ISLAMABAD- Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) and Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) Sports Control Board are jointly organising International Squash Circuit-II at Jahangir Khan Squash Complex carrying a total purse of $10,000. A large number of world ranking players from Pakistan, UAE and Austria ...

SWAT -The local administration has started rescue operation in Swat district as water level in the Swat River is continuously on the rise, posing a great danger for the local population.  The flood in Swat River is caused by melting of snow on mountains due to sizzling heat, damaging public ...

ISLAMABAD - Mahfooz Safar National Ranking Tennis Championship will commence from today (Thursday) here at Senator Dilawar Abbas PTF Tennis Complex. In all, 32 players will appear in the qualifying round on the opening day for the eight slots for the men's singles main draw. Four events men's ...

ISLAMABAD – The 35th Value Cup National Boxing Championship will commence today (Saturday) at Wali Bahi ground, Sialkot. Talking to The Nation on Friday, Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) secretary Akram Khan said: “The teams from Punjab, Sindh, KPK, Balochistan, Islamabad, Fata, Army, ...

LAHORE - The Coca Cola Golf Championship will roll into action here at the Lahore Gymkhana Golf Course from today (Friday). Initiated by Golfers Welfare Trust and supported by Coca Cola, the championship includes events for caddies also. In addition, there are events for veterans (70 plus), seniors ...

KARACHI (Online):-Exports of mangoes from Pakistan has been started from today and 1st order containing 400-ton mangoes has been sent. This season target of 1,7500 ton has been set for mango exports, from which income of $600 million is expected. Pakistani mango is being exported to central Asia, ...

ISLAMABAD - A two-day children's literature festival (CLF) will kick off today here. The event has been organised by Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) and Oxford University Press (OUP) in collaboration with the Foundation Open Society Institute (FOSI) Pakistan from Friday 9.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. up till ...

ISLAMABAD - The 52nd Men's National Basketball Championship 2013 started at PAF Base, Peshawar on Wednesday. A total of 12 teams from the country are participating in the event while PAF is the defending champions. In the first match of the day, Army brushed aside Sindh 104-32, in the second match, ...

LAHORE:- The opening ceremony of the first All Pakistan Amar Cables Twenty20 Women Cricket Tournament will be held today (Wednesday) here at the Punjab Women Cricket Academy Model Town ground. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Director Game Development Intikhab Alam will be the chief guest on the ...

TOKYO - An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer has begun his ascent of Mount Everest, his website said, in a bid to become the oldest man to reach the roof of the world.In a voice message recorded on his website, Yuichiro Miura said the expedition was setting off Thursday for a climb that was expected ...

  ISLAMABAD   The 9th Korean Ambassador National Taekwondo Championship commenced on Monday here at the Liaquat Gymnasium. The Korean Embassy inPakistanalso invited Korean international demonstration team to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Pakistan-Korea diplomatic relationships. Korean ...

MARYLAND, US Mt - A former champion race horse hasn’t let early retirement get him down after turning his attention to painting.Metro Meteor, a 10-year-old thoroughbred from rural Maryland, was forced to finish his racing career early because of his bad knees. He was adopted by Ron and Wendy ...

ISLAMABAD - Printing of 180 million ballot papers will be completed by Tuesday while the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) would inaugurate e-ticket service today to educate voters about their polling stations and voting serial numbers through their mobile phones.Talking to media persons here ...

RAWALPINDI :-Wheat procurement in Rawalpindi and Attock districts  will start today while distribution of bardana (Gunny bags) among the growers was started from May, 1 said Deputy Director Food Rawalpindi Division. The wheat will be purchased at the procurement centers at Rs 1200 per 40 kg ...

KARACHI :-Excise and Taxation Department Sindh, during a motor vehicle tax recovery campaign, has initiated steps to nab tax defaulters. On first day of the campaign as many as 2,123 vehicles were checked out of which a sum of Rs.421,646 was collected. According to details, during tax recovery ...

WINDSOR, UK - The UAE president began a two-day state visit to Britain on Tuesday, during which he will be treated to ceremonial splendour but will also face questions over claims of torture from three British men jailed in Dubai.Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, head of state of the United Arab ...

RAWALPINDI : A three-day “My Rawalpindi” Expo organised by RCCI has started here at RCCI building.The RCCI always promotes local products and plays its role to enhance national exports, said its president Manzar Khurshid Sheikh while addressing the launching ceremony of 3-day “My ...

islamabad - Power House No 3 of Satpara Dam Project with installed capacity of 2360 kilowatt (KW) has started power generation. The under-construction Power House No. 4 with an installed capacity of 1400 KW is also scheduled to go into operation shortly.With completion of these two power houses, ...

lahore - The 3rd annual Project Management Conference will be held in Lahore from 27-28th April, 2013. This conference is being organised by the Lahore chapter of Project Management Institute (PMI). PMI is the largest professional organization for project managers with half a million members in 180 ...

LAHOREThe 47th National Men and Women Gymnastic Championships will begin here at the Government College University Hall today (Thursday). The teams from four provinces, Pakistan Army, Police, Railways, Higher Education Commission, Wapda and Islamabad will feature in the two-day activity. “In ...

ISLAMABAD - At a time when National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has started criminal proceedings against electricity defaulters after the expiry of deadline given to them, the bureau expects more recovery as the total recovered amount had reached the figure of Rs 425 million."We have recovered more ...

NEW YORK: Actor Matthew McConaughey says he is working with Canada’s Grand National Apparel on a clothing collection inspired by his active lifestyle. A portion of sales from his JKL clothes will support the Just Keep Livin Foundation, a non-profit organization McConaughey founded, which ...

The Election Commission started printing of ballot papers on Friday.An Election Commission spokesman said in Islamabad that the printing of 1.8 million ballot papers will be completed by the 30th April.To a question‚ he said final list of candidates will be displayed on the website soon after ...

LAUSANNE - The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday kicked off an appeal hearing where Pakistan cricketer M Asif hopes to overturn a ban imposed for spot-fixing. Matthieu Reeb, head of the Swiss-based tribunal, said the hearing was due to end at 6:00 pm local time (1700 GMT), and that fast ...

Trilateral summit of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan started here at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Friday morning to discuss the regional situation, prospects for peace and security and promote trade and economic ties. The summit hosted by President Asif Ali Zardari is being attended by President of Afghanistan ...

A 30-day ban on protest marches goes into force on Friday in five 'troubled' boroughs of London. The Metropolitan Police Service obtained on August 26 the consent of the Home Secretary to prohibit protest marches in the boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Newham, Waltham Forest, Islington, and Hackney ...

Iran has launched its first production line of carbon fiber, a strategic material used in defense systems as well as civilian projects, the IRNA new agency reported on Saturday. Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said Iran had joined the 10 countries possessing the technology. Carbon fiber is used in ...

A human rights group says Syrian forces have killed 24 people on the first day of holy month of Ramadhan. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says most of the deaths were in the central city of Hama, the target of a heavy military operation since Sunday. Protests escalated on ...

India has laid foundation for construction of port and waterway terminal of a Myanmar-India Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project in Sittway township of western Myanmar's Rakhine state, local media reported Monday. The project was conerstoned in the Rakhine township Sunday, according to the ...

In the wake of security situation Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa(KPK) government has started to issue the permit of weapons to traders and currency dealers of Peshawar. As per details the currency dealers and traders of different bazaars of provincial capital demanded from the government to issue the permit ...