PCB to file intra-court appeal against IHC judgement in Zaka Ashraf case
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided in principle to file an intra-court appeal against the judgement of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) given in the case of controversial election of...
View Article77 dead in Spanish train crash: official
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA: A train hurtled off the tracks in northwest Spain killing at least 77 passengers and injuring more than 140, an official said Thursday, with the media suggesting the tragedy...
View ArticleCourt again defers verdict in Delhi gang-rape case
NEW DELHI: An Indian court trying a teenager over the fatal gang-rape of a student last December on a bus in the capital delayed announcing the first verdict in the case on Thursday, lawyers said.The...
View ArticleSenior Frontier Reserve Police official injured in Peshawar attack
PESHAWAR: Deputy Commandant of Frontier Reserve Police (FRP) Gul Wali was injured while his gunman and driver were killed as four motorcylce-riding attackers ambushed their vehicle in Gulbahar area of...
View ArticleMeet Pakistan's Burka Avenger
View full image galleryISLAMABAD: Wonder Woman and Supergirl now have a Pakistani counterpart in the pantheon of female superheroes — one who shows a lot less skin.Meet Burka Avenger: a mild-mannered...
View ArticleUAE embassy compound attacked in Libyan capital
TRIPOLI: Unidentified assailants fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the United Arab Emirates embassy compound in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Thursday, the latest in a series of attacks on foreign...
View ArticleLevies man among four gunned down in Khuzdar
QUETTA: Gunmen killed four people, including a Levies constable, in the Khuzdar district of Balochistan on Thursday.Muhammad Ali, a Levies official, told Dawn.com that militants, who had already taken...
View ArticleNo trust motion: Khurshid Shah assures AJK premier of party's backing
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party leader Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah on Thursday met with Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed and assured the latter of the party's backing in the...
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Putting Aakash within the reach of Pakistani children
When it comes to what children can dream to achieve, the sky (Aakash) should be the limit. But this may not be possible with disease, hunger, and poverty robbing children in the developing world of...
View ArticleMisbah's path
Pakistani cricket fans, experts and analysts are divided in two groups on their opinion on Misbah–ul–Haq, the batsman. Sarfraz Nawaz reflected the sentiments of one group on 14th June 2013: “His...
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An election
After completing my O LeveI from the Karachi Grammar School in January 1983, I joined Saint Patricks Government College (aka St. Pat’s) in March 1983. Situated at the heart of one of Karachi’s busiest...
View ArticlePak-born daughter of Alla Rakha faces hard times
LAHORE: Pakistan-born daughter of Indian tabla maestro Alla Rakha has fallen on hard times, grappling with psychological problems and living in solitude since her only son was murdered eight years...
View ArticlePakistan wants positive engagement with Afghanistan: FO
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has exercised maximum restraint towards Afghan allegations on different occasions, Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said on Thursday.Addressing the weekly news briefing...
View ArticleSC disqualifies PML-Q MPA Samina Khawar over fake degree
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday disqualified Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid’s member Punjab Assembly Samina Khawar Hayat in a fake degree case.Earlier on July 10, a three-member bench of the...
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Humsaaya: Our young generations and us
-Illustration by Khuda Bux Abro.My neighbour lives beside me under the same shade. There was a time when we used to live under the same roof as one family, like brothers. But then came the hate-filled...
View ArticleVideo: Kim Jong un opens new war cemetary
North Korea's Kim Jong-Un opens a war memorial in the buildup to the 60th anniversary of the Korean War. – Video by Reuters
View ArticleAfghan refugees allowed to stay until 2015
ISLAMABAD: The federal government's cabinet on Thursday decided to extend the stay of Afghan refugees in Pakistan until 2015 and also extended for ten years the quota of provinces in federal services,...
View ArticlePakistani Taliban's Jundullah group claims responsibility for Sukkur attack
PESHAWAR: The Tehrik-i-Taliban Jundullah group on Thursday claimed responsibility for the attack on the compound of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) in Sukkur.Spokesperson for the...
View ArticlePakistan can move up to second place in T20 rankings
Pakistan has an opportunity to climb up to the second place in the ICC T20I Rankings table if it wins both the matches against defending World T20 Champions West Indies in a two-match series, starting...
View ArticleNine dead in landslides in quake-hit Chinese province
BEIJING: Heavy rains sparked landslides in an earthquake-shattered region of northwestern China, killing at least nine people and burying another eight. The landslides struck just south of the city of...
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