ISLAMABAD (PR): Bahria Town is one of the world’s largest real estate developers. Second year in a row, Bahria Town’s futuristic portfolio has once again been bestowed with the honor of 5 new accolades by the Asia Pacific International Property Awards 2013-14 held in Kuala Lumpur, ...

DAMASCUS Syrian troops backed by fighters from Lebanon’s Hezbollah attacked and entered the strategic rebel stronghold of Qusayr on Sunday, a day after President Bashar al-Assad insisted he would not quit.The advance came as opponents warned the Assad regime’s “barbaric and ...

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 ...

SYDNEY - The small Australian town of Wee Waa is readying for its global launch of the new album by French group Daft Punk, despite being pipped at the post with the music already available online. Wee Waa, a farming town known as the "Cotton Capital of Australia", lies about 500 kilometres ...

    ISLAMABAD The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the chief executive officer (CEO) ofBehriaTownand the Defence Housing Authority (DHA)Rawalpindisecretary, seeking their response to the allegations that the two housing schemes had encroached upon thousands of kanals of the ...

  MINNESOTA A four-year-old boy has found himself having to worry about more than just what his mum has packed for his lunch after being voted in as his town’s mayor. Robert Tufts also called Bobbie became an unlikely leader at the tender age after entering his name into a raffle ...

LAHORE - A Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Water and Power told the Lahore High Court on Monday that it would take steps to return the management and control of a 132-KV grid station to the LESCO given to Behria Town Lahore in 2009.He also claimed that 1400 megawatt electric power had been added ...

  BUENOS AIRES GN   The ruins of a long forgotten Argentine tourist town that spent a quarter of a century under water is becoming increasingly popular with visitors again. Epecuen, in the farmlands southwest ofBuenos Aires, was once a bustling little lakeside resort, where 1,500 people ...

LAHORE - The fire-affected directorates of Lahore Development Authority will resume work at LDA Johar Town office from Monday (today).LDA Director General Dr Ijaz Munir has directed the officers concerned to get back to work for reorganisation. He was chairing a meeting at LDA office Johar Town on ...

BRUSSELS: €1 million in cash blew through the streets of a Belgian town after a safe burst open. A gang of robbers were being chased by a policeman on a motorcycle when the money was accidentally released from the safe, The Mirror reports. Local residents rushed out of their homes and cars to ...

Islamabad (PR): Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and Bahria Town have signed an MoU, through which PTCL will deploy Information Communication Technology (ICT) services and infrastructure in Bahria Enclave, Islamabad. The agreement shall enable residents of Bahria Enclave to ...

BEIRUT A ground-to-ground missile was fired on a town in northern Syria at dawn on Sunday and killed at least four civilians, two of them children, a watchdog reported.Anti-regime activists of the Aleppo Media Centre said the missile, which slammed into a residential area of Tal Rifaat, was a Scud, ...

LAHORE - Mismanagement, poor planning, alleged misuse of funds and embezzlements by the Shalimar Town officials under the shelter of former elected representatives of National and Provincial Assemblies and in connivance with authorities concerned of the City District Government of Lahore have made ...

CHICAGO  - Five people were shot to death and one injured as a result of a shooting in Manchester, Illinois, local television station KSDK and WLDS radio reported on Wednesday. A suspect from the shooting is in custody, according to WLDS radio. In response to the report, Jacksonville School ...

KARACHI - Allama Mukhtar Imami, secretary general of Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen, Sindh chapter has demanded the government to apologise for humiliating attitude of the corrupt commissioner of Karachi.“We shall not tolerate the humiliation of the injured and heirs of martyrs of Abbas Town ...

A local court on Saturday dismissed bails of  owners and a general manager of Baldia Town factory which consumed at least 258 lives after a fire erupted it last month.The court rejected the bail pleas of factory owners Arshad Bhaila, Shahid Bhaila and General Manager Mansoor Ahmed. The court ...

Presidential candidate of PML(Q) Mushahid Hussain Syed said that Pakistan is passing through a critical phase and its president should be a non-controversial personality. Talking to media persons outside parliament house, Mushahid Hussain said that president should be identified with the reference ...

Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) today, went on briskly trading pushing the KSE-100 index up by 199 points to 10919 points, while rejoicing and reveling for the second consecutive day since Musharraf's bowing out of office. KSE titans, who feared most the earlier political confrontation between ...