TOKYO DM   The first prototype of what's been dubbed the 'smelliphone' has been shown off by Japanese firm ChatPerf. In a video on DigInfoTV, ChatPerf demonstrates the Scentee device, which can be attached to smartphones and used to send smells to friends. The company claim it can also ...

JHANG siddiq SadiqElectioneering is in full swing here as all the candidates have finalised their panels and every one of them is claiming to be in a position to get victory by defeating his opponents while the former lawmakers who forgot the voters after elections are facing public wrath here ...

ASHRAF BUZDARDERA GHAZI KHAN - Like a large number of other candidates in Dera Ghazi Khan district, Khawja Sheraz Mehmood, a two-time MNA slot winner, is yet to decide his political affiliation though the general elections are around the corner. He is the son of former PPP MNA Khawja Kamaluddin ...

LAHORE (PR) – Shalamar Institute of Health Sciences (SIHS) Shalimar Link Road Lahore held a meeting on Wednesday. Trustees, renowned businessmen, and philanthropists from all over the city attended the gathering. Syed Babar Ali, a renowned businessman was the chief guest on this occasion. ...

WASHINGTON  - Relatives and colleagues of a young US diplomat killed in Afghanistan honored her Sunday as a smart woman just starting her career and eager to engage with locals in the war-ravaged country. Anne Smedinghoff, 25, was among at least five Americans killed in separate attacks ...

Bangladesh is a sovereign country and has every right to award anyone of its choice for contributing to its “liberation”, whether they are Indians, Americans, Russians, French, Australian, British, Swedes, Sri Lankans, Nepalese or Bhutanese. Conferring the awards 41 years later is ...

MARRAKESH  - Arab and Western states recognised the National Coalition as the sole representative of Syrians on Wednesday, as the opposition bloc urged the US to review its blacklisting of rebels.The declaration issued at a “Friends of Syria” meeting in Morocco coincided with ...

LAHORE – The Friends Group has won the election of APP Employees Union Punjab; and Naeem Khan Niazi has been elected as the president and Bashir Ahmad Lashari as the general secretary for the session 2012-14.The polling was simultaneously held in Lahore, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Sialkot and ...

Altaf Hussain said on a private TV channel that PML-N as a political party, are dacoit of South Punjab’s rights. This preposterous claim does not behoove a leader of his stature and smacks of stark provincialism. On the contrary, it is PPP and the MQM combined that have usurped the rights of ...

ISTANBUL  - Western and Arab nations called Sunday for Syria's Bashar al-Assad to be given a deadline to meet the terms of a peace plan as fresh clashes in a year-long uprising claimed another 40 lives.An international conference in Istanbul by "Friends of Syria" countries also urged the ...

LAHORE – Three people including a woman have been  gunned down in two different incidents in the City, police said on Monday. In the first incident, four gunmen riding on two motorcycles opened straight fire with automatic weapons on two friends while they were standing outside a house ...

M K BHADRAKUMARThe world community can heave a sigh of relief since there might not be an outbreak of wars led by the United States between now and November. That was one message of President Barack Obama’s press conference in the White House on Tuesday.Obama spoke on the two Middle Eastern ...

The nations that make up the Friends of Syria group will call Friday for the United Nations to begin planning a Syria peacekeeping mission once the regime agrees to a cease-fire, a senior diplomat said. The United States, European and Arab nations were set to demand that Syrian President Bashar ...

LAHORE – APML founder Gen Pervez Musharraf, who at the moment is mainly banking on the support of the ex-servicemen, is likely to make an announcement in Dubai this week to defer his comeback plan. He is doing this following a sincere advice by his loyalists, TheNation has learnt. Sources in ...

Important political developments could be witnessed before the general elections as political parties are adjusting their positions in line with the prevailing scenario. The All Pakistan Muslim League chief Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf and Tehrik-e-Insaf leader Imaran Khan are being persuaded by ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER RAHIM YAR KHAN The Founders Group and the Friends Business Forum, the opposition groups of the Rahim Yar Khan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, are at daggers drawn after a violent brawl in the chambers annual general meeting. The brawl which lasted for over an hour, broke out ...

LAHORE It should be a matter of great satisfaction for the nation that ultimately the government has taken a stance on the Osama Bin Laden issue which is quite justified and logical. Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said at a news conference that any country that again seeks to raid its territory ...

DOLPHINS that herd fish into waiting nets, birds that guide hungry tribesmen to bee hives full of honey and eagles that capture fast moving prey for human hunters are to be revealed as some of mankinds best friends in the animal kingdom. The ability of dogs to fetch a pair of slippers, assist the ...

MUMBAI Controversys favourite child, Pakistani pace ace Shoaib Akhtar has always consulted his doctor friend Tauseef Razaq whenever the former has undergone any medical treatment in Pakistan or abroad. However, when Shoaib Akhtar recently underwent liposuction cosmetic surgery, performed by Dr ...

LAHORE - A Chinese delegation led by former foreign minister, Li Zhaoxing met Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif at Chief Ministers Secretariat, here on Sunday. Chinese Ambassador in Pakistan Luo Zhaohui, Senior Advisor Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa, Senator Pervez Rashid, Member National Assembly ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Pakistan is confident its nuclear assets will not fall into militant hands because it is constantly reviewing security and getting help from friendly countries, a senior defence official said on Sunday. We are very confident, Defence Secretary Syed Athar Ali told Reuters in an ...

Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Friday that Friends of Pakistan (FoDP) have pledged up to 5.28 bn dollars to help stabilise Pakistan in Tokyo ministerial meeting. Talking to a private TV, the foreign minister thanked all donor countries who extended their support to Pakistan ...

JUST five weeks old, these twin baby leopards are as inquisitive as they are adorable - which is how theyve made friends with a baby orang-utan. Solka and his sister Chant go to Rishi, aged one, for warm cuddles in his already long fur. The pair, both African leopards were born at The Institute of ...

KARACHI - The Sindh government has prepared a list of development projects to be presented before the coming meeting of the Friends of Pakistan Forum, scheduled to meet in Tokyo next month, officials told The Nation. The projects ranging from mines and mineral to education and health sectors ...

A meeting of a group called the Friends of Pakistan will meet in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi on November 17 to decide on economic aid for the country, an official travelling with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday. "The meeting will take place on November 17 in Abu ...

Six people were injured Sunday in a car bomb blast suspected to be the work of the Basque separatist organisation ETA in Spain's northern Basque town of Ondarroa, officials said. The blast which went off in front of a police station "injured six people, three policemen and three ...

IT'S an unlikely partnering, but a lonely chicken has struck up an extraordinary friendship with a cat. In another life, Snowy the cat would surely be chasing chicken Gladys round the farm they both live on. But against all the odds, the pair have become firm friends - even lavishing affection ...

ISLAMABAD - President General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf has asked his time-tested friends minus the Chaudhries to launch a counter offensive against the government's 'non-governance' on key issues especially mishandling of the economy. According to well-placed sources, Musharraf invited his ...

ISLAMABAD - President Pervez Musharraf has started consultations with his close friends over his resignation and post-resignation issues, sources privy to the developments revealed this to Waqt News while requesting anonymity.  The sources close to the President said the first formal advice ...

Renowned scientist Dr. Abdul Qadir Khan Wednesday visited the Academy of Sciences here and met with his old friends including Misbah-ur-Rehman. He was accorded tight security on the occasion.He spent about three hours in the academy, Geo News reported.