ISLAMABAD- Secretary General of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, delivered a fiery speech on the floor of Upper House of Parliament on Monday and termed the budget as anti-masses and suggested the finance minister a six-point proposal to fix it. “The newly ...

ISLAMABAD -World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to stop aid of 130 million USD to the polio-monitoring cell.WHO wrote a letter to govt of Pakistan that after the dissolution of polio monitoring cell, 130 million dollars annually aid, from Bill Gates Foundation has become in danger. While WHO ...

There has been a large increase in anti-Muslim incidents since the murder of a British soldier in Woolwich, an inter-faith charity has said.Faith Matters, which runs a helpline, said they had received 162 calls since Wednesday’s attack, up from a daily average of six. A number of people have ...

new yorkA number of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) supporters Friday staged a demonstration in front of the British Consulate in New York City calling for action against MQM chief Altaf Hussain for making statements prejudicial to the integrity and solidarity of Pakistan.They carried banners ...

NOWSHERA VIRKANThe Health Department organised a dengue awareness seminar at Tehsil Headquarters Hospital to raise awareness about preventive measures against dengue, while special cleanliness activities was conducted at TMO office to eliminate mosquito-breeding grounds. Addressing the ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Thursday put the federal government and other respondents on notice over a plea seeking legal action against MQM’s self-exiled chief for his remarks against the country’s ideology. The petitioner had submitted Altaf Hussain’s May 12 speech was ...

Bravo to Pakistanis on a stunning display of commitment to democracy. Pakistani people have once again proved that they are democrats and believe in the supremacy of ballot. People, despite dismal performances of federal and provincial governments, have reposed their confidence in democratic ...

ISLAMABAD - Capital Development Authority (CDA), Directorate of Health Services, has completed high-risk mapping and campaign to destroy dengue-breeding sites in federal capital.The CDA Health Directorate has aligned its strategy in accordance with the latest requirements and practices. The ...

karachiIn a bid to woo independent candidates in Sindh, a delegation of PML-N met anti-PPP Sherazi brothers of Thatta and invited them to join the party.Sources said that PML-N leaders Jaffar Iqbal Gujjar and Rana Mashood contacted Shafqat Sherazi and his colleagues who have won NA and PA seats ...

karachiThe Pakistan Muslim League-Functional has given call of shutter-down strike on Thursday (today) against rigging in the elections.PML-N and nationalist groups have supported the protest call and announced to join protest demonstrations and sit-ins all over the province.Earlier on Tuesday, ...

karachiNotwithstanding the hectic efforts made by PML-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif to get foothold in Sindh with the support of likeminded parties and Sindhi nationalists, the PPP has emerged as the single largest party in its stronghold Sindh in May 11 elections, which proved that it is still a ...

quetta Various political parties on Tuesday continued their protests and held rallies against what they called massive rigging in the May 11 election. PML-N candidate for PB-2, Saher Gul Kilji led a protest rally taken out here against irregularities in the Saturday’s electoral process. The ...

COLOMBO : - Sri Lanka freed an opposition Muslim political leader from jail without charge after detaining him earlier in the week under a tough anti-terrorism law, his lawyer said Saturday.Azath Sally, 49, the former deputy mayor of Colombo, was arrested on Sunday and detained in police custody in ...

ATTOCKPTI candidate for NA-57 Malik Amin Aslam alleged that local prayers leaders (Imams) of various mosques here have launched political propaganda against his party chairman and remonstrated with the officials concerned about these persons. He said that his party opponents had foreseen their ...

manamaNaval forces from more than 41 countries gathered in Bahrain -- across the Gulf from Iran -- on Monday to prepare for a massive minesweeping exercise, the US Fifth Fleet said.The International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) "is the largest exercise of its kind in the region and will ...

MOSCOW: Thousands of protestors on Monday filled a square in centralMoscowto denounce Russian President Vladimir Putin one year into his new Kremlin term, as the opposition seeks to recover the momentum of their challenge to his rule. Organisers said tens of thousands attended the rally, which ...

yangon: Two Buddhists have been arrested after Muslim shops were destroyed in northern Kachin State, police said Saturday, in a new outbreak of religious violence. Myanmar is in the grip of acute religious tension after a deadly wave of unrest in March that saw monks and Buddhist mobs attack Muslim ...

ISLAMABAD  - Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) chief, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has said that religious scholars of seminaries have issued an edict that casting vote in favour of Imran Khan is un-Islamic and JUI-F has nothing to do with this edict.In a statement, Maulana Fazlur Rehman clarified the ...

karachi - Muhajir Qaumi Movement-Haqqiqi Chairman Afaq Ahmed has vowed to continue his sit-in protest for indefinite period at Dawood Chowrangi, Landhi against restraining Haqqiqi from election campaign by the law-enforcement agencies.He took out a rally along with hundreds of his workers and ...

BAGHDAD : Three bomb attacks in Iraq on Wednesday killed 11 people, including four anti-Qaeda fighters who died when a suicide bomber struck as they gathered to collect their salaries, officials said.The bomber, who was on foot, detonated explosives at a police station in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, ...

  madrid   Tens of thousands of angry protesters staged traditional May Day rallies in several countries of the crisis-wracked eurozone on Wednesday, as fury erupted at demonstrations inBangladeshafter a deadly building collapse. Thousands took to the street in Spain, some brandishing ...

Six shops and one car were torched as two groups clashed over a land dispute near Old Sabzi Mandi on Wednesday morning.Reports said that following the clash the angry demonstrators torched six shops and one car, while the firing, arson and stoning continued for sometime.Police said that the two ...

LAHORE - Seven-day special mass vaccination campaign against measles will be started in Lahore from Monday (today) during which three million children from six months to ten years of age will be inoculated. The campaign will continue till May 5. Moreover, students of all government and private ...

IHTIMAN, Bulgaria : Bulgarian investigators on Friday re-enacted a July 2012 bomb attack blamed bySofiaon Hezbollah that killed five Israelis, blowing up two old buses and 11 silicon mannequins in a controlled explosion. The aim was “to provide information and important evidence on the type ...

LAHORE Pakistan's former captain Salman Butt said Wednesday he had offered to take part in anti-corruption rehab a week after an international court threw out his appeal against a spot-fixing ban. The 28-year-old, along with team-mates Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer, was banned for contriving ...

KHANEWAL - Former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif said that PTI chief Imran Khan was working to save the interest of President Zardari, therefore he criticises only the PML-N and its leadership. He said that Zardari has now very much sure that the latter’s party would face defeat, ...

WASHINGTON: Rapper Snoop Dogg is joining forces with a campaign group to help put an end to gun violence in the US.  The hip-hop star, now known as Snoop Lion, is giving his backing to the League of Young Voters Education Fund’s No Guns Allowed movement, which was inspired by a song he ...

LAHOREZero tolerance of the chief justice for corruption is appreciable but there is need of ‘major surgery’ to eliminate the menace. Controlling law and order situation, prices of CNG and petrol are not the functions of the Supreme Court. These thoughts were shared by Senator SM ...

Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf appeared before an anti-terrorism court on Saturday after spending the night at police headquarters in Islamabad, officials said.Musharraf was moved into police custody after being arrested on Friday, an unprecedented move against a former army chief of staff ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) organised a seminar here at medical centre PSB for the awareness of sports persons about the subject of doping and anti-doping on Thursday. A total of 50 sports persons participated in the seminar. Deputy director general (R&T) and anti-doping committee ...