TAIPEI - Taiwan on Friday awarded Oscar-winning director Ang Lee a top medal of honour to recognise his achievement in the film industry after he garnered two best director Oscars.President Ma Ying-jeou conferred the highest class of the “Order of the Brilliant Star” to Lee, making him ...

LAHORE (PR): City and Guilds & Skills International Pvt Ltd recently hosted a ceremony at a local hotel for one of their students of Government College of Technology Sialkot, NaeemUl Islam who succeeded in winning prestigious Medal of Excellence by competing with learners around the globe. ...

ISLAMABAD -A Pakistani student has bagged a silver medal in international environmental competition held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The students representing 47 countries presented 123 projects in the 7th International Environmental Project Olympiad (INEPO Eurasia).Alvaz Adnan, a student of PakTurk ...

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is canceling the creation of a new military medal for drone and cyber warriors, and instead wants military leaders to develop a special pin or device that would be attached to already existing medals or ribbons.    The Distinguished Warfare ...

LAHORE - Punjab University has won Gold Medal from Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST) in a 2-day "Invention to Innovation Summit 2013". The Gold Medal was awarded to research group of Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology Dr. Amir Shafeeq, Dr. Ayyaz Muhammad and ...

Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman has been picked to receive the prestigious Smith College Medal for her ‘extraordinary achievements and outstanding service’ to her community. Ambassador Rehman is among five distinguished professionals chosen for the award ...

LAHORE The Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Islamabad (PAS) has awarded the Gold Medal 2011 to GCU Lahore VC Prof Dr Muhammad Khaleeq-ur-Rahman for his outstanding research in the field of Physics, says a press release. Every year, only one of the best scientists in each subject receives the ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE Arifa Subha Khan, a famous journalist, poetess and writer, was awarded gold medal 2011 for his services in the field of education. Former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi presented her the Dr Abdul Qadir Khan Award on behalf of the Pakistan Writers Gild while ...

LAHORE (PR) Renowned poetess and journalist Arifa Subha Khan was awarded with a Gold Medal on her services for literature, journalism and women issues by Institute of Educational Promotion on the occasion of International Women Day at Alhamra here the other day. On the same day, she was also ...

KARACHI - The Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS) has conferred PAS gold medal on Prof Dr Khalid M Khan, a senior scientist of the International Centre for Chemical & Biological Sciences (ICCBS), Karachi University (KU), in recognition of his services in the field of chemistry. Spokesman to ICCBS, ...

VANCOUVER (AFP) Canada ensured it will finish its home Olympics with more gold than anyone else Saturday as Italys Giuliano Razzoli won the slalom to condemn once-proud Austria to their worst mens alpine showing since 1936. On the penultimate day of the Vancouver Games, the Canadians had 13 gold ...

LAHORE- The Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif bestowed Gold Medal on former LCCI President Mohammad Ali Mian for his meritorious services for the cause of business community. The Medal was given to Mohammad Ali Mian at LCCI function held in connection with Independence Day celebrations. ...

LAHORE - Pakistan athlete Abdul Rasheed won silver medal in Iran's Fajr International Indoor Athletics Championship. In all three Pakistan athletes participated in 18th edition of the athletics championships scheduled on February 12 and 13 at Tehran, Iran and Abdul Rasheed won the silver medal in ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan claimed second gold medal in the 1st Asian Beach Games 2008, when green shirts overcame heavyweight Kuwait 55-38 in the final of handball competition at Bali beach, Indonesia on Saturday. Earlier, Haider Ali grabbed first gold medal for Pakistan in wrestling competitions day ...

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte reaffirmed their commitment to increase a wide-ranging and long-term strategic partnership between the two countries. In a joint statement issued from Camp Office in New York on Tuesday, during the third round of ...

BEIJING (AFP) - Novak Djokovic claimed Serbia's first ever Olympic tennis medal on Saturday while the giant-killing run of China's Li Na came shuddering to a halt. Djokovic won a slug-fest with US number one James Blake 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) to clinch the bronze medal, compensating for his ...

BEIJING - Powerhouse China piled up more success Sunday in its Olympic medal race with the United States, clinching golds in shooting, diving, and judo and a silver in the pool and on the archery ranges. After two gold medals on the opening day in shooting and women\\'s weightlifting, Guo ...

TEHRAN (AFP) - Twelve years ago, an Iranian schoolboy named Ehsan Hadadi took aim at goal in a school handball match and threw the ball with such power it broke the goalpost. His stunned sports teacher, Mr Garshasbi, was suitably impressed. "You must take part in a throwing sport," he ...