LOS ANGELES- A black-clad gunman killed at least four people in a shooting rampage in theUSstate ofCaliforniaFriday, before police shot him dead in a college library, officials said. The assailant began by killing his father and brother before a random string of slayings inSanta Monica, only a few ...

UNITED NATIONS - Representatives at the United Nations may think twice about crossing Ban Ki-moon in future after the secretary-general was awarded an honorary 10th degree black belt in the Korean martial art of taekwondo.While is unclear whether the 68-year-old Ban can break bricks with his bare ...

In the face of Phil Hammond’s lame attempts at deflection, the revelation that up to 90 Afghans have been held in a secret, apparently extrajudicial prison in Camp Bastion, some of them for up to 14 months, tells us a number of things.For a start it counters a theory which was once commonly ...

PENNSYLVANIA, US: Men In Black is set to return for a fourth film, following the success of the franchise’s third instalment in 2012.According to movie news website The Wrap, up-and-coming screenwriter Oren Uziel - who is currently penning the sequel to 21 Jump Street - has been hired to ...

Is Fata a colony of Pakistan? This question may sound ridiculous to some but let’s be honest, is Fata a part of Pakistan or is it a colony? I am from Fata and have always felt that I was alienated from Pakistan; I would need a visa to enter Pakistan. This, in all honesty describes the plight ...

los angeles : Pierce Brosnan has backed Colin Salmon to play the first black James Bond, saying it is "absolutely essential" he takes on the role of 007. Brosnan, who played the secret agent in four films, said there was no rush to replace Daniel Craig, who he said was "doing superbly well". But ...

It is disturbing to note that in various parts of Karachi, especially Defence and Clifton, where the affluent live, one can find many cars with tinted windows as well as cars with AFR (Applied for Registration) number plates. I wonder how many of them have permission to drive their cars around with ...

LAHORE-Secretary General PPP and former Governor of Punjab, Latif Khosa demanded the Election Commission of Pakistan remove what he called “the black column” from the ballot paper as it would amount to facilitating, by default, the realizing of the sordid agenda of anti-democratic ...

THE Milky Way could be surrounded by as many as 2,000 rogue black holes ejected into deep space as it formed over billions of years, researchers have revealed. A team from the University of California, Santa Cruz, ran computer simulations of galaxy formation that show our galaxy may be ringed by ...

RAWALPINDI - The tug-of-war between the legal fraternity and officials of Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) and Chaklala Cantonment Board (CCB) continued on the second consecutive day on Thursday as both the parties vented their anger against each other by holding protest demonstrations, burning ...

WASHINGTON - A fist-sized meteorite nicknamed “Black Beauty” could unlock vital clues to the evolution of Mars from the warm and wet place it once was to its current cold and dry state, Nasa said.Discovered in Morocco’s Sahara Desert in 2011, the 11-ounce (320-gram) space rock ...

WILL Smith’s latest alien instalment Men In Black III has been named the most error-filled movie of 2012 in a new poll. Editors at MovieMistakes.com have compiled their annual list of the year’s most blunder-riddled films and Men in Black III blasted into the top spot with 63 goofs, ...

GUJRANWALA - The District Bar Association observed a complete strike and boycott of court on Thursday against National Judicial Policy which makes mandatory disposal of pending cases by December 31.The strike call was given by the Pakistan Bar Council with a view that it will be almost impossible ...

MINCHINABAD - The Tehsil Bar Association Minchinabad (TBAM) observed a complete strike and boycott of courts on the call of the Punjab Bar Council (PBC) here the other day.The bar association members observed the strike against life attempt on Advocate Masood Abid Naqvi by some unidentified ...

The legal fraternity in the provincial capital observed a strike on Friday to condemn terrorist attacks in Karachi, Rawalpindi and Quetta which killed scores of people.  The City lawyers boycotted the court proceedings and got adjournment. Expressing solidarity with the victims, they wore ...

