Dreadful measles continued to claim innocent lives as two more children died of the epidemics here in Lahore on Friday.According to details, two girls identified as Haleema Zahra and Sana who were under treatment in Mayo Hospital Lahore expired during treatment raising the over all death toll to ...

  malakand Another victim of Malakand bomb blasts died at hospital on Sunday, thus the number of deceased reached 21. According to details, at least 20 people were killed and dozens others injured in two bomb blasts at two different mosques in Malakand Agency on Friday. Levies sources said the ...

President Asif Ali Zardari has claimed that conspiracies being hatched by national and international institutions were the reason for the election defeat of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).The president met PPP ticket holders from Punjab on Monday and said the party would play the role of ...

Ruth Marcus - Generals say the darndest things. Especially when it comes to issues of gender and sexual assault.Witness the comments of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen Mark Welsh at a hearing this week before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Questioned about the increasing number of sexual assault ...

MASSACHUSETTSASBradley Cooper shows his support to a victim of Boston Marathon bombings.Accompanied by New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman, Cooper went to hospital to see Jeffrey Bauman Jr who lost both of his legs below the knee. In a picture posted by Julian on his Twitter, Jeffrey ...

A few large dams built in the 20th century for the generation of cheap electricity and even cheaper supply of irrigation water became the subject of public debate as did the proposed Kalabagh Dam on the Indus River. The reasons were not far to seek. With the development of the Indus Basin Project, ...

SARGODHA - The most interesting electoral contest will be held between PPP former parliamentary secretary Aslam Madhiana and 70-year-old school teacher Nafees Khan who was allegedly tortured by the former eight months ago. Nafees Khan told the media that he had decided to participate in the ...

SARGODHA - The most interesting electoral contest will be held between PPP former parliamentary secretary Aslam Madhiana and 70-year-old school teacher Nafees Khan who was allegedly tortured by the former eight months ago. Nafees Khan told the media that he had decided to participate in the ...

RAWALPINDI – The body of a three-year-old girl was found in a seasonal nullah near his house at Waheen Colony, the area of Police Station (PS) Ratta Amral, on Thursday. On information of locals, police and rescuers rushed to the scene and moved the dead body to District Headquarter Hospital ...

RAWALPINDI – Another victim of Dhoke Sedyan suicide blast died on Thursday at Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH), bringing the death toll to 24.Azhar Hussain Shah, who was critically injured on November 21 when a suicide bomber targeted a mourning procession of Moharram-ul-Harram at Dhoke Seydan, ...

 The Supreme Court on Friday directed the authorities to pay equal compensation to the heirs of all 103 people killed in the Lal Masjid operation.A three-judge bench of the apex court comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain ...

The wife and mother-in-law of slain Faizan, who was killed by CIA spy Raymond Davis last year, were killed in Johar Town area here in Lahore on Monday.According to police sources, Faizan’s wife named Zohra and her mother Nabila were allegedly murdered by his father-in-law at their residence ...

MUZAFFARGARH - On the orders of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, the Alipur Police arrested 26 accused for forcing an aged woman to strip off publicly and parade naked after accusing her son of forcibly marrying a girl, the police officials said on Sunday.The police are conducting raids for ...

MARWAN KABALANOn Sunday, the attention of the world’s media will be focused on Moscow, where millions of Russians will cast their votes in one of the most important presidential elections since the collapse of the former Soviet Union.It is almost a certainty that current Prime Minister and ...

LAHORE – Post-Graduate Medical College Principal Prof. Dr. Sallahuddin has said that nurses are ray of hope for patients and play pivotal role in the medical healthcare system. Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has, therefore, introduced revolutionary steps to increase their ...

SIALKOT - A female victim of the reaction of fake medicines bought from the Punjab Institute of Cardiology has been admitted to a private hospital here and she has sold her hard-earned property for her medical treatment.Talking to the newsmen at a the hospital in village Dheedowali, Daska Sharifan ...

PESHAWAR – Uzma Ayub, a gang rape victim, gave birth to a baby girl at a local hospital in Peshawar at 11:45 pm on Thursday night, sources said.Bilqees Begum, the mother of Uzma, told media persons that Uzma was rushed to hospital while she was suffering pain, adding that she gave birth to a ...

The arrest of Executive Director of the Kashmiri American Council (KAC) Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, a US citizen of Kashmir descent, by Washington has come as a surprise to many including US officials.  Lobbying in America is a recognised political activity and profession operating within the law. The ...

LAKKI MARWAT A Pak army soldier who laid down his life in a search operation against militants in Kurrum Agency was buried in the graveyard of his ancestral village Wanda Kalan near Lakki city with full state honour on Monday. Soldier Abdul Salam was martyred in a roadside IED blast during a ...

LAHORE The Lahore Transport Company has started a campaign on Monday against the six-seater CNG auto rickshaws at various city routes. The rickshaw drivers believe the company was hitting them just to favour the big transporters. These rickshaws were other than the qingqis whom the court had ...

BAHAWALNAGAR - A farmer fell victim to the atrocious cruelty of a landlord here in the Khichiwala Police precinct the other day. According to detail, One Irshad, a resident of 208/8R abducted a farmer namely Naeem Khalid, a resdinet of 173/7R. The landlord not only subjected Naeem to severe ...

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Demonized for two years as the villain in the eurozone piece, Greece is being increasingly portrayed as the victim about to pay a heavy price for the bloc's debt crisis. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou did not help his case by threatening a referendum on a new debt rescue ...

SARGODHA - Three minors including a brother and sister were electrocuted as the local utility store in-charge allegedly connected the shop with electricity wires for prevention of theft in village 39-NB here on Friday. As per detail, Sumaira, her brother Waqas and her cousin Babar sought shelter ...

DERA GHAZI KHAN - PML-N MPA Sardar Mir Badshah Khan Qaisrani demanded the provincial government to provide financial compensation to the families of the youth who had sacrificed their lives for arrest the dacoits while their children should be provided with jobs. While speaking at a session that ...

NEW DELHI (AFP) The sacked former head of the Indian Premier League said he is the victim of a witch hunt in his first major interview since being forced from office under a cloud of allegations. Modi, the brash driving force behind the money-spinning IPL, was removed as the chairman of the ...

KARACHI Another rape victim, a teenage girl Naveeda Kalhoro, is waiting for justice as culprits of the heinous crime are still at large in the Nausheroferoze district to Sindh. According to the parents of victim, the culprits kidnapped the girl and allegedly raped her. The civil society and human ...

KARACHI - Jinnah Hospital trainee nurse, who is a rape victim, has recorded her statement, confirming that Jinnah Hospital Medico-legal Officer (MLO) Dr Abdul Jabbar Memon had assaulted her. According to details, the police on Thursday recorded the testimony of the victim nurse. Jamshed Town Police ...

KARACHI - The nursing student, who was allegedly raped by the medicolegal officer Dr Jabbar Memon, has temporarily lost her memory about the tragic incident, while she gained her senses on Friday after the three days of medical treatment at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC). After ...

ISLAMABAD - Anwer Bibi, who was gang raped by her brother-in-law and his associates, has appealed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan to help her for justice, as the culprits are still at large and giving her and her family life threats. Anwer Bibi, 28, is a mother of three children and hails from ...

LAHORE - In pursuance of the Lahore High Court Chief Justice directives, Additional Sessions Judge, Sialkot Thursday recorded the statement of the victim road hostess and her mother, who both have held Sarfraz Hussain and Arshad Hussain accused of raping the road hostess, Aqeela Tabassam. Earlier ...