WAZIRABADDuring the conduct of 2013 elections, women polling staff faced great difficulties as no transport facility, food and proper security was provided to them.Around 20 lecturers of the Degree College for Women, who were deputed as polling officers (POs) and assistant polling officers (APOs), ...

NEW DELHI : Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in India on Monday on a two-day visit during which he is expected to seek greater military aid from the government in New Delhi, officials said.The Afghan leader landed in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh for a private function and will reach ...

ISLAMABAD (PR): – Annual Parents Day & Mothers Day Celebration 2013 of Roots Millennium Schools, F-8/4 Campus, Islamabad was celebrated with great enthusiasm. Annual Parents Day is the day for parents in which their children’s comes up with beautiful and enchanting surprises for ...

Kinnaird College Science Department in collaboration with team NOVARTIS organised an informative lecture on World Hyper Tension Day on Friday.  Dr Rasheed Iqbal, Associate professor of medicine delivered the lecture based on slogan ‘Healthy Blood Pressure, Healthy Heart ...

Los Angeles EW - Kim Kardashian’s brief marriage to Kris Humphries reportedly works out at costing over £90,000 per day.The reality TV star was with the sportsman for just 72 days back in 2011, after a lavish big-budget televised summer ceremony that cost millions.Analysts for The Sun ...

At last, the great exercise in democracy is over and the results are in. There has been a vote for change, but it is almost as if the electorate has opted for a more traditional type of change, giving power to the PML-N, thus making Mian Nawaz Sharif the Prime Minister for a record third time. The ...

For me, Mother’s day is very important as it gives me at least one day when I can tell my mother how much I love her! On this day I try to give her breakfast in bed, I had bought roses for her as well, but there was no smile on her face when I went to her room! I was baffled and upset, but ...

Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif has appealed party workers and the nation to observe Youm-e-Tashakar (thanksgiving day) tomorrow (Friday) to celebrate PML-N's victory in May 11 general elections of Pakistan.The PML-N made a triumphant comeback, securing 123 seats of National Assembly ...

karachi - SSGC management has decided to observe shutdown of CNG stations for Tuesday and Friday during the current week. All CNG Stations in whole Sindh region will remain closed from 8 am on Tuesday 14 May to 8 am on Wednesday 15 May 2013.  The second shutdown will commence from 8 am on ...

KARACHI -The Jamaat-e-Islami has announced to observe Monday as day of mourning, protesting against rigging in the electoral process on May 11 in Karachi. Addressing a news conference at Idara Noor-e-Haq here Sunday, JI Karachi chief Mohammad Hussain Mehanti said extortionists once again hijacked ...

I am sure that of all the people in the world, my mother loves me the most, and I also love her from the core of my heart. To me, she is the best among all; she gives selflessly whenever I need, be it love or advice. In fact for me every day is a mothers’ day. When I am ill she spends ...

Despite the apprehensions of terrorism and insurgency, military takeovers, political upheavals and uncertainties during the last five years, democracy has survived in our country. Yesterday, May 11, 2013, 86.20 million registered voters had the option to freely exercise the right to cast their ...

LONDON - DS - A woman force-feeds herself 5,000 calories a day with the aim to reach 30 stone.Tammy Jung, 23, is currently weighs 16 stone and earns money as a ‘Big Beautiful Woman’ on the internet. With support from her boyfriend, Jung eats up to £70 worth of junk food per day, ...

ISLAMABAD -  Over-burdened masses, already bearing the brunt of power loadshedding, suspension of compressed natural gas across the country for a long time, has witnessed zero power loadshedding, uninterrupted oil and gas supply across Pakistan on the polling day.Though the inflation stricken ...

  MULTAN   A couple deciding to celebrate their marriage on the polling day reached a polling station along with their guests (baraat) to cast their votes. This incident was reported from Multan NA-151, where a Christian couple decided to celebrate their wedding on the polling day, so ...

Miles Corwin - The first time my mother made leg of lamb, she never connected the two events. The second time, she thought it was a coincidence. The third time, she knew it was a curse. Every time she prepared leg of lamb, my father was laid off a few days later. The first time it was for a few ...

      KARACHI/QUETTA   The Election 2013 ended under the shadow of bomb blasts, rocket firings and shootings across the country, killing more than 50 people on the polls day. Four bomb blasts occurred in various areas ofKarachiwhile three cracker attacks and exchange of fire ...

ISLAMABAD - The Taliban have sent suicide bombers to mount election-day attacks on Pakistan's historic polls, a militant commander said on Thursday, following a bloody campaign which has claimed more than 100 lives.Saturday's vote will be a democratic milestone in a country but the Pakistani ...

LAHORE - An unexpected rush was witnessed, on Thursday, at the city exit points as hundreds and thousands left provincial capital for their hometowns to cast their votes on Saturday.The inter city transport was already short because some transporters sidelined their buses fearing district ...

KARACHI - OUR STAFF REPORTER (JAFAR) - Vice Chancellor of Karachi University (KU) Dr Muhammad Qaiser Wednesday inaugurated a Thalassaemia Screening Center at the  campus, and announced that the varsity’s centre will be converted into a thalassaemia-free educational institute. The ...

The Taliban have sent suicide bombers to mount election-day attacks on Pakistan's historic polls, a militant commander said Thursday, following a bloody campaign which has claimed more than 100 lives.Saturday's vote will be a democratic milestone in a country ruled for half its history by the ...

CHINIOTParvez AhmadFormer Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that May 11 is not merely a polling day rather it is a day of change destiny of the country and fate of people. Addressing a public meeting at Hockey Stadium Chiniot here on Tuesday, the PML-N kingpin asserted that if voted to ...

NEW DELHI More than 300,000 babies die within 24 hours of being born in India each year from infections and other preventable causes, a report said Tuesday, blaming a lack of political will and funding for the crisis.India accounts for 29 percent of all newborn deaths worldwide, according to the ...

CHINIOT - Former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that May 11 is not merely a polling day rather it is a day of change destiny of the country and fate of people. Addressing a public meeting at Hockey Stadium Chiniot here on Tuesday, the PML-N kingpin asserted that if voted to power, ...

LAHORE - The Lahore College for Women University celebrated its 91st Founders Day on Tuesday. In this connection, Lahore College Associates (LCA) arranged an event that was attended LCWU Vice Chancellor Dr Sabiha Mansoor former LCWU VC Dr Bushra Mateen, officebears of the LCA and others.Speaking on ...

lahore - Despite prime minister’s clear instructions to ensure power supply on the polling day, the Punjab government has reportedly allowed the district administrations to draw money up to one million each for alternative energy arrangements, sources in S&GAD confided TheNation.Caretaker ...

LAHORE/KARACHI/QUETTA - All public and private schools, colleges in Sindh and Punjab will remain closed for five days from May 8 to 13 due to general elections in the country. Three holidays — May 9 to 11 — have been announced in Balochistan. In two separate notifications issued here on ...

JAKARTA: US rock band Aerosmith has cancelled a concert scheduled this week in Jakarta on safety concerns, a concert promoter said Sunday, following threats to bomb the Myanmar embassy in the Indonesian capital."We received the official confirmation yesterday from the Aerosmith management ...

Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif has said 11th May will be the day of victory of his party and it will be the day of change for the nation and the country.Addressing a huge public gathering in Kabirwala district of Khanewal on Monday‚ he said the people would have to choose the ...

Labor Day was celebrated on May 01 but Sarabjit Singh’s family will remember it as the day he was in coma. Sarabjit, a farmer from an Indian village near Punjab border was arrested by Pakistan border force in an intoxicated state on August 28, 1990, eight days later he was charged with ...