Tag: Faces

Spain’s minority government faces budget revolt from junior allies

MADRID: Political allies of Spain's minority socialist government have pulled support for its budget hours before a vote in parliament on Friday in a...

Saudi woman faces 2 years prison for hugging singer

RIYADH: A young Saudi Arabian woman has been charged in the western city of Taif with breaking the country's anti-harassment laws for jumping on...

Lead Brexit campaign group faces police inquiry over its spending

  LONDON: Britain's officially designated Brexit campaign group, Vote Leave, was fined 61,000 pounds ($81,000) on Tuesday for breaching spending rules in the 2016 referendum...

Pro-independence Hong Kong party faces possible ban

HONG KONG: Authorities on Tuesday told a political party that advocates independence for Hong Kong the group might be banned on national security grounds,...

Clean-up campaign completed in most neglected areas of city

---Officials say Akram Park, Manzoor Park cleaned after 30 years   LAHORE: The Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC), in collaboration with non-governmental organisation Formation, Awareness and Community...

Federer faces South Korean Chung hurdle to 30th Slam final

MELBOURNE: Roger Federer steps on court against new South Korean star Chung Hyeon on Friday with the prospect of an Australian Open final against...

Winter Olympics: US ski sensation Shiffrin faces Italian test in Cortina

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO: Mikaela Shiffrin's sensational World Cup pace will be put to the test this weekend with Lindsey Vonn and the in-form Italian women...

Blind Cricket World Cup: Pakistan faces India

ISLAMABAD: Amidst political tensions between India and Pakistan, blind cricket teams from both the countries will face-off against each other in the Blind Cricket...

Del Potro ousts Federer, faces Murray in semis

Towering Argentine Juan Martin del Potro snapped Roger Federer's three-year unbeaten sequence at the ATP World Tour Finals on Saturday to earn a semifinal...

Russia faces international condemnation over Pussy Riot

Russia on Saturday faced a storm of international criticism for sentencing three members of the Pussy Riot punk band to two years in prison...

Pakistan wins prestigious SAARC Film Awards 2012

Pakistan won its first SAARC Film Award for the documentary “Saving Face” that chronicles the work of a British plastic surgeon who rebuilds the...

Kuwait forms new cabinet with change in oil, defence

Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah named a new cabinet on Tuesday with 10 new faces, including the oil and defence ministers, and no...

Country faces no threat: PM

Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has said nation is untied and the country is facing no threat. “We will not hesitate in rendering sacrifice...

Pacific summit faces hurdles

The Pacific Islands Forum opened Wednesday with a passionate plea from Kiribati for help staving off rising seas caused by climate change, while discontent...

Fresh start, fresh season, fresh faces

Pakistan will embark on their tour of Zimbabwe in a few days. This will be a short tour consisting of a single Test match,...

In ‘political death zone’, Australia PM faces season of protest

Embattled Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard begins a make or break parliamentary season this week, trying to finally deliver her key carbon and mining...

Pakistan cricket needs fresh faces

The selection of a national team is always a difficult job. And it never happens that selection of certain team members win nod from...