MULTAN/MANDI BAHAUDDIN - To condemn the imposition of emergency rule by former dictator Pervez Musharraf on November 3, 2007, the black coats observed a complete strike on a call of Punjab Bar Council here on Saturday. No lawyer appeared in any court as a result of which the hearing of all cases ...

ARIFWALA - Three dacoits deprived a local lawyer of motorcycle here the other day.Advocate Ch Kashif Riaz went to offer Fajr prayers. Meanwhile, three dacoits intercepted him and snatched motorcycle SLM-9977 from him. The City Police started probe into the incident.

The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) will observe Black Day across the country on July 5. Under the auspices of the PPP seminars will be held to mark July 5 as Black Day. The party would organise seminars and special programmes would be aired on electronic media in connection with the day. On ...

LOS ANGELES (ES)- Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas says the secret behind her fit body is juicing. The 37-year-old singer - whose real name is Stacey Ferguson - admits that reducing fruits and vegetables down to their liquid form is how she achieves her healthy look thanks to a suggestion from her ...

Many people like me heard the news that a policeman, Imtiaz Wahla, was beaten up by a group of lawyers in Lahore High Court on May 11. Sub-Inspector Wahla was appearing in the court regarding a theft case. The investigation officer, while submitting his report, stated that the police had no ...

ISLAMABAD  - Several Western embassies in Islamabad received letters on Wednesday containing suspicious powder and threats to poison supplies for NATO soldiers in Afghanistan, officials said.Islamabad police chief Bani Amin told AFP that at least three embassies had received small packets ...

ARIFWALA/ HAFIZABD - The lawyer community went on a strike and boycotted courts against unscheduled power loadshedding, stretching over more than 20 hours. No layer appeared in any court for the entire day.Meanwhile, lawyers in Hafizabad took out a rally in protest against worst loadshedding in the ...

 Pakistan, Afghanistan and US have agreed to form a group at UN to work for the removal of Taliban leaders names from a UN black list, Xinhuanet reported on Sunday.The UN Security Council still has nearly 140 names of top Taliban leaders on its sanctions list. The Taliban negotiators in Qatar ...

A flurry of speculation about the Mehran Bank scandal is going on in media. These are actually adding to the prevailing confusion just like memogate scandal and other issues involving corruption and nepotism. To set the record straight, we must not rely too much on Yunus Habib, who has his own ...

ISLAMABAD/KARACHI – The PPP government has offered a lucrative scheme to ‘swindlers, plunderers, smugglers and corruption monsters’ to whiten their black money, the sources said on Friday.As per the economic observers, the plan is simple enough: invest in stocks, pay tax and get ...

In late December, the lot was just a big blank: a few burgundy metal shipping containers sitting in an expanse of crushed eggshell-coloured gravel inside a razor-wire-topped fence. The American military in Afghanistan doesn’t want to talk about it, but one day soon, it will be a new hub for ...

YANGON (AFP) - Pirate copies of a new film about Aung San Suu Kyi’s private life have flooded the streets of Yangon as vendors push the boundaries of new-found freedoms under a new government.Luc Besson’s “The Lady”, a two-hour biopic starring former Bond girl Michelle Yeoh, ...

ISLAMABAD - Endorsing the findings of SDPI-UNODC joint report, Rehman Malik, Federal Minister for Interior, said illegal money earned through drugs and arms trafficking is being used by terrorists. Therefore, global cooperation is necessary to curb organised transnational crimes.He was speaking at ...

MULTAN - Like other parts of the country, the lawyers of Multan observed a complete strike as a sign of protest against assassination of their three colleagues in Karachi here on Thursday. The black coats boycotted court work as no attorney appeared before any court of law. Resultantly, the court ...

Washington - US Senator John Kerry sported two black eyes during a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday night - after breaking his nose playing ice hockey. The Massachusetts Democrat, 68, was awaiting President Barack Obama’s salute to the NHL’s Boston Bruins for their 2011 Stanley ...