BAHAWALNAGAR An additional district and sessions judge has acquitted the former secretary general of the District Bar Association in the 36kg charas case. Zafar Bhotta was arrested red-handed and the charas was recovered from his car. On November 2, 2010, the city police had arrested Zafar Iqbal ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Capital wore a wintry look with decrease in mercury after rain on Saturday morning, saying good-bye to the summer season of this year. The prevailing cold wave added charm to the beauties of peaceful city and lured many people to visit popular recreational spots and enjoy ...

LAHORE (APP) - The Punjab University, a historic seat of learning in the Sub-Continent, on Sunday turned 129-yea-old, and its 43rd VC Prof Dr. Mujahid Kamran expressed his firm resolve to improve the PU ranking through depoliticization of the campuses and promotion of research culture. James ...

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) - Ryan Gosling may be one of Hollywoods hottest leading men and a heartthrob at that, but he doesnt shy away from tough-guy violence. In fact, he finds it suits him sometimes as in his newest film, Drive. In the film that opens in theatres on Friday, Gosling plays a Hollywood ...

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan on Sunday shifted to digital terrestrial broadcasting, switching off its analogue television network in all areas except those worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the govt said. Japanese broadcasters ended analogue transmission across most of the country after 58 ...

LAHORE (APP) - The first test-tube baby born in Pakistan (Lahore) on Sunday celebrated his 22nd birthday with cheerful parents and family members rejoicing over his healthy life. Talking to APP on this occasion, Qasims parents said, We were issueless for several years but could not succeed even ...

Her works of art sell like hot cakes at the gift store and some are even comparing her to Picasso. But there is one big difference between the famous Spanish artist and Mechi - Mechi is a one-horned, 3,500 pound rhinoceros who lives at the Mesker Park Zoo in Indiana. And not only that, but she ...

WAZIRABAD - The Pakistan Railways police have established a parallel system of collecting fares from passengers on Wazirabad-Faisalabad section, thereby causing a loss of up to Rs50 million annually to the PR, TheNation has learnt Five trains always jam-packed with passengers leave for Faisalabad ...

At least five passengers were killed and seven sustained injuries when NATO oil tanker turned turtle over a passenger bus here in tehsil Jamrood, Khyber Agency on Wednesday. According to media reports, a NATO oil tanker turned turtle over a passenger bus near Ali mosque, Tehsil Jamrood due to ...

Just two years ago, it was given the title of the wettest place in the UK after more than 300mm fell in the space of just 24 hours. But now Seathwaite Farm in Borrowdale, Cumbria, is as dry as a bone after seeing no downpours for more than a month. April was the hottest on record for England and ...

THE Cleveland Harbor West Pierhead Lighthouse has been shining the way for ships entering the Cuyahoga River since 1911. But now, it has become a tourist attraction of its own, thanks to mother nature covering it in ice. Since 1830, there have been three lighthouses. The first was replaced in 1870 ...

THESE beautifully crafted sculptures may look like works of art but they have been hand built by one of the worlds greatest carpenters - as coffins. The colourful and intricate caskets are worth thousands of pounds and come in various shapes and sizes. They have been constructed by master coffin ...

RAWALPINDI Five spectators were killed while two children got seriously injured when a speedy car taking part in a race competition veered off the track and slammed into the spectators here on Sunday. Police rushed the dead bodies and the injured to hospital for medical treatment. The rally was ...

LAHORE At least 40 policemen sustained serious injuries when their bus turned-turtle here at Ring Road near Allama Iqbal International Airport on Friday night, police and rescue workers said. Police sources said that dozens of policemen were on their way back to police headquarters after ...

ROBERT Pattinson has no plans to take on the world of fashion. The hunky British actor, 24, reportedly turned down a $2m deal to be the face of Burberry. Sources say the actor told bosses hes an actor, not a model. Head designer Christopher Bailey and the Burberry team were desperate to sign Robert ...

Only one parliamentarian turned up for hearing out of nine including two Federal Ministers in pursuance of the Election Commission's summon in fake degree case; consequently EC has decided to refer case of Federal Minister Mir Israullah Khan Zahri to Session judge for further action after he failed ...

LAGOS (AFP) Swede Lars Lagerback has turned down an offer to continue as Nigeria coach, the national football federation (NFF) confirmed on Friday. NFF president Aminu Maigari said that Lagerback told him he did not wish to continue in his post despite being offered a four-year deal, with Samson ...

LAHORE - Weather remained pleasant in the City on Tuesday due to scattered light rain, overcast conditions and continuously blowing winds. Experts have forecast partly cloudy weather with chances of dust raising winds and scattered showers for the City during the next 24 hours. Light rain coupled ...

WENTWORTH (England) (AFP) Englands Danny Willett turned the tables on his former Walker Cup team mate Rory McIlroy by shooting a first round six-under-par 65 to lead the European PGA Championship here on Thursday. Australias Richard Green was in second, after a 66, his best start in 14 attempts at ...

Another Scandal of fake degree has come to haunt the ruling party PPP. It has been disclosed that a PPP Member of National Assembly from Mandi Bahuddin constituency NA-108 is a fake degree holder. It is surprising to mention here that the government had made Muhammad Tariq Tarar, an MNA of PPP, as ...

On the eve of a major nuclear security summit in Washington, in which nearly 50 leaders from around the world are participating, a leading American newspaper has brought into sharp focus the operation of a new Pakistani nuclear reactor. "Three months ago, American intelligence officials examining ...

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Europe tightened a budgetary screw on Greece on Tuesday but Athens, given just 30 days to rein in its bulging deficit and debts, was immediately hit by a new wave of strikes. In a bid to regain market confidence, non-eurozone Sweden led a fresh charge going into a meeting of EU ...

LAHORE Former Australian captain Greg Chappell has turned down an offer to coach Pakistans embattled cricket team but reports coming from the board says that he was not extended any offer at all. However, Greg said that he was approached by the PCB which asked him to take up the new position in ...

LAHORE - Armed activists of Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) Tuesday turned Punjab University into a battlefield when rival organisation Insaf Students Federation (ISF) was trying to reorganise itself at the Punjab University, which has been a stronghold of IJT for decades. Eyewitnesses told The Nation ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - A radar at the Indian Air Force (IAF) base in Nalia Taluka of Kutch district spotted a 'flying object near Indo-Pakistan border but later found it to be one of its own. The incident took place around 18:00 hours Sunday when the radars at the Nalia Air Force base, which is near ...

PARIS (AFP) Jenson Button, who began 2009 in danger of becoming a dole queue millionaire, ended it as world champion after a year where Formula One lurched from one drama to another. Colourful Renault chief Flavio Briatore was banned for life for his role in the infamous 'Crashgate affair while ...

ISLAMABAD - The Capital Development Authority (CDA) seemed least interested in relocation of INT Centre auto market situated in G-7/1, posing grave security threat to the nearby important government buildings. It is pertinent to note here that Federal Ombudsman building, Press Information ...

SOCHI, Russia, (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday urged Russias top Muslim clerics to join forces to stop radical groups wooing young people in the turbulent North Caucasus. He proposed a Muslim television channel and controls on access to Islamic education abroad as ways of ...

A majority of Americans now see the war in Afghanistan as not worth fighting, and just a quarter say more U.S. troops should be sent to the country, according to a new ABC News poll. Most have confidence in the ability of the United States to meet its primary goals of defeating the Taliban, ...

Lahore High Court on Saturday turned off the credit card scam case filed against a former MPA of ruling party after the pleader withdrew the complaint. The pleader informed the court that the case against Shumail Rana, former MPA of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz who resigned from the seat on public ...