadier (r) Rahat Amanullah while Malik Sarfraz Ayyaz was named for ...

MORGAN Freeman is to be honoured for his career achievements when he accepts the 2013 Cinema Icon Award at an upcoming Las Vegas film convention.The Shawshank Redemption star will be the guest of honour at the CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards ceremony on 18 April at Caesar’s Palace in ...

The father of Malala Yousafzai, the girl shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education, has been named a UN special advisor on global education, UN envoy Gordon Brown said Monday.Brown added that the 15-year-old schoolgirl, who is recovering in a British hospital after being brutally ...

HASILPUR - Bahawalpur Development Authority Director Admin Mohammad Naeem appointed as a field coordinator for dengue campaign in the division.Reportedly, Punjab government appointed 6 officers as field coordinators for dengue campaign in all over the province. In which, Local Government and ...

LOS ANGELES  - Reality TV star Kim Kardashian and two of her sisters have been slapped with a $5 million lawsuit alleging they and the makers of QuickTrim diet pills falsely touted the product’s effectiveness for losing weight.The proposed class action lawsuit takes aim at the ...

STOCKHOLM  - Sweden’s newest royal, second in line to the throne after her mother Crown Princess Victoria, has been named Princess Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary, King Carl XVI Gustaf announced Friday. The princess, the first child for Victoria, 34 and Prince Daniel, 38, was born early Thursday ...

BAHAWALPUR - The Islamia University Bahawalpur (IUB) has been nominated as the first chair of Inter-University Consortium (IUC) for the promotion of social sciences, arts and humanities (IUCPSS) for one year.According to formal notification issued here, IUB VC Dr Muhammad Mukhtar will act as IUCPSS ...

FEROZWALA - DPO Sheikhupura Afzal Mahmud Butt has been transferred to Lahore while his predecessor Haider Ashraf has been posted as the new district police officer.Previously, Haider has served as Nankana Sahib DPO.Meanwhile, a large number of citizens took out a rally against 15-hour unscheduled ...

NEW YORK  - Warm sun, white beaches, and million-dollar mansions notwithstanding, Miami has captured the dubious distinction of being the most miserable city in the United States, according to a new poll.The playground of the rich and famous is home to a crippling housing crisis, one of the ...

COLOMBO  - Mahela Jayawardene was today reappointed captain of the Sri Lankan squad for all three formats of the game hours after Tillakaratne Dilshan resigned from the post following the team’s dismal showing in South Africa.The 34-year-old’s immediate assignment would be to lead ...

ISLAMABAD  - Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi has been named a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations anti-narcotics agency. According to a press statement issued by the UN Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Tuesday, the talented all-rounder has been appointed in recognition of his ...

LAS VEGAS  - A razor-thin television from LG Electronics was crowned best gadget of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Thursday and Microsoft was a big winner in its final appearance at the annual trade event.The 55-inch (140-centimeter) TV set set from the South Korean electronics giant ...

SYDNEY  - It might not be the most flattering accolade for the "bootylicious" American pop star, but new mother Beyonce now has a fly named after her. Just days after the singer and actress gave birth to a baby girl, Australian scientists said Friday they had named a rare horse fly from far ...

ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - The judicial commission formed by the government to probe into the murder of investigative reporter Saleem Shahzad has issued its report, however no culprit is named in it to the dismay of the journalist fraternity.The commission formed to probe into the murder of Pakistan ...

LAHORE - Pakistan opener M Hafeez and off-spinner Saeed Ajmal are selected in the ESPNCricinfo XI selected on Sunday.The other players in the Test XI are West Indian all-rounder Darren Bravo and South African fast bowler Dale Steyn. Only one Indian player Rahul Dravid found a place in Test XI while ...

Kylie Minogue’s ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’ has been named as the most-played song of the decade in a music industry poll.The popstar’s 2001 single finished above ‘Toxic’ by Britney Spears and Robbie Williams track ‘Angels’ in the survey by ...

Janet Jackson has been named as the Grinch Of The Year by animal rights group Peta. The singer was given the dubious honour by the pressure group because they believe she has exploited the well-being of animals in her fashion choices more than any other celebrity in 2011.According to JAM, Jackson ...

MOSCOW (AFP) - President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday gave the official who designed Russia's tightly controlled political system a new government job, in a surprise move after protests challenging the Kremlin.Commentators said the appointment of Vladislav Surkov, until now Kremlin first deputy chief ...

LAHORE – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday announced the Pakistan Under-19 team for South Africa Tour scheduled to be held in January 2012.  “The U-19 team is selected purely on merit as only those players were selected who performed exceptionally well at domestic level ...