LEEDS - Daniel Vettori's hopes of making a return to Test cricket in New Zealand's series finale with England in Leeds ultimately came to nothing after he was ruled out on Thursday. Former captain Vettori hasn't played a Test for nearly a year, mainly because of Achilles trouble, and was only ...

ISLAMABAD- Nishtar Football Club and Muhammdan FC played out a 1-1 draw in the DFA Rawalpindi A League soccer match played here at Municipal Football Stadium on Tuesday. Nishtar got well-deserving lead in the seventh minute of the first half through striker Adnan who scored a brilliant solo goal ...

ISLAMABAD- Pakistan Judo Federation (PJF) will organise the third talent hunt programme both for men and women from June 2-4 at Qayyum Stadium Peshawar. PJF secretary Masood Ahmed said all the affiliated units of PJF including Army, Wapda, Railways, Police, Navy, HEC, Punjab, Islamabad, KPK and ...

ISLAMABAD - APP  - Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) would hold a pre-budget seminar on May 21 at 3.00 p.m. at SDPI office to address the challenges of economic growth in finalizing fiscal budget 2013-14.The seminar, title `Agenda for Stabilization and Economic Growth’ ...

Good news for philatelic community, that Pakistan Post has decided to hold a 3-day exhibition of Pakistani postage stamps, starting June 24. The spokesman and additional director general (operations) Fazal Sattar Khan announced the exhibition during a meeting of philatelic community's advisory ...

LAHORE  - The Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts and Accessories Manufacturers has decided to launch its annual three-day Pakistan Auto Show from March 6, 2014 at the Expo Centre, Lahore, showcasing the achievements of Pakistan’s automotive industry and auto parts manufacturing ...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said that his party will protest against the murder of Zehra Shahid Hussain in Karachi on Monday.In a video message Sunday Imran Khan said Altaf Hussain was responsible for the killing of Zehra Shahid Hussain.He said PTI would hold a protest ...

BEIJING - During his first international trip as a government head, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will pay official visits to India, Pakistan, Switzerland and Germany from May 19 to 27."Li's visit is an important diplomatic activity of the new Chinese government towards neighboring countries and ...

RAWALPINDI - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is seemingly still in the state of shock over its election defeat in Rawalpindi as the would-be Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has expressed his surprise over the party defeat in the city where people used to shower flowers on their leader ...

KARACHI - The Sindh government has said that it cannot hold repolling on certain polling stations in NA-250 of Karachi on May 19 due to security reasons, reported a private TV channel on Wednesday night.The provincial government wrote a letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan, excusing from ...

  karachi The Muttahida Qaumi Movement by winning 15 national and 33 provincial seats has succeeded in retaining its hold on urban pockets of Sindh province. According to unofficial results, MQM candidate Iqbal Muhammad has been winning from NA-256, Nabil Gabol from NA-246, Rehan Hashmi from ...

BULAWAYO - The first-ever Twenty20 at the Queens Sports Club ground in Bulawayo was a thriller with the home team squeezing home by six runs. Zimbabwe fought back mightily when it mattered and Bangladesh imploded just when they could smell the win. The visitors collapsed from 120 for 1 in the 15th ...

ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Deaf Sports Association (IDSA) will going to organise All Pakistan Football and Swimming Deaf Championships here at Pakistan Sports Complex Jinnah Stadium and Swimming Pool from May 25 to 27. Talking to The Nation here on Wednesday, IDSA secretary Tauseef Ahmed said: “We ...

islamabad - In his maiden appearance before public in party’s ongoing election campaign, Pakistan People's Party chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday vowed to rout the remnants of military ruler Ziaul Haq on May 11 as he believed his party would hold on to power in elections. Addressing a ...

ISLAMABAD - Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) Football Club earned a well-contested 1-1 draw against two-time AFC President's Cup champions Dordoi Bishkek of Kyrgyzstan in the opening match of the AFC President's Cup 2013 at the Cebu City Sports Centre. Talking exclusively to this scribe, media ...

KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s ruling coalition retained its 56-year hold on power, the country’s Election Commission said early Monday, but a bitter opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim refused to concede defeat.The commission said the ruling Barisan Nasional (National Front) coalition led by ...

ISLAMABAD - Young people dominate electoral demography of the country and hold the key to unlock rusted governance on May 11, said Zafarullah Khan, Executive Director of Centre for Civic Education at Youth Festival arranged to encourage youth participation at Department of History, Quaid-i-Azam ...

LAHORE  - In yet another surprise move, the Punjab police declared a state of general hold-up for two hours across the Punjab province on Thursday, intensifying snap checking and search for suspected persons.Police officials said that on the orders of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab, ...

Sadia Riaz Sehole - If life is a chaotic inferno then to-live-or-not is the puzzle that preoccupies my mind amidst the never ending tug-of-war between life and death. I am sure the same abysmal impasse has taken hold of many because they too are the product of the century that was greeted by the ...

PULI ALAMAfghan village elders negotiated with the Taliban Tuesday to try to win the release of a group of foreign hostages, officials said, but no progress was reported so far.The insurgents seized eight Turks, a Russian, a Kyrgyz man and an Afghan after their civilian helicopter made a forced ...

The Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has said that that the caretaker government is focusing on holding free, fair, transparent and credible elections in the country and would extend all possible assistance to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in the conduct of elections. The Premier ...

LAHORE -  PIA management fears foreign airlines could assert a hold on certain international routes due to delay in procurement of A-320 planes, sources in the national flag carrier said on Sunday. According to the business plan prepared by the PIA chairman, five A-320 planes were to be ...

Islamabad - In an unprecedented move against an ex-army chief, former president Pervez Musharraf, who fled the Islamabad High Court on Thursday after cancellation of his bail in judges' detention case, surrendered before Islamabad Police on Friday.Later, a judicial magistrate granted him two days ...

bahawalpur:-The LHC Bahawalpur Bench has granted a stay order against the recent increase in fees by Sadiq Public School here. Earlier, Parents Action Committee Sadiq Public School Bahawalpur office-bearers including Jamshed Karim, Khurshid Ahmad and Riaz Ahmad through Nadeem Iqbal Advocate had ...

KARACHI - Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology in collaboration with Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys Association (AMUOBA) and Aligarh Institute of Technology is holding a condolence meeting for Late SSUET Chancellor Engineer ZA Nizami on April 17 (tomorrow). The meeting would be ...

ISLAMABAD  - Pakistani delegation, led by Aizaz A Chaudhry, Additional Foreign Secretary (UN & EC), held seventh round of Pakistan-China bilateral consultations in Beijing on Monday. Chinese delegation was led by Qui Guohong, Director General for External Security Department of the ...

LONDON - Manchester City withstood a valiant fightback from Chelsea to win a gripping FA Cup semi-final 2-1 at Wembley Stadium on Sunday and knock the holders out of the competition. Goals in each half from Samir Nasri and Sergio Aguero put City in control, but Chelsea replied through Demba Ba, ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt’s central bank will hold an exceptional foreign exchange auction for $600 million on Sunday to cover strategic imports such as wheat, meat and cooking oil, it said in a statement.The auction is 15 times the size of the three $40 million currency auctions the ...

ISLAMABAD - Army and CDA played out a draw in their Patron’s Trophy Grade-II 2012-13 Group B match played here at Army cricket ground on Saturday. CDA posted 409 runs on the board for the loss of eight wickets in 99 overs in their second innings. Jamal Anwar smashed sparkling 122 while Sohail ...

LAHORE – Chief Minister Najam Sethi has said since bureaucracy plays a fundamental role in the administrative affairs of a state and its impartiality is the key to progress and prosperity of a country.“Public servants cannot deliver just sitting in the air-conditioned offices. They must ...