LAHORE  A newly-married man ended his life after having an altercation with his wife over some domestic issue in the Nawan Kot area, police said Friday. Muhammad Afzal, said to be a factory worker, committed suicide by hanging himself with the ceiling fan at his house. The family ...

PESHAWAR  - An ANP women activist from Peshawar has sought protection against a person in her neighbourhood, who is intimidating for holding party meetings at her residence.Speaking at a press conference here at press club on Friday, Jamila Wisal, ANP Women Wing PK-3 President and resident of ...

KARACHI – Five people were gunned down in separate incidents of violence here on Monday. A worker of World Health Organisation (WHO) was shot dead in Dildar Umrani Goth, located within the remits of Sohrab Goth police station. Police said that he was on way to home after duty when some ...

A Swedish charity worker who was critically wounded in a gun attack in Lahore last week was flown home on Monday for specialist medical treatment, officials said.Bargeeta Almby, 72, was coming home from work when she was shot in the chest in Lahore.She was working in Lahore for the US-founded Full ...

ISLAMABAD - A labourer has died when he fell off from the roof of a local hotel here. According to details, in the jurisdiction of Margalla Police Station, a 30-year-old labourer named Ghulam Shabbir fell off the roof off an under-construction hotel while working. He received severe injuries and ...

Liam Hemsworth has had a lot of jobs, but insists he is ‘’not a good worker.’’‘The Hunger Games’ actor had many different occupations working on Phillip Island where he grew up, off the coast of Australia, but admits he didn’t like getting up early when he ...

SIMON Cowell, the music mogul, came to the rescue of father-to-be John Hagenstede by giving him a lift on his private jet when his girlfriend went into labour.  The Britain’s Got Talent judge stepped in to make sure sound recordist Hagenstede, 44, made it in time to see the birth of his ...

KARACHI - A mysterious exchange of fire outside the residence of MQM-Haqiqi chief Afaq Ahmed in Landhi area left a party activist wounded on Sunday.As per details, Afaq Ahmed had called a meeting of his party workers, when unidentified armed men, riding motorbikes, opened fire at a vehicle carrying ...

ISLAMABAD  - A Kenyan aid worker working for an international charity and his Pakistani driver are missing, feared abducted in flood-hit southern belt, police said Monday.Police official Saqib Ismail said the Kenyan works for Care International and that his car was found abandoned in the town ...

LAHORE – City police investigators have arrested four men in connection with the killing of a 14-year-old factory worker who was found strangled in Nawab Town area last week, police sources said. One of the arrested killers is said to be close relative of the deceased. During preliminary ...

LAHORE – WAPDA Line Superintendent died shortly after a tractor trolley hit him in Raiwind City Police area on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Haji Allah Wasaya of Haveli Telian. A senior police officer said that Haji Allah Wasaya was deputed in sub-division of Jia Baga. “He ...

TOBA TEK SINGH - A brick-kiln worker was allegedly forced to stay naked for three hours openly on kiln when he demanded wages as per governments fixed rate of Rs517 per 1,000 bricks. Complainant worker Haq Nawaz of Chak 304 JB stated in an application to DPO that he was being given just Rs200 per ...

DASKA - Industrial worker Rizwan Mukhtar (19) was killed when the roof of a surgical forging unit collapsed during heavy rain in Mandraanwala, Daska here on Friday. Reportedly, he was working there when roof suddenly caved in, killing him on the spot. Local villagers protested against the nasty ...

LAHORE Dacoits gunned down a 45-year-old storeowner and his worker on offering resistance here at busy Multan Road in Samanabad area and fled away after collecting cash and valuables worth Rs one million, police sources said late Wednesday night. Eyewitnesses said that four robbers, riding on two ...

HANOI (AFP) - Vietnam must allow free workers unions if it wants to liberalise trade with the US, a group of American senators said Wednesday during a visit to the communist country. Their comments came shortly after Vietnam, the US and six other countries concluded the second round of talks toward ...

QUETTA - One protestor was killed while five others wounded in firing at Shahbaz Town area of the provincial capital on Saturday. Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal) and National Party (NP) have held police and Frontier Corps (FC) responsible for targeting the peaceful protestors and announced ...

KARACHI - President PPP Ethics Committee Wing, Syed Zafar Ali Shah MNA, has said that no party MNA or worker has sent any application against Makhdoom Amin Fahim so far on account of violation of party discipline. Talking to The Nation on Sunday, he said that if any PPP MNA or central leaders would ...