LAHORE - Punjab University administration is reluctant to relieve a powerful deputationist despite request made by his parent department—Pakistan Television Corporation, TheNation has learnt.  As per details, a Pakistan Television Engineer, Amir Mehmood Bajwa, of RBS-Kala Shah Kaku was ...

KARACHI - Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Zaka Ashraf has refused to comment on the spot-fixing scandal that has hit the Indian Premier League, referring to it as an internal matter of the BCCI. But the PCB chief said that his board had taken a number of steps to prevent its players from getting ...

LAHORE -District Returning Officer (DRO) Akmal Khan disposed of petitions of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan and Muhammad Shoaib Siddique, refusing recounting and verification of votes in NA-122 and PP-147, Lahore on Friday. The RO observed that results of votes had been finalised and ...

islamabad - The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to vacate its April 2 stay order regarding the disbursement of funds to advertising agents/media houses.A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, has suggested to the All Pakistan Newspaper Housing Society (APNS) to ...

LOS ANGELES: TARA Reid is alleged to have had a meltdown in an LA clothes shop - because they refused to give her a discount. The American Pie actress is said to have started shouting at shop assistants at the All Saints store on Robertson Boulevard when they told her she had to pay full price. She ...

Caretaker government on Monday refused to put former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on trial for treason, telling the Supreme Court that it was beyond its mandate.The move will give at least temporary breathing room to Musharraf, who is already under house arrest in connection with one of three ...

LAHORE – An election tribunal of the Lahore High Court on Thursday refused to hear appeals against PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif and PTI Chief Imran Khan.As the tribunal, comprising Justice Khawaja Imtiaz and Justice Khalid Mahmood Khan, started the proceeding on appeals, ...

ISLAMABAD  - Supreme Court has refused to delete the names of former Parliamentarians holding dual nationality from disqualified members list and directed them to resort to respective forum. A three-member bench of Supreme Court presided over by the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ...

Jailed former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has sent a letter to penitentiary officials saying she refuses to wear prison robe and work while in detention, RIA Novosti reported Saturday.Tymoshenko was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison in October 2011 for overreaching her ...

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has kept alive the tradition of demolishing the structures owned by his kin, which create hurdles in the construction of flyovers and roads.The latest example is of a petrol pump of a close relative located near the under-construction Canal Flyover ...

LAHORE – The Lahore High Court on Friday refused to restrain Babar Awan from contesting the election for Senator.Justice Umar Ata Bandial was hearing a petition of Advocate Shahid Jami seeking directions for the Election Commission to set aside the nomination papers of Babar Awan as candidate ...

The Blackberry manufacturing company Research in Motion (RIM) has once again denies access to the BlackBerry data between Hussain Haqqani and Mansoor Ijaz, sources said on Tuesday. The sources said that the Black Berry company, RIM rejected the application of government of Pakistan to provide ...

Beyonce’s little sister Solange Knowles refuses to pass on mothering tips to the superstar, insisting advice from fellow mums is “annoying”. The Crazy in Love singer and her husband Jay-Z welcomed little Blue Ivy into the world last month. The star’s sibling Solange tweeted ...

Defiant Sharon Osbourne is refusing to pay up and settle a legal spat with the bosses of a jewellery company who have accused the rock matriarch and reality TV star of breaching a deal.Lucas Design International executives claim they were approached by Ozzy Osbourne’s wife last year to create ...

DUBAI  - England blamed poor batting rather than raising questions over Saeed Ajmal's bowling action after enduring a disastrous first day of their Test series against Pakistan in Dubai.Playing their first Test of the year as the world's No1 team according to the official rankings, the ...

Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz has refused to appear before the judicial commission, set up by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to probe the memogate issue, on January 9. In a letter to the memo commission, Mansoor Ijaz placed a total of 19 conditions to be fulfilled before he appears ...

LAHORE – Lahore High Court Justice Sheikh Ahmad Farooq on Tuesday refused hearing a petition challenging an order of Sessions Court seeking report from police on Dost Muhammad Khosa’s petition for recovery of his former wife Sapna Khan.Justice Farooq observed that due to personal ...

Justice Sheikh Ahmed Farooq of the Lahore High Court (LHC) has refused to hear the application, seeking registration of kidnapping case against former Punjab Chief Minister Dost Muhammad Khosa and recovery of actress Sapna Khan. Justice Farooq refused to take up the application on personal grounds ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK) Wajid Shamsul Hassan has expressed his inability to appear before the Inquiry Commission on US military operation in Abbottabad because of bad health. According to a private TV channel report, Hassan has informed the ...

A company in China has discouraged Scorpios and Virgos from applying for their job vacancies. The job advertisement, which is seeking teachers and clerks, also states that Capricorns, Pisces and Libras would be favoured over other candidates, reports local newspaper Chutian Metropolis Daily. "We ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - The Lahore High Court chief justice on Wednesday refused to entertain a civil miscellaneous petition challenging the appointment of Admiral retired Fasih Bokhari as chairman of the National Accountability Bureau. The court observed this during hearing that appointment of ...

Civil Aviation Authority has rejected US plea seeking permission for parking five US planes at Benazir International Airport, Islamabad here on Saturday. According to media reports, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has rejected US plea seeking permission for parking five US planes at Benazir ...

LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) spokesman Nadeem Sarwar confirmed on Tuesday that Chairman Ijaz Butt had held a meeting with Pakistan's former captain and all-rounder Shahid Afridi but refused to divulge any details of the unexpected meeting in Islamabad. "Yes, we can confirm that a ...

Justice retired Fakhruddin G Ibraheem refused to be part of six-member independent commission announced by the government to investigate the US operation in Abbottabad that led to killing of al-Qaeda Chief Osama bin Laden last month, sources said on Wednesday. The sources said that he wrote a ...

Central PML-N leader Senator Ishaq Dar on Saturday refused to attend the National Economic Council meeting. According to N-league sources, PM himself had made Senator Ishaq Dar a member of the NEC and had formally invited him to attend the meeting of the council. The Council was to finalise plans ...

ISLAMABAD The Tethyan Copper Company Pakistan (TCCP) has refused to submit the original feasibility report to the federal government required to prove its claim of investing millions in the Reko Diq copper and gold mining project in Balochistan. Giving a briefing Thursday to the Senate Standing ...

MARGARET Thatcher refused to meet actress Meryl Streep to discuss a new film about the former Prime Minister over fears that it could distort her 11 years in power. The makers of The Iron Lady wanted Miss Streep to talk about the project with Lady Thatcher so that she could copy her accent and ...

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday said that the diplomatic immunity of US national Raymond Davis, killer of two Pakistanis, would be decided by the federal government. Briefing the media after holding a meeting with Governor Punjab Latif Khosa, the CM categorically stated that no ...

ISLAMABAD (Online) - Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has rejected to the request to allot the 'eagle to former president Pervez Musharrafs All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) as party symbol. According to sources, Musharraf had submitted the application for the allotment of party symbol in ECP ...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has refused to give asylum to Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who fled his country amid protests that turned violent on Friday, French media reported. Earlier reports suggested that the Tunisian president is expected to arrive in France. The French ...