ISLAMABAD - Rawalpindi Dolphins U-19 beat Rawalpindi Hawks U-19 by three wickets in the Rawalpindi Region U-19 Talent Hunt Tournament match played here at Pindi Cricket Stadium on Friday. Batting first, Hawks were bowled out for 132 with Ahmed scoring 32 runs and Hammad 24. Other batsmen failed to ...

MULTANPakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has said that he will blow the wickets of Nawaz Sharif, Zardari and Maulana Fazlur Rehman altogether on May 11.Addressing a big election rally at Divisional Sports Ground the other day, he hurled a warning to Maulana Fazlur Rehman, saying both Nawaz ...

islamabad - Terming elections best form of accountability, Caretaker Information Minister Arif Nizami expressed the hope that the people, using the power of ballot on May 11, would elect or boot out the candidates on the basis of their performance and credibility.Responding to a question during a ...

HARAREA blazing innings of 45 from Elton Chigumbura rescued Zimbabwe as they closed on 158 for four on day two of the second and final Test against Bangladesh at Harare Sports Club on Friday.Chigumbura, who was the star with the ball in the Bangladesh first innings, put on an unbeaten 61-run stand ...

NEW YORK  -  One suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings is dead, with the other - his brother - on the run Friday, pursued by an army of law enforcement officials whose manhunt virtually shut down the Boston city after a bloody night of shooting and explosions.Authorities warned people ...

ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan leg-spin legend Abdul Qadir praised the PCB and a local mobile company for initiating fast bowlers talent hunt programme and termed it a step in the right direction.In an exclusive interview with The Nation on Monday Qadir, who was present at Bhutto Cricket Ground to ...

LILLE, France - French police were on a manhunt Sunday for a notorious armed robber who staged a dramatic prison break in northern France after briefly taking several guards hostage.Lille prosecutor Frederic Fevre said about 100 investigators were involved in the hunt for Redoine Faid, known for ...

SAN ANTONIO - American Billy Horschel, who is seeking his first career PGA Tour victory, posted a two-under 70 to maintain a two-shot lead after the third round of the Texas Open on Saturday. Horschel, who would also get an automatic berth into The Masters with a win in San Antonio, finished 54 ...

SAN ANTONIO - Billy Horschel had six birdies in a four-under par 68 on Friday to seize a two-stroke halfway lead in the US PGA Tour's $6.2 million Texas Open. Horschel's eight-under par total of 136 gave him a two-shot lead over Daniel Summerhays, Charley Hoffman and Australia's Steven Bowditch.It ...

LAHORE – Acting Punjab Inspector General of Police Khan Baig has revealed that the process to renew the police “Black Book” would be completed during this week and Top-10 Proclaimed Offenders (POs) of each district of the Punjab province are included in the book. The department ...

LAHORE – The Punjab government has said lawmen have launched a hunt for 11 members of a Karachi-based pharma firm accused of Punjab Institute of Cardiology scam. Special Assistant to CM on Health Khawaja Salman Rafique and Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah told the media on Thursday that the ...

LAHORE – The investigation police chief on Tuesday constituted two special squads to arrest the killers of a teen boy who was abducted for Rs3 million ransom. Officials said that DIG (Investigations) Chaudhry Shafique Ahmed formed two teams to arrest the culprits involved in the murder of ...

AS America marks 40 years since the last man set foot on the Moon, a scientist has launched an appeal for missing Moon rocks - after almost half of those collected have since disappeared.  As the last in a series of only 12 men to walk on the Moon and gaze back at the Earth from 250,000 miles ...

A Pakistani surgeon recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden was jailed on Wednesday for 33 years for treason, officials said. Shakeel Afridi, who was sacked as a government doctor two months ago, was found guilty under the tribal justice system of Khyber district, part of Pakistan's ...

