RAHIM YAR KHAN People from different walks of life protested outside the DCO office against the alleged occupation of green belts outside the Government Postgraduate College for Women (GPCW) here the other day. The protestors including City Council President Saifullah Niazi, Panjab Professors and ...

LONDON :  Private equity group Doughty Hanson has sold cinema operator Vue Entertainment to two Canadian investors for 935 million pounds ($1.5 billion), cashing in on an industry where new technologies like 3D movies have helped it to thrive in recession. The sale, to OMERS Private Equity and ...

LOS ANGELES: A judge has ordered a probe into the welfare of late pop icon Michael Jackson's daughter, Paris, after she tried to kill herself last week, US media reported.A probate court judge has ordered an investigation into Paris Jackson's "health, education and welfare," People magazine ...

THE HAGUE : Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled on Friday that Libya must hand over the son of slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi to the court, which wants to try him for alleged crimes committed during the revolution that toppled his father.Libya had challenged the ICC’s right ...

PARIS- Old foe Novak Djokovic and damp weather conditions are the most likely obstacles to claycourt machine Rafael Nadal's bid for a record-extending eighth French Open title over the next two weeks.Nadal, who last year beat Bjorn Borg's record of six Roland Garros crowns, has lost only one ...

ISLAMABAD - Tarnol police on Saturday foiled a bid of drugs smuggling and recovered 285 kilograms of hashish being transported from Peshawar to Gujrat.Addressing a press conference, SP (Saddar Zone) Jamil Ahmed Hashmi said special information was received regarding a possible attempt of smuggling ...

LEEDS - Daniel Vettori's hopes of making a return to Test cricket in New Zealand's series finale with England in Leeds ultimately came to nothing after he was ruled out on Thursday. Former captain Vettori hasn't played a Test for nearly a year, mainly because of Achilles trouble, and was only ...

RawalpindiThe Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) foiled a bid of smuggling here at Benazir Bhutto International Airport and recovered more than 2-kg heroin from a smuggler, informed force spokesman on Tuesday.The smuggler, who was later identified as Malik Muhammad Faisal son of Malik Muhammad Shafi ...

KHYBER AGENCY  :  A bid to blow up a state-run primary school was foiled by defusing an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown militants on Sunday here in Shakas area of tehsil Jamrud, sub-division of Khyber Agency. The sources said that on the information of local ...

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has expressed concern over PTI leader’s murder in Karachi while saying that it is a bid to sabotage polling process in the city.The Election Commission has said in a statement issued this mid night that Zara Sheikh’s murder is a bid to sabotage ...

RAWALPINDI - Pakistan Customs officials on Thursday foiled a bid of smuggling injections and tablets of different kinds in huge quantity at Benazir Bhutto Islamabad International Airport (BBIIAP) and arrested a smuggler.A case has been registered against the smuggler, identified as Muhammad Jamil ...

SIALKOTThe Airport Security Force (ASF) and Customs officials have foiled a bid to smuggle gold and foreign currency to Sharjah from Sialkot International Airport and arrested two accused said to be Sialkot based exporters involved in the scam.The Customs officials told the newsmen here that on a ...

  MOFFETT AIRFIELD   The first-ever manned airplane that can fly by day or night on the Sun’s power alone took off on the first leg of a trip across theUnited States. Solar Impulse, piloted by Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard, left the runway in northernCaliforniaat6:12 am(13:12 ...

DAMASCUS  - Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi escaped an assassination bid on Monday, surviving a blast against his convoy in Damascus, in the latest attack on top members of President Bashar al-Assad's regime. The attack came as Republican lawmakers in the United States stepped up calls for ...

ISLAMABAD :-Custom officials on Thursday foiled a bid to smuggle 320 tortoises of endangered species to Thailand at Benazir Bhutto Islamabad International Airport (BBIIAP)  Customs Superintendent at BBIIAP Sohail Qureshi, while talking to media, said that the smuggler had packed the turtles in ...

