ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Cricket Board imposed interim committee on Rawalpindi Regional Cricket Association and Rawalpindi District Cricket Association, as respective tenures of present office-bearers have already been completed on Thursday with immediate effect. PCB has also directed members of ...

FAISALABADThe University of Agriculture Faisalabad is going to set up a Biodiversity Park aiming at sensitising the youth and other stakeholders about the hazardous affects of biodiversity imbalance caused by human malpractices with the nature. The assertion was made by UAF VC Dr. Iqrar Ahmad Khan ...

SYDNEY: A controversial cull of up to 10,000 wild horses in Australia’s harsh Outback reportedly began Wednesday in a bid to control the feral animals which officials say are destroying the land. The Central Land Council said animals - including horses, donkeys and camels - were dying in ...

HONG KONGChina will host the Royal Trophy team event for the first time this year, organisers said on Tuesday, adding to a list of big golf tournaments in the country.The seventh edition of the tournament between Asia and Europe will be held at Dragon Lake Golf Club in the southern province of ...

MULTAN -The target for paddy cultivation in Punjab has been set at 4.266 million acres with an assessment to produce 3.374 million tons this season, over 100 million tons lower than that of the last year. According to a release issued by the media liaison unit of Punjab agriculture department here ...

LONDON - New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori could return to action in the second Test against England this week after Bruce Martin was ruled out of the rest of the tour with a calf injury. Vettori has not played for the Black Caps for almost a year because of a hamstring injury and was left out of ...

SYDNEY:-Australia opening batsman David Warner will face a disciplinary hearing this week into an alleged code of conduct breach after a Twitter rant directed at two of the country's leading cricket writers. Cricket Australia said Monday the hearing would take place on Wednesday via teleconference ...

Islamabad -Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Admiral (Retd) Fasih Bokhari, Monday said the country cannot be purged of corruption unless the system is reformed; otherwise, all the efforts of corruption watchdogs would go in vain. “Without correcting the system the agencies would ...

  Massachusetts GN An asteroid nine times larger than the QE2 is due to sail past the Earth later this month. Luckily, the giant space rock will get no closer than 3.6 million miles, or 15 times the distance between the Earth and the moon. Scientists have named the asteroid 1998 QE2 but the ...

LAHORE -  PML-N MNA-elect Ch Jaffar Iqbal has said that a number of serious challenges are awaiting the incoming government of his party which is fully competent to counter them as it did it in the past.Jaffar who has been elected from NA-106, Gujrat, defeating PPP stalwart Qamar Zaman Kaira ...

lahore - Government wants to work as a team with business community of Pakistan with regards to normalisation of trade with India. This was stated by Commerce Minister, Maqbool H. H. Rahimtoola, who was heading a meeting with the representatives of Pakistani chapter of Pakistan–India Joint ...

EDINBURGH - Pakistan began their tour of England on a good note, registering a 96-run win over Scotland in the first ODI between the two sides. In Edinburgh on Friday, Pakistan successfully defended a total of 231 for 7, as Scotland went down to the bowling of Saeed Ajmal and Junaid Khan.Chasing ...

ISLAMABAD- Army is all set to retain the 9th Korean Ambassador National Taekwondo Championship title with an overwhelming majority as they had won 17 gold medals, three silver and two bronze medals with only one day left in the championship currently under way here at the Liaquat Gymnasium. On the ...

LAHORE The Lahore High Court on Wednesday set aside the notification for termination of 20 law officers of the office of the advocate general Punjab, issued by the caretaker government on May 5 this year. The order from Justice Umar Ata Bandial came on a petition filed by the terminated law ...

GENEVA: A pair of pearl earrings belonging to actress Gina Lollobrigida sold for an auction record of $2.39 million at Sotheby's Geneva Tuesday as the veteran Italian star auctioned off some dazzling jewellery.The lot, the highlight of the auction, went under the hammer for more than twice the ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Gems and Jewellery Development Company (PGJDC) has established Gems and Jewellery Training and Manufacturing Centers (GJTMCs) in different cities to provide gems and jewellery training and manufacturing facilities. PGJDC is providing quality education to the stakeholders of ...

Well, that didn’t take long. Four months into a fresh four years, President Obama is already assuming the familiar crouch of a scandal-struck second-termer.British Prime Minister David Cameron was visiting the White House on Monday morning and the two leaders were scheduled to hold a news ...

  LONDON BBC   Stars from the world of TV are preparing for this year's Bafta Awards, with Olympic satireTwenty Twelveand BBC drama Accused among the nominees. They have four nominations each, as do The Girl, about Alfred Hitchcock, and Last Tango inHalifax, starring Sir Derek Jacobi and ...

  lahore One of the most significant outcome of May 11 elections is the emerging trend of regionalism inPakistan’s politics. The election results show that no political party has succeeded in establishing its credentials of a national party having roots in all the provinces. Until the ...

MADRID - The world's two top female players, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova, will battle it out for the number one ranking when they meet in the Madrid Open final on Sunday after both came through Saturday's semi-finals in straight sets.Current number one Williams sealed her place in the final ...

ISLAMABAD : A special duty cell has been established in Finance Division during election-2013 to monitor continuous supply of energy during polls. Dr Khaqan Hassan Najeeb, Director General (ERU) is the focal person of the Cell. The Cell No of the Focal Person is (0307-5555455). The Cell will be ...

LONDON - Despite an indifferent conclusion to England's overseas winter in New Zealand, the selectors are unlikely to see the need for significant changes for the start of the home summer that will be dominated by the Ashes but firstly includes the return series against Australia's close ...

ISLAMABAD - MOHSIN ALI - Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) is all set to lose some of its key players in the coming days, as too much leniency can cause not only the federation but also the country dearly. Some serious lapses on part of the federation were witnessed during the recently-concluded ...

Lahore - Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) – a joint venture of Engro Powergen Limited (EPL) and government of Sindh, for purchasing power from SECMC’s 600MW mine mouth power plant at Thar Block ...

BAHAWALPURThe 2nd National Eastern Medicines Conference concluded here at Islamia University, Bahawalpur with the recommendations that a bill will be tabled in the National Assembly to formulate Eastern Medicines Authority in the country. The experts of the Eastern medicines will be allowed to ...

ISLAMABAD - President Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI), Javed Hashmi, has urged the residents of Islamabad to vote for PTI which is striving hard to bring the change. Amid final rounds of election campaign, confident and excited Hashmi Sunday said his party is striving hard to bring change in ...

geneva - The World Trade Organisation is close to chosing its next leader in a final round pitting Brazil against Mexico, with the winner facing the tough task of restoring the clout of global commerce's rule-setting body.Brazil's WTO ambassador Roberto Azevedo and his rival Herminio Blanco, ...

islamabad - National Transmission Dispatch Company (NTDC) has pleaded the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to set Rs6.41/unit as advance tariff of 640 MW Azad Pattan Hydropower Project.Since the hydropower project is located in AJ&K, which is outside Nepra’s ...

BANNU - Despite security threats, the inhabitants of district Bannu have also swept away with the popular wave by jumping on to the bandwagon of electioneering. Political wheeling and dealing, acceptance and rejection of candidates, and size and rise of political gatherings are the hot topics of ...

ISLAMABAD : Ministry of Petroleum on Friday established 'Oil and Gas Control Cell' to ensure continuous supply of oil and gas during elections. The oil and gas control cell would start functioning from May 7, said a press release issued here. The cell would ensure coordination between the ...