Trefor MossCyberspace matters. We know this because governments and militaries around the world are scrambling to control the digital space even as they slash defence spending in other areas, rapidly building up cyber forces with which to defend their own virtual territories and attack those of ...

Danny KempMargaret Thatcher was credited with restoring Britain’s reputation on the world stage and her close bond with US president Ronald Reagan was seen as a key factor in ending the Cold War.From “handbagging” European leaders in demanding Britain’s money back to sending ...

KABUL (AFP) - Severe cold weather sweeping through camps for people displaced by the Afghan war has killed 17 people, mostly children, Amnesty International said Tuesday. The deaths occurred in the first two weeks of January in Kabul and Herat provinces, which host most of the country’s half ...

ISLAMABAD - As the participants of the long march have been sitting in the open air in harsh weather since Monday morning, many have been falling sick and contracting seasonal ailments.In two main hospitals Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) and Polyclinic Hospital, cases were reported ...

MUZAFFARGARH - The severe cold weather caused the outbreak of many weather-transition diseases including Chilblains among children.According to Doctor Muhammad Iqbal, the disease causes swelling on body parts which is commonly known as Chilblains and its very common among children. He said that the ...

MINCHINABAD - There has been no respite from the bone chilling cold wave prevailing across the region. The cold wave continued unabated for the 9th day and a thick layer of dense fog enveloped the entire rural and urban pockets in the largest tehsil of Punjab. Both the minimum and maximum ...

PESHAWAR - Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, remained in the grip of severe cold and thick fog with freezing temperature on Tuesday as the temperature recorded 0 degree centigrade, due to which PIA suspended its service and Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway was closed.According to ...

KARACHI  - The Met office has forecast a dry weather with cool night in the City over next 24 hours. According to the Met office, the minimum temperature is expected to remain in the range of 12 to 14 degree centigrade. The Met office said mainly cold and dry weather was likely to prevail ...

MULTAN APP) - The continuous cold wave restricted outdoor movement of public and forced large number of people, especially children and women to stay indoor homes here on Sunday. The public was seen wearing warm clothes, blankets, caps, scarf and gloves at different bazaars and shops. The ...

LAHORE – The weather in the City remained chilly with dry cold wave, while some points of the Motorway has been closed down due to fog on Thursday night. The Motorway authorities have directed the travelers to drive carefully and use fog lights at the points still operational on this highway. ...

LAHORE – People will continue to suffer weather transition related diseases as no rain giving system is approaching the country in near future. Lack of any significant winter rain and drop in the mercury level has caused outbreak of weather related diseases across the country including the ...

MARDAN - In order to obtain tickets for the coming general elections, a ‘cold war’ is on among the office-bearers and workers of various political parties in Mardan district.Besides, local leadership is too busy to attract influential of others parties to their parties in different ...

NEW YORK (AFP) - Severe fuel shortages on Sunday threatened New York’s attempt to recover from superstorm Sandy as cold temperatures added to almost a week of misery exacerbated by flooded homes, limited public transportation and fraying tempers.But on the bright side, power was restored to ...

The Associated Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) as a profession has almost become a craze for the young over the last few years. There is a mushroom growth of institutions and tuition centres preparing young entrants. The parents are paying huge sums to these tuition centres and paying ...

The last minute invitation to President Zardari to attend the Chicago Nato summit has not generated the expected warmth from member countries especially from the US President. US officials are quoted that it is due to the closure of the Nato supply route through Pakistan and the US used a ‘no ...

Search and rescue Operation at Gayari continues even in extremely cold conditions, the military said on Sunday. According to an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release, the situation has been compounded by the mass of snow in which troops are working under low temperature, intermittent ...

SIMON JENKINSWere we wrong? I have lived through two global conflicts: the west against Russian communism and now the west against political Islam. The latter was caused by western leaders exaggerating a threat from a tiny group of terrorists to win popularity in war. But the former? Surely the ...

For the first time since the end of the cold war two decades ago, Russia and China used the veto twice in the UN Security Council to block a resolution regarded particularly in Moscow as another western attempt to ignore its interests in the international arena. Russia’s firm position in ...

MOSCOW  - Gazprom's inability to pump extra gas to Europe during the big winter chill has cast clouds over the Russian giant's vision of becoming the world's fail-safe supplier of last resort.Analysts said the snag's emergence, during one of Europe's coldest spells on record, points to supply ...

QUETTA - Intense cold wave claimed the lives of two children in Khilji Colony of the provincial capital on Saturday. Khilji Colony resident Habibullah’s sons Abdul Karim, (4), and Manzoor, (6), found dead on Saturday morning. According to the colony residents, they have been living without ...

LAHORE – Most parts of the country including the City remained in the grip of severe cold wave on Wednesday with experts predicting the prevailing conditions to persist during the next couple of days. Mist and fog over the plains including the City from midnight till the morning hampered ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - That long soak in a hot tub to warm up during the winter could hold some unexpected dangers, a Japanese study has found. Taking a hot bath on a cold day may spell trouble for the heart, said a team led by Chika Nishiyama, at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine School of ...

LAHORE City police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a 35-year-old woman in connection with the mysterious killing of her mother-in-law, who was found dead at her house in Shadbagh police area after Tuesday midnight. Police said that the killer identified as Shagufta Bibi, resident of Chah ...

LAHORE (PPI) The government should ensure more storage capacity through public private partnership, as at least 25 percent fruit and vegetable production is usually lost due to lack of cold storage. Experts suggested that land for store houses should be provided by the government and the sheds and ...

LAHORE Incessant fog and biting cold continued to disturb normal routine life in plains of the country including the City on the third consecutive day on Monday. In plains including the City, the people witnessed hardly any sunshine due to incessant fog, causing considerable decrease in maximum ...

ISLAMABAD (Agencies) Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi Wednesday termed balance of power between Pakistan and India vital for strategic stability in the region. Addressing a seminar on Indian militarys 'Cold-Start Doctrine, he described the theory as irrational aiming at materialising Indian ...

ISLAMABAD (Online) - Cold sore virus could lead to cognitive symptoms characteristic to schizophrenia patients, research led by Johns Hopkins scientists has found. Dr. David J. Schretlen and colleagues found that exposure to cold sore virus may be partially responsible for shrinking regions of the ...

NEW YORK (AFP) - Oil prices extended gains from a larger-than-expected drop in US energy stockpiles and an intense cold snap in the United States, the worlds biggest energy consumer. New Yorks main futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in February, rose 1.38 dollars to 78.05 ...

A COMMON misconception about arthritis is that it is an inevitable part of ageing. In fact, while osteoarthritis (OA) - the most common form of the disease - does tend to affect older people, it is not caused by ageing and it does not affect everyone. And there are increasing numbers of younger ...

PARIS (AFP) - Tens of thousands of European travellers were stranded Sunday in rail stations, traffic jams and airports as heavy snow and ice caused massive disruption at the start of the Christmas holiday season. At least 19 people froze to death, mainly in Poland and mostly homeless people or ...