Syrian army cuts off supply lifeline for refugees
The Syrian army has cut off a key border village supplying people fleeing to Turkey, closing its only bakery and burning surrounding forests, residents...
PPP condemns Rana Sanaullah’s ‘wajibul qatl’ howler
Speaking on a point of order in the Sindh Assembly, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and Sindh Education and Literacy Minister Pir Mazharul Haq...
FY 2011-12 ‘go slow’ year for poor CDA
Popularly known as a moneyed civic agency, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) is reportedly so strapped for funds that its high-ups have asked different...
Aisam-Bopanna magic run continues
The tennis duo of Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and India’s Rohan Bopanna continued their great form of last week’s ATP Halle Championship into ATP Aegon...
SC refers JUI MNA’s case to ECP
The Supreme Court on Wednesday referred an election dispute of NA-41 South Waziristan to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) when it was informed...
ANF majors to face court martial
District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Rashid Qamar on Wednesday ordered the police and the jail authorities to hand over the two majors and an...
Bipasha’s new love story
It's a romantic comedy for Madhavan opposite the sizzling and still single Bipasha Basu after his latest blockbuster ‘Tanu Weds Manu’.
The actress, after...
Five Iraqi soldiers killed in shootings
Five Iraqi soldiers were killed on Wednesday in a spate of shootings against patrols and checkpoints in Baghdad and the main northern city of...
Yemen warns Qatar over dissident funding
Yemen said Wednesday it intercepted financial transfers made through Qatar to fund dissidents, warning the energy rich Gulf state to stop supporting divisions in...
Zardari meets Ahmadinejad, Rahmon
President Asif Ali Zardari and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here on Wednesday expressed their determination to continue close collaboration to further regional peace and...
Drug trafficking, production fuelling terrorism, Pakistan informs SCO
President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Pakistan will work together with member states of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) for maintaining regional peace, spreading...
One God, one world, one humanity
The fundamentals of Muslim culture are derived from the religious experiences of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and his interpretations of this in theory as well...
Mexico claim group win in Gold Cup
Mexico sealed their Group A victory in the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Sunday with a 4-1 triumph over Costa Rica. Andres Guardado scored twice,...
Journalist reveals ordeal suffered at the hands of spy agency
A Pakistani journalist Waqar Kiani has revealed that the intelligence agencies had tortured him in July 2008, accusing him of being a British agent,...
Syrian forces round up hundreds near northern town
Syrian troops rounded up hundreds of people in a sweep through villages near Jisr al-Shughour on Monday, fleeing residents said, after President Bashar al-Assad’s...
Yemen’s opposition in talks with VP over transition
Yemen’s political opposition held talks with the country’s acting leader on Monday in a bid to defuse months of violent political deadlock over the...
Berlusconi faces fresh blow in referendums
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faced a fresh blow on Monday following last month’s heavy defeat in local elections as Italians turned out in large...