LAHORE – Shadbagh police failed to arrest the Qari, who had tortured a 13-year-old student some 11 days back at a religious seminary, resulting in the minor’s death on Sunday last at a local hospital. According to details, the victim Muhammad Jameel, son of Muhammad Shafique, and a ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Rugby Union (PRU) president Fawzi Khawaja has said the union is holding registration and screening camps for the Pakistan national side for 2012 camps which will be held here in the city for two weeks. Talking to this scribe, Fawzi Kh said: “The camps are open to all rugby ...

SIALKOT - After years long hunt, self-confessed don of Sialkot, Yasir Cheema alias Yasira, who carried Rs1 million reward on his head, was apprehended in an early morning raid on Daska, a senior police official said on Sunday.Cheema was listed in the top ten proclaimed offenders, DPO Ali Mohsin ...

LAHORE – The two-month long karate coaching camp under the supervision of Pakistan Karate Federation (PKF) concluded here on Thursday at the Crescent Model Higher Secondary School. The camp was a part of talent hunt scheme of the PKF under which similar activities are being organised in ...

A businessman who gave a bunch of flowers to a woman he bumped into on a London street is desperately trying to track her down. Restaurant manager Thomas Blythe is determined to find the woman he knows only as Cathy or Kathy, reports the Daily Telegraph. His blog documenting the fleeting encounter ...

WASHINGTON The United States said Monday that Pakistani police, in collaboration with the FBI, are conducting a robust investigation to find abducted American development expert Warren Weinstein. (T)he Pakistani Government is cooperating fully with us in trying to find him on the civilian side, ...

THE Large Hadron Collider team will be tapping into the collective computing power of the public to help it simulate particle physics experiments. Among other pursuits, the effort could help uncover the Higgs boson. The effort, dubbed LHC@home 2.0, is a vastly updated version of a 2004 effort to ...

QUETTA (Reuters) - US forces tracked down and killed their most wanted enemy Osama bin Laden after a 10-year manhunt ended in a quiet town Abbottabad. Now who is the next? After killing the al-Qaeda leader in a May 2 raid, the US has made clear it will go after militants in Pakistan if it finds ...

CHANGE is always refreshing to the core and when it comes to your college in vibrant coloured balloons, you know it is not going to be another boring day of classes alone. Recently, I experienced one such refresher when I arrived at my college. The campus seemed to have come alive. There was an air ...

LAHORE The Capital City Traffic Police have prepared a comprehensive plan to hunt motorcyclists involved in doing wheelie on various arteries of the Punjab Capital. The Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) SSP Syed Ahmed Mobin on Saturday directed the special squads of traffic wardens to launch a massive ...

LAHORE The University of the Punjab Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran has stressed the need for harnessing hockey talent at the college and university level in order to raise the standard of the game in the country. He made these comments before Pakistan Hockey Federation Secretary Asif ...

NICE (France) (AFP) English heavyweights Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur have joined West Ham United in the race to sign Nice striker Loic Remy, the French clubs CEO Patrick Governatori revealed on Thursday. Governatori revealed that Nice were in talks with both Liverpool and Spurs and said they ...

CHANGA MANGA - In-charge Police Checkpost Bhoe Asal and other cops illegally have hunted a dear, in clear violation of Punjab Wild Life Act. Reportedly, Muhammad Ali while patrolling the area shot a rare deer with their official weapons. The Wildlife Department officials raided the spot and ...

MADRID (AFP) Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals, including a late headed winner, as Real Madrid twice came from behind to beat Osasuna 3-2 on Sunday and cut the gap on La Liga leaders Barcelona to just one point. Real got off to the worst possible start as a poor back pass by Raul Albiol allowed ...

LAHORE - The first leg of the nationwide Pakistan Racer Hunt 2009 talent program in association with Warid Glow and Bank Alfalah will now be held in Islamabad on October 18. According to Adnan Sarwar, Director Operations Racing Pakistan, the racing trials will be held using specialised racing ...

BERLIN (AFP) - Cuban Dayron Robles will take inspiration from Usain Bolt's world record-breaking performance in the 100m when he takes to the track in his own discipline, the 110m hurdles. In the absence of Athens Olympic gold medallist Liu Xiang of China, who is also defending world champion from ...