SAN JOSE- American BMC rider Tejay van Garderen strengthened his grip on the overall lead in the Tour of California with a victory in the individual time trial sixth stage. The 24-year-old was the only rider to break 49 minutes on the 31.6-kilometre course, winning in 48:52 to extend his lead in ...

ISLAMABAD -  Besides many daunting challenges ranging from revival of crumbling economy, political instability and controlling the genie of terrorism, which has taken thousands of innocents lives across the country, the real test of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government would be the trial of ...

ISLAMABADThe seven prisoners, whose illegal detention has been investigated by the Supreme Court, said on Tuesday that tribal officials had sentenced them up to 14 years in prison without any trial.Khyber Pakhtunkhwa authorities on the order of the Supreme Court presented seven prisoners allegedly ...

CAIRO : The cousin and former aide of slain Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi appeared in court on Monday charged with the attempted murder of Egyptian police officers, an AFP reporter said.Ahmed Qaddaf al-Dam denied the charges which also included possessing unlicensed weapons and resisting arrest.The ...

ISLAMABADThe trial matches started here at Mushaf Ali Mir Complex on Tuesday for the selection of Pakistan squash team for the upcoming World Team Squash Championship to be held in France from June 9 to 15. Pakistan head coach Jamshed Gul is conducting the trial matches assisted by M Ikram, Asif ...

The trial of former President Pervez Musharraf in judges’ detention case will be conducted at his farmhouse sub-jail in Islamabad.A notification in this regard has been issued by Islamabad authorities, citing security concerns.Judges will hear the case today at Chak Shahzad sub-jail.Musharraf ...

LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray was in dire financial straits when he was hired to care for the US superstar, a policeman testified.Murray, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011 over Jackson’s death, had tens of thousands of dollars in debts, ...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Michael Jackson’s mother accused the promoter of his doomed final tour Monday of sacrificing the troubled star in a “ruthless” pursuit of profit in the months before his 2009 death.At the opening of a trial pitting Katherine Jackson against AEG Live, her lawyer ...

KIROV, Russia : A Russian court on Wednesday reopened the trial on embezzlement charges of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who may face up to a decade in jail if convicted in a case he says was orchestrated by President Vladimir Putin.The prosecution accuses the 36-year-old, who has emerged as ...

LOS ANGELES: Jury selection finished for a trial in which Michael Jackson’s family is suing tour promoter AEG Live, arguing it is responsible for the singer’s death since it hired his doctor.With the 12 jurors - six men and six women - and their alternates picked from a pool of more ...

Earlier this year, the National Assembly and the Senate of Pakistan passed the Investigation for Fair Trial Act 2012 without due discussions and debate. The act has been purportedly enacted to effectively deal with scheduled offences and to regulate the powers of the law enforcement and ...

LAHORESenior PPP leader Altaf Qureshi on Thursday said that all collaborators of former dictators including the politicians and judges should be tried under Article 6 of the Constitution.  “While it is good to see that former dictator Pervez Musharraf is being tried in the court of law ...

ISLAMABAD  - The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that the interim government has apparently not taken any action against former dictator president Pervez Musharraf and summoned details from the interior secretary about it.A two-member bench, comprising Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice ...

KIROV, Russia Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny went on trial Wednesday on charges he says were ordered by President Vladimir Putin to eliminate a top opponent, but the process was swiftly adjourned for a week to allow the defence more time to prepare.Hundreds of journalists and Navalny ...

ZAGREB Croatia’s former powerful prime minister Ivo Sanader went on trial Wednesday on new corruption charges, several months after being jailed for 10 years for graft.“I understand the indictment and I plead not guilty,” Sanader told a Zagreb court trying him and two other ...

LAHORE - The traders have demanded the trial of former president Musharraf under Article 6 of the Constitution and the High Treason Act, 1973, for suspending the Constitution and imposing a state of emergency on Nov 3, 2007, and ordering the arrests of some 60 judges including Chief Justice ...

NEW YORK - A New York federal judge has set the terrorism trial of Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law for January after defence lawyers said US budget cuts would make it hard to prepare by an earlier date. Judge Lewis Kaplan issued an order signed Tuesday fixing a January 7 start date for the trial ...

VEHARI - Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) senior leader and former Minister for religious affairs, Syed Khurshid Shah has said that case against former President Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf will leave far-reaching effects on the national politics.He was talking to media persons after his meeting ...

ISLAMABAD - Former president Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf on Monday was put on the Exit Control List and barred from leaving the country until the Supreme Court takes a final decision on five petitions seeking action against him for ‘subverting’ the constitution, which amounts to treason. ...

Another petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking proceedings against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf under Article 6 of the Constitution of Pakistan.According to a private television channel, this is the second petition calling to begin treason proceedings against the former ...

LOS ANGELES (AFP)Michael Jackson’s mother is seeking billions of dollars from tour promoter AEG Live over her son’s 2009 death, in a trial that will finally get underway in Los Angeles in April. Jury selection begins Tuesday for the trial, in which Katherine Jackson accuses AEG of ...

TRIPOLI  - A Libyan court Monday adjourned to February 11 the trial of Moamer Gaddafi's last premier Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmudi, accused of killing civilians and financial crimes. Defence lawyers had asked for the delay to allow time to summon witnesses and the judge demanded that all witnesses ...

RAWALPINDI- The administrations of the allied hospitals of Rawalpindi, focusing on the sanitation and hygiene of the hospitals, have asked private contractors to hold a trail survey to purge the hospitals from vermin.According to sources, the district administration has also directed the allied ...

RAWALPINDI  – The trial of LeT’s Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six other suspects charged with involvement in Mumbai attack was adjourned on Saturday for a week, as the judge had to attend an official conference.Chaudhry Habib-ur-Rehman, the judge conducting the trial, had to ...

TRIPOLI  - The trial of late dictator Moamer Kadhafi’s last prime minister, Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmudi, is to open in the Libyan capital on Monday, the public prosecutor’s spokesman said. “Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmudi will appear tomorrow (Monday) on the occasion of a first case” ...

THE HAGUE  - A UN-backed court said Thursday it had set a provisional date in March next year to begin a trial over the 2005 bomb attack that killed former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri. The trial was tentatively scheduled to start on March 25, 2013, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ...

NEW YORK  - The high-profile trial began Monday of a man accused of being part of a New York trio that was only “days” away from perpetrating a bombing massacre in the city’s crowded subway. Federal prosecutor James Loonam opened the trial in Brooklyn by pointing across the ...

ISLAMABAD – Air Marshall (r) Asghar Ali Khan has sought the Supreme Court to declare the acts of all persons involved in Mehrangate scam as unconstitutional and give a ‘symbolic judgment’ of his case.However, he prayed to the court to direct the federation to bring treason charges ...

REYKJAVIK - Former premier Geir Haarde insisted Monday he could not be held responsible for the collapse of Iceland's banks as he became the first political leader to be tried over the global financial crisis. "I reject all accusations, and believe there is no basis for them," Haarde, 60, told the ...

CHICAGO : BP said Friday it reached a $7.8 billion deal to settle claims from fishermen and other private claimants affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill ahead of the start of a blockbuster US trial.The settlement does not affect what is anticipated to be tens of billions in fines and claims ...