ISLAMABAD : People from different walks of life have welcomed the government's landmark decision to make Railways economically viable by converting it into a corporation run by a board of directors comprising professionals and experts. Announcing the widely-acclaimed decision to improve Railways, ...

WARSAW (UPI):-A communist-era opposition activist in Poland faces as much as a year in prison for throwing a pie in a judge's face during a hearing. Former Polish Interior Minister Czeslaw Kiszczak is being tired for a fifth time in the govt's killing of nine coal miners on strike in Dec 1981. The ...

CALIFORNIA: A California resident has been surprised by an accidental courier delivery of marijuana.George Burton, who lives in Sacramento, received the 11lb delivery and immediately contacted police when he and his fiancée opened it up to discover drugs with an estimated street value of ...

KARACHI : Pakistan Steel Mills received a draft proposal from the Ministry of Production to take PSM out of the current financial crisis and move it towards revival and rehabilitation. It was decided that the entire bailout package will only be used for procurement/import of raw materials. A bank ...

WASHINGTON - BBC - US singer-songwriter Carole King has become the first woman to be awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.US President Barack Obama presented King with the honour, which celebrates a lifetime achievement in popular music, at the White House in Washington.King, 71, who is best ...

The meeting on Saturday between PML-N President and future Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif and COAS Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has both substantial and symbolic implications. Mian Nawaz was removed from office back in 1999, but his party has received a landslide mandate in the present elections and ...

LOS ANGELES (ES): - Chris Brown has received death threats. The R&B singer's lawyer Mark Geragos has asked the Los Angeles Police Department to investigate several anonymous calls made to his office, which he believes could pose a serious danger to the singer's safety. TMZ claims Mark ...

INDIANA: A waitress has received a $446 tip, despite the patron’s bill coming to just $5.91. CeCe Bruce - a server at a Steak ‘n Shake branch inIndianapolis,Indiana- was left the large tip by a regular customer known as Miss Jo. She did not give a reason for her generosity but insisted ...

KARACHI (PR): It is a proud moment for National Bank of Pakistan that a public sector enterprise has been declared recipient of Consumers’ Choice Award. The Organizers have chosen National Bank for Consumers’ Choice Award 2012 in the category of “Best Bank”.These awards are ...

LONDON: James Bond film Casino Royale has received a Lego makeover after one fan meticulously recreated the first scene of the film with the toy models. Duncanmcconchie posted his hard work on Reddit and said it took around two weekends to make the three minute clip. The talented filmmaker added it ...

ROME: Italian leftist Enrico Letta was nominated to be the new prime minister on Wednesday, bringing to an end a bitter two-month deadlock on forming a new government with the imminent launch of a coalition between right, centre and left. Letta saidItalywas “suffering” from the economic ...

KARACHI - Karachi Electric Supply Company has received prestigious Energy Leaders Award 2013 for best practices in energy conservation, energy efficiency and implementation of efficient practices during the year 2012.KESC received the award at a national energy leader’s summit organised by ...

NEW YORK - Cosmetics billionaire Leonard Lauder has given New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art an astonishing, no-strings-attached collection of Cubist art that he assembled over four decades, the museum announced Tuesday.The enormous gift, estimated to be worth $1 billion, includes 78 works ...

Mohammad Asif returned home to a hero's welcome on Tuesday after clinching the world amateur snooker title.Asif, who held off England's Gary Wilson 10-8 in Sunday's final in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, was warmly greeted by hundreds of fans, officials and relatives at the Jinnah International ...

A GERMAN man has received his university diploma after spending nearly 40 years studying.Werner Kahmann, from North Rhine-Westphalia, began his degree at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences in 1973 and graduated earlier this year. During his time at the institution, he took a total of 68 ...

DHAKA  – Bangladesh’s overall remittance surged to over 8 billion U.S. dollars during the first 8 months of the current fiscal year (July 2011-June 2012), posting 12.15 percent growth year on year, a central bank official said Sunday.Quoting provisional data, the Bangladesh Bank ...

The Balochistan government on Sunday received a notification that formalised quashing the cases registered against top Baloch nationalist leaders, reported a private TV channel.According to the Balochistan home secretary, the federal government had sent the notification, which directed for ...

The City received light drizzle on Monday with experts predicting cloudy weather and more rains during the next 24 hours.  Patches of clouds, light rain and winds enhanced chill in the weather during the day and at the night time.  According to the experts, a westerly wave is moving ...

LAHORE – The City received scattered showers on Sunday with experts predicting cloudy weather and more rains during the next 24 hours. Patches of clouds, light rain and winds enhanced chill in the weather during the day and at the nighttime. On Sunday, maximum and minimum temperature in the ...

Our Staff Reporter KARACHI - Al-Shifa Trust is a special school & Centre for Rehabilitation being run under PIAs patronage. A programme was organised by the employees in recognition of the commendable achievements and initiatives taken by Ms. Ghazala Rashid, President of Al-Shifa Trust and General ...

KARACHI - A student sustained a bullet injury when activists of a rival student organisation clashed with each other at Manghopir Degree College within the jurisdictions of Manghopir police station. The clash took place between the activists of Peoples Students Federation and Pakhtun Students ...

LAHORE The National Bank of Pakistan has announced that it has received Rs274 million from the Pakistan Railways after which the disbursement of pension to 40,000 PR pensioners in Lahore has been started. NBP EVP Khalid Mehmood addressing a press conference said that the bank normally receives ...

MINGORA (APP) - The valley of Kalam and other upper areas of district Swat received heavy snowfall and the area was covered with white blanket of snow. The rain and snowfall has changed the weather and people have started wearing warm clothes. The rain continued for second day in Mingora and some ...

KARACH The Galien Foundation has honoured Pfizer with the 2011 Prix Galien Award for Best Pharmaceutical Agent for Prevenar 13 Pfizers vaccine for the prevention of Pneumonia in infants and young children, says a prss release.

Singer, activist and breast cancer survivor Melissa Etheridge received a star on Hollywoods Walk of Fame on Tuesday, an event she hopes can be an inspiration to anyone facing adversity or dreaming of a better life. Grammy winner Etheridge, 50, who is known for her fusion of folk-blues rock in hits ...

LAHORE Senior Advisor to Chief Minister, Sirdar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa has said study tour of position holders has given them an opportunity to aware themselves of the latest research in different disciplines and plan their career in the light of observations of the tour. This tour has proved ...

KARACHI Muttahida Qaumi Movement lawmakers received lukewarm welcome on Wednesday when they came to attend the session of the Sindh Assembly after calling off their boycott. Except Finance Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, no other PPP legislator, known as hawks and sitting on the front row benches of ...

ISLAMABAD - The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on the first day of a two-day open auction of residential and commercial plots received a satisfactory response despite continuing slump in the real state market, as it fetched bids worth Rs247 million approximately against 16 residential ...

LAHORE TV actor Jamil Fakhri received the dead body of his son Ali Ayaz Fakhri here on Wednesday. Interior Minister Rehman Malk, MQM Central Leader Dr Faroq Sattar, other personalities, relatives of the actor and people at large were gathered at the Airport to receive the dead body of Ali Ayaz. ...

ISLAMABAD/JEDDAH (Online) - Saudi Minister for Haj Fawad Abdu Salam Al-Farsi presented SR 6.665 million cheque to Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi in Jeddah Wednesday. Spokesman of Pakistans Haj Mission Makkah said the amount will be distributed among 26,660 pilgrims who ...