Abdul Khaliq
KARACHI, April 18: The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) on Thursday warned of an ‘alarming’ rise in risk factors for chronic kidney disease in the population of Sindh
Published 19 Apr, 2013 06:44am
Guru Nanak (1469-1539) was born in Bhoi Di Talwandi, now known as Nankana Sahib, in the vicinity of Sheikhupura, more than two hundred years after the death of Baba Farid. The long blank in between is mysteriously inexplicable. No poet or writer of renown
Published 19 Apr, 2013 02:12am
ATHENS: It was the ultimate symbol of status and celebrity for Greece’s most famous dynasty — a private island playground for the legendary shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis and the location of his wedding to Jackie Kennedy
Published 18 Apr, 2013 02:11am
ROME, April 16: An Arturo Vidal double moved Juventus closer to retaining the Serie A title as they beat Lazio 2-0 on Monday to move 11 points clear at the top of the table
Published 17 Apr, 2013 08:34am
LONDON, April 16: The body of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was taken on Tuesday to the Houses of Parliament in London, where it will rest overnight before her funeral
Published 17 Apr, 2013 08:31am
LONDON: In 1983, Granta magazine’s list of the 20 most promising young British novelists under 40 ushered the likes of Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Pat Barker and Rose Tremain on to the national stage. It was a prescient corralling of the names who would go o
Published 17 Apr, 2013 02:02am
ISLAMABAD, April 15: Pakistan strongly condemned on Monday a US drone attack in North Waziristan on Sunday which left four people dead
Published 16 Apr, 2013 08:18am
COLOMBO, April 15: Sri Lanka's police have begun keeping track of foreign tourists to “ensure their own safety”, officials announced on Monday. Hotels and guest houses have been told to submit weekly reports of their foreign guests as part of a new securi
Published 16 Apr, 2013 08:13am
LAHORE, April 14: The caretaker set-up has failed to control the prices of essential commodities in markets
Published 15 Apr, 2013 08:31am
TOBA TEK SINGH, April 14: A known Kamalia leader of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and a leading poultry trader, Chaudhry Faisal Qazzafi, quit PTI and joined PML-N here on Sunday
Published 15 Apr, 2013 08:30am
SINGAPORE, April 12: Ryota Murata, who ended Japan’s long wait for Olympic boxing gold by taking the men’s middleweight title in London last year, has decided to turn professional
Published 13 Apr, 2013 07:05am
LAHORE, April 12: An anti terrorism court on Friday dismissed bail petitions of 14 accused involved in the Joseph Colony incident while granting bail to 30 others. The court had already released 16 accused on bail
Published 13 Apr, 2013 07:01am
LAHORE, April 12: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) informed a full bench of the Lahore High Court on Friday that no commercial bank, except one, had shared accounts detail of their customers with it
Published 13 Apr, 2013 07:00am
NEW YORK: A translation of Biblical psalms that was the first book ever printed in what became the United States goes on auction this November, with an expected price tag of $15-30 million, Sotheby’s said on Friday in New York
Published 13 Apr, 2013 06:57am
MANAMA: Thousands of Bahrainis staged a peaceful march on Friday in the first of a series of protests the opposition is planning to hold before next week's Formula One Grand Prix race
Published 13 Apr, 2013 06:57am
KABUL, April 12: Taliban militants stormed an Afghan army outpost on Friday, killing 13 soldiers in an area that lies near the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan
Published 13 Apr, 2013 06:57am
SEOUL/LONDON: Foreign ministers from the G8 group of nations meeting in London have condemned North Korea’s aggressive rhetoric and its continued development of nuclear missile programmes before an anticipated ballistic missile test launch by Pyongyang wi
Published 13 Apr, 2013 06:56am
LONDON, April 8: A 12-minute hat-trick by German Denis kept Inter Milan’s hopes of a place in next season’s Champions League in check on Sunday while Olympique Lyon also suffered the same fate as the race for European spots intensified in the continent’s
Published 09 Apr, 2013 08:21am
LAHORE, April 8: Caretaker Information and Broadcasting Minister Arif Nizami on Monday inquired after renowned folk singer Reshma who is undergoing treatment at a local hospital
Published 09 Apr, 2013 08:06am
LAHORE, April 8: The power situation started easing a bit on Monday as the planners were able to add around 2,000MW to the generation, raising it to around 9,000MW, in the last 24 hours – officially reducing the deficit to 4,000MW
Published 09 Apr, 2013 02:24am
