MOSCOW - Russia’s federal guard service launched an investigation after photos appeared in the media of a disgraced former employee posing behind Vladimir Putin’s desk in the Kremlin, an official said Tuesday.Pictures of the man, named Alexei Ustimchuk, sitting diminutively behind the ...

CANNES, France - ‘Harry Potter’ star Emma Watson abandons magic for pole-dancing and cat burglary in Sophia Coppola’s latest movie, one of two Cannes contenders Thursday with twists on the girls-gone-wild theme.’The Bling Ring’ is based on true events in fame-fixated ...

  KABUL :Afghanistan’s education minister has threatened to punish schoolgirls who claim to suffer from alleged “poisonings” that many officials believe are actually temporary psychological illnesses. Scores of girls’ schools over recent years have seen mysterious mass ...

MALAKAND - Junaid Iqbal - Dwellers of the area on Tuesday demanded the high-ups of the Education Department to appoint a science teacher in the Government Girls High School Malakand. They said that the Education Department transferred the lonely female science teacher of the school to the ...

LONDON: A musical based on the meteoric rise of British pop band The Spice Girls that was mauled by the critics is closing six months after its premiere in London, the show’s producer said. The brainchild of “Mamma Mia!” creator Judy Craymer, “Viva Forever” was loosely ...

ISLAMABAD Pakistan Social Association (PSA) has trained nearly 300 girls nationwide during the last three weeks in an effort to enable young girls to catch up with the advancement around the globe.These young girls were awarded certificates during a colourful event and toppers were presented with ...

LAHORE - The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has introduced National U-16 Inter-club Girls’ Football Championship which will be played here from June 17 to start a comprehensive football activity for girls at early level. “The PFF wants to engage girls at grass root level and this ...

Traders and members of civil society have threatened to launch a protest campaign against the decision to close girls college of Naurang Town Talking to journalists on Wednesday, Naurang Shopkeeper Union President Haji Amanullah, Vice President Gulab Khattak, General Secretary Younas Khan, advocate ...

SWAT - The girls of different schools of the Swat valley on Tuesday vowed that they would continue Malala Yousafzai’s mission. They said they would struggle hard for girls education in the country. Talking to this scribe, they said they were inspired from the bravery of Malala and would ...

PESHAWAR - Following a six months skill development training, a local Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) distributed sewing machines and course completion certificates among 30 poor girls here on Thursday.The sewing machines were distributed in a function held at a training centre of the FLOWERS ...

LAHORE - Girls again outshined boys in academics at the 11th Convocation of the Government College University (GCU) as they clinched top positions in 17 of 27 disciplines at BA/BSc (Hons) level, while boys as usual shined in co-curricular activities and sports.Vice chancellor Dr Khaleequr Rahman ...

PESHAWAR  - A girls’ school teacher was killed in a drive-by shooting on Tuesday in a Khyber tribal district on the Afghan border, officials said.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but the militants are particularly opposed to girls’ education in the ...

ARIFWALA - Two girls were abducted from different areas in separate incidents here on Thursday. According to police, Samina Bibi, daughter of Muhammad Shahid was kidnapped from her house by accused Taj Deen while daughter of a laborer Muhammad Tahir was abducted by accused Iftekhar Ahmed and ...

GIRLS Aloud have denied rumours that they will representing the UK at this year’s Eurovision song contest as fresh whispers emerge that they will split for good after their upcoming arena tour.Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberly Walsh are ready to call it a ...

OKARA - Three young girls were abducted from different areas in separate incidents here the district the other day. According to the police, the first incident took place in 39/A 4L where five accused abducted Allah Rakhi, daughter of Abdul Latif at gunpoint. The accused were identified as Naeem, ...

OKARA - Three young girls were abducted from different areas in separate incidents here the district the other day. According to the police, the first incident took place in 39/A 4L where five accused abducted Allah Rakhi, daughter of Abdul Latif at gunpoint. The accused were identified as Naeem, ...

KHANEWAL – Government Degree College for Women Abdul Hakeem is functional without basic facilities like electricity, gas, furniture, hostel and playground and the students are getting education in the classrooms that are without doors and having incomplete walls due to shortage of funds. It ...

KHYBER AGENCY - Two minor girls were killed and five others sustained splinter injuries in mortar shell hit here at Godmalang, Aka Khail area of tehsil Bara.Official and local sources said on Tuesday that last evening minor girl students were returning to their homes after attending classes in a ...

KHYBER AGENCY - Two minor girls were killed and five others sustained splinter injuries in mortar shell hit here at Godmalang, Aka Khail area of tehsil Bara.Official and local sources said on Tuesday that last evening minor girl students were returning to their homes after attending classes in a ...

Khyber agency - A government-run girls middle school was dynamited by militants here in Baqarabad area of Tehsil Jamrud, official and local sources said Monday. Sources said late on Sunday night an explosive device planted by militants at Government Girls Middle School Moweez Kaley went off with a ...

Ten young girls were killed when a landmine exploded while they were collecting firewood in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Monday, officials said.The girls, aged between nine and 11, died when one of them accidentally struck the mine with an axe, Chaparhar district governor Mohammad ...

KAMOKE/MANDI BAHAUDDIN/HAFIZABAD - Three persons including two girls were killed and six injured in separate incidents of violence and road mishaps over the past 24 hours.In the first incident occurred in Kamoke, a cruel father axed his elder daughter to death. According to detail Shahbaz, a ...

JHANG - At least eight people including a woman and three minor girls were killed while 16 others sustained multiple injuries in separate mishaps occurred in different areas of Jhang during last 24 hours. In accident that took place on Jhang-Faisalabad Road near Mochiwala Police Station claimed ...

OKARA - Two young girls were abducted from different places here the other day. Reportedly the first incident that took place in 23/1/AL. Nazia, sister-in-law of Taj son of Sharif, was abducted by nine persons including Flak Sher, Riaz, Mukhtar, Ramzan etc. In another incident in Sarai Amer Singh ...

ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad Model College for Girls I-8/3 has been functioning without budget allocations, teaching and non-teaching staff and infrastructure since its inception. Insufficient and borrowed teaching and non-teaching staff has been running the college affairs.The then Federal ...

KARACHI - Sindh Throw Ball Association U-19 Girls Championship will begin today (Thursday) here at Habib Girls School, Garden Road. As many as 28 schools and colleges are expected to participate in the competition. STA secretary M Arshad Siddiqui will act as organising secretary.

IT’S been 10 years since they hit the limelight with their very first hit single Sound Of The Underground.But Girls Aloud are still as popular as ever, as they showed today while celebrating their milestone anniversary.A very toned Kimberley Walsh led the way as she joined bandmates Cheryl ...

GIRLS Aloud have confirmed their return by relaunching their official website.The band has created a ten-day countdown with the backdrop “Ten” in the lead-up to their tenth anniversary. The countdown launched at 10am on October 9. Girls Aloud reunited at Cheryl Cole’s solo arena ...

SHEIKHUPURA - The Government College for Women Bhiki is being affiliated with the Punjab University and now the college will be authorised to send admissions of BA students to the Punjab University. College Principal Dr Sadia Afzal said this while talking to this scribe here the other day. She said ...

BANNU - Unidentified militants Wednesday blew up a government-run girls primary school; however, no loss of life in the incident was reported. The militants planted explosives at the wall of the school in Mandiyo area in Bannu city outskirts. The blast in Meryan Police remits went off with a loud ...