SIALKOTThe May 11 general elections toppled the political giants and kingpins who have now disappeared from the political panorama of Sialkot district. Besides, the “transparency” of elections and downfall of the bigwigs have set up new parameters and examples for the newly elected ...

NEW YORK: Miley Cyrus no longer talks about Liam Hemsworth. The 20-year-old star and her fiancé have endured a turbulent few months amid reports ‘The Hunger Games’ star had been unfaithful, and it is now claimed the former ‘Hannah Montana’ star has lost the excitement ...

I have never voted in the elections, and do not intend to do any time soon. I did not vote previously because I am sick and tired of the 'elected' plunderers, who do not pay taxes, break the law like its God's command, and impose all sorts of emotional and economic burden on me in multiple ways. ...

KHARTOUM - Sudan is still willing to talk with rebels in South Kordofan, the government said on Sunday, despite the deadly weekend bombardment of the state's capital.The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) told AFP on Sunday it carried out the Friday afternoon shelling after being ...

KATHMANDU - A Nepalese presenter has set the world record for the longest television talk show by staying on air for 62 hours and 12 minutes, organisers said Sunday.Rabi Lamichhane, a 36-year-old based in the US, returned to Kathmandu to stage the “Lord Buddha Was Born in Nepal” ...

KATHMANDU (AFP)A Nepalese presenter will attempt to set the world record for the longest television talk show this week by staying on air for 60 hours, organisers said Tuesday. Rabi Lamichhane, a 36-year-old based in the US, has returned to Kathmandu to stage the “Lord Buddha Was Born in ...

Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Monday welcomed the offer of negotiation by banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).The TTP on Sunday expressed its willingness to hold talks with the government but on two conditions – release of its seven leaders and guarantees by leaders of PML-N, ...

  ISLAMABAD – It was mere rhetoric, prelude to election 2013 campaign. A television talk show, in the words of hurly burly Maulana Attaur Rehman (Maulana Fazlur Rehman's kid brother), as Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kasira did his best to play to the galleries while countering the ...

ISLAMABAD – Fasihur Rehman Khan -  It was mere rhetoric, prelude to election 2013 campaign. A television talk show, in the words of hurly burly Maulana Attaur Rehman (Maulana Fazlur Rehman's kid brother), as Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kasira did his best to play to the galleries ...

Recent visit of Pakistan Interior Minister Rahman Malik to India got wide media coverage in both countries. Both countries have agreed to ease visa restrictions, increase trade and resolve all disputes through dialogues. Reality is that despite frequent visit of several key personalities, without ...

The PML-N has demanded that the government should announce an election date, and initiate the process by which a caretaker government would come into office. The process prescribed for this purpose would involve consultation with the Opposition. Apart from the allegations of misgovernance in Sindh ...

LAHORE - Oxford University Press is organising a talk by Sarmila Bose on her book Dead Reckoning: Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War. It chronicles the 1971 war by reconstituting memories of Pakistanis and ...

KOLKATA  - Organisers of the Kolkata Book Fair Tuesday apologised for the blackout during Pakistani politician Imran Khan’s programme but the confusion whether it was deliberate or not persisted.“We are ashamed about whatever happened. It is a sad incident and we are sorry for ...

OKARA - Minister for Kashmir Affairs Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo has said PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif should negotiate with the PPP leadership to solve the national issues. The statements of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif were in contrast with the reconciliation policy, he said, adding that it did ...

This week Afghan guerrillas carried out yet another raid on the Kandahar airbase. General John Allen, the American commander of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf), issued an odd statement: “Mullah Omar has lost all control over Taliban insurgents; otherwise he would ...

MELBOURNE  - Top players moved to dampen down talk of a potential revolt and rift in the men's ranks as the Australian Open got underway in stifling conditions on Monday with Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer both winning.After a week of drizzle and heavy cloud cover, blue skies welcomed the ...

ISLAMABAD - PML-Q Chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that the resolution tabled in the National Assembly was drafted with consensus among the ruling coalition partners.Talking to a private TV channel on Friday, he said if PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif wanted early elections in the country, he ...

DUBAI  - England's batting coach Graham Gooch played down the hype over Pakistani spinner Saeed Ajmal's mysetry delivery he wants to unveil in the three-Test series, saying it will be a good challenge."He (Ajmal) is the top wicket-taker of 2011 in Test cricket, so it's going to be a good ...

LAHORE– A consortium of Turk companies associated with transport, education, solid waste management and traffic sectors met Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif in Istanbul, Turkey, and discussed matters regarding cooperation in different sectors. Chairman Lahore Transport Company Khawaja ...

ISLAMABAD - Altogether rejecting the impression of removal of Chief of Army Staff and Director General ISI from their posts, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Monday that certain vested interests were churning such rumours and made it clear that the government would not go for any ...

SEOUL  - The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has revived debate in the capitalist South about the prospects for reunification with its communist neighbour after decades of growing ever further apart.Dreams of a peaceful and gradual reintegration of the two Koreas, split up at the end ...

OUR STAFF REPORTERLAHORE – The launching of Business Train between Lahore and Karachi which was due on Dec 25 has become late for a month, now the train will be launched at the end of the January 2012, a Railways official told TheNation on Tuesday.Pakistan Railways in August 2011 had entered ...

ISLAMABAD - Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani had a telephonic contact with President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday, reportedly to dispel the impression of clash between the institutions and discuss some crucial issues involving memo controversy, which is at the centre of political ...

FAISALABAD - As many as 6.3 million hectores of the land is victim of the salinity in the country while the situation has started taking nasty turn with the addition of 4,000 hectors land affected by salinity every year. The salinity across the globe has also affected 7 per cent of total world land ...

FAISALABAD - Global warming across the world is not only playing havoc with the lives of people but also damaging agriculture badly as rise in the global temperature means loss of 7 percent in wheat yield and 10 percent in rice yield. It is the need of hour to aware the masses about the disaster in ...

Our staff reporter LAHORE - Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif presided over a high-level meeting at the Chief Ministers Secretariat for reviewing various proposals regarding self-reliance and cutting down non-developmental expenditure in the wake of the decision to shun foreign aid. Addressing the ...

OPRAH Winfrey gets paid $315 million-a-year for her talk show. The TV star - whose series The Oprah Winfrey Show will end after 25 seasons in September 2011 - topped a list of the highest paid talk show hosts in the US, with her staggering wage more than the combined total of the next four top ...

LAHORE - President Pak-Iran Friendship Association Zia Haider Rizvi has congratulated the governments of Pakistan and Iran on the signing of the history-making agreement of Pak-Iran Gas pipeline. The members of the Association think that the latest UN Security Council Resolution imposing new ...

BIRMINGHAM (England) (AFP) Birmingham boss Alex McLeish on Wednesday dismissed reports of dressing room blues at St Andrews as absolute rubbish. Defender Liam Ridgewell had reportedly handed in a transfer request and midfielder Barry Ferguson was demanding a new deal. The former Scotland manager ...

NEW DELHI (Agencies) India said Monday that any meaningful relationship with Pakistan required Islamabad to seriously crack down on terrorism - as the rivals prepared for their first official talks since the Mumbai attacks. India has a zero tolerance policy towards terrorism and continues to ...