Tag: Hope

As the recently-formed parliamentary committee on the law and order in Karachi and Balochistan is poised to elect PPP’s Khurshid Shah as it chairman...

A recent decision by the Karachi’s apex Parsi trust to give children of women married to non-Zoroastrians the right to adopt their mother’s religion...

This year, Spalding has been one of the biggest attractions at the prestigious Montreal Jazz Festival, which is used to attracting big names such...

Thailand's powerful military accepted on Monday a stunning election victory by the party of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, adding to a new...

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni gave West Indies’ team a boost after their 63-run first Test defeat by suggesting they could push the visitors...

Childlessness was a distressing situation and in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) was a ray of hope for infertile couples as it provided the possibility to produce...

Few soccer clubs can claim to owe their existence to a pair of socks but, as in so many other ways, Austria Salzburg are...

KARACHI - Students of Abdullah Faysal School, Shah Faisal Colony have been saved in the nick of time: the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) had barred them from taking their Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Part I & II exams over a wrangle with the school administration, but a Sindh High Court (SHC) division bench on Monday ordered the Board to allow 29 students of the school to appear in SSC Part I examinations that start from today (Tuesday) even without any admit

SANAA - Tens of thousands of people pressed opposition demands on Wednesday for Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to resign, a standoff Gulf Arab ambassadors hope to help resolve at talks in neighbouring Saudi Arabia.
The ambassadors, members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, met opposition figures at the Saudi embassy in Sanaa to issue an invitation after Saleh accepted the GCC mediation on Tuesday.
"We only expect something good from our brothers. But it will take time

LAHORE - Raja Amjad's eyes grow moist as he talks about his baby girl whom he has not seen for months now. "My daughter is just two and a half years old," he says. "She will forget me..." his voice strays off because he cannot go on, the pain he suffers from fluctuating in his eyes. Raja Amjad is not the only parent who is distraught by the conditions that his divorce has led to. Not only did he have to suffer the consequences of a family break-up, his only child was 'snatched' away

LAHORE - Drive by the wall opposite the centre point, you see monuments painted next to calls for peace, depictions of culture and a call for togetherness. Amidst these paintings of hope, is a painting of an old woman in despondency, a theme the the City District Government Lahore (CDGL), a partner to the project, does not allow. The painting somehow slipped through their gaze. However, Yasir, a chartered accountant, paints what he calls is the true reflection of the society around

KARACHI/LAHORE - The economic managers of Pakistan, haunted by official and unofficial forecasts that the country's external accounts could deteriorate in the rest of FY11, must have sighed in relief after the release of CIA operative Raymond Davis on Wednesday.
The traders, businessmen, stock brokers and analysts also welcomed the Wednesday's release of Davis expecting that the move would help Washington and Islamabad ease a lingering diplomatic strain that would certainly augur

KARACHI - The intermittent protest by hundreds of dock workers at Port Qasim is feared to result in a serious blow to the country's exports which the economic managers expect would fetch over $22 billion this year, thus helping Pakistan balance its external accounts.
The analysts believe that after achieving a $26 million current account surplus during July-December 2010-11, the terrorism and floods-hit Pakistan is expected to see its external accounts widening by $4 billion or

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League (PML)-Likeminded Secretary Information Kashmala Tariq on Thursday said her party's three-member committee, headed by Senator Salim Saifullah Khan and mandated for alliance with other parties, received positive response which would be disclosed to the media in near future.
According to a press release, a party meeting was held in the federal capital Thursday which was attended by Humayun Akhtar Khan, Kashmala Tariq, Humayun Saifullah Khan, Kabir

NEW DELHI - Sri Lanka's ability to rise to the occasion makes them one of the most feared teams in the World Cup, especially in favourable home conditions. When the focus was on other sides in the 2007 edition in the Caribbean, Sri Lanka steadily emerged as deserving challengers to Australia in the final with their solid all-round show.
They have often proved tough customers in all conditions, having depth in batting and bowling. Their best in recent months came when they

KARACHI - Asian Development Bank (ADB) Director Maikito Ojhero met Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Planning and Development Department Dr Kaiser Bengali at the latter's office on Monday. Additional Chief Secretary (Development) Ishaq Lashari and Irrigation Department officers including Junaid Memon, Khalid Haider Memon and others were also present during the meeting.
Ojhero discussed the proposed Water Resources Development and Management Investment Programme with Bengali. The

LAHORE - Jurists say all officials working in the US embassy do not have a status of diplomatic immunity against any offence and Raymond Davis, accused of killing two men in Lahore, will face murder charges if he does not have the immunity. They said some officials of the lower cadre did not have diplomatic immunity, which was only exclusive to diplomats.
Ahmer Bilal Sufi, an expert on international laws, said the identity and status of Raymond Davis held the key to his future in