Islamabad- The 35th National Boxing Championship entered semifinal stage after 20 bouts were held at Volley Ball Stadium, Sialkot on Monday. The Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) is providing the complete technical facilities to Punjab Boxing Association (PBA) to conduct the event successfully. In ...

ISLAMABAD - Danish Atlas Thursday stormed into the semifinals of the Second Martyr Fahad Al-Ahmad Squash Tournament in Hawalli, Kuwait after beating Farhan Zaman 3-2 in the quarterfinals. He is lone Pakistani left in the prestigious event as Khawaja Adil Maqbool lost the other quarterfinal against ...

PARIS - President Francois Hollande holds a key press conference Thursday, a day after his first anniversary in office was marred by news that France had fallen back into recession amid plummeting economic indicators.The Socialist leader, who is the most unpopular post-War president according to ...

DUBAI : An adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei joined the presidential race on Friday, with authorities keen to make the June vote a peaceful contrast to the upheaval that followed the disputed 2009 poll. Reformist groups have been suppressed or sidelined since then and the next ...

LOS ANGELES: Actress Lindsay Lohan has checked herself into a rehabilitation facility, following a day of confusion on Thursday over whether she was complying with court-ordered treatment for a reckless driving charge. "She did check into the rehab (centre) and I will still be going through a ...

ISLAMABAD - A massive turnout of appeals is expected from the electoral candidates as well as the different complainants against the respective decisions of the returning officers (ROs) on the nomination papers in consequence of the electoral body’s apparent reluctance to increase the ...

Despite weather hazards, rescue operation at Gayari Sector continues at five priority points identified with the help of SPD team employed along with plant equipment, Army Search and Rescue Teams, said Inter-Services Public Relations.A 450 meters long access track has been developed on the ...

LAHORE - Retailers have increased the prices of ghee and oil up to 20 per kilogram due to limited stock of commodity following the prolonged strike of the Pakistan Venaspati Ghee Manufacturers Association while government is taking no action against the huge raise without any official notification. ...

LAHORE – During the outgoing week, the market entered a consolidation phase on the back of renewed foreign interest, rising global commodities and easing political outlook, playing a catalyst role in bullish sentiment. Positive expectations of changes in the modalities of Capital Gain Tax ...

WASHINGTON  - The first of two NASA lunar probes on a mission to study the Moon’s inner core so as to better understand the origins of planets went into orbit Saturday, the US space agency said.The first Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL-A) began orbiting the Moon at about ...

BAHAWALNAGAR - The floodwater of Ghagra River has entered Pakistan from its upper catchments in India. Low and slow flood water is flowing into its old course between Chak 240 /HL and 241/HL towards Cholistan tehsil Fortabbas. It is stated that at present 4-5 feet floodwater is flowing through ...

Kate and William shared a brief kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after their wedding at Westminster Abbey. Egged on by thousands of well-wishers who had crammed into The Mall to see them, the newlyweds lent towards each other for a royal peck. After months of waiting, Kate Middleton and ...

KARACHI - Chairman General Tyre Company Gen (R) Ali Kulli Khan has said that GTR has survived unethical competition from under-invoiced imports and smuggled tyres during 34 years due to commitment and dedication of GTRs employees who are treated by him as part of family. According to a press ...

RAJANPUR The floodwater breached safety embankments on Friday evening and entered Mithan Kot city. The flood may cause heavy damage to the shrine of saint Khawaja Ghulam Farid and displace thousands of more people. Rajanpur city is already facing a threat of flood due to hill torrents. The flood ...

LONDON (Reuters) Football championships, as any bar-room expert will attest, are 'a marathon not a sprint but as Europes top leagues enter the home straight the stage is set for some breathless photo-finishes. One point divides the top two in England, Spain and Italy while there are two points ...

LAHORE Zulqarnain Bhatti, one of the coaches working under Asian Football Confederation (AFC)s AID-27 Financial Assistance Scheme, earned a slot in the Sialkot Soccer Promotion Board (SSPB) following the meeting at Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry Friday. The SSPB will support financially ...

KARACHI - The race is on by the foreign and local investors to acquire business operations of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS Pakistan). Soneri Bank Limited, another financial institution from the domestic banking sector after Faysal Bank, has also expressed its intention to buy major stakes in RBS ...

LONDON (AFP) - The global economic crisis claimed more victims on Friday as Britain officially entered a recession and job losses and bankruptcies continued to ripple across Europe, Japan and the United States. By reporting its first recession since 1991, Britain joins the United States, the ...

LOS ANGELES  - Paris Hilton threw her hat into the US presidential race Tuesday, declaring her desire to campaign against "that wrinkly white-haired guy" and vowing to paint the White House pink if elected. The blond socialite responded to Republican candidate John McCain's controversial use ...

LAHORE - The PTCL employees continued their protest for the second day Wednesday to press their demand of restoring their earlier pay scale package besides reverting the Ups pay-scale. The central telephone exchange I was the main circumference for all the employees of all the other telephone ...

GAZA CITY (AFP) - The Islamist movement Hamas on Sunday marked the first year of its Gaza Strip takeover in a state of war with Israel but unchallenged by the Palestinians in its besieged coastal enclave. "We cannot deny that the pressure and the siege has been very painful for the Palestinian ...