Good news for philatelic community, that Pakistan Post has decided to hold a 3-day exhibition of Pakistani postage stamps, starting June 24. The spokesman and additional director general (operations) Fazal Sattar Khan announced the exhibition during a meeting of philatelic community's advisory ...

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday vacated a stay order regarding the notification of Establishment Division related to the termination of Executive Director (ED) Federal Government Services Hospital (Polyclinic), Islamabad.IHC judge Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui resumed the ...

Raising hue and cry that the elections have been rigged has been the norm of the defeated parties in Pakistan, while the winning parties have invariably tried to laugh away the charge; this time, it has been no different. The PTI has been in the forefront staging protest demonstrations and sit-ins ...

Makhdoom Ahmed Mahmood on Monday resigned as Governor of Punjab province.Talking to media persons here, the Punjab governor said he moved his resignation to President Asif Ali Zardari and he hoped the president would accept it.“I have forwarded my resignation to President Asif Ali Zardari. I ...

CARACAS :  Venezuela's opposition on Thursday challenged the results of last month's presidential poll won by the late Hugo Chavez's successor, further muddying an already messy transition to life without the divisive leader. The center-right opposition in the oil-rich South American nation filed ...

RAWALPINDI – Citizens are being overcharged on account of parcel and other fees at all the post offices in Rawalpindi city being computerised weight machines dysfunctional due to negligence of postal services department. Computerized weight machines are installed in the post offices ...

ISLAMABAD - More than 550 graduate and post-graduate students were awarded degrees at the 51st convocation of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) held on Tuesday.There were more than 550 students, who secured BS degrees in disciplines of Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics, ...

WASHINGTON  - A US army general responsible for operations in east Africa has been stripped of his command amid reports of sexual misconduct, a Pentagon official confirmed. Major General Ralph Baker, the commander of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, was relieved of his duties by ...

MOSCOW  - Stark divisions within Russia’s elite were exposed Monday when a hot mic mishap showed Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev slamming security forces as “jerks” for launching an early morning raid against a filmmaker.Medvedev on Friday gave an extensive end-of-year ...

After the completion of security transition in 2014, the United States wants to have an enduring presence in Afghanistan to focus on three critical areas -- counter-terrorism, train-and-assist the Afghan army and enhance Afghan government’s capabilities.“The goal here is an enduring ...

I suppose we shouldn’t complain too much about the weather. I mean, it’s not like we have all that much to complain about, the weather having been good generally, and Hurricane Sandy having been as far off as Hurricane Katrina. I suppose if you stood a chance of being in the path of ...

ISLAMABAD - Social circles of Sector I-9/3 and 4 of the federal capital have expressed concerns over lack of post office in their area and appealed to open a post office in the sector.Talking to INP, the representatives of a local welfare organisation said that they were facing severe problems in ...

ISLAMABAD - The PIA spokesperson on Monday said that the pilgrims will be brought back through five flights daily. According to Media Reports, the post Hajj operation will start from Wednesday to bring back the Pilgrims from Saudi Arabia. According to PIA spokesperson‚ the pilgrims will be ...

DAN MURPHYThe attempt to play politics with the murders of four Americans in Benghazi just won’t go away. Anyone who buys into the notion that there is some enormous cover-up or political scandal around the public statements from the Obama administration since the attack doesn’t ...

LINH DINHIf you’re a gun dealer, all shootings are good for business. Drive by, clan, gang, post layoff, adultery in flagrant, Russian roulette, Batman’s suburban theatre premier, urban flash mob, gas station sniper, accidental, incidental, mercy, ruthless, righteous retaliation against ...

ISLAMABAD - Residents of sectors I-9/3 and 4 have protested the closure of post office in their area, demanding its reopening. Talking to INP, the citizens said that they were facing problems in posting their letters as they did not have the facility of post office in their locality. The only post ...

Amardeep Singh I was born and raise d in this country. I played little league baseball. My mom was a soccer mom. I’m a diehard Yankees fan. I’m an American.As an American Sikh, this was my most “quotable quote” in the news media during the year or so after 9/11. Those words ...

Canadian television reporter Kent Molgat walked into a lamp post live on air last week.  CTV’s Molgat was trying to interview a reluctant lawyer when he smashed into the pole.“Oh my God that hurt!” he is heard shouting after the incident. Even the person he was chasing down ...

HARARE  - Troops of bag-snatching, truck-looting baboons are causing chaos at a border post between Zimbabwe and Zambia in daily raids for food, NewsDay reported on Tuesday. “Baboons are an issue that must be dealt with here because they destroy travellers’ goods,” the ...

QUETTA - A Frontier Corps man was killed and 12 others wounded when militants attacked their checkposts in Marwar area, some 45 KM away from Quetta, late Tuesday.According to sources, miscreants attacked three FC posts near Pir Ismail area of Marwar with sophisticated weapons and rockets, killing ...

MIAN DAWOOD   LAHORE – The government has terminated once again the services of Deputy Attorney General of Lahore High Court Yasmin Saigol, the ex-wife of slain Punjab Governor Sal-maan Taseer. The Law Ministry has issued the termination notification of senior woman lawyer, stating that ...

FACEBOOK users have been given the opportunity to post one last message on the site after their death thanks to a new app. ‘If I Die’, created by Israel-based company Willook, allows individuals to write posts or record videos that can be published posthumously. Three ...

PADANG, Indonesia  - An Indonesian civil servant who declared himself an atheist on Facebook was arrested and is now facing jail for blasphemy after being attacked by an angry mob, police said Friday.Alexander An, 30, who wrote “God doesn’t exist” on his Facebook page, was ...

PARIS - Anne Sinclair, the wife of disgraced former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is to be editorial director of the French version of US news and opinion website the Huffington Post. “Le Huffington Post” will announce its launch at a news conference Monday, ...

ISLAMABAD - The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has upgraded the post of six Private Secretaries of Grade-17 to the post of BS-18.In this connection, the FBR has issued a notification here on Friday. According to the notification, in pursuance of Finance Division (Regulation Wing)’s, the ...

BANGKOK - Thai customs officials said Friday they had seized four boxes of smuggled tiger skins and bones worth tens of thousands of dollars in the post, believed to be destined for interior decoration.The tigers, whose parts were found earlier this week, were thought to have come from Indonesia ...

LAHORE – Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan on Thursday assured the House that the government would not consider any one  who does not fulfill the criterion  set for the appointment of Punjab University Vice-Chancellor. He made it clear that the government would not consider ...

LAHORE – FIA Punjab Director Waqar Haider, an officer of grade-19, is holding the post of grade-20 in sheer violation of rules and regulations for last eight months, sources in FIA said on Monday. FIA Director General Tehseen Anwar Shah during his visit to the City last week admonished Waqar ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - Nishat Mills Limited (NML) is scheduled to announce its FY11 results on Tuesday, September 06, 2011. According to analysts, sharp increase in cotton prices during FY11 led to a manifold impact on the prices of all the products in the textile chain. Presently, low-cost ...

LAHORE A Division Bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday resumed hearing of an appeal, filed some 15 years ago, to question allotment in 1993 of plots in Lahores Johar Town scheme to some 28 judges by then Nawaz Sharif government. The Bench, comprising Justice Khalid Mahmood Khan and Justice ...