Islamabad - Interior Minister Malik Muhammad Habib Khan Tuesday said that interior ministry had credible intelligence reports about some plans devised by militants from Afghanistan side to target main political leadership and sensitive army installations to sabotage the election ...

ISLAMABAD - Balochistan Chief Minister, Nawab Ghaus Bakhsh Khan Barozai, called on Prime Minister Justice (Retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso at Prime Minister House on Tuesday.The Chief Minister briefed the Prime Minister about the preparations made by the Balochistan government for the general elections ...

  Beijing MOL It is not the only example of Chinese authorities pushing ahead with building projects before all obstacles are out of the way. Residents have been pushed out of their homes by builders digging moats around their properties and ripping out their staircases. But in the case of ...

JAKARTA: US rock band Aerosmith has cancelled a concert scheduled this week in Jakarta on safety concerns, a concert promoter said Sunday, following threats to bomb the Myanmar embassy in the Indonesian capital."We received the official confirmation yesterday from the Aerosmith management ...

PERMATANG PAUH, Malaysia - Malaysian premier Najib Razak and opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Saturday kicked off their rival campaigns for May 5 elections likely to be the country's closest ever. The two competitors joined hundreds of parliamentary candidates across the nation in submitting ...

 MARSEILLE (GN) - Bus drivers in a French city said they will go on strike because, among other grievances, the uniform pants they are required to wear are too tight.The drivers, who work for the public transport authority in Marseille, said the company’s 1,600 employees will strike for ...

ISLAMABAD – Inspector General of Police Islamabad Bani Amin Khan has directed all police officials to ensure special security arrangements in Capital on the occasion of various political gatherings, public meetings in perspective of election campaign and also on the day of polling when people ...

MARDAN  – Tough competition is expected on NA-9 Mardan-I as 28 candidates including former Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti have filed papers for NA-9 seat. The other candidates who had submitted nomination papers and will contest election against Haider Hoti are Shazia Auranzeb of ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The crowd will be smaller, the temperature hopefully warmer and security as tight as ever when Barack Obama is sworn in for a second term in the White House on the steps of the Capitol in a week’s time. Presidential inaugurations are a big deal in Washington, never more so ...

Pakistan is providing paramilitary and police support to polio vaccinations being resumed discreetly in the northwest after a series of attacks on medical workers, officials said Friday.UN agencies suspended work on a nationwide campaign to inoculate children against the highly infectious disease ...

LAHORE – Police security has been intensified with additional deployment of more than 5600 policemen across the city to provide foolproof protection to the Christian community on the eve of Christmas. Police sources said that on the directions of Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Muhammad ...

PESHAWAR – Keeping in view the growing security threats, tight security arrangements would be made for Christmas celebrations, as the Christian community has begun preparations for the celebrations in the provincial metropolis.The Christian community has called for taking necessary security ...

LAHORE – The Punjab government has put district administration and police on high alert after firing incidents on the teams administering polio drops in Karachi and Peshawar. Punjab Health Secretary Arif Nadeem asked the DCOs of those districts where polio vaccination was being administered ...

PINDIGHEB - The police have chalked out a comprehensive plan for the security of Majalis and processions on Ashura. Chairing a meeting held to review security arrangements for Muharram, Pindi Gheb DSP Muhammad Aslam said that all routes of processions would be thoroughly search prior to processions ...

KARACHI  - The University of Karachi will acquire CCTV camera, walk through gates and other equipment in order to strengthen its security arrangements.This was stated by the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Qaiser.He also spoke of the fiscal difficulties faced by the ...

LAHORE – CCPO Muhammad Aslam Tareen has ordered the police to leave no stone unturned to maintain peaceful atmosphere in the City on the eve of Urs of Hazrat Bibi Pakdaman. According to a police spokesman, more than 3000 police jawans would be deployed to ensure foolproof security on this ...

RAWALPINDI - Following terror alert, security around the Army General Headquarters has been augmented, sources said. According to them, the intelligence agencies warned in a report that terrorist organisations may carry out attack on the GHQ and other sensitive buildings.  Strict vigilance has ...

ISLAMABAD – Islamabad Capital Territory Police have planned elaborate security arrangements in the city especially for the joint session of Parliament being held on Saturday.Inspector General of Police Islamabad, Bani Amin Khan has directed to tighten security in the city and extra deployment ...

LOS ANGELES Teen boys with superpowers helped lift the movie box office to unexpected heights over Super Bowl weekend as thriller “Chronicle” edged “Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe’s haunted house movie “The Woman in Black.” “Chronicle” ...

ISLAMABAD - Following the directives of Interior Ministry, the law enforcement agencies have augmented security around the Supreme Court as Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will appear before the apex court today  (Thursday).Special teams of the Islamabad police in collaboration the officials ...

BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Commission is seeking far tighter control of national budgets to combat the euro zone's debt crisis, a senior official said on Friday, as the ECB's chief urged rapid action on a euro zone fund for rescuing countries in trouble. With the crisis set to ...

LAHORE A five-member dacoit gang including a woman looted cash, laptop and clothes worth over Rs 25.3 million on Sunday morning from a boutique located in Ghalib Market police area and all it was done despite a 24-hour surveillance of the locality by the police. The boutique (shop No-136) located ...

NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Ferozeshah Kotla is humming with activity. The stadium is all decked up colourfully. The hawk-eyed security men are all over making sure nothing is left to chance ahead of Thursdays game between S.Africa and Windies. The governments disaster management force is tying up ...

PAKISTANS central bank should refrain this weekend from raising its benchmark interest rate, one of the worlds highest, as doing so may hurt the economy damaged by floods and war, said Husain Lawai, a banker, reported Bloomberg. Even with tight monetary policy, inflation is still leaping upward, ...

LAHORE The 967th annual Urs of Hazrat Ali Hajveri (RA), popularly known as Data Ganj Bakhsh, will start on Sunday amid tight security arrangements. Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif will inaugurate three day ceremonies by laying floral wreath at the shrine and inaugurating the milk sabeel. ...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has enforced a stricter Islamic dress code at a number of universities including a ban on female students wearing long nails, bright clothes and tattoos, a local news agency reported on Monday. The semi-official Fars news agency published a list of universities around Iran ...

IRVINE (California) (AFP) Beijing Olympic star Michael Phelps is looking forward to see how the worlds best swimmers handle the ban on the now-banned bodysuits that created world records until being outlawed by FINA. Phelps, who won a record eight gold medals at Beijing, will swim five events this ...

KARACHI Defending champion Shabbir Iqbal of Navy and Matloob Ahmed are locked in a tight race for the final honour of Rs one million prize carrying Byco Sindh Open Golf after playing good rounds in the second penultimate round of the championship here on Saturday at Arabian Sea Country Club ...

LAHORE - Principal Allama Iqbal Medical College (AIMC) and Chief Executive of Jinnah Hospital Prof Javed Akram has demanded of the Punjab government to enhance the security of the hospital and college since after the firing in the premises of the hospital the doctors, paramedical staff and patients ...

ISLAMABAD - Despite pursuing a tough monetary policy during the year 2009, the Government could not achieve the single digit inflation level target, as the figures stood at 10.52 percent at the end of the year. At the time of budget 2009-10, the Government was expecting that inflation would come ...