A car pulls up into the driveway and stops in front of the verandah. The rear door opens revealing a tall, stately young woman, who steps out with the dignity and grace of a queen. My mother receives her at the front door and escorts her to a large room with the time warped décor of the ...

ISLAMABAD  -  The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Wednesday expressed concern over receding gold and silver prices, terming it a sign of shrinking economic activity on the global scale. Contracting economic activity is because of incoherent policies of western banks causing falling ...

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 ...

ISLAMABAD – Keeping alive its rich and historic tradition of all-round academic excellence, Roots Millennium Schools’ flagship millennium campus, I-9/3, organised a prolific silver jubilee celebration of Roots Schools for completing 25 glorious years and also decorated students with ...

ISLAMABAD – Silver Jubilee celebrations and High Achievers Ceremony were marked at Roots International Schools (RIS).Roots International Schools celebrated its High Achievers Ceremony and Students’ Recognition Day and Silver Jubilee Celebrations here the other day with great fervor and ...

ISLAMABAD – The Roots School System DHA1 Flagship campus Islamabad celebrated it’s silver jubilee and high achievers’ award ceremony together with the students, parents, guests, members of the diplomatic community, social dignitaries of Islamabad & Rawalpindi, corporate ...

ISLAMABAD – Teacher Development Conference 2013 on the theme ‘Enlightening Next Generation and Global Educators (ENGAGE) organised by Roots Continous Professional Development Department (RCPDD) and Human Resource Development Department, arm of Roots School System, Harley Street, here at ...

SANTA MONICA (AFP)“Silver Linings Playbook” won the best film prize at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, as well as best actress for Jennifer Lawrence and best director. On the eve of the Oscars, director David O. Russell received a publicity boost for his dark romantic comedy, ...

MONTREAL (AFP) - David O Russell’s dramatic comedy “Silver Linings Playbook,” about a man’s recovery from a personal and professional meltdown, won the Toronto International Film Festival’s top prize Sunday.The film, starring Bradley Cooper as a former teacher who ...

AJMER - All is set to welcome President Asif Ali Zardari and his family at the 13th century tomb of a mystic saint here and caretakers of the revered shrine have planned special prayers and gifts for their high-profile guests from across the border.Syed Iqbal Kaptan, one of the caretakers at the ...

KARACHI- Karachi University (KU) is going to rebuilt new Silver Jubilee Gate in association with a private bank, this was stated by KU Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Nasir Khan, while speaking at an inaugural ceremony of Bank Counter of a private bank at Karachi University on Tuesday. The bank counter ...

KARACHI - The First MicroFinanceBank Ltd. Pakistan (FMFB-P), an institution of the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance, was awarded a certificate of recognition in the silver category for reporting on social indicators to Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) by World Bank affiliate, CGAP ...

LONDON (AFP) - Gold soared to a record high above 1,300 dollars on Friday, dragging sister metal silver to a 30-year peak as investment demand propelled precious metals higher. Gold prices struck a record 1,300.07 dollars an ounce in afternoon trade on the London Bullion Market as investors sought ...

ISLAMABAD - Four-day silver jubilee ceremonies of the Dawah Academy of the International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) started on Friday at Faisal Mosque with a national level Mehfil-e-Husn-e-Qirat in which leading Qaris of the country as well as from Egypt participated. Qari Rooh Ullah ...

LOOKING closely, this incredible 16th century palace looks fit for a king. But the incredible structure is only 42 inches high and has been painstakingly put together by professional dolls house makers. The jaw-dropping miniature scale of the impressive residence is made clear by life-size ...

SINGAPORE - Former national hockey player Syed Ghazanfar Ali believes that in the present circumstances silver medal in the Asian Hockey Championship is the best possible result Pakistan could have achieved. Talking to this scribe from Canada where he is in the game as a certified NCCP Level-1 ...

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 ...

OASIS are to be given a lifetime achievement award at the Silver Clef music awards in London, its organisers have announced. Previous winners of the award include Paul Weller and U2. The winners of seven other awards will also be revealed at a charity lunch in July at the Park Lane Hilton ...