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Bangladesh hit by strike over fuel price-hike

Thousands of police patrolled the streets of the Bangladeshi capital on Thursday as a nationwide strike called by the main opposition party and its...

ICC chief happy with 50-over format

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat has ruled out changes to 50-over cricket despite a proposal put forward by Indian great Sachin...

Google under scrutiny over search dominance

Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt will take center stage at a Senate hearing today into whether the Internet giant is abusing its dominant position...

Flies buzz over food stalls at Rawalpindi’s weekly bazaars

Flies over dirty food stalls at weekly bazaars and the cleaning of utensils being used to serve customers with dirty water speaks volumes about...

Woman among 11 killed over land dispute

At least 11 people, including a woman, were killed in an exchange of fire between two rival groups over a land dispute in Bari...

Three CDGK officials sent packing over negligence

Accepting its failure during recent heavy downpours, the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) on Thursday suspended three senior officers and issued show-cause notices to...

Advanced US drone set to watch over N Korea

The United States is close to deploying an advanced unmanned spy plane over South Korea which could provide a much more detailed view of...

Over 18 SC verdicts await implementation

The row between the government and judiciary is likely to deepen in coming days as over 18 verdicts of the independent Supreme Court are...

PIAF voices concerns over complicated tax collection procedures

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) would have to revisit its policies to broaden tax net as discourteous attitude of tax officials is discouraging...

Agriculture sector suffers loss of over Rs 256bn

The ongoing downpour in a number of Sindh’s districts has caused a loss of over Rs 256 billion to the major standing crops on...

Iran criticizes Turkey over NATO missile shield

Iran toughened Thursday its criticism of Turkey over its plan to host an early-warning radar as part of NATO's missile defence system, saying it...

Wozniacki sorry over Nadal ‘cramping’ imitation

World number one Caroline Wozniacki insisted on Tuesday that she was not making fun of Rafael Nadal when she imitated the Spanish superstar's cramping...

Court hands over suspects to NAB

An accountability court on Wednesday handed Jameel Gohar over to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Punjab on physical remand until September 22. The accused,...

Australia eye series win over Sri Lanka

Michael Clarke will look to put his first Test series as Australia’s captain beyond Sri Lanka’s reach when the second match starts in Pallekele...

Government biased over lecturers’ seats

The Punjab government ignored various art and social sciences subjects, engineering and commerce while announcing seats of lecturers in the public sector colleges through...

Islamists probed over UN attack in Nigeria amid new violence

Investigators probed a Nigerian Islamist sect on Monday over the suicide bombing of UN headquarters here that killed at least 21 people in one...

Preity goes gaga over Hrithik

Dimpled beauty Preity Zinta went gaga over her ‘Koi Mil Gaya’ co-star Hrithik Roshan upon seeing his look in Karan Johar's ‘Agneepath’ remake. She...