Tag: National

POLITICAL LEADERS CONDEMN BILOUR’S KILLING

Bashir’s death a loss for entire nation Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali has termed the demise of Bashir Ahmed Bilour as a loss...

A FIGHTER FALLS

Fearless, outspoken and one of the harshest critics of the Taliban, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour embraced martyrdom in a suicide attack...

Italy president dissolves parliament after Monti’s resignation

Italy’s head of state dissolved parliament on Saturday following the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Monti, paving the way for a national election in...

The science of what bugs us

Daily life can be full of annoying distractions, from loud phone conversations, noisy soup eaters to waiting... and waiting... for a delayed flight or...

32nd National Games begins today

The 32nd National Games will roll into action from December 22 in Lahore’s Railways Stadium. The colorful opening ceremony starts at 2 pm...

Legally SBP cannot associate itself with National Games: Mashood

The Sports Board Punjab in light of the Supreme and High Court decisions regarding the implementation of the National Sports Policy cannot associate itself...

Working against all odds

Challenging the engrained mentality of ‘chaddar and chaar diwaari’ in the society, women in Pakistan have begun overstepping socially constructed barriers to join the...

PSO-PNSC partnership to help save $25 million annually

Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has recently signed a Contract of Affreightment (CoA) with the Pakistan National Corporation (PNSC) to transport furnace oil from foreign...

December 21 proved doomsday for Latif Khosa only, says Nisar

National Assembly Opposition Leader Nisar Ali Khan on Friday said the onus of predictions made by astrologists about December 21 being the doomsday landed...

ANC Mangaung conference: Zuma re-elected as leader

Jacob Zuma has been re-elected as leader of South Africa’s governing African National Congress. He received an overwhelming majority of votes cast by some...

South Africa foils ‘bomb plot’

A plot to bomb the national conference of South Africa’s governing African National Congress has been foiled, a police spokesman has said. Four white...

PIA, NBP in NBP Gold Cup Hockey final

Pakistan international Airlines and National Bank of Pakistan continued the flow of their victories in the NBP Gold Cup hockey tournament here on Wednesday...

Hafeez steers Lahore to National T20 title

Pakistan’s T20 captain Mohammad Hafeez on Sunday made Lahore Lions spin to 33 runs win over Faisalabad Wolves to claim the National T20 title...

Lions, Wolves play for National T20 Cup

Asif Ali single-handedly lifted Faisalabad Wolves to a 5 wickets win and made his team qualify for the final of the Faysal Bank National...

Work to lay blue turf at National Hockey Stadium begins

The work for the laying of the Desso Blue Turf at the National Hockey Stadium has started and is expected to be completed by...

NAB to control corruption with help of national institutions: Chairman

National Accountability Bureau Chairman Admiral (r) Fasih Bukhari has said that with the help of national institutions the bureau would eliminate the menace of...

Pakistan and Kalabagh Dam cannot co-exist: Asfandyar Wali

The Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali Khan said on Saturday that ‘Pakistan and Kalabagh dam cannot co-exist’ and the people have to...