INDIANAPOLIS - Britain's Katherine Legge and Pippa Mann and Brazilian Ana Beatriz joined the Indianapolis 500 starting grid on Sunday to match a race record four women starters in this year's field.The trio joined Swiss racer Simona de Silvestro, who qualified Saturday, to match the mark from 2010 ...

EDINBURGH- Isolated ODIs between international big guns and associate small fries are not a common occurrence, but with the Champions Trophy looming, the deprived Scottish were happy to oblige the Pakistan Cricket Board. Pakistan's preparation for the showpiece in the United Kingdom has been well ...

Islamabad - An interesting situation has arisen as the caretaker government is eager to transfer power as soon as possible but PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif desires either to see the oath-taking of newly elected parliamentarians on May 28 or to himself take oath as prime minister on that ...

LAHORE - Former Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has asked the party workers to start serving the people in their respective areas. While talking to the party workers Sunday, Shahbaz Sharif, who is also sure to be the next Chief Minister of Punjab, said the enthusiasm exhibited by the people in favour ...

BEIJING Reuters/AFPChina’s President Xi Jinping urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to restart peace talks with the Palestinians as soon as possible, days after he tried to convince Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to revive discussions.Xi’s comments to Netanyahu and Abbas ...

ISLAMABADThe arrangements for hosting the 17th Asian Seniors Individual Squash Championship 2013 at Mushaf Ali Mir Squash Complex are almost near completion, as international players started to arrive in quite a few numbers on Monday.Malaysian top seed of the event Ong Beng Hee, along with his ...

ISLAMABAD : The WAPDA has successfully completed the 17.4 megawatt (MW) Gomal Zam Power House - a component of the Gomal Zam Dam Project and it will start supply electricity to the national grid station shortly. Gomal Zam Dam is the first-ever mega project in water sector constructed in the ...

BAGHDAD (AFP/Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki warned on Thursday of attempts to return the country to “sectarian civil war,” as a wave of violence killed more than 140 people over three days.At least 10 Iraqi policemen and nine militants were killed in clashes on Thursday ...

Government College University Lahore Vice Chancellor Dr Khaleequr Rahman has inaugurated doctorate of philosophy (PhD) in Islamic Studies. GCU Islamic Studies Department Chairperson Dr Sultan Shah and heads of various academic departments also attended the inauguration ceremony.   Also, ...

ISLAMABAD :-Procurement of wheat in Punjab will start on May 1 for maintaining stocks along with strategic reserves to meet domestic requirements of the country. The federal government has approved procurement of about 7.91 million tons of wheat as a bumper crop is expected in the country this ...

ISLAMABAD : The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has successfully completed the 17.4MW Gomal Zam Power House - a component of the Gomal Zam Dam Project and it will start supply electricity to the national grid station shortly.Official sources told APP here that Gomal Zam Dam was the ...

BAGHDAD A dozen small bombs exploded and mortar rounds landed near polling centres in Iraq on Saturday, wounding at least four people during voting in the country's first provincial elections since the departure of US troops.Two mortar rounds injured three voters and a policeman at a school used as ...

ISLAMABAD : The repeated attacks on public meetings of political parties currently facing security threats have ostensibly compelled Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) to adopt a cautious approach to start its election campaign even in Punjab.MQM known for organizing frequent mammoth public rallies has ...

ISLAMABAD - The election tribunals on Thursday started hearing appeals against the decisions of returning officers regarding scrutiny of nomination papers for the general elections.The seven-day process is to continue till Wednesday. The three-day period for the candidates to file appeals against ...

LAHORE - Four urea plants located on SNGPL and one unit on SSGC network have been the worst hit plants during last fiscal year. Out of those five plants, Agritech and DH Fertilizers have now started production after remaining shut for a long time. Fertilizer industry representatives said on the ...

MANILA (AFP) - Thousands of US and Filipino troops began annual military exercises on Friday that the Philippines said were vital to building its defence capabilities to face the rising threat of China.Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario used the launch of the 12-day Balikatan ...

PESHAWAR - The militancy- affected tribesmen of Khyber Agency on Friday demanded the resumption of registration process of the internally displaced families from Tirah Valley and provision of food assistance and other basic amenities at makeshift camps.The tribesmen led by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf ...

LAHORE - Farmers should start harvesting of wheat when the crop fully ripes and in case of rain they should stop harvesting. Punjab Agriculture (Ext. & AR) Director General Dr Muhammad Anjum Ali told APP on Sunday the wheat crop was in its final phases and growers should ensure the availability ...

CHINIOT - Aiwan-e-Zaraat District Haji Riaz Khan has demanded the Punjab Chief Minister and Cane Commissioner to order the millers to start sugar crushing season immediately. Addressing to a press conference along with other farmers representatives on Tuesday, he said that sugarcane crop was ready ...

In an attempt to facilitate daily commuters, Pakistan Railways General Manager (Operations) on Friday approved the shuttle train service between Lahore and Shahdrah. The service will start in two days. The Railways’ management recently decided to start short-distance trains (shuttle service) ...

PESHAWAR - Holding PPP-affiliated federal and provincial ministers, party provincial president and the governor responsible for weakening the party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PPP’s office bearers and some dissents launched “Save PPP movement” by setting up a protest camp here on ...

islamabad  - Zahid Hussain Bokhari, counsel for Husain Haqqani, will start cross-examination of Mansoor Ijaz’s testimony which he recorded before the Judicial Commission, probing the issue with regard to the origin, authenticity and purpose of memo. The cross-examination will start on ...

LAHORE - The matriculation exams of Lahore Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education have started on Saturday.According to a spokesman of Lahore Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, tight security arrangements have been made in the examination centres while section 144 has been ...

LAHORE - Lahore Development Authority Director General Abdul Jabbar Shaheen has constituted a special squad which will initiate larvaciding at dengue mosquito breeding places in more than 150 approved private housing schemes,154 katchi abadies, LDA offices, schools and official residences from ...

MALAKAND – The residents of dozens of villages, located at the main Dargai Harichand road, have urged the provincial government to start the development and construction work on the already approved scheme to blacktop the said road. Talking to TheNation, the political and social figures ...

islamabad Competitive examination of Central Superior Services (CSS) 2012 will be conducted from Feb 25 till March 10 at different centres in the country. Examination centres will be established at Abbottabad, Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, DI Khan, Larkana, Multan, Muzaffarabad, Okara, Peshawar, ...

BAHAWALPUR - With a view to promote southern Punjab as a winter tourist destination and a way to introduce motor sports in Pakistan, the 7th Cholistan Desert Jeep Rally will start from Feb 16. In a press briefing, Punjab Tourism Development Corporation Managing (TDCP) Director Saad Khan said that ...

KARACHI  - The net and training of Karachi Zebras team will be held at the National Stadium from Monday at 2.00 p.m.  KCCA announced on Saturday. All selected cricketers are advised to report to Camp Commandant Azam Khan or Manager SM Adil at the stadium.Karachi Zebras team: Akbar Rehman ...

LAHORE : Pakistan’s tennis star Aisamul Haq Qureshi started his Australian Open campaign with a win alongside new partner Jean-Julien Rojer of Dutch Antilles. Aisam's father told this scribe on Wednesday that the new pair beat Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia and Cedrik Marcel Stebe of Germany 6-3, ...

BEIJING - China's first third generation AP1000 nuclear power reactor is expected to come into operation by the scheduled time of 2013.The country started to construct its first third-generation pressurised water reactors in 2009, which were also the world's first to use AP1000 technologies ...