HONG KONG- Years agoMacausnatched the title of the world's biggest gambling hub fromLas Vegasand now, it wants a slice of the boxing action too. With Manny Pacquiao following Chinese star Zou Shiming to the glitzy casino haven nearHong Kong,Macaulooks set to copy Vegas by becoming a boxing capital ...

SIALKOTPML-N candidate for NA-110 Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said that his party made Pakistan a nuclear power by conducting the atom explosions after rejecting the foreign pressure and made Pakistan economically and politically strong. “Now, the PML-N will never allow any political jugular to ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Anwar Ibrahim vowed Tuesday his Malaysian opposition would soon present evidence of government cheating in bitterly fought weekend elections as he called for a “fierce” campaign for electoral reform. Anwar insisted his three-party Pakatan Rakyat (People’s Pact) ...

PESHAWAR - Like past, this time too neck and neck contest is expected between Jamaat-e-Islam (JI) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on the lone National Assembly seat, NA-34, and four KPK Assembly constituencies in Lower Dir district in the scheduled May 11 general elections.JI and PPP have ...

LIMA : Even ambassadors, it turns out, are turf-conscious when it comes to waiting in the supermarket checkout line. Ecuador’s envoy to Peru has admitted getting into a fight - backed up by his wife - with two women he said tried to cut in front of him in a store in Lima. Peru asked Ecuador ...

mardan - Former chief minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti is facing a tough contest from PPP, PML-N and JUI-F candidates on National Assembly constituency NA-9, Mardan-1 and provincial assembly PK-23 Mardan-1. A tough contest is expected among Ameer Haider Khan Hoti and PPP candidate Shazia Aurangzeb, ...

  peshawar   After fielding a strong candidate for National Assembly seat NA-23 Kohistan, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam is flexing its muscle to win this lone seat of National Assembly and three seats of Provincial Assembly. However its rival Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz  (PML-N) is also ...

KARACHI - A tough contest is likely between candidates of Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz in NA-258 constituency of Malir in forthcoming national elections. Three provincial seats of PS-128, PS-129 and PS-130 also fall in this national assembly constituency. PPP is ...

LAHORE - Pakistan tennis ace and the star Davis Cupper Aisamul Haq will be lodging an official complaint with the ITF against the unjust and biased decision of referee who was officiating the Pakistan and New Zealand Davis Cup tie at a neutral venue of Myanmar. Addressing a press conference at ...

GUWAHATI  - India said Monday it is deploying drones over a reserve to safeguard the rare one-horned rhino from poachers. The unmanned aerial vehicle gives patrols a new strategic advantage with an eye in the sky, allowing access into previously unreachable areas and a safe view of illegal ...

BRUSSELS  - The fight against HIV AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria will cost some $87 billion (67 billion euros) between 2014-16 if the three scourges are to be kept in check, a report showed Monday. The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said it estimated $87 billion was needed ...

LAHORE – Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi has asked the departments concerned to continue anti-polio campaign in the province as well as motive the parents to protect the future of their children by getting polio drops administered to them.  “Polio is a dangerous disease ...

NEW DELHI (AFP) - India’s ruling Congress will fight the 2014 general elections under the leadership of party president Sonia Gandhi and octogenarian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a senior party leader said Saturday. The issue of whom the embattled Congress will project as premier has become ...

LAHORE - Reasonable projections could be made for some constituencies but overall the elections are always unpredictable. The uncertainty, this time too, has led almost all the big players to stand for more than one seat to maximise their chances of entry to the parliament. Another less plausible ...

CHINIOT - Speakers at a function highlight the students’ role in the fight against drugs and stressed the need for their proactive role in creating awareness against drug addiction. They were addressing the second Annual Inter-Schools Debate Contest held at Govt Girls High School Satellite ...

Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that cooperation among the South Asian countries is vital to fight terrorism.Addressing the 8th SAFMA conference here in Lahore on Wednesday‚ he said that cooperation among the regional countries is essential for elimination of terrorism.He said ...

The past four-and-a-half-year data reveal that the crime surged in the country. In 2008, 592,503 offences were registered whereas the number crossed 673,750 in 2011.The statistics indicate that during four years, 136,470 vehicles (worth Rs 68.20 billion) were lifted / snatched from different parts ...

TRIPOLI (Reu-ters) - Libya marked the first anniversary of its “liberation” of Muammar Gaddafi’s rule on Tuesday, but ongoing fighting in one of the dictator’s former stronghold overshadowed celebrations.The oil-producing country was declared “liberated” a few ...

Constant cacophony and controversy have confounded the Balochistan issue. The more we delve in debates and discussions, more doubts and distractions surround the problem. The politicians have been crying themselves hoarse over the injustices done to Balochistan, especially by General (retd) Pervez ...

PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister Bashir Ahmad Bilour has said that Awami National Party (ANP) was committed to fight against terrorism and extremism in the province at any cost.He called for devising a joint strategy to bring peace and stability in the country, and urged the relevant ...

Western Muslims can be sometimes harshly critical about happenings in the Muslim East. More productive, perhaps, would be if they can strive to be the harshest critics of their own status in the West.Some hard questions are unavoidable. Why, despite funds, facilities, freedoms, sizeable stay and ...

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has emphasised that Pakistani nation needs to rededicate itself to the ideals of national unity and harmony in the spirit of September 6th to confront the present day challenges.Addressing the Defence Day celebrations here at Joint Staff Headquarters in ...

Punjab Minister for Law Rana Sanaullah on Friday asked Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa to fight with the federal government for the rights of the people of Punjab because price-hike, loadshedding and inefficiency had made life miserable in the province. Commenting on a recent statement of ...

ISLAMABAD - Contrary to the unopposed elections for the slots of Senate chairman and deputy chairman, the Upper House of the Parliament is likely see a tough and heated contest for the leader of opposition between the incumbent, Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri from JUI-F, and PML-N candidate Senator ...

: The Nation Monitoring: KATHMANDU – The Nepal Army is going to organise sports competition with the purpose of increasing mutual relations among armies of South Asian region, reported The Himalyan Times.At a press meet organised by the Nepal Army here on Thursday, it was said that the ...

WASHINGTON - Israel “shall prevail” if forced to fight Iran, “an evil, cruel and morally corrupt regime” bent on controlling the Middle East, Israeli President Shimon Peres said in Washington Sunday.His speech to a powerful pro-Israel lobby charged up the atmosphere for ...

LAHORE – Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that an effective strategy, in the form of close coordination between departments, has been devised to prevent the possible outbreak of dengue. A Cabinet committee has also been formed in this regard, he added. The committee is also assisting in ...

LONDON  - Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar called on her British counterpart William Hague on Tuesday in London during her two-day official visit. During the meeting both the leaders discussed security situation in South Asia, particularly in Afghanistan and relations of Pakistan and ...

GEORGE MONBIOTThe ancient Greeks, unlike the Jews or the Christians, invested their deities with human failings. Divine judgment, they believed, was neither flawless nor dispassionate. In the hands of Zeus, the thunderbolt was both an instrument of justice and a weapon of jealousy and revenge.The ...

FAISALABAD - Pakistanis society has been badly affected by the ghost of terrorism since last one decade in general and over the last three years in particular. More than 3,000 terrorism incidents have taken place across the country in which thousands of innocent Pakistanis have been killed while ...