Tag: Rumours

Katy-Russell spend X-mas apart, ignite marriage trouble rumours

Katy Perry and Russell Brand spent Christmas 7,000 miles apart. The ‘Last Friday Night’ singer went to Hawaii for a vacation in a private...

Rumours abound

The political forces of a country play an essential role in promoting political gossip. The recent visit of our very own President Asif Ali...

One-man demolition squad

Thus spake Mansoor, again… Mansoor Ijaz’s claim regarding the alleged memo was taken extremely seriously by the establishment, opposition parties and the Supreme Court. The...

The rumour stock

Buy on the fly, sell on the news… The news about President Asif Ali Zardari’s departure for Dubai on December 6 for medical treatment generated...

Dire-straits democracy

The sudden departure of Pakistan’ President Asif Zardari for medical treatment in Dubai and confusion among government circles about how to put up a...

Zardari responsible for speculations: Abbasi

PPP senator Safdar Abbasi has said that President Asif Ali Zardari is responsible for the spreading rumors about himself. Talking to the media outside...

Rumours still abound in federal capital

While the health bulletin issued by President Asif Ali Zardari’s personal physician Col Salman gave a message of hope saying that the president was...

Confusion, yet again

When the president is away, the rumourmongers will play So there we go again! Pakistan seems to be a particularly blessed country where there is...

Rumour mill overdrive

US birdies all around The readers will recall that last week I mentioned an analyst Spengler’s article in connection with American plans for the region...

Zardari’s medical check-up sparks resignation rumours

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari was undergoing what his office said on Wednesday were routine medical tests in a Dubai hospital, but which fuelled...

Aishwarya not ‘too posh to push’

Amidst speculation of Aishwarya Rai opting for C-section delivery, comes the news that the actress actually had a normal delivery. Ash’s father-in-law, actor Amitabh...

Ransom rumours emerge as police admits cluelessness

Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Ahmed Raza Tahir on Tuesday called upon Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Javed Iqbal and briefed him about...

Rumours run wild on bourse

While the frontline stocks continued to adhere to the profit taking trend amid low participation on strength, volumetric activity in low priced stocks was...

CGT rumours sustain bourse

Rumours regarding a relaxation in CGT implementation fired up the exchange as frontline stocks lead on back of fresh influx by corporate investors and...

MTS ‘rumours’ hit KSE to restore investors’ confidence

KARACHI - The rumors are hovering over volatile Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) that the government is all set to make the long-awaited Margin Trading System (MTS) operational by the next week at the country's largest bourse. "The Margin Trading System to be operational from March 7," sources disclosed and said that the Federal Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh would be formally launching the leveraged product on coming Monday during his maiden visit to Karachi bourse.

Jolie’s rep dismisses adoption rumours

Angelina Jolie's publicist has shot down new rumours the actress is planning to adopt another child to join her bustling brood with Brad Pitt. The 'Tomb Raider' star shares three adopted and three biological children with Pitt and has previously admitted she's too busy to think about adding to their family.
Recent reports have suggested the pair has been in Haiti looking into adopting an orphaned girl named Leah, but The 'Tourist' star's rep insists Jolie has only been meeting

Rumours about king’s health triggered spike in oil price

RABAT - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz is alive and in "excellent shape", its foreign minister said on Thursday after rumours about the king's health triggered a spike in the price of oil. Abdullah, around 87, has been resting in Morocco since January following a two-month stay in the US where he underwent surgery twice after