WASHINGTON (WO): More than 78,000 people have applied for the chance to leave Earth forever and live on Mars for a reality TV project. The Mars One project aims to establish a human settlement on the Red Planet by 2023 and televise every aspect of the decade-long mission. Successful candidates must ...

lahore - After taking notice of the tax experts’ fear that lack of coordination between federal and provincial revenue departments could lead to oozing of taxes from the national exchequer, the Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi sent his adviser on Tax and Finance to visit Sindh to settle the ...

LOS ANGELES Reality TV star Kim Kardashian and NBA basketball player Kris Humphries have finally settled their divorce, avoiding a trial that was set for next month. Judge Hank Goldberg approved the divorce settlement for the couple, who broke up after just 72 days following their made-for-TV ...

Afghanistan and Pakistan must settle their bitter differences in a drive to stabilise their conflict-ravaged neighbourhood, Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul said Wednesday. "Our relations with Pakistan are fundamental for peace and stability not only in Afghanistan but Pakistan and also in ...

Nepal is seeking help from the international community to settle a long-running dispute about the height of Mount Everest, officials have said.Although China had argued about how the peak’s height should be measured, the countries agreed Nepal’s figure of 8,848m (29,029ft) in 2010.The ...

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 ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Tuesday rejected the Punjab government’s plea to resign from the stay order granted earlier against the recruitment of 30,000 educators as the officials were unable to answer the court’s and the petitioner’s queries.Punjab’s Advocate ...

LAHORE – As the government-judiciary confrontation took tough lines in the country, some legal experts and many analysts believe that the PPP was using Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan as a weapon to save the day for the government against the perceived threat by appointing him as the counsel of Prime ...

KATHMANDU (AFP) - Nepal has begun a project to re-measure Mount Everest in an attempt to end confusion about the exact height of the worlds tallest peak, a government spokesman in Kathmandu said Tuesday. Everest, which straddles Nepal and China, is generally thought to stand at 8,848 metres (29,029 ...

ISLAMABAD As a consequence of longstanding grudges against students, the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) found 'ample opportunity to victimise hundreds of students only to settle some 'old scores. Of the 507 students who appeared in the Registered Medical Practitioner (RMP) exams, only ...

KARACHI - Sindh Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Zahid Burgori has said that the ministry has approached the president and prime minister to settle down the prolonged dispute between Sindh and Balochistan regarding fishing boundaries. The provincial minister was talking to the media ...

LONDON (AFP) Miguel Marcos Michel, the Spanish midfielder who has become Birminghams first signing since Carson Yeungs takeover of the club, will not be rushed into Premier League action, Blues boss Alex McLeish has signalled. Michel, 24, who completed a three-million-pound transfer from Sporting ...

MICHAEL Jacksons family is flooded with demands to settle the debts incurred by the King of Pop in his lifetime. The 12-million-pounds of debts include a 3-milion-pounds bill from a memorabilia collector. However, Jackson family insists many of the claims are fake. Michael often went on huge ...

LAHORE - Two years down the line, Pakistan cricket lost its most cherished coach Bob Woolmer after their defeat at the hands of Ireland in the 2007 World Cup. Since then, his death has remained a mystery. At that point of time, a doctor of Indian origin Dr. Ere Sheshiah made things complicated by ...

KARACHI - Karachi Stock Exchange, brokers and the National Clearing Company Limited Pakistan have decided to settle the CFS payment issue by January 2009, The Nation learnt on Monday. This was decided in recent meetings held between the stakeholders in Karachi to discuss the stock market ...

UNITED NATIONS - With obviously the lack of real progress in the ongoing Indo-Pakistan dialogue process in mind, a Pakistani delegate has told a UN panel that confidence-building measures could not be a substitute nor a precondition for steps towards settling underlying disputes. ...

JUSTIN Timberlake has struggled to adjust his bachelor lifestyle since girlfriend Jessica Biel moved in. The stunning actress recently began living in Justin's Los Angeles home and the couple are said to have argued over fridge space. A source said: "Justin has been a bachelor for a long ...

NORTHAMPTON (AFP) - New Zealand chose batting practice ahead of the chance for a morale-boosting win as they settled for a draw against Northamptonshire on Sunday. The Kiwis were already 328 ahead at lunch on the final day but opted to bat on so Ross Taylor, who was six short of his hundred, ...