NEW YORK - The boxer who pummelled opponents with his words as well as with his fast fists rarely talks these days, and his dazzling footwork is a memory frozen on video tape and in the minds of millions of admirers. But the spirit and sparkle in 71-year-old Muhammad Ali's eyes live on through a ...

While the US beats the war drums over North Korea and Iran’s long-ranged nuclear armed missiles - which they don’t even possess - Washington remains curiously silent about the arrival of the world’s newest member of the big nuke club - India.In January, Delhi revealed a new, 800 ...

ISLAMABAD:- The Pakistan Cricket Board planned to send a group of secret monitors to keep an eye on its cricketers during their May-June tour to England in an effort to stop players from getting involved in any scandal. Official sources said the PCB had devised a strategy to avoid any scandal or ...

ISLAMABAD - Following reports that banned militant organisations are influencing voters to vote for their candidates in upcoming general election, law enforcement agencies have been advised to keep an eye on operatives of such banned religious organisations. According to sources, operatives of ...

LE LOCLE (PR) - The time has come for another exciting season of fast-paced and breath-taking performances. This is not only true for the MotoGP races but also for their dedicated watches. At the start of the season, Tissot, the Official Timekeeper of MotoGP, launched the MotoGP 2013 watch ...

WHO needs watchdogs and alarm systems when you have two full grown crocodiles protecting your house?Awirut Nathip says no burglars have dared come anywhere near his home in the 15 years since his two crocodile pets have been keeping guard.Burglaries are reported regularly in the city of ...

LAHORE - Believe it or not, but it is true that Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi is ‘sharing’ some of his powers with his buddy Muneeb Farooq with whom he used to host a talk show, “Aapas ki Baat’ before becoming the chief minister. “Who says Aapas ki ...

Swiss firm Hublot has unveiled a new diamond watch - worth a staggering $5m (£3m). The white gold watch is encrusted with 1,282 diamonds, and was made by 17 people. It reportedly took 14 months to be made, according to The AFP.It will be shown to a select group of people at a corporate event ...

FAISALABAD - The Punjab Medical College and the University of Agriculture Faisalabad on Wednesday agreed to revive the Environment Watch, a forum that monitored hazardous effects of sprays on crops and vegetables and was inactive for the past ten years.All research organisations, including the Ayub ...

LAHORE - Just days after accepting the marriage proposal of Pakistani-American Naveed Shahzad, filmactor Meera was robbed of a wrist-watch, worth Rs2 million, which she had purchased for her fiancé as a gift on their engagement.A duty officer at DHA’s B-Section Police Station said on ...

Supreme Court has summoned Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on 19th January 2012 in contempt of court case. According to press reports, Barrister Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan has been appointed counsel for Prime Minister Gilani to represent him in contempt case. It appears that Chaudhry ...

US officials, President Karzai and the Taliban have found something they can all agree on: that US marines pissing on insurgent corpses is beyond the pale of humanity. No doubt the Europeans also emphatically endorse this view.The US Secretary of Defence, Leon Panetta, termed the incident ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged governments Tuesday to do more to defend religious freedom as Washington released a report citing eight countries with troubling records on the issue. We reaffirm the role that religious freedom and tolerance play in building stable and ...

LAHORE After successful launching of the pilot project - Neighbourhood Watch System- in part of the Defense Housing Authority, the administration is widening the community welfare service across the residential society to provide best security services to its residents. The aim of the project is ...

GENEVA (AFP) - Four diamonds worth millions were stolen on Wednesday from the worlds biggest watch and jewellery fair in the northern Swiss city of Basel, the local prosecutors office said. On Wednesday, 30 March 2011, at around 11.00 am (0900 GMT), one of the as yet still unidentified perpetrators ...

KATE Moss boyfriend has bought her a $60,000 watch for her birthday. The Kills rocker Jamie Hince presented the supermodel with the lavish 18-carat, rose gold piece of jewellery at a belated celebration he threw for her at Londons Shoreditch House. Kate - who celebrated turning 36 on January 16 ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - A large number of population of twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi glued to their TV sets to keep themselves informed about the terrorists attack near General Headquarters (GHQ). The continuous updates provided by a number of local and international electronic channels ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Long-defined by his role guiding the US through its Civil War (1861-1865), Abraham Lincoln even had a pocket watch that bore an inscription about the conflict - although the president likely never saw it. Historians have uncovered a secret message engraved by a watch repairman ...

A satellite tracking device that will plot a child's location to within 10ft is being launched by a British firm. The Nu.M8 digital watch uses GPS satellite technology like car sat nav systems. The watch can be securely fastened to a child's wrist and will trigger an alert if forcibly removed. ...

The general impression being conveyed by the country's economic managers these days is that things in Pakistan are finally on the mend. With IMF package successfully negotiated (though some would suspect a tinge of irony in the statement) the reserves are finally beginning to climb back and given ...

ARCHEOLOGISTS in China are baffled after finding a tiny Swiss watch in a 400-year-old tomb. The watch ring was discovered as archeologists were making a documentary with two journalists from Shangsi town. "When we tried to remove the soil wrapped around the coffin, a piece of rock suddenly dropped ...

Tribal lashkar on Monday launched crackdown after the deadline for all Afghan refugees to leave Bajaur agency expired. According to sources, Mamond tribal lashkar began crackdown to flush out Afghan refugees from Bajaur Agency, while several Afghan refugees were arrested during checking at various ...

Venezuela expelled two Human Rights Watch representatives late Thursday, hours after the US-based group released a report accusing President Hugo Chavez of weakening democracy and the rule of law. The foreign ministry ordered the expulsion of Jose Miguel Vivanco, the group's director of the ...

The dasher from Delhi India v Bangladesh, Karachi With 78 off 44 balls against Hong Kong and a thumping 119 off 95 against Pakistan, the dasher from Delhi is enjoying a purple patch. And Bangladesh better send him to the hut early, when he is slightly vulnerable, or you can bet he would send ...

NEW YORK - With 2.3 million people behind bars, the United States is the world's leading jailer, according to a leading human rights watchdog. New figures show that US incarceration rates are climbing even higher, with racial minorities greatly over represented in prisons and jails, thus ...

The United States has placed India and China on watch list for not doing enough to fight human trafficking and claimed that part of the enormous economic growth in the developing countries is being fuelled by bonded labour. The Indian government does not fully comply with the minimum standards for ...