NEW DELHI  - Actress Sushmita Sen and Pakistani cricketer Wasim Akram rubbished reports suggesting that they are planning to tie the knot and asked the media to respect their privacy.Earlier some reports had stated that the duo are planning to get married after seeing each other for a couple ...

NEW YORK (AFP) - A four-year-old American boy shot and wounded a six-year-old friend in the head Tuesday, police said, the second such accident involving children in a day. Police in the New Jersey town of Toms River said the young boy took a .22 caliber rifle and shot his friend at a distance of ...

Pakistan's Ambassador to Washington Sherry Rehman congratulating Senator John Kerry on his confirmation as the US secretary of state said her country looks forward to working with him.In a statement she said Pakistan looks forward to working with Senator Kerry and his team at a time of challenging ...

ARIFWALA - Friend’s Group and its allies made a clean sweep in the Tehsil Bar Association Arifwala (TBAA) election.As per detail, the Friends Group and its allies including United Group, Justice Lawyer Group and sweep the annual election held here the other day. Friend’s candidate Abrar ...

NEW DELHI  - The boyfriend of a 23-year-old woman who died after a brutal gang rape on a New Delhi bus spoke out Friday for the first time about the savage attack that has sparked protests across the nation and his own trauma over his inability to save her.The 28-year-old man, who suffered a ...

WASHINGTON - Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman has welcomed the nomination of Senator John Kerry as the next US secretary of state, calling him a ‘steadfast’ friend of her country."We welcome news of the nomination of Senator John F Kerry as the next US Secretary ...

Looks like Huma Yusuf and Moeed Yusuf team has been terribly busy for some time, composing their articles ‘The bigger picture’ and ‘Eternal wait for review’ which finally appeared in Dawn of March 5. As usual, the main thrust of their articles, as the headings suggest, is ...

LAHORE – The Supreme Court of Pakistan was told on Thursday the main accused in the gang-rap case was a friend of Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, therefore, the Faisalabad police was not arresting him.A two-member bench comprising Justice Jawad S. Khawaja and Justice Amir Muslim Hani ...

AHMAD AHMADANIISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Water and Power Syed Naveed Qamar is bent upon to get his blue-eyed buddy elevated as top man of the sole power purchasing agency of the country, sources said on Saturday. “Members of Board of Directors (BoD) of Central Power Purchasing ...

In his book, entitled Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortensen, an American who grew up in Tanzania where his parents were missionaries, describes the hospitality and friendliness of the people in Pakistan’s northern areas. He was taken in and treated as one of them when he had been injured and was ...

Memo to the new leaders of Libya: If you’re trying to establish a democratic, internationally recognised state founded on the rule of law, it’s a very bad idea to seek governance advice from the modern successor to Idi Amin.In one of the more incongruous diplomatic visits in recent ...

PRINCE Harry rushed to help a friend who was mugged while they were speaking on the phone, it has been reported. The royal heard the robbery taking place and drove to Battersea, South West London, to try and help Thomas van Straubenzee. Harry couldn't locate his friend and so visited the local ...

LAHORE - Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif has said that China is a great friend of Pakistan and Pak-China friendship is time tested. He expressed these views during a meeting with 7-member delegation of Chinese investors led by Mr. Yen Li, Chairman Tnegzhong Group of China on Saturday. Secretary Advisory ...

BASEL (Switzerland) (AFP) Roger Federer puts an 18-match win streak at his home Swiss Indoors tournament on the line Saturday against old school friend Marco Chiudinelli in the semi-finals. The dream scenario in the hometown of both men will be the first for the pair in their tennis careers. ...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Robert Redford mourned the death of Paul Newman, describing his former co-star as "a real friend" whose life had left the world a better place, in comments reported Saturday. Redford, 72, who starred alongside Newman in beloved Hollywood classics "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance ...

IT was an emotional reunion for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his childhood friend from Pakistan Raja Mohammed Ali as they met on Friday after nearly six decades, reports Indian media. Ali, a native of Singh's ancestral Gah village in Pakistan's Punjab, was his classmate and as well ...