KARACHI  - Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen has been denied permission by the government to hold its conference at Nishtar Park scheduled on Sunday (today) over security threats.On the other hand, MWM Karachi Secretary General Allama Sadiq Taqvi told The Nation that the gathering will be held on its ...

Rosa Brooks‘I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought,’ Albert Einstein had warned US president Harry Truman, “but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”It doesn’t do to quarrel with Einstein and he is no doubt right about a fourth World ...

A MADCAP model maker has worked his magic on a giant version of Harry Potter’s Hogwarts - made from 602,000 matchsticks. Creator Pat Acton painstakingly pieced together the school of Witchcraft and Wizardry using more than 24 gallons of glue. His replica has every single bridge, window ...

LONDON - Prime Minister David Cameron said Saturday he was sticking to an end-2014 deadline for withdrawing British combat troops from Afghanistan despite French proposals to speed up NATO’s handover of security to Afghan forces.President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday French troops would leave ...

Parliamentary leader of the MQM in the National Assembly Dr Farooq Sattar Thursday said his party Muttahida will not sever ties with the coalition government.Talking to a private television channel, he said his party does not want confrontation among the national institutions.It should be mentioned ...

NEW DELHI (Agencies) US President Barack Obama has criticised the pace of Pakistans fight against militants within its borders. He said Islamabad was making progress against what he called the 'cancer of extremism but not quickly enough. Progress is not as quick as we would like, he added, noting ...

LAHORE-The Punjab government, while offering itself for the scrutiny of its claims regarding the flood devastation, will present its case for procuring relief in cash and kind from the Centre in the upcoming Council for Common Interests meeting to be held on Monday (tomorrow). It is expected that ...

TOKYO (AFP) Japans World Cup squad left for a training camp in the Swiss Alps Wednesday with coach Takeshi Okada insisting he is still eyeing a semi-final berth in South Africa despite recent poor form. Okada came under fire for asking Japan Football Association president Motoaki Inukai if he ...

MARDAN - Police have recovered a large number of explosive materials and arrested the driver. Sources informed that police during checking at Masiti Check Post recovered 370 dynamite sticks from a flying coach (LWC-1740), which was put in two bags. Police arrested the driver Saidullah. , a resident ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Government has refused to own SNGPL decision to suspend gas supply from 06:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. to CNG stations and warned that action would be taken against concerned general managers for violating cabinet decision of observing two holidays a week for the said sector. Director ...