Tag: Reaches

Mobilink, Pakistan’s market leader in cellular services and a part of Orascom Telecom Holding donated 1,200 recycled school bags to the underprivileged students of...

Google and the various websites it owns were used by more than a billion people for the first time in May. The landmark figure,...

The Pakistan rugby team reached Jakarta, Indonesia, on Saturday to take part in the HSBC Asian 5 Nations Div III Rugby Tournament to be...

The fresh spree of violence has claimed 19 more lives on Tuesday, as the incidents of intermittent firing are continued. As per details, the tensions...

At least 13 people were killed and over a dozen others injured in separate gun attacks in Karachi here on Monday. Out of 13,...

Lahore High Court Justice Azmat Saeed on Monday issued notice to Meera, a Pakistani actress, on a petition of Attiqur Rehman, Meera’s self-claimed husband,...

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has the unique status in Pakistan of providing broadband services in over 1000 cities across the country to over...

Airlines grounded hundreds of flights Tuesday after a plume of ash from a volcano in Iceland blanketed Britain and touched Scandinavia in a fresh...

World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki outlasted French Open champion Francesca Schiavone to reach the final at the inaugural $618,000 Brussels Ladies Open, a final...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Navy flotilla comprising PN Ships Saif, Muhafiz and Munsif reached Bahrain on Monday for participation in Mine Countermeasure and Surface Warfare Multinational Exercise Arabian Gauntlet. "Naval assets from Regional Navies, Pakistan and US Navies are participating in the exercises being conducted in the Central Arabian Gulf from April 17 to 28, 2011," said an official statement issued here. It further said Bahrain and Pakistan had close brotherly relations and

PESHAWAR - Top seeded Aqeel Khan reached the pre-quarterfinals of the 30th Chief of Air Staff Khyber Open Tennis Championship after defeating Aftab Anwar 6-1, 6-2 here at the hard courts of the Qayyum Sports Complex on Monday. Aqeel, who could not finish his match on Sunday due to rain, did not give any chance to Aftab Anwar in the one-sided affair. Aqeel exhibited perfect smashes by putting Aftab Anwar on the back foot. His cross-court smashes were a treat to watch for the capacity

HOUSTON - Japan's Kei Nishikori advanced to the second final of his career by beating Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 7-5 in the semi-finals of the ATP Tour's US Clay Court Championships on Saturday. Sixth-seeded Nishikori put away Uruguay's Cuevas with a forehand winner on the second match point to reach the final, where he will face American wild card Ryan Sweeting.
"I played great today. My serve was not well but otherwise, grinding a lot and it was hot and humid, but I think I battled

BANGKOK - The death toll from heavy flooding in southern Thailand has risen to 40, the government said Sunday, with thousands of people forced to live in temporary shelters.
More than a week of heavy rain -- in what is usually one of the hottest months -- has caused floods in 10 of Thailand's 77 provinces, submerging homes, triggering landslides and washing away roads and bridges.
As of Sunday, the death toll stood at 17 in hard-hit Nakhon Si Thammarat province, 10 in Surat

TOKYO - The National Police Agency said the catastrophic earthquake and ensuing tsunami have left 11,578 people dead and 16,451 others unaccounted for in Japan by 10:00 a. m. local time (0100 GMT) Friday.
A 9.0-magnitude earthquake hit the Pacific coastal areas of northeastern and eastern Japan on March 11, triggering enormous tsunami.
Heavy casualties and extensive damage have been caused by the twin disasters.

TOKYO - The levels of radioactive iodine found in seawater near Japan's stricken nuclear power plant was 4,385 times more than the legal limit on Thursday, the nuclear safety agency said.
The level was the highest recorded since the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant that was triggered by an earthquake and tsunami on March 11, Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency Deputy Director-General Hidehiko Nishiyama told a news briefing.
He added that this did not present a health

TOKYO - The National Police Agency said on Tuesday that the catastrophic earthquake and ensuing tsunami have left 11,063 people dead and 17,258 others unaccounted.
A 9.0-magnitude earthquake hit the Pacific coastal areas of northeastern and eastern Japan on March 11, triggering enormous tsunami.
Heavy casualties and extensive damage have been caused by the twin disasters