WASHINGTON : A Senate panel has approved legislation to give millions of illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, setting up a spirited debate next month in the full Senate over the biggest changes in immigration policy in a generation.President Barack Obama, who has made enactment of an ...

HOLLYWOOD: Iron Man 3 has grossed over $1 billion. The Marvel Studios sequel has become the 16th film in history to pass the milestone, reports ComicBook.com. As of Friday, the film had earned $311,404,000 in the US and $698,900,000 globally for a grand total of $1,010,304,000. Four of the 16 films ...

NANKANA SAHIB Mother of The Nation District Correspondent Sheikh Shahid Mehmood passed away here on Thursday after a protracted illness. She was 75. Her funeral was offered here in Nankana city after Asha. A large number of people from all walks of life including politicians, lawyers, ...

LAHORE - The renowned Pastor of the Church of Pakistan Lahore Diocese Reverend Mehraj Masih, who passed away the other day, was laid to rest on Wednesday at Jail Road cemetary. The funeral service was held at the Cathedral Church of Resurrection, Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam. The thanksgiving service was ...

The Nadirshaw Eduljee Dinshaw University of Engineering and Technology (NED University) Benefactor and former vice chancellor Engr Abul Kalam passed away on Thursday. He was 90.He left behind two sons, one daughter and a widow to mourn his death. The funeral of Engineer Abul Kalam was offered at ...

DHAKA : The death toll from Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster passed 800 on Wednesday as rescuers pulled dozens more bodies from the rubble of a nine-storey building that collapsed outside Dhaka last month. "The death toll now stands at 803" with 790 bodies recovered from the wreckage and 13 ...

KARACHI  - The SECP has passed 3 orders against a Takaful Company for not complying with provisions of Insurance Ordinance 2000 and Companies Ordinance, 1984, in which one of the orders relates to the interpretation of the exemption given under Proviso to Section 187(h) of the Companies ...

  DHAKA :Bangladeshon Monday announced a new high-level panel to inspect thousands of garment factories for building flaws as the death toll from the nation's worst industrial disaster surpassed 660. The move comes days afterBangladeshagreed with the International Labour Organisation to give ...

Renowned journalist and columnist Syed Abbas Athar passed away after protracted illness here in the wee hours of Monday.It should be mentioned that veteran journalist, Syed Abbas Athar was suffering from cancer ailment since a long time and hospitalized in Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Lahore ...

JOHANNESBURG  - South Africa's parliament voted Thursday in favour of a fiercely contested secrecy bill which critics say will muzzle the media and provide cover for government corruption.The Protection of State Information Bill, which would replace apartheid-era legislation on classified ...

LAHOREFormer international opener Salim Pervez, a key figure in a Pakistan match-fixing inquiry, died after suffering fatal injuries in a road accident, family and friends said Wednesday. "Pervez was riding a motorcycle when he was hit by a bigger vehicle on Sunday and could not recover from fatal ...

Shahibzada Fazal Karim of JUP passed away on Monday at the age of 58 after succumbing to a protracted illness. It was only a few days back that he was admitted to a hospital. He was elected General Secretary of Jamaat-e-Ahle Sunnat in 1978, a position that he held for 14 years. Later he turned to ...

Sahibzada Fazal Kareem, chairman Sunni Ittehad Council (SiC) and chief of Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP), passed away after a protracted illness on Monday. He was 58. Fazal Kareem was a liver patient and admitted to Allied Hospital Faisalabad few days ago. He has left behind four sons, Hamid Raza, ...

KARACHI - ZA Nizami, the Vice Chancellor of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology Karachi passed away on Sunday after protracted illness.Engr ZA Nizami was acclaimed as one of the leading educationists of the country, having immortalised himself by establishing the engineering ...

Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, the controversial "Iron Lady" who shaped a generation of British politics and was a pivotal figure in the Cold War, died following a stroke on Monday. She was 87.Queen Elizabeth II and former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev led tributes to Thatcher, who ...

Pakistan Saraiki Party chief Taj Muhammad Langah, 72 died of cardiac arrest on Sunday morning.President Pakistan Saraiki Party (PSP), Taj Muhammad Langah was an icon of south Punjab and the entire Saraiki belt. The man has been active for the formation of the separate province for the Saraiki belt ...

The National Assembly Thursday passed "The Pakistan Psychological Council Bill‚ 2013".The bill provides for the establishment of Pakistan Psychological Council to register psychologists and related institutions in the country. It was moved by Riaz Fatyana.Chairman of the Standing Committee on ...

QUETTA - Condemning the Hazara Town bombing that killed over 89 people, members of the Balochistan Assembly stated on Wednesday they would have been scathingly criticised if the terrorist attack had taken place under their rule. Regretting the fact that innocent people were being killed despite the ...

Balochistan Assembly on Wednesday unanimously approved a no-confidence motion against speaker of the provincial assembly Mohammad Aslam Bhooani.In the assembly of 64 lawmakers, 48 of them casted their votes while 47 members voted in favor of the no confidence motion against the speaker.The motion ...

National Assembly passed a controversial ‘fair trial’ legislative bill on Thursday while authorising the state to intercept private communications in order to catch terrorists, may also pose a threat to people’s privacy.The bill was tabled by Law Minister Farooq Naek despite ...

National Assembly (NA)  has unanimously adopted a resolution to condemn the targeted killing of volunteers especially female workers in anti-polio campaign in Karachi and Peshawar.Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi presided over the National Assembly session, which opened with the ...

The House Tuesday passed a resolution demanding the government to stop the use of illegal arms and deweaponize the country for restoration of peace.It said the security of the people and peace of the country is under constant threat due to wide-spread use of illegal arms. It also demanded for ...

KARACHI  - Sindh Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill to upgrade Jinnah Post-graduate Medical Centre (JPMC) and to re-name it as Jinnah Sindh Medical University. Sindh Law Minister Muhammad Ayaz Soomro moved the bill which was not opposed by any member present in the ...

National Assembly on Friday approved PML-N resolutions on constituting an all parties commission for contacting estranged Baloch leadership and monthly review of petroleum prices.The National Assembly resumed its session on Friday with Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi in the chair.The National ...

National Assembly unanimously passed a resolution strongly denouncing the attack on children s rights activisit Malala Yousafzai and her friends. The National Assembly resumed its session in Islamabad on Wednesday with Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi in the chair. The resolution moved ...

The National Assembly on Thursday adopted two resolutions amid opposition uproar, one resolution for supporting the formation of Seraiki province and other for reposing confidence in Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in the wake of his conviction in the contempt of court case.The session, which was ...

LAHORE - Punjab Assembly has demanded equitable distribution of gas and electricity among the federating units, reducing reliance on furnace oil for electricity generation, proper working and immediate funding on hydel power projects and measures for early completion of Pakistan-Iran Gas Pipeline ...

QUETTA - The Balochistan Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution demanding the provincial government approach the federal government for regularising the services of the Nadra employees and reinstatement of the sacked staff.In a session chaired by Speaker Muhammad Aslam Bhootani, ...

KARACHI  – Renowned television actress Tahira Wasti died at the age of 68 on Sunday after a protracted illness.She shot to prominence playing some leading roles in plays like ‘Afshan’ and ‘Aakhri Chatan’, besides others when the viewers across the country had to ...

KARACHI - Thin attendance during the Sindh Assembly’s Thursday session, when the 101st International Women’s Day was to be commemorated, showed how very much “our male MPAs” care for the rights of women and their emancipation. Nevertheless, the House unanimously adopted a ...