PESHAWAR - Police foiled major sabotage bid by defusing five kilograms explosive device on Dawora Road here on FridayPolice said that the bomb was planted in front of the house of Assistant sub-inspector Mohammad Nawaz and its prime target was the concern police officer.  After the information ...

AHMEDPUREAST/KOT RADHA KISHAN - Pakistan People’s Party South Punjab Vice President Hassan Askari Sheikh joined the Pakistan Muslim League-N while, PPP Punjab vice-president Sardar Muhammad Hussain Dogar has announced to join the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf.He called on former chief minister ...

HAFIZABAD - Three persons were injured a an armed attempt to kidnap a five-year-old child in Doaba area here on Tuesday. The police have registered a case against the absconding accused. According to police source, Tasleem Pathani was married to Rafique Pathan in Kot Ladha and gave birth to Ali ...

QUETTA - Senior Vice President Balochistan National Party (BNP), Dr Jahanzaib Jamaldini, has claimed that party workers timely rounded up 10 workers of secret agencies who wanted to harm party President Sardar Akthar Mengal.“Kalashnikovs and identity cards of secret agencies were also seized ...

BAHAWALPUR - Three accused threw acid on a 22-year-old girl after they failed to molest here. Due to the attack, 50 percent of the girl’s body was burnt.According to details, three accused including Bashir, Ramzan and their unidentified accomplice attempted to rape 22-year-old Tasleem Bibi, ...

RAWALPINDI - Police on Saturday foiled a major terror plot by recovering rockets and detonators from a private housing society, located some 800 metres away from Adyala Jail.Police also combed the several areas on Adyala Road; however, no suspect could be held.SP Saddar Circle Waheed-ur-Rehman ...

JHANG - Three armed men killed two workers for offering resistance during a robbery incident took place in a factory here on Saturday. The three robbers stormed into a power loom factory and were stealing clothes from factory. Meanwhile, Muhammad Ramzan, a resident of Muhalla Gulabwala , Abdul ...

JHANG - Three armed men killed two workers for offering resistance during a robbery incident took place in a factory here on Saturday. The three robbers stormed into a power loom factory and were stealing clothes from factory. Meanwhile, Muhammad Ramzan, a resident of Muhalla Gulabwala , Abdul ...

CAPE TOWN  - Adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes said his bid for the world's first Antarctic winter crossing, with no option of rescue, would be a trip into the unknown despite his multiple record expeditions.Known as one of the world's greatest living explorers, Fiennes will depart Monday for the ...

RAWALPINDI – The Anti-Narcotics Force foiled a bid to smuggle drugs from province of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa to Punjab and recovered 528 kg Charas while arrested a smuggler, informed ANF spokesman on Tuesday.According to him, ANF received information that drug smugglers would make an attempt to ...

KHYBER AGENCY - A bid to smuggle local wine from Pakistan to Afghanistan was foiled by the Frontier Corps (FC) troops here on Torkham, tehsil Landi Kotal, on Wednesday, security forces sources said.They said that on a tip-off the FC on duty personnel intercepted a bus (E-1136) carrying Afghan ...

LONDON - Britain’s interior ministry has won permission to appeal against a decision by judges to block the extradition of Abu Qatada to Jordan, a spokesman said on Wednesday. A judge accepted the Home Office’s challenge against last month’s ruling by Britain’s Special ...

Frontier Constabulary (FC) Sunday foiled a possible massive terrorism attempt as it impounded a bus laden with huge quantity of explosive material and arrested five accused.Frontier Constabulary spokesman said the bus was seized at Quetta-Karachi Highway near Akhtar Abad area when it was checked on ...

ISLAMABAD – The Capital Police found explosive material attached with the underbelly of a vehicle in use of an Islamabad-based anchor of a private news channel.According to a senior police official, a little bomb was found placed under the car of Hamid Mir, the anchor of a private TV channel, ...

RAWALPINDI - Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) foiled a bid to smuggle 2-kg heroin to Damam and arrested one accused from Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Saturday. On a tip-off, the ANF launched a special drive and arrested Muhammad Abullah son of Ghulam Muhammad, a resident of Sargodha, and ...