Tag: Honours

HELSINKI- Human rights activist Asma Jahangir on Monday received the Right Livelihood Award - also called the "alternative Nobel prize" - along with US whistleblower...

MONITORING DESK- Widely-applauded cooking reality television game show MasterChef Pakistan has been nominated for the prestigious 19th Asian Television Awards (ATA). MasterChef Pakistan has become the...

  Three activists from Pakistan have been awarded an N-peace award by N-Peace network, a multi-country network of peace advocates in Asia working on the...

  Conquering the world with their documentaries, campaigns, and cartoons, four Pakistani women have made it to BBC’s 100 Women list. Among BBC’s 100 women are...

Air Chief Marshal (r) Muhammad Anwar Shamim, former Chief of Air Staff Pakistan Air Force, who expired due to prolonged illness on Friday was...

Six-time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir has suggested Paralympians have to work harder to earn recognition than their non-disabled counterparts. Weir has been recognised with...

The Romanian government has presented merit awards to five Pakistanis for promoting relations between the two countries. Romanian Ambassador HE Emilian gave away awards...

Around 30 female players of the Punjab University Sports Department were awarded scholarships for their national and international performances here in a simple but...

Nasir Hossain scored the highest number of runs while Mohammed Hafeez claimed the highest number of wickets in the just concluded three-match one day...

“Six years later, that deadly 2005 earthquake still lives on in our memories,” said US Deputy Chief of Mission Richard Hoagland on Wednesday while...

Shaun Marsh hit a gutsy 81 to steer Australia out of trouble at the start of the third and final cricket Test against Sri...

Kevin Pietersen scored the highest number of runs while team-mate Stuart Broad claimed the highest number of wickets in the four-Test series between India...

Upholding its tradition of recognizing outstanding artists of the nation and nurturing creative talent in performing arts, the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) held a...

The self-taught Belgian cartoonist behind the Smurfs is getting some long-awaited recognition with a first-ever retrospective of his work that opened in Paris on...

England booked their ticket to the quarter-finals of the 2011 women’s World Cup on Tuesday with an impressive 2-0 victory over Japan to claim...

Cricketers Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook are among the sports stars named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. England captain Strauss is made OBE,...

The GC University Lahore Thursday honored its 76 best sportsmen with shields, cash prizes and titles like Iron Man, Mr Super Fit, Man of...