Warwickshire, UK Mo - A bride-to-be has organised the wedding of her dreams in just 10 days after her terminally-ill husband proposed to her.Cancer sufferer Chris Clark, 41, proposed to his girlfriend Charlotte within minutes of finding out his condition was terminal.  With the help of family ...

LAHORE/ISLAMABADOur staff reporter/APPThe World Blood Donor Day observed across the globe on Friday to encourage voluntary unpaid and safe blood donation to fill the gap in blood supplies.The focus of this year's campaign is `blood donation is a gift that saves lives'. The slogan will be "Give the ...

Punjab Emergency Service (PES) Rescue 1122 Rawalpindi imparted basic life support & fire safety orientation training to 490 police officials at Police College Sihala.The police officials have been trained through presentation, lectures, and practical station by trainers of Rescue 1122, informed ...

As a student of a public university, I come across many students on a daily basis. I have observed a sad truth, which is the fact that reading as a hobby has declined considerably in our society. Earlier this trend was found common amongst our youth and general populace, but due to advancements of ...

New York - The legendary martial arts actor has confirmed he is adapting his 1998 autobiography 'I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action' into a stage musical, which he will narrate. Speaking to reporters at a press conference in New York City yesterday (11.06.13), he said: ''We are looking for a ...

SHEIKHUPURA The district executive officer (health) has constituted an inquiry committee consisting of two doctors to probe into the death of one-year-old child who allegedly died after being administered a “wrong injection” in a private hospital. Azam had been brought to Tariq Hospital ...

LAHORE - One more measles patient died at a Lahore hospital on Sunday, taking the death toll in the provincial capital to 66. Sonia Bibi, 12, a resident of Sheikhupura, breathed her last at Mayo Hospital. As many as 43 more patients were brought to different hospitals in the City. Out of these, 18 ...

SHEIKHUPURAA three-year-old girl, suffering from measles died in DHQ Hospital late the other day. It is to be noted that more than 450 children, suffering from measles, have been admitted to DHQ Hospital over the past five months (January to May). According to details, three-year-old Shukria, ...

SAUL LANDAU  - Climate change seems to have exacerbated the stupidity of US daily life, or maybe we’ve long suffered from the consequences of the capitalist mode of production, plus the negative spin offs from the massive US war machine. Both systems feed off nature, which cannot sustain ...

LAHORE - One more measles patient died at a Lahore hospital on Saturday, taking the death toll in the provincial capital to 64.  Muhammad Adeel, 6, breathed his last at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. As many as 85 more patients were admitted to different hospitals in the City. PledgeAddressing a ...

A man, who contracted two marriages in one year, committed suicide in the Shahdara area, police sources said on Friday. The family told the police that Fakhar Abbas ended his life by hanging himself with the ceiling fan at his house in the Begum Kot area. Local residents told the police that both ...

Karachi  - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has issued a license to the Sahara Insurance Company Limited (SICL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Employees Old-age Benefits Institution (EOBI), to transact non-life insurance business in the country. With continuing ...

LAHOREScorching heat claimed a life in the provincial capital on Monday. The 40-year-old man was rushed to hospital after he fell unconscious in the Model Town courts. Eyewitnesses told the police that the man was walking on the footpath when he fell.  He was taken to hospital where doctors ...

LOS ANGELES : A US soldier convicted of killing five of his colleagues in Iraq in May 2009 was sentenced to life behind bars Thursday and dishonorably discharged. Army Sergeant John Russell was convicted earlier this week over the murders at a clinic for soldiers suffering from war-related stress ...

    LAHORE  A newly-married man ended his life after having an altercation with his wife over some domestic issue in the Nawan Kot area, police said Friday. Muhammad Afzal, said to be a factory worker, committed suicide by hanging himself with the ceiling fan at his house. The family ...

LAHORE - A 30-year-old mum ended her life after a clash with her husband over a domestic dispute, police said on Wednesday. Shabana Bibi consumed poisonous pills and was rushed to hospital where she died.The family told the police that Shabana exchanged harsh words with her husband, Khalil, at ...

LAHORE - Two men ended their lives in different parts of the City, police said on Monday. A 50-year-old man committed suicide by throwing himself under a train in the Mughalpura area. Police sources said the man, yet to be identified, threw himself under a train near Karachi railway crossing in the ...

WAH CANTT/ TAXILA -  OUR STAFF REPORTER - A number of open manholes and uncovered drains exit in Taxila, which are posing serious threat to the lives of its residents due to indifference of TMA authorities.During a few months, several persons, especially children sustained serious injuries ...

ZURICH : Swiss Life and Valiant are discussing a distribution partnership, which may include the insurer taking a stake in the bank. The tie-up would be a return to the banc assurance model once pursued by rivals such as Zurich Insurance and Winterthur, in which an insurer sells its products to a ...

LONDON  - The number of Britons who believe Queen Elizabeth II should hand over to Prince Charles before her death has increased, although a majority still think she should reign for life, an opinion poll found on Sunday.Some 53 per cent of voters said the 87-year-old monarch should resist any ...

    MARJORIE COHN More than 100 of the 166 detainees atGuantanamoare starving themselves to death. Twenty-three of them are being force-fed. “They strap you to a chair, tie up your wrists, your legs, your forehead and tightly around the waist,” Fayiz Al-Kandari told his ...

QUETTA - A shutter-down and wheel-jam strike called by the Baloch National Front against the general elections, paralysed life here and other towns of the province Thursday.The BNF - an alliance of different Baloch hardliner parties and organisations - had given the strike call from May 9 to 11 ...

KARACHI (PR): Adamjee Life debt and equity fund performance during April saw a positive trend; per unit NAVs (as of Apr 30th, 2013) are as follows:Investment Secure Fund           Bid 120.4978;    Offer 126.8398Investment Multiplier ...

MUMBAI - West Indies bating great, Sir Viv Richards had once feared that Test cricket will die down a slow death due to low turnout of fans but the advent of Twenty20 format has instilled a fresh lease of life into the game."At one point, I felt that Test cricket was dying a death all around the ...

LAHORE - Dacoits shot dead a father of four children on offering resistance during a road robbery in the Sundar area, police sources claimed on Wednesday. A bakery worker, identified as Abdul Karim, was on his way home after closing the shop late Tuesday night when two motorcyclists stopped him ...

WALES,UK: A lamb's unusual markings saved his life - because his half-black face helped a Welsh farmer spot him in his snow-covered fields. The four-week-oldTexelcross ram has been named Battenberg by the farmer's young sons, who say his stripey face reminds them of the cake. His front right leg ...

MEXICO CITY (Metro): Many of us would love to travel for free on the underground. It seems it is possible, but there’s a slight catch - we would have to be born at a station. At least that’s the case for one baby who was delivered at a station in Mexico City and has now been given the ...

LAHORE (PR): EFU Life has been conferred the Consumers Choice Award 2012 in the category of “Best Life Insurance Company of Pakistan” for the 5th consecutive year. These awards are presented every year to companies that offer products in the best interest of consumers and deliver on ...

LAHORE One more measles patient lost his life at a local hospital on Thursday, taking death toll in the City to 41. Daniyal, a resident of Shadbagh, breathed his last at Mayo Hospital. course College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) on Thursday initiated a 10 day special course ...

After the sad demise of Shahzeb Khan, we see another similar tragedy in Karachi. Hamza Ahmed, a 17 years old student was shot dead by the guard of another student of his age. This incident represents the mindset of people like Sharukh Jatoi, who can break the law whenever they want and get away ...