Believe it or not, but summer temperatures in Lahore and other inland cities were not as high as they are these days. The reason, perhaps, is the mindless commercialisation that over a period of time, has taken toll of the magnificent shade-laden trees and parks that had given the Punjab metropolis ...

LAHORE  - Hot and dry weather will prevail in the country while the Met Office has forecast scattered dust-storm with isolated rain-thunderstorm for Islamabad, upper Punjab (Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sargodha divisions), upper Khyber PK (Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat divisions), ...

ISLAMABAD-Losers and news aspirants are keeping their fingers crossed to contest by-elections of NA-48 Islamabad most likely to be vacated by PTI President Makhdoom Javed Hashmi amidst all likelihood of his retaining his Multan constituency NA-149.Traditionally a right-wing dominated constituency ...

ISTANBUL : Two Brazilian tourists died Monday and 23 other people were hurt after two hot-air balloons collided in a beauty spot in central Turkey, officials said.The accident occurred over Cappadocia's sculpted rock formations when one balloon collided with the basket of another balloon above and ...

The UK is investigating MQM supremo Altaf Hussain for his speech on Tuesday, not for his saying that Karachi should be separated from Pakistan, but for alleged hate speech, in which he is supposed to have threatened the protesters at Teen Talwar with violence. The Teen Talwar protesters were ...

Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country for the next 48 hours, forecast the Meteorological Department on Wednesday.  However, dust-thunderstorm with light rain is likely at isolated places of Northeast Punjab (Gujranwala, Lahore, Rawalpindi divisions) and Kashmir, ...

Pakistan's elections remained hot topic of discussion among the guests at a diplomatic reception hosted by the ambassador of Netherlands to Pakistan Gajus Scheltema to mark the investiture of His Majesty King Willem- Alexander.Caretaker Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Sohail Wajahat H. ...

our staff reportergujranwala - Amid the strong position of both the Pakistan People’s Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-N, the PTI has also emerged as a strong political force in the district which is administratively divided into seven National Assembly and 14 Punjab Assembly ...

LAHORE With no significant rain-giving system approaching the country in next 2-3 days, the weather is likely to turn oppressive due to increase in temperature.According to the experts, a trough of westerly wave lies over Afghanistan and adjoining western parts of the country. On Friday, ...

karachiFormer MNA and PPP leader Khalid Khan Lund has announced to quit the party and contest election as independent candidate against PPP’s Mahar. After a meeting of the PPP leadership with the Mahar and Lund groups of Ghotki at the residence of Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Wednesday, both sides ...

KARACHI - Met Office has forecast hot and dry weather in City with maximum temperature range of 34 to 36 degrees centigrade on Sunday. Hot and dry weather has also been forecast for Mirpurkhas, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Larkana divisions. On Saturday, the highest maximum temperature of 40.5 degrees ...

AHMEDPUR EAST - Pakistan People's Party candidates from NA-183 Bahawalpur-1 and NA-184(Bahawalpur-2), Arif Aziz Sheikh and Mrs Khadija Warran respectively were caught in trouble as Arif Aziz Sheikh's case is under trial in Supreme Court due to his dual nationality while Mrs Khadija Warran's husband ...

KARACHI – Various political and religious parties are eyeing, with confidence, the National Assembly seat NA-250 of Karachi and it become a hot cake for all the contenders contesting from the said constituency.NA-250 considers favorite among political parties-Pakistan Peoples Party PPP, ...

VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Pope Francis I faces a formidable to-do list as the new head of a Roman Catholic Church hit hard by sex abuse scandals, internal bickering and growing secularism in Europe. His predecessor Benedict XVI resigned abruptly last month, ending an eight-year reign that was often ...

LOS ANGELES  - US athletes were quick to denounce the Connecticut school massacre, but a string of shootings involving star players indicates that many are avid gun owners who pack their heat wherever they go.The shootings have alarmed fans and drawn the wrath of league commissioners like ...

KARACHI - The Met Office has forecast hot and dry weather with misty morning in the City during next 24 hours. According to the weather report, maximum temperature in the port City would remain in the range of 34C to 36C and minimum in the range of 21C to 23C during next 24 hours.It added that ...

KARACHI  - The Met Office has forecast hot and dry weather with misty morning in the City during the next 24 hour, said a weather report issued on Monday.According to the weather report, maximum temperature in the port city would remain in the range of 34 to 36 degree centigrade and minimum in ...

KARACHI   - The City is likely to witness hot and dry weather on Tuesday, said the Met Office. According to the weather report, maximum temperature in port City would remain in the range between 36 to 38 degree centigrade and minimum in the range of 23 to 25 degree centigrade during next 24 ...

Four people were killed and 28 injured, including eight seriously, when a hot air balloon crashed and caught fire early Thursday south of Ljubljana, authorities said. There was no information about the dead but the injured included two British citizens and two Italians, "all of whom have been ...

The Met Office has forecast hot and dry weather with gusty winds in the metropolis for next 24 hours. Maximum temperature will remain in the range of 35 to 37 degrees celsius.  As per details, heat wave will persist across the country during next few days and weather will be very hot and dry, ...

ISLAMABAD - Hot temperature in Islamabad is giving way to increase the number of gastro-patients. According to statistics, about 5568 gastro-patients were brought to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences during the last forty-five days, such that fifty percent of the patients were women, while ...

KARACHI - The Met office has forecast a hot and dry weather in the metropolis for next 24 hours. The maximum temperature will remain in the range of 37 to 39 degrees celsius.  According to met office, dry and hot weather would persist during next few days and temperature would rise in most ...

 KARACHI - The Met Office has forecast hot and dry weather in the metropolis for the next 24 hours. The minimum and maximum temperature will remain in the range of 22 to 24 and 36 to 38 degrees celsius, respectively.  Hot and dry weather with chances of dust/storm in Larkana division of ...

LAHORE – Obedience always gets! The ‘like-minded’ police officers, retired judges and their relatives are being facilitated by the PML-N led Punjab Government in one way or the other. By making cosmetic surgery of the rules and regulations, the government has provided 19 Lahore ...

KARACHI - Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Tuesday vowed to bring former president Pervez Musharraf back to the country through Interpol over his alleged negligence in not providing proper security to Benazir Bhutto, as he unveiled the report of a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) formed by the ...

SAN FRANCISCO - It was the sort of visit made for cameras, but President Barack Obama’s stop at a Chinese restaurant came under scrutiny on Friday after the menu showed that it served shark fin.Obama, in San Francisco for fund-raisers, on Thursday surprised and delighted lunch-time diners ...

ISLAMABAD - Ushna Suhail, national ladies and junior champion once again proved her superiority by defeating all the leading women players in the trials matches conducted here at Senator Dilawar Abbas Tennis Complex for the selection of Pakistan Fed Cup team which will to China to play against the ...

ISLAMABAD - The top political and military leadership of the country has expressed commitment to the countrys role in the war against terror but at the same time reiterated its stance to keep the national interests supreme while dealing with any issue. Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and ...

ISLAMABAD - The top bosses of Ministry of Interior dealing with Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) are again flexing their muscles to make Additional Director General FIA, Zafar Ahmed Qureshi, leading investigator in NICL scam, controversial by pitching a junior office against him, TheNation learnt ...

ISLAMABAD (Online) - Pir Sohawa, a picnic spot located on the Margalla Hills in the capital city, has become a hot spot for Iftaris for people of all walks of life A large number of people, families, friends, and individuals were witnessed having Iftari dinner throughout Ramzan in Monal restaurant ...