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RAWALPINDI, May 9: Former general secretary of district bar Rawalpindi Sardar Manzar Bashir advocate was kidnapped and released on Thursday but after being subjected to severe torture.
Published 10 May, 2013 02:06am
RAWALPINDI, April 18: Thirteen people were booked by the police on the charges of hurling threats and obstructing the polio vaccination team members in Naseerabad on Thursday, police said.
Published 19 Apr, 2013 06:43am
KARACHI, April 17: With three weeks are left for general elections, the Pakistan Economic Forum (PEF-II) on Wednesday presented its recommendations for addressing serious issues facing the country, stressing that
Published 18 Apr, 2013 08:02am
HYDERABAD, April 16: Almost all major towns across the province experienced mild jolts like the rest of the country...
Published 17 Apr, 2013 08:33am
KARACHI, April 15: Speakers at a conference on Monday criticised the past governments for not taking measures to protect the rights of homed-based women workers numbering around eight million across the country.
Published 16 Apr, 2013 08:17am
KARACHI, April 14: Turf accountants had a field day as all but one outsider’s reigned supreme by lowering the colours of favourites in the Gymkhana race meeting at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.
Published 15 Apr, 2013 08:24am
RAWALPINDI, April 9: The City District Government Rawalpindi (CDGR) on Tuesday introduced a new fee to be taken from all political parties who want to project their candidates for the election 2013.
Published 10 Apr, 2013 03:23am
RAWALPINDI, April 9: The City District Government Rawalpindi (CDGR) on Tuesday introduced a new fee to be taken from all political parties who want to project their candidates for election 2013.
Published 10 Apr, 2013 02:16am
KARACHI, April 7: Thailand’s Noppon Saengkham won the 14th Asian under-21 snooker championship by getting the better of Pakistan’s Mohammad Majid Ali in the fully stretched final 6-5 in the Indian city of Indore on Sunday.
Published 08 Apr, 2013 02:16am
PARIS, April 7: Kenyan Peter Some was a shock winner of the Paris marathon on Sunday as he won the 37th edition of the event ahead of Ethiopia’s Tadese Tola and compatriot Eric Ndiema.
Published 08 Apr, 2013 02:03am
KARACHI, April 7: Chancellor of the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) Z.A. Nizami passed away on Sunday.
Published 08 Apr, 2013 01:25am
PESHAWAR, April 7: The candidature of the father and the brother of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor for the general elections has elicited criticism from their rival candidates in Bajaur Agency.
Published 08 Apr, 2013 01:16am
LARKANA, April 7: Ten political parties formed an electoral alliance — mainly against the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) — after reaching an initial agreement on seat adjustment.
Published 08 Apr, 2013 01:05am
PARIS, April 7: Two Frenchmen suspected of being extremists and deported by Pakistan were charged with conspiring to commit terrorist acts, a judicial source said.
Published 08 Apr, 2013 01:03am
SRINAGAR, April 6: A young British woman holidaying in Indian-held Kashmir was found dead in a pool of blood on a houseboat on Saturday, police said after arresting a Dutch man on suspicion of her murder.
Published 07 Apr, 2013 05:06am
JOHANNESBURG, April 6: Nelson Mandela left hospital on Saturday after a 10-day stay during which the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon was treated for pneumonia, the South African president’s office said.
Published 07 Apr, 2013 05:04am
LAHORE, April 6: Former interior minister Rehman Malik has admitted the ‘mistake’ of the last parliament for not doing away with articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution.
Published 07 Apr, 2013 04:05am
ISLAMABAD, April 6: In the most expensive city of the country, the richest electoral candidate belongs to the Jamaat-i-Islami, a party which is known for its middle class roots.
Published 07 Apr, 2013 03:24am
ISLAMABAD, April 6: In observance of World Health Day on Sunday, the World Health Organization has released a global brief on hypertension, which they say can be harmful not just to individuals but also on a national scale.
Published 07 Apr, 2013 03:12am
ISLAMABAD, April 6: Caretaker Interior Minister Mohammad Habib Khan, a former inspector general of the police, is embroiled in litigation with the establishment division regarding his previous service.
Published 07 Apr, 2013 03:06am
