Tag: new year

New year fireworks at Bahria Town’s Eiffel Tower take place despite...

LAHORE: Bahria Town Lahore on New Year's night amused and enthralled many including, families, children,  and a large number of young men, with a...

Tibetans welcome new year with giant Buddhas, dancing and lamb carcasses

Despite a few elbows to the face, Tsering pushed through the broil of Tibetan worshippers and lifted her bawling two-year-old over the mad crush,...

Indonesian couples welcome new year with mass wedding

JAKARTA: Hundreds of Indonesian couples celebrated New Year’s Eve on Sunday night by tying the knot in a mass wedding in the capital Jakarta. Nearly...

New Year jubilations in Pakistan indicative of nation’s resolve: DG ISPR

ISLAMABAD: Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor on Monday said that Pakistan is celebrating the New Year with...

Pakistan ushers in new year with traditional fervour

KARACHI: People in Pakistan celebrated new year's eve with traditional passion and zeal. Tremendous celebrations were seen in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and other cities. Spectacular...

New Year to usher Pakistan towards sustained economic growth and consolidation...

ISLAMABAD: In his felicitation message to the nation on the eve of New Year, National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq expressed hope that the dawn...

Extreme cold forces Canada to cancel New Year’s events

OTTAWA: Canadians pride themselves on living with cold weather but sub-zero temperatures proved too much even for them, with concerts cancelled and ski hills...

WhatsApp will stop working on some smartphones in 2018

WhatsApp will stop working on a selection of smartphones and mobile platforms in 2018, according to The Independent. From January 1, 2018, the messenger service will not...

Murad orders police to open routes leading to Sea View, asks...

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Saturday evening ordered police to open the routes leading to Sea View and Clifton areas of Karachi. “If...

Section 144 imposed in Karachi on new year eve

The provincial authorities have devised a rigorous security plan for new year eve in Karachi and Section-144 has been imposed in the metropolis for...

Family passion sparks Sydney’s spectacular New Year fireworks

When Fortunato Foti dreams up his designs for Sydney's dazzling New Year's Eve fireworks display, he's drawing on more than 200 years of pyrotechnics...

New Year celebratory gunfire injures 17 in Karachi

CIA police seize over 2,000 bottles of liquor in Faisalabad At least 17 people were injured as a result of celebratory gunfire on New Year...

PM launches health insurance for the underprivileged

Programme will provide cheap medical care to poor people for seven life-threatening diseases including cardiovascular diseases, hepatitis, diabetes, dialysis and cancer treatment PM says programme...

India duplicitous in bid for peace

India's Coast Guard deputy inspector general (DIG) Wednesday denied reports which said that he had admitted to have ordered for a Pakistani boat to be blown up in the Arabian Sea on New Year's eve, a report published on the Times of India website said.

16 arrested for ‘celebrating’ New Year

Police have arrested 16 men for resorting to aerial firing and wheelies on New Year’s Eve. On the directions of DIG Operations Dr Haider Ashraf,...

New Year, same battle for West Indies

Denesh Ramdin actually means it and you need only consider what lies ahead for West Indies to see why. 2015 and beyond is an...

Fuel up! It’s a new year

PM announces another cut in POL prices: petrol reduced by (per litre) Rs 6.25, HOBC Rs 14.14, HSD Rs 7.86 Addressing a news conference at...