No one knows his real name. Or his place of birth and background. Or even the date, he was enrolled on in our mental institution. His co-inmates call him “Wi-Fi”, i.e. the wisest of fools. He falls under the category of ‘politically incorrect’, in the official documents - ...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) The millers are seeking permission from the government to export up to 500,000 tonnes of refined sugar as they are expecting bumper production, the countrys top sugar body said on Friday. Pakistans annual sugar consumption is about 4.2 million tonnes, and export of the ...

LONDON (Agencies) - Amir Khan insists he will still be Britains first pound-for-pound No 1. The former double world champion has made a defiant response to his shock defeat to Lamont Peterson last weekend. He has vowed to reclaim his WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles and is already in ...

KARACHI - After the attack on fishermen at Punjabs Chashma Canal, in which one fisherman was killed and three others injured, the community people are being mobilised to initiate a move to abolish contract system from waters in Punjab and KP like Sindh to ensure protection of lives of the poor ...

Imagine, for a moment, that you are an Iranian mullah. Sitting cross-legged on your Persian rug in Tehran, sipping a cup of chai, you glance up at the map of the Middle East on the wall. It is a disturbing image: your country, the Islamic Republic of Iran, is surrounded on all sides by virulent ...

SIMON Cowell has admitted that he is interested in being cryogenically frozen after his death. The X Factor boss expressed a desire for his body to be preserved so that he could be reanimated in the future and have a second crack at life. Its an insurance policy, he told GQ. If it doesnt work, it ...

ISLAMABAD - The parliamentarians in the National Assembly on Wednesday continued debate on the law and order situation in Karachi and suggested to find a political solution to bring peace in the economic hub of the country. Taking part in the debate, lawmaker Zafar Baig Bhittani termed the target ...

Nearly two thirds of New Zealanders want the country's special forces to come home after they finish their current tour of duty in Afghanistan, a poll revealed Monday. The New Zealand Herald-DigiPoll survey found 63.3 percent of respondents wanted the country's Special Air Service forces out of ...

LAHORE The governments failure to act in letter and spirit on certain vital decisions and directions of the Supreme Court has once again surfaced as an issue at the political and the intellectual level where the situation is being predicted to generate serious consequences. Feeling pulse of the ...

BUREWALA - Chief of his own faction of PML-Z and former federal minister Ijazul Haq has said that commission formed on Abbottabad incident should investigate the matter according to the ground realities and action should be taken against those found responsible of the tragedy. The Abbottabad raid ...

LAHORE As many as 67 per cent people of Pakistan want the government take steps for Islamisation, a clear indication that for whatever reasons they have lost faith in the existing system. According to a survey carried out by Gilani Research Foundation, 31 per cent people want the government take ...

In a society that values the birth of a baby boy over that of a girl it's still an alarming fact that an increasing number of Indian families with one girl are aborting subsequent pregnancies when prenatal tests show the baby is also female. It may be a surprise to some that the decline in the ...

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the United States needs to take a deep breath before considering ending military aid to Pakistan, because the last thing America wants is a failed Muslim state with nuclear weapons. In an interview with Fox News, Rumsfeld also said it would be terrible ...

Visiting Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator John Kerry has said that the extreme secrecy surrounding every aspect of the US raid in Abbottabad was essential to protect the lives of the professionals who were involved and ensure that they succeed in capturing Osama bin ...

TANK (APP) - The elders of all three tribes of Mehsuds have called for putting off the house-listing and population census in South Waziristan Agency saying at the time when entire area was almost empty of local people carrying out census wont prove fruitful for them. Talking in a grand Jirga at ...

ISLAMABAD - As the public resentment against drone attacks gains momentum across the country, main political parties have suggested the government to authorise Armed Forces to hunt down the US unmanned predators if found attacking inside Tribal Areas without permission. 'PML (Q) took stern notice ...

LAHORE - Brothers of two Pakistanis shot dead by an American in Lahore rejected the idea of a financial settlement, with one brother insisting that he wanted 'blood for blood not a payoff. A court gave government three more weeks to decide if Raymond Davis, an exSpecial Forces soldier, has ...

Islamabad (Agencies) - Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik Tuesday said the terrorists were being funded and supplied arms from Afghanistan, adding that the matter would be discussed raised with the Afghan government. Terrorism cant be contained in Pakistan unless arms supply from Afghanistan ...

Pakistan has reportedly told the UN Security Council that it supports an Afghan-led and inclusive reconciliation process to establish durable peace and stability in the war-torn country. The Daily Times quoted Pakistani Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon, as saying: "We do not want Afghanistan to ...

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Saturday hosted a luncheon in honour of his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao and members of his delegation. The Chinese premier aimed at further strengthening bilateral ties and expanding cooperation in all areas. The luncheon was attended by politicians from ...

The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who was attacked by the hoodlums of Hindu extremist organisation on Thursday during a seminar on Kashmir here, has said that the cowardice attack by these elements will not stop him from reaching out to the people of India ...

PESHAWAR Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Mian Nawaz Sharif has said that certain elements within the government want confrontation between Supreme Court and Parliament. These are the elements within the government which are using every tactic to create tussle between the Supreme Court ...

Tibet does not want separation from China, Nobel laureate and Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Sunday. "We do not want separation from China. It is the hard liners who want separation," the Dalai Lama told reporters on the sidelines of a function here organised by 'The Friends of ...

NEW YORK - Two-thirds of Pakistanis oppose the US-led war in Afghanistan and roughly six in 10 think the US is an enemy, according to a new survey. The data, released Thursday by the non-partisan Pew Research Centre in Washington, underscores the challenges facing the Obama administration, which ...

GUJJAR KHAN (Reuters) - The rise of a Pakistani-born Briton to become the first Muslim woman named in a British cabinet has given Pakistan something to cheer after weeks of introspection and blame over the failed New York bombing. Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, the Conservative Partys chairwoman, has been ...

Pakistan's legendary Ghazal Queen Farida Khanum has a desire -- she wants to sing for a Bollywood film. The 74-year-old who has held audiences spell-bound with her unforgettable melodies like "Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na karo", "Dil Jalaane Ki Baat Karte Ho", "Mere Humnawaz" and "Mohabbat Karne Wale", has ...

Nearly 80 percent of Canadians support the government's plan to return troops from Afghanistan by the end of next year, a poll published in Toronto Thursday indicates. The Angus Reid online poll of 1,006 adults was conducted March 30-31 after visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asked ...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai told Pakistan on Thursday that his country did not want to become a battle ground for proxy wars between India, Pakistan, Iran and the United States. India and Pakistan, implacable South Asian rivals, have struggled for influence in Afghanistan since the 2001 US-led ...

ISLAMABAD (Online) - Chairman Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) Khalid Mirza has said a group of capitalists having vested interest inside and outside the parliament is out to serve its nefarious designs and establish its monopoly over the consumers through curtailment in the powers of the ...

KARACHI - Chairman Sunni Ulema Council, Allama Muhammad Ashraf Gormani, has said that the terrorists who attacked the procession of Eid Milad-un-Nabi are wanted to divide the Muslims and aimed at completing the agenda of the western powers. Addressing the protest demonstration organised by the ...