LAHORE  - Hot and dry weather will prevail in the country while the Met Office has forecast scattered dust-storm with isolated rain-thunderstorm for Islamabad, upper Punjab (Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sargodha divisions), upper Khyber PK (Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat divisions), ...

Lahore - The continuity of Federal Board of Revenue chairman Ansar Javed till the end of June would help continue the smooth budget-making exercise, creating no disruption in revenue generation process near the end of fourth quarter of 2012-13.FBR Union central president Mian Abdul Qayyum said that ...

The YouTube was banned in Pakistan in September 2012 after a blasphemous video titled “Innocence of Muslims” was uploaded on it, and Muslims all over the world protested against it. A petition was filed with the Lahore High Court challenging the ban on the YouTube. In a recent ...

WASHINGTON: A US appeals court ruled Tuesday that the federal government is not required to release photos that were taken of Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden after he was killed by special forces.The Al-Qaeda leader was slain at his Pakistani compound in May 2011 by US Navy SEAL commandos, who took ...

The United States may keep a force of 6,000 to 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014, when Afghan forces will be responsible for security across the country, a top American Senator has said.“We are planning to keep a force of perhaps 6,000 to 12,000 after 2014 when all combat forces are to ...

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday vacated a stay order regarding the notification of Establishment Division related to the termination of Executive Director (ED) Federal Government Services Hospital (Polyclinic), Islamabad.IHC judge Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui resumed the ...

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 ...

GLASGOW - Captain Scott Brown says the Celtic players are all desperate for manager Neil Lennon to stay at the Glasgow giants following speculation linking him to the vacant position at Everton. The Hoops boss has been installed as one of the favourites to succeed David Moyes in the Goodison ...

LONDON (Reuters): Prime Minister David Cameron took on critics in his own Conservative party on Thursday, saying it would be wrong for Britain to leave the European Union.Some pessimists “say there is no prospect of reforming the European Union, you simply have to leave. I think they are ...

LONDON: Daft Punk has kept hold of the number one spot in the UK singles chart with ‘Get Lucky’. The duo’s collaboration with Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers sold a further 163,000 copies this week, reaching 369,000 in total. In just three weeks, it has become the most ...

  LAHORE A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday again issued notice to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and sought reply on nearly 125 petitions challenging bureau’s drive against electricity defaulters. The bench headed by Justice Sheikh Najamul Hassan had ...

KARACHI - The stock market closed lower on Tuesday, with investors preferring to stay on the sidelines in the absence of any trigger.Decline in heavy weight OGDC and MCB took its toll on index while investors’ interest was seen shifted towards dividend yielding Hub Power Company and FFC, a ...

Supreme Court has upheld the stay order against Sindh Local Government Act till the 16th of this month. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the case in Islamabad on Tuesday.During the hearing Sindh Government’s lawyer Anwar Mansoor made a submission ...