Tag: Prize
US pair win chemistry Nobel for cell receptors
US chemists Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka won the Nobel Prize on Wednesday for work on cell receptors, yielding vital insights into how the...
Hoagland declares Bilour’s prize announcement as hate-mongering
The acting US ambassador to Pakistan, Richard E. Hoagland declared Federal Minister for Railways, Ghulam Ahmed Bilour’s announcement of awarding prize money to the...
PM announces Rs 500,000 for top position holder Revtash Kumar
A spokesman has said that the Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf has announced a sum of Rs 500,000 for Mr Revtash Kumar who belongs...
Wake up call for PTA
Of late, there have been a number of prize winning schemes being offered by various cellular companies. These are completely bogus and misleading to...
Angelina Jolie receives honorary citizen of Sarajevo prize
Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie has accepted the honorary citizen of Sarajevo prize while attending the Bosnia and Herzegovina capital’s film festival. The 37-year-old actor-turned-director...
Pulitzer Prize-winner picked as US poet laureate
Pulitzer Prize-winning Natasha Trethewey was named US poet laureate on Thursday, an annual honor aimed at promoting poetry among the American public.
Trethewey penned three...
Misbah to grace intervarsity prize ceremony
The University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore, is organizing the prize distribution ceremony of the 8thUMT Cricket Challenge Trophy 2012 at...
Prize distribution held at Govt Islamia College
The Annual Prize Distribution Ceremony of the Government Islamia College was held on Wednesday at its Railway Road campus. It was the College where...
‘There’s a time for everything’
A month ago, Jamil Ahmad became the second Pakistani author to win the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize for The Wandering Falcon after Mohammed...
Pakistani novelist shortlisted for Man Asian book prize
A debut Pakistani novelist will be among those vying for Asia’s top English-language literary prize. Indian authors dominate the shortlist of authors competing for...
Malala Yousafzai awarded int’l peace prize
A promising Khyber Pakhtunkhwa student, who boldly stood up for girls’ education in face of threats from the Taliban, has been awarded a runner...
EU parliament celebrates Arab Spring with Sakharov prize
The European Parliament honoured five Arab Spring activists with its Sakharov human rights prize Wednesday, including the Tunisian who sparked region-wide uprisings by setting...
Catalysts for peace: three women receive Nobel Prize
Liberia’s president, a fellow Liberian and a Yemeni activist received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo Saturday for showing how women facing war and...
PM nominates Edhi for International Peace Prize
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday suggested the name of renowned social worker Dr. Abdul Sattar Edhi, the head of Edhi Foundation, for...
British author Julian Barnes wins Booker Prize
British author Julian Barnes on Tuesday won the 2011 Man Booker Prize, one of the highest-profile awards in English-language literature, for his novel ‘The...
CDNS set to introduce new prize bonds of Rs25,000
The Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) is all set to launch new prize bonds of Rs25,000 denomination, in addition to the existing six...
Three women share Nobel Peace Prize
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian "peace warrior" Leymah Gbowee, and Yemen's Arab Spring activist Tawakkul Karman on Friday won the Nobel Peace Prize,...
