Tag: Flying

‘Flying’ to Islamabad from Lahore Airport… by bus

The administration of Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore sent all its passengers to Islamabad by bus in the wake of a glitch that occurred...

18 drunken Indian pilots barred from flying

As many as 18 Indian pilots, including a woman, tested positive in pre-flight alcohol tests till November this year. In what could be a...

Oldest flying fish fossil found in China

A fish from China has displaced its European relatives to become the oldest known gliding fish. A near-complete skeleton of the fish, named Potanichthys xingyiensis,...

12 more arrested for flying kites

City police launched a crack down on Sunday against kite flying in the area of Sandha, City42 reported. According to the channel, strict orders...

PIA faces delay in flying schedule

Despite change in management, sufferings of National Airline still exist as 11 out of 39 fleets of Pakistan International Airline (PIA) are grounded. A...

High-flying Germans out to down Danes

After two wins already at Euro 2012, a confident Germany are aiming to beat Denmark on Sunday in Lviv to finish top of Group...

Woman makes fake bomb threat to stop husband flying to mistress

A US woman reportedly called in a bomb threat to stop her husband from getting on a plane, which she believed he was taking...

Punjab govt’s hands tied against kite flying

Despite recent throat-slitting incident that claimed life of a family’s sole breadwinner, Punjab government is still without any solid plan to check rampant kite...

There is no guarding the guards

Flouting court orders of arresting the Station House Officer (SHO) in whose precincts someone dies because of kite-flying, Sabzazar SHO has been allowed to...

Monsoon flying away slowly

Five millimeters rain in the city dropped the mercury and the maximum temperature was 32 degrees Celsius on Monday. The Met Office informed that...

Flying car cleared for takeoff in US

A flying car, called the Terrafugia Transition, has been given clearance in the United States. The Terrafugia works as a conventional car, with a...

Federer off to flying start

Six-time men’s champion Roger Federer barely broke sweat in clinching a 7-6 (7/2), 6-4, 6-2 win over Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan. Third-seeded Federer, who next...

Australia donates to Flying Doctors for Will and Kate

SYDNEY - Australia said Monday it will donate Aus$25,000 ($26,400) to the Royal Flying Doctor Service as a wedding gift to Prince William and Kate Middleton. The couple, who marry on April 29, have asked that anyone intending to send them presents instead give the money to charity. "The gift was decided following a request from the happy couple to donate to one of their nominated charities instead of a wedding gift," said Prime Minister Julia Gillard's office. "The Royal Flying Doctor

Garhi Shahu, Flying Horse move into last 16

LAHORE - Garhi Shahu FC and Flying Horse FC secured their places in the pre-quarterfinals of the All Punjab Raiders Football Cup 2011 at Raiders Football Club Ground, Faisal Town.
They join Walton, Shaheen Wahdat, Bata FC, Afshan FC, Young Shooter, Jabbar Friends, Pency, Raiders FC , Pak Fighters, Model Town, Muneer Shaheed (Okara), Usmania FC, Muslim FC (Sheikhpura), Fatima Memorial in the last 16 round. Both the teams won 3-0 against Publican FC and St. Michael FC in the first

Pakistan flying but still problems at the top

MUMBAI - Pakistan are flying in the World Cup after three straight wins but they still have problems right from the top which New Zealand will aim to exploit when the two meet in their Group A match in Kandy on Tuesday. Shahid Afridi's team have notched victories against Kenya, Sri Lanka and Canada but not without a few hiccups which have mainly come from their top order. Openers Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed Shehzad have failed to provide the required stability which has increased the

India flying high at the moment

EXPERT COMMENT - The biggest cricket show on earth got underway on Saturday in Dhaka. Sitting in Sri Lanka, I could feel the butterflies in the stomach of both the Indian and Bangladesh camps. Nothing can be better than this. I hear Ashish Nehra is struggling with fitness, but that should not be of any concern to the Indian team management. They have enough ammunition to pick their first XI and this is the hallmark of a team that is No. 1 in the world.
India will start as

Kite flying ban violation will not be tolerated: CM

LAHORE - Violation of the kite flying ban will not be tolerated and action has been taken against policemen for the ban's violation in Faisalabad, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Sunday. He was speaking at the residence of Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah where he had gone to congratulate him on his daughter's wedding.
Addressing parliamentarians present on the occasion, he said that the Punjab government is implementing a development agenda for raising living