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As groundwater levels plunge, Lahore begins turning off taps
LAHORE: Five mornings a week, Saima Azeem helps her children wash and prepare for school. But this week has been different: She has had to...
Trump ordered Mueller’s firing, then backed off, reports NY Times
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump last June ordered Special Counsel Robert Mueller fired but backed down after the White House counsel threatened to resign...
Nadal dominant as Wozniacki pulls off great escape
MELBOURNE: Dominant Rafael Nadal swept into the Australian Open third round to keep his Grand Slam title hunt on track Wednesday, as Caroline Wozniacki...
Plane skids off Turkish runway, passengers unhurt
ISTANBUL: A Pegasus Airlines flight skidded off the runway of a Turkish coastal airport and ended up halfway down a steep slope into the...
Trump’s London visit called off amid fears of mass protests
LONDON: Donald Trump has backed off the idea of visiting Britain next month to open the new US embassy in London amid fears of mass...
Wing panel falls off Japan PM’s jumbo jet
TOKYO: A panel the size of a laptop computer fell off one of the Japanese prime minister’s jumbo jets, the defence force said on...
Eight people die, 86 rescued from sinking dinghy off Libya
MEDITERRANEAN SEA: At least eight people died and 86 others were rescued after a rubber dinghy starting sinking in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, according...
5.8-magnitude quake off Mauritius
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Thursday in the Indian Ocean off the island of Mauritius, the US Geological Service said.
The quake's epicentre was only 10...
British border guards call off pre-Games strike
British border officials called off Wednesday a strike planned for the eve of the London Olympics, but travel woes still stalked the event as...
Football kicks off London Games
Women's football kicks off the London 2012 Olympics Wednesday -- two days before the official start -- as athletes pour into the country and...
Iraq PM backs off sacking threats in political row
Iraq’s premier backed off threats to fire ministers boycotting cabinet, instead naming temporary replacements Wednesday, as the UN voiced concern over a row that...
Review plea of two convicted in Musharraf attack case put off
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned hearing till fist week of November on review pleas of two persons convicted in...
5.9 earthquake rumbles off Chile coast
A moderate 5.9-magnitude earthquake rumbled off Chile’s coast early Wednesday, just 76 miles (123 kilometers) from the capital Santiago, according to US geologists. There...
Uplift works put off for 2 months
Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah insisted on Tuesday that the development budget will not be curtailed for utilisation on rescue and relief of...
Doctors call off strike at last
The suffering of patients finally came to an end on Thursday when the Young Doctor’s Association (YDA) at PIMS called off their month and...
Second round of Pak-India parliamentary dialogue kicks off
Round II of Pakistan-India Parliamentary Dialogue began here in Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi on Thursday.
A 19-member Pakistan Parliamentary delegation interacted with their...
Working to pay off their debts
I have been working as a bonded labourer at a brick-kiln since 2005, but no one tried to free me from the clutches of...
