West Indies has successful to manage a draw against India and fortunate to avoid whitewash at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai here on Saturday. The result came on the last ball of the test match. Ravichandran Ashwin, who scored century but failed to take off quickly enough to pick up two runs off the last ...

LONDON (AFP) - Britains economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter, official data showed Tuesday, but the outlook remains clouded by the eurozone debt crisis, government cutbacks and high inflation. Gross domestic product the combined value of all the goods and services produced in the ...

LAHORE Taking pity on the suffering Lahorites for a third day, the deadly dengue virus took another day off on Sunday since no death was reported from anywhere in the City. The ruthless dengue virus took previous two day offs on October 9 and 23 (both Sundays). During the recent onslaught, the ...

Karachi - Following the successful launches of their previous titles BHV Zoo Life at Bahawalpur Zoo by Amean J and Mrs. Azra Syeds Pakistan Cooking, Markings Publishing proudly introduced their third venture, Dou Rukh by acclaimed photographers Arif Mahmood and Tapu Javeri at the Indus Valley ...

Dangling precariously from a third-floor window, this smashed truck looks like a prop in the dramatic finale of an action movie blockbuster. Sadly for the driver, however, there was no Hollywood budget to cover the damages. Incredible photographs have emerged showing the crash, caused by a 16-ton ...

MONTREAL (Agencies) Pakistan tennis ace Aisam-ul-Haq and his Indian partner Rohan Bopanna defeated Australia's Paul Hanley and Bruno Soares of Brazil in straight sets to advance to the third round of the men's doubles event of the Rogers Cup tennis tournament. The fifth-seeded 'Pak-India Express' ...

Earl Spencer, the brother of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, has married for a third time. The Earl, 47, wed Karen Gordon, 38, a Canadian philanthropist and former model, at Althorp, the Spencer family seat in Northamptonshire on Saturday. The couple are understood to have married in a private ...

Pakistans third nuclear electric power plant went operational Thursday, pumping another 330 MW into the national grid in a bid to help meet countrys growing energy demand and cut down the shortfall. Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani inaugurated the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant Unit-1 ...

MOSCOW (AFP) - Germany's Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy won the pairs title for the third time at the world figure skating championships here on Thursday. The Germans, the 2008 and 2009 winners, reclaimed the title they lost last year to China's Pang Qing and Tong Jian. Russia's Tatiana ...

The case of Indian spy Gopal Dass, who returned home last week after spending 27 years in prison in Pakistan, has sparked off renewed interest in what actually goes on in this shadowy world. Once a master spy, Karamat Rahi is now tea stall owner. Six years ago, he returned to his village in ...

KUWAIT (APP) - Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh on Monday met with Kuwaits Minister of Commerce and Industry, Ahmad Rashed Al-Haroun during the third session of Pakistan-Kuwait Joint Ministerial Commission. The two ministers discussed ways to enhance cooperation in trade, commerce and ...

China has taken delivery of a third Mi-26TS heavy-lift utility helicopter from Russia, the helicopter manufacturer said on Monday. The contract between Rostvertol and Lectern Aviation Supplies Co., Ltd. (China) was signed in March 2010. The helicopter, delivered three months ahead of schedule, will ...

International agency Oxfam Thursday called on rich countries and institutions, meeting for the third time in as many months to discuss flood-ravaged Pakistan, to end the talking and start giving the substantial funds needed to help save lives and start to rebuild the country. Pakistan will host the ...

The third and final one-dayer between India and Australia on Sunday was called off after steady rain over the past two days waterlogged the outfield, handing the hosts a 1-0 series win. Australia, the number one ranked ODI side in the world, ended their disappointing tour of India losing both the ...

MADRID (AFP) Spain World Cup star David Villa scored a 49th minute winner as Barcelona beat Sporting Gijon 1-0 on Wednesday to record their first league win of the season at the Camp Nou. Villa, 28, began his career at hometown club Gijon in 1999 and, in the absence of the injured Lionel Messi, ...

SALAMANCA (Spain) (AFP) British sprint king Mark Cavendish produced another trademark finish to win the 18th stage of the Tour of Spain here Thursday, his third individual victory in this years event. Italys Vincenzo Nibali retained the race leaders red jersey after the 148.9 km ride from ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and China have made yet another landmark achievement in expansion of their long and unwavering bilateral defence cooperation when Beijing delivered the third of the four F-22P frigates PNS SAIF to Pakistan Navy on Wednesday. Sources in Pakistan Navy informed TheNation that the ...

According to Pratyush Sinha, who stepped down as India's Central Vigilance Commissioner on Monday, only 20 per cent of the country's people are steadfastly honest, while he describes the remaining 50 per cent more than half a billion people as "borderline". His comments, made in an interview with ...

LAHORE Pakistans pride on junior tennis circuit and number two seed Samir Iftikhar moved to the semi-finals of the ITF Oman Open. He will now face the third seeded Arjun Pande in a battle of wits and patience at the ITF Junior World Ranking Oman International Open being held in Oman, Jordan. The ...

ASCOT (England) (AFP) Dual Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Dermot Weld targeted Australias premier flat race after Rite Of Passage smashed the course record in winning the Ascot Gold Cup here on Thursday. Weld, who has won top races in England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, the United States and his ...

LAHORE The third Inter-School and Inter-College Games will be organised at Lahore from November 1 to 5 under the auspices of the Punjab Olympic Association. The local male and female players from various schools and colleges will be participating in different sports disciplines to be decided ...

Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa Amir Haider Hoti has said a mini third world war is continuing since the last several years on the soil of Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa adding Pakhtoons have paid a heavy price of it. He said this while addressing a ceremony held here Saturday for distribution of ...

KARACHI - Electronic payments continued to show a rising trend as both the number and value of such transactions increased in the third quarter (January-March) of the current 2009-10 fiscal year (FY10). According to State Banks Third Quarterly Report on Retail E-Payments and Paper Based Instruments ...

WASHINGTON Pakistans third loan instalment of $1.13 billion from the International Monetary Fund was approved, with the lending agency waiving two performance criteria for the period ended in March. Against a background of adverse security developments and a rapidly changing political environment, ...

UNITED NATIONS - The International Civil Aviation Organisation has brushed aside third world airlines concerns about possible discrimination in getting access to the European airports as the backlog of flights grounded by the ash ban is cleared with the opening of air space. All the airlines, ...

COPENHAGEN (AFP) Australian Cameron Meyer stole the show at the world track cycling championships Saturday after claiming his third gold in almost as many days. A day after putting in a series of impressive turns as Australia raced towards gold in the mens team pursuit, Meyer teamed up with Leigh ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US existing-home sales fell for the third consecutive month in February, underscoring weakness in the housing sector which was at the epicenter of the global financial crisis. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) said sales of single-family and townhomes and condominiums ...

The Lahore High Court has shifted the plea against bar on becoming prime minister for third time to Chief Justice and requested forming of a larger bench in this regard. Justice Asif Mohammad Khosa of LHC heard the case. It is argued in the petition that the bar on becoming third time prime minster ...

LAHORE - Another marriage venture through 'zarurat-e-rishta advertisement has become a tale of bitter fiasco, fraud, cheating and litigation between two parties. The marriage ended after just 15 days and the UK-returned husband lost his wealth and property and now had been facing life threats. A UK ...

KARACHI - The second edition of 'The Jinnah Anthology compiled by Liaquat Merchant and Professor Sharif al Mujahid, which constitutes a complete study on Jinnah from different perspectives, has been almost sold out while orders continue to be received from within and outside Pakistan . Oxford ...