Tag: Hangs

BAGHDAD: Iraq hanged 13 prisoners convicted on terror charges, the Justice Ministry announced Friday, following a recommendation by the prime minister to speed up...

Iran on Monday hanged 14 people in Tehran after they were convicted of drug trafficking, a statement from the Tehran prosecutor’s office said. The report...

A woman in Karachi died of contracting the dengue virus on Saturday, increasing the death toll to five this year. Out of 387 suspected...

Top ranked Yani Tseng made the most of her second chances Sunday, rolling in a four-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a...

Ijaz Butt’s future as the PCB chairman hangs in balance, with his family reportedly not in favour of the former Test player’s extension when...

Scott Piercy dropped a three-stroke lead but held on and made a seven-foot par putt on the final hole to win the US PGA...

Iran hanged in public on Tuesday three men convicted of rape in the western city of Kermanshah, the ISNA news agency reported. The...

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ijaz Butt tenure in the board awaits the Islamabad establishment’s directives which has asked him to continue till further orders....

As the deadline of June 30 approaches for the devolution of all subjects that are a part of the concurrent list, the fate of...

West Indies again overlooked Chris Gayle for selection, and his omission has overshadowed the build-up to the first Test against India, starting on Monday...

Iran on Saturday hanged a convicted rapist in the southern city of Shahrekord, the state television website reported. It said the unidentified man was...

A teenaged girl committed suicide in Baldia Town, the Saeedabad police said on Friday. They said that Shaista Muhammad Ikram, 14, hanged herself by...

The Pakistan Cricket Board has yet to take a decision on Shahid Afridi`s future as captain of the national team. The PCB has issued...

LAHORE - The fate of doctors recently recruited by the Punjab Health Department to run hospitals in the absence of striking doctors hangs in the balance, as the YDA has expressed its reservation regarding their future, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The Health Department appointed 617 doctors to run the emergency departments of various hospitals, while the young doctors were on a strike. However, the appointments are not regular, putting the fate of all these newly elected doctors in

ISLAMABAD - Lack of interest on part of Ministry of Science and Technology has led to uncertainty about the future of more than fifty thousands BTech graduates, who are being refused jobs in government sector due to undefined status of their degrees.
The BTech graduates are deprived of access to higher studies and jobs in government sector, as Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) is not accepting their degrees. After the refusal of PEC, the office of Chairman Pakistan Council of

ISLAMABAD - Notwithstanding the large number of women parliamentarians, "Acid Control and Burn Crime Prevention Bill 2010" tabled by Marvi Memon in National Assembly a year ago to address the vital issue of acid violence in Pakistan is still pending approval.
The bill is aimed at controlling the import, production, transportation, boarding, sale, and use of acid to prevent its misuse as a corrosive substance and to provide legal support to acid and burn victims. With approval of

KARACHI - International oil prices continue to stay stable; however, political uncertainty on the domestic front has forced the government to hold back on the oil price increase. This time round, the government would have three options i) base-case: reduction of deemed duty to five percent and the residual price increase passed on to the consumer, ii) passing-on the full impact of last four-months price increase and iii) subsidising oil prices.
Eruption of civil unrest in the