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 ...

LAHORE:Punjab Chief Secretary Javed Iqbal on Wednesday left for Dubai on two-day official visit. Senior Member of Board of Revenue will hold additional charge of the top administrative slot in the CS absence, a notification issued by S&GAD said. Meanwhile, Higher Education Special Secretary ...

ABU DHABI :-Abu Dhabi's planned financial zone will complement Dubai, which should benefit from a deepening of financial markets in the United Arab Emirates, a senior Abu Dhabi executive said on Sunday. "It brings complementarity to Dubai and to the region overall," Mahmood Ebraheem al Mahmood, ...

  DUBAI Pop star Justin Bieber has been attacked by a crazed fan who leapt on stage during one of his performances inDubai. The 19-year-old was playing the piano when the man jumped onto the stage and grabbed him from behind. In chaotic scenes, Bieber managed to free himself and run to the ...

DUBAI Metro - Trying to out-run Dubai police in a car chase just got even harder after they added a Ferrari to their expensive fleet.The force’s latest sports car - believed to cost between £228,000 and £415,000 - comes hot on the heels of a Lamborghini Aventador, which was ...

LOS ANGELES (DS)JUSTIN Bieber is reportedly planning to buy a home in Dubai. The Canadian singer is said to be looking for a property in the United Arab Emirates in order to have a base for when he plays gigs at the city’s Sevens Stadium on May 4 and May 5.The teenager was originally planning ...

KARACHI (PR) - With something to offer every traveller, whether it be soaking up the sunshine on golden sandy beaches or fuellinga passion for shopping, a dream getaway in Dubai is within reach on Emirates with special package deals for travel until August.Renowned for its iconic skyline, warm ...

 DUBAI’s police force has unveiled its latest patrol car - a specially modified, quarter-of-a-million pound Lamborghini Aventador, capable of speeds up to 217mph.“Latest Dubai patrols, now at your service,” the force tweeted, beneath a photo of the sleek, green and ...

LAHORE – Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan Limited has reported a year end profit before tax of Rs501 million. Furthermore, a 38 per cent deposit growth was achieved in comparison to 2011, taking total deposits to Rs53.11 billion in 2012. The BoD of Bank held a meeting to approve its financial ...

    KARACHI  - Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad left for Dubai on Sunday. According to the Governor’s spokesman, Ebad had been suffering from neck pain and visiting Dubai occasionally for treatment. As Ebad left for Dubai, Sindh Assembly Speaker Nisar Khuhro has taken ...

PRESIDENT Asif Ali Zardari Saturday embarked on a two-day visit to Dubai amidst reports that the trip was aimed at persuading his son, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, to return to the country and lead the Pakistan People’s Party’s election campaign. Bilawal, 24, had left over a week ago after a ...

The Supreme Court during hearing of the OGRA implementation case ordered that former OGRA Chairman Tauqeer Sadiq should be repatriated to Pakistan before his detention in Dubai expires on 14 February.In its order, the Supreme Court directed FIA, Foreign Minister, Interior Ministry and other ...

Former chairman Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) Tauqir Sadiq has been handed over to Pakistan consulate in Dubai on Wednesday.According to Media Reports, Tauqir Sadiq, the key player in the alleged mega scandal of Rs82 billion, was arrested in Dubai on Tuesday by the National Accountability ...

DUBAI - Dubai, seeking to attract more investment, may let citizens from five other Gulf Arab countries establish businesses along with foreign partners but without having to include domestic investors, the government said.The Department of Economic Development has formed a committee to study ...

Dubai, which is one of the states within United Arab Emirates, is known worldwide. This tiny state has become popular, or more correctly, over popular amongst Pakistanis which is really surprising as this is leading to more harm done than good. Much to my surprise Dubai, over time has become so ...

DUBAI (AFP) - Dubai, famed for its mega-projects before it was hit by the global financial crisis, on Saturday announced a new development to open the world’s biggest mall and a park larger than London’s Hyde Park. The ruler of the Gulf desert city state, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - A Dubai cafe, trying to give a modern twist to an old Bedouin tradition, has started putting camel products on its menu.Cafe2Go, launched in September last year by an Emirati entrepreneur as part of a scheme to revive Bedouin traditions, now features camel-lattes, camel-ccinos and ...

DUBAI - A replica of India’s world-famous Taj Mahal, four times the size of the original, is to be built in Dubai as what is to be billed as the world’s grandest wedding venue, one of its developers said. It took the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan 22 years to build the marble mausoleum for ...

KARACH  - An independent veterinarian from a leading World Animal Health Organisation (OIE) accredited lab, Central Veterinary Research Laboratory (VRL Dubai) which operates as a government diagnostic centre for the United Arab Emirates has issued a certificate terming the sheep free of any ...

DUBAI - The Dubai police foiled a bid to smuggle 52kg heroin to Africa in fruits shipment and arrested four Pakistanis involved in the smuggling.According to Director Dubai Anti-Narcotics, Major General Abdul Jalil Mehdi Muhammad Al Asmawi, during the first week of month the force got secret ...

DUBAI (AFP) Debt-laden Dubai will build an opera house and an modern art museum, the government said Wednesday, in the first such project since the Gulf emirate was hit by the global economic downturn in 2008. The Dubai Modern Art Museum & Opera House District “aims to further strengthen ...

LAHORE – Dubai Islamic Bank has held a sports gala for its employees at the EME Sports Club. Various events including cricket matches between the staff members both male and female, badminton, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, squash, tug-of-war, relay race, three-legged race and sack ...

DUBAI  - Roger Federer underlined his status as an enduring front line contender with the 72nd title of his career which extended his record of Dubai Open trophies to five with victory over Andy Murray on Saturday.The 16-time former Grand Slam champion from Switzerland overcame the triple ...

DUBAI  - Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska signalled herself as a growing threat on Saturday when she clinched her eighth career title courtesy of a 7-5, 6-4 win over Germany's Julia Goerges in the final of the Dubai Open. The 22-year-old's win underlined her as one of the game’s cleverest ...

KARACHI - President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday left for Dubai for a medical check-up. According to reports, besides the medical treatment, President Asif Zardari would also meet some leaders of the allied political parties during his brief stay in Dubai.Zardari, 56, had stayed in Dubai in ...

Sports DeskLAHORE - Pakistan Disabled cricketers outplayed England in the two-match T20 International series 2-0 under lights at the ICC Global Academy Ground Dubai on Sunday night.Off-break bowler Jahanzaib Tiwana starred in Pakistan's triumph by taking three wickets for 15 runs, according to ...

DUBAI (AFP) - Two young American stars will be in the spotlight when the season-ending championship of the Ladies European Tour, the Dubai Ladies Masters, starts at the Majlis course of Emirates Golf Club on Wednesday. The 500,000 euro tournament features the cream of European Ladies golf, but it ...

DUBAI (AFP) - Actor Tom Cruise was the undisputed star on the red carpet at the opening of the Dubai Film Festival, sharing the limelight with Bollywood stars and the widow of late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat. Cruise attended the screening of his latest release, Mission Impossible: Ghost ...

KARACHI - Manager of The Sports & Rehabilitation Centre Agha Khan University Hospital (AKUH) Riaz Akber Contractor has successfully managed to organise The 7th AKUH T-20 Cricket Tournament 2011. Dubai Islamic Bank and Faisalbank were the two successful sides who managed to reach the final match of ...

ISLAMABAD (INP) - President Asif Ali Zardari on the advice of advisors and spiritualists, who asked him to avoid staying near mountains and sea to avoid bad omen, has left the country for Dubai and is expected to return in the first week of August. Reliable sources disclosed the president took all ...