LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nowhere is the old saying beauty is only skin deep less understood than in Hollywood where for years women have tried with sporadic success to overcome the notion that looks count for more than brains. This past year two female-starring film comedies, Bridesmaids and Bad ...

SWABI Chairman Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF), Dr Manzoor Hussain Soomro, has said that the Foundation is providing full-fledged financial support to young researchers of universities in the field of science and technology. He was speaking as chief guest in the prize distribution ceremony of ...

KARACHI - Cho Young Me, a South Korean residing in the city, with 39 points won the two-day Ponds ladies golf which concluded here on Sunday at Karachi Golf Club. There was a tie for second place between her compatriot Ahn Gui Ja and Japanese golfer Kazuyo Arae, both ended the 18-hole competition ...

LAHORE Critically acclaimed and award winning investigative journalist/filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy is one of the 150 next generation leaders from 30 countries in the Asia Pacific region to participate in the Asia Societys sixth annual Asia 21 Young Leaders Summit, to be held in New Delhi from ...

LAHORE: Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) announced that Dr. Umar Saif, Associate Professor at the LUMS School of Science of Engineering, has been recognised by MIT Technology Review as one of the top 35 innovators (TR35) in the world. In the last decade, this is the first time a ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE A 20-year-old girl was shot dead by two brothers over honour in Sattukatla police limits on Sunday. The victim was identified as Kausar, a resident of Nawab Town. Police investigators said that her brothers had a doubt that she had developed illicit relations with her ...

LAHORE The decomposed bodies of a 60-year-old woman and her 20-year-old daughter were recovered from their 2-marla house in Ittehad Colony, North Cantonment, the police said on Monday. The police investigators were informed by the locals who had detected foul smell emitting from the house. The ...

KARACHI - The English Speaking Union of Pakistan held its National Public Speaking Competition at Karachi, in which two finalists of each of the public speaking competitions held by its Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad Chapters, participated. The students were between 16 to 20 years of age. The two ...

ABBOTTABAD (AFP) - In a madrassa close to the house where Osama bin Laden lived and died, young students are furious over the death of the Qaeda chief they considered a religious hero. Venting their anger over a US raid a week ago in which commandos killed bin Laden, reportedly in front of his ...

LAHORE The Punjab government ensured provision of healthcare facilities at the emergencies of major public sector hospitals across the province including the City on the second consecutive day on Sunday, failing young medics strike that has already caused serious resentment among public against ...

Robert Fisk meets the doyen of Egypts journalists The old mans voice is scathing, his mind like a razor, that of a veteran fighter, writer, sage, perhaps the most important living witness and historian of modern Egypt, turning on the sins of the regime that tried to shut him up forever. Mubarak ...

DAKOTA FANNING has signed up to play Britains Princess Margaret as a teenager in upcoming film 'Girls Night Out. Dakota Fanning will play Britains Princess Margaret in an upcoming film. The 16-year-old actress will star as the young princess in 'Girls Night Out which tells the story of Margaret and ...

ISLAMABAD - Dilly-dallying and dodging tactics of the high-ups of the Livestock and Dairy Development Punjab and indifferent behaviour of the provincial government towards some 400 contractual veterinary doctors has deepened feeling of job-insecurity among young vets, who have been waiting for ...

LAHORE (PPI) - The third day of the sid-day Young Leaders Conference was dedicated to 'Socio-Development Leadership. Participants learnt the aspects, causes and effects of the ever-evolving cultural global environment. The keynote address on 'Social Enterprise was delivered by Mr Faisal Qureshi of ...

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) At the lushly landscaped, gated campus of Sunward Park High School, 20 young footballers from far scrappier township schools train while pursuing their studies, under a novel scheme that aims to spread across Africa. In white shorts, grey jerseys and cleats, the boys pass the ...

SWABI The three-day 'All Pakistan Performing Arts Festival concluded at Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology here on Sunday. The festival was organised by Cultural, Dramatics and Entertainment Society (CDES) of the GIK Institute and students from all over the country ...

LAHORE (PR) - The School of Leadership (SoL) is a prestigious interactive institution that works for enhancing the capabilities and potential of youth. SoL is organizing a Young Leaders Conference (YLC) between 1st and 6th July, 2010. Preparations for this 9th annual conference are in full swing. ...

The young stars of Harry Potter were Hollywood's highest-earning actors last year, according to a list published Friday by Vanity Fair magazine. Daniel Radcliffe, 19, earned an estimated 41 million dollars for signing on to appear in the final two Harry Potter movies. His co-star Emma Watson, also ...

Pakistan will face a demographic disaster if it does not address the needs of its young generation, the largest in the countrys history, whose views reflect a deep disillusionment with government and democracy, according to a report released here on Saturday. The report, commissioned by the ...

KARACHI - Beggar girls are found almost at every intersection and market place in the City, but what is not usual this time is the apathy and non-notice of the presence of young and adolescent girls, and some of these beggar girls make themselves available as prostitutes. They are part of a larger ...

RAWALPINDI - College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) has explored new avenues of luxurious overseas job opportunities for young postgraduate trainees of Pakistan which not only fulfil their required academic training obligation but also opened marvellous carrier in the medical ...

TOKYO (AFP) - Riding motorcycles helps keep drivers young by invigorating their brains, the scientist behind popular "Brain Training" computer software said Wednesday, citing a new scientific study. "The driver's brain gets activated by riding motorbikes" in part because it requires heightened ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Rohtas Art Gallery (RAG) has displayed a collection of contemporary art works by Amra Khan and Haider Ali Jan. With a display of over 20 art pieces, the display titled "Stepping Out II" focuses on various themes while the work is extremely different in terms of palette, ...

ISLAMABAD - The Inspector General NH&MP Muhammad Raffat Pasha has said that Motorway Police has achieved the objectives assigned by government and is maintaining high standards of policing through courtesy and strict enforcement of law. He said that the help and new policing culture introduced ...

LAHORE - Punjab Health Department spokesman said Friday that a comprehensive policy based on career opportunities for young doctors had been formulated which would be announced by the Punjab Chief Minister very soon so that anxiety among the young doctors could be removed. According to a handout, ...

PARIS (AFP) - England's young generation laid the bedrock for a 2-1 win over bitter rivals Germany on Wednesday while old nemesis Diego Maradona enjoyed a winning start to life as Argentina coach with a 1-0 victory in Scotland. On a busy night of international football, world champions Italy had ...

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that government will take all possible steps for resolution of problems being faced by the doctors and decision for increasing stipend of young doctors has been taken in principle and a special committee comprising of Secretary Health and ...

LAHORE - Contemporary art of young artists reflect the transition of our society as well as the sensitivities that are no longer rare thing. We live in a world where the capitalist money race is also raging while the extremism in its worst ever form is also on the rise. How the human civilization ...

Ravi Bopara was named as the Young Cricketer of the Year for 2008 by the British-based Cricket Writers' Club at an awards ceremony in central London on Monday. Bopara has enjoyed several fine performances since making his Test debut for England in Sri Lanka in December. In June, he became the first ...

LAHORE - A 7-year-old boy lost his life in the arms of his helpless mother 'madly' kissing his dead body after bitten by a stray dog and non-availability of anti-rabies vaccination in the public and private health institutes of Kasur district. The incident of an innocent boy, Ali Sher's death ...