RAWALPINDI - Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) in a successful operation has recovered 6.75-kg heroin at Benazir Bhutto International Airport and arrested two accused, informed ANF spokesman on Sunday.According to him, ANF received information that some international drug smugglers /traffickers would try ...

KARACHI:-Former captain Rashid Latif was harsh on Coach Dav Whatmore and called for an overhaul of the team's coaching after their dismal showing at the Champions Trophy ended with a humiliating defeat to India. "Whatmore should be sent back because he and other support staff has failed," said ...

WEST ALLIS - IndyCar series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay passed Takuma Sato for the lead with 53 laps remaining and roared to victory at the Milwaukee Mile on Saturday. Hunter-Reay won for the second straight year at Milwaukee, continuing the Andretti Autosport team's dominance at the circuit. Michael ...

LAHORE (PR): ABB unveiled its latest solutions for the power, oil and gas industries at the 11th International Pakistan Oil Gas Energy Exhibition (POGEE), recently held at the Expo Center in Lahore. The stand attracted a global audience of professionals from different utility and industrial sectors ...

ARDMORE- Four-time major champion Phil Mickelson and second-time major starter Billy Horschel remained tied for the lead after the second round of the US Open as Saturday challengers faded. But world number one Tiger Woods, a 14-time major golf champion chasing the all-time record of 18 majors won ...

ROME: Henry Purcell’s opera “Dido and Aenaes” opens the season at Rome’s Baths of Caracalla ruins on Thursday, with a new production the director described as uniting the classical world with the English theatre tradition.The 1689 work by English Baroque composer Purcell, ...

LAHORE - The celebrations of the 407th death anniversary (Jore Mela) of Guru Arjun Dev Jee concluded here at Gurdwara Siri Punja Sahib, Hasanabdal, with ritual Bhog.More than 350 Indian Sikh Yatrees participated in it and during their three-day stay here at Gurdwara they were provided all ...

ISLAMABAD : The Public Affairs and Complaints Cell at the Prime Minister's Office has been abolished and the officers from Grade 19 to 22 have been directed to report in the Establishment Division. According to reports, the step has been taken in line with the decision to reduce the staff at the ...

LAHORE - Lahore City Cricket Association (LCCA) former secretary Mian Javed Ali has said that he and his party are satisfied with the working of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials regarding scrutiny of clubs but raised the question about some active clubs which were deprived of voting ...

BAHAWALPURBecause of the scorching hot weather, 18-hour power loadshedding and non-availability of canal water, the lives of precious animals and birds at Bahawalpur Zoo are at stake.The zoo was established in 1942 by Nawab Sir Sadiq Khan Abbasi V on 25 acres of land. This zoo has been the third ...

MIRPUR (AJK)AH RaoFor the first time in the 66-year history of Azad Jammu & Kashmir territory, the Indian national flag has been displayed along with the national flags of various other countries at the building of the state-run Kashmir Institute of Management in the capital city of ...

DUBLIN - Matt Kuchar fired a two-under par 70 to seize a two-stroke lead over fellow Americans Kevin Chappell and Kyle Stanley after Saturday's third round of the $6.2 million US PGA Memorial tournament. In a round where world number one Tiger Woods struggled to a 79 to stand 16 strokes off the ...

VEHARIDCO Mehmood Javed Bhatti said that the district administration is responsible for ensuring provision of basic facilities to the people at cheaper rates and saving them from exploitation of the profiteers.He stated this during a meeting with Price Control Committee members here the other ...

VEHARIThe University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF) is going to commence new admissions at its Burewala sub-campus from September to provide higher education facilities and transforming the agricultural industry in the region. The assertion was made by UAF Vice Chancellor Dr Iqrar Ahmad while ...

KARACHI - Three ships arrived at the Port to load/offload containers at QICT, furnace oil at FOTCO, phosphoric acid at EVTL on May 25, 2013, port sources said here Sunday.  Berth occupancy was maintained at 35% at the Port on Saturday. where a total of five ships namely M.V KPS-I Alican ...

TOKYO  :  Four researchers were exposed to radiation in an accident at a Japanese nuclear physics laboratory this week, officials said Saturday.The accident occurred on Thursday at a laboratory in Tokaimura, 120 kilometres (75 miles) northeast of Tokyo, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency ...

KARACHI : One ship arrived at the Port to load/offload coal at IOCB. Berth occupancy was maintained at 29pc where a total of four ships namely M.V KPS-I Alican BEY-Powership, M.V Caribean Sea, M.V Bulk Pangaea, M.T AL Salam-II are currently occupying berths to load/ offload containers, coal, diesel ...

Lahore -The PML-N’s track record of initiating and completing mega projects on a fast-track basis, together with their emphasis on hydel power generation will enhance cement demand in the country, pushing the plants mostly located in Punjab to operate at full capacity.Industry sources said ...

Dublin -The first ODI of the two-match series was another telling advertisement of what Ireland are capable of on a cricket field. The end result may have been a tie but Pakistan were biting their nails for the most part as Kevin O'Brien and Paul Stirling nearly pulled off a spectacular victory. ...

ROME - Inter Milan have fired coach Andrea Stramaccioni and will replace him with former Napoli boss Walter Mazzarri, the club said Friday. Mazzarri had been linked with a move to Inter ever since announcing he would leave Napoli at the end of this season. And Inter president Massimo Moratti ...

WENTWORTH - Alejandro Canizares shot to the top of the leader board on day three of the European PGA Championship at Wentworth on Saturday. Canizares moved to seven-under with two birdies in his opening three holes a stroke ahead of overnight leader Francesco Molinari of Italy, who had just parred ...

UNITED NATIONS- Pakistan Friday made a rallying call at a function commemorating the birth, enlightenment and passing of the Buddha, saying the occasion of Vesak Day should ‘serve to unite us in our common desire to create tolerant, respectful and peaceful societies’.“Today is a ...

Some units of Guddu Thermal Power Plant tripped on Sunday, suspending power supply to parts of Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan.WAPDA sources said that a technical fault triggered the suspension of electricity supply, adding that it was being fixed by concerned technical staff.Power supply to various ...

SINGAPORE: British boy band One Direction has swept the inaugural awards recognising the most popular people in social media globally, coming top in four out of 10 categories at a star-studded ceremony in Singapore.One Direction was named most popular music group, most popular UK musicians, most ...

Karachi - PPI - The Sindh High Court on Friday directed the returning officer concerned to re-count the votes cast at PS-22 constituency in Naushero Feroze. A division bench gave direction in the petition of Arif Mustafa Jatoi, a defeated candidate from PS-22, who said he lost the election with a ...

LONDON PA - Fresh Prince Of Bel Air may have stopped filming in 1996 - but the cult status of the show means that when Will Smith, Alfonso Ribeiro and Jeff Townes get together it’s automatically a reunion.In fact, crowds went wild when the trio turned up at Boujis to watch Will’s elder ...

LAHOREPanic gripped the Ganga Ram Hospital on Friday, following fire erupted in the measles ward where several children were under medical treatment. Hospital sources said the fire broke out because of short-circuiting in the air-conditioning unit installed in the measles ward at the first floor of ...

“It is outrageous that the Google has uploaded Part-2 of the same (blasphemous) movie (Innocence of Muslims) on the site (YouTube), which is more derogatory and blasphemous in nature,” claimed an article published this Wednesday on the same page, advocating continuing the ban on ...

FAISALABADPakistan’s per capita water availability has dwindled from 5,260 cubic metres in 1951 to 1,000 this year, a threshold value under the global criteria, putting the food security at risk, reveals an expert at a seminar which was titled “Water and Biodiversity” and held in ...

CANNES: Star Ryan Gosling on Wednesday stayed away from the Cannes premiere of his latest film, the ultra-violent “Only God Forgives”, a blood-spattered revenge tale set in Bangkok.Boos rang out after a press screening of the movie in which Kristin Scott Thomas also stars as a cross ...