LAHORE (Online) - International IT & Telecom Exhibition & Conference (IITEC) Pakistan will be held here at Lahore Expo Centre from 7th to 9th April 2012. According to press release issued here on Saturday, it is the only event in Pakistan, which has exclusive support of CMEC-China National ...

Leader of Pakistan Muslim League PML-N Siddiq ul Farooq has said that they would welcome any political party that wants to be a part of grand alliance. He said that corruption is People Partys agenda; PPP has gained success through cheating in the elections of AK. PPP has backstabbed its first ...

Justice retired Fakhruddin G Ibraheem refused to be part of six-member independent commission announced by the government to investigate the US operation in Abbottabad that led to killing of al-Qaeda Chief Osama bin Laden last month, sources said on Wednesday. The sources said that he wrote a ...

Maria Shriver is set to divorce Arnold Schwarzenegger. The 55-year-old writer - who split from her husband of 25 years after he confessed he had fathered a 14-year-old son with their former housekeeper Mildred 'Patty Baena - has reportedly told friends she will file papers to legally end their ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE The students of various educational institutions participated in a competition for recitation of Allama Iqbals verses at Aiwan-e-Karkunan Tehrik-e-Pakistan here on Monday. Renowned Naat Khawan Serwar Hussain Naqashbandi was the chief guest while Dr Sarfraz Hussain Mirza ...

Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Makhdoom Javed Hashmi said he wanted party chief Mian Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif to apologize to nation over their past mistakes. Addressing National Assembly (NA) here with Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi in chair, he ...

PPP has announced to act as strong opposition in Punjab and the party will announce the name of the Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly soon. Senator Raza Rabbani addressing a press conference alongwith Federal Law Minister Babar Awan Friday regretted Nawaz Sharif's words that the 10-point ...

Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry underlining the need of unity amongst the lawyers said that Bench and Bar are the integral part of the same system. He expressed these views while meeting a delegation of more than 10 lawyers of Jhelum Bar Association headed by its ...

LAHORE - Apparently the stage is set for the final bout between the PML-N and PPP in Punjab, however, the political stakeholders of the province while deferring it till January 10, the PML-Ns deadline to PPP are also making new political alignments. Mian Atta Maneka, leader of the Forward Bloc in ...

Noted Indian author, Arundhati Roy has reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir is not an integral part of India. According to Kashmir Media Service, addressing a seminar organised by the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) in Srinagar, Arundhati Roy said, "I believe Kashmir is not an ...

ISLAMABAD The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) is all set to organise womens football among its member nations from December 3 to 13 when Bangladeshi Town Coxs Bazar will host the inaugural SAFF Women Championship, this is stated by Senior Vice President SAFF Syed Khadim Ali Shah. Women ...

ISLAMABAD Chairperson of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF)s Women Wing Robina Irfan has urged the sportswomen to participate in healthy outdoor activities for the development of their mental and physical capabilities. She hoped that bankers, services and teams like PIA, KRL, PEL etc would ...

ISLAMABAD - A nabbed accused here at Shahzad Town Police Station has deliberately mutilated his genital part during the custody of police. According to details, the Shahzad Towns police arrested an accused Darshid alias Arshad in a dacoity case and recovered a 30-bore pistol from his ...

Senator Haji Adeel from ANP welcomed the decision calling it a political sagacity on the part of PM to avert clash-like situation. Adeel lauded PM role in defusing the tension and said that Gilanis role reflected his political maturity and prudence. MQM leadership quoted their Quaid Altaf Hussain ...

On his first trip here in three years, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates had a hard time making up his mind about the Taliban. During a series of speeches and interviews, Gates lumped all Taliban factions into the same category, calling them a "scourge" and a "cancer" that colludes with al-Qaeda ...

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Friday described the Taliban as part of the "political fabric" of Afghanistan, but said any future role would depend on insurgents laying down their weapons. Afghan President Hamid Karzai is planning an ambitious Western-backed reconciliation package aimed at ...

TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) - Deposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya has written to US President Barack Obama saying he wants no part of US efforts to broker a deal to restore his presidency and end his countrys political crisis. In the five-page letter, Zelaya, who has been holed up in the Brazilian embassy ...

LAHORE - The most controversial issue Musharraf trial on which PML-N leadership had to tone down its rhetoric on the dictation of foreign friends will not be part of high profile meeting between US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif scheduled to be held Thursday (today) ...

HILARY Swank hates being followed by the paparazzi - but she puts up with it because its part of her job as Hollywood star. The actress says the attention from celebrity snappers makes her life feel like a circus but she has little sympathy for her celebrity peers who complain. Sometimes you do ...

LAHORE The national rugby team will participate in an Asian Seven Series in Colombo, Sri Lanka next month under the Pakistan Rugby Union development rugby 7s programme. The Asian Rugby Union, after the inclusion of rugby 7s in Olympic Games, is holding competitions in Asian 7s Circuit and the PRU ...

Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Lahore Saturday announced the result of Intermediate Part II 1st Annual Examination-2009 with overall pass percentage of 53.95. A total of 129767 candidates applied in the Intermediate Part II examination, while 127231 appeared in the examination ...

KARACHI - The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) on Wednesday announced the results of the Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) Part-II Science Pre-Medical Annual Examination-2009 in which BAMM PECHS Government College for Women has won all top three positions and fifth place in ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) has directed the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to ensure participation of an A-Level student in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2009, Germany, who was dropped at the eleventh hour from a group of six selected Pakistani students. Justice Iqbal ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is considering four-day tests as part of a series of innovations to keep the oldest form of the sport exciting to spectators in the wake of Twenty20's growing popularity. "The board of the ICC is determined to ensure that test match cricket is seen as the ...

Supreme Court has dismissed the petition praying to make the presidential pardon documents part of record in the case of an appeal against the plane hijacking conspiracy case. The government in a guarded move has taken out Sindh Advocate General, Yusuf Laghari from pleading this case. Supreme Court ...

KARACHI - Asia Media Forum (AMF) reports that misinformation is part of the Pakistani electronic media, which has widely slated down the credibility of the electronic channels, more importantly resulting in sensationalism, misreporting and even panic in times of emergency. It states, In their bid ...

A civilian "surge" of hundreds of additional U.S. officials in Afghanistan would accompany the already approved increase in U.S. troop levels there under a new Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy being completed at the White House, according to administration officials. President Obama is expected to ...

OMEGA-6 fatty acids - found in vegetable oils, nuts and seeds - are a beneficial part of a heart-healthy eating plan, according to a science advisory published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. The association recommends that people aim for at least 5 percent to 10 percent ...

President-elect Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday will seal their rapprochement when he announces her nomination as his secretary of state, Democrats close to the process said Sunday. Mrs. Clinton, once considered the Democratic frontrunner for president, is flying to ...

RAWALPINDI - Around 2002 students of various boys and girls schools participated in Urdu and English essay writing competitions, held in four districts of Rawalpindi region on Thursday. These competitions were being held throughout Punjab on the directives of Chief Minister Punjab, Mian Muhammad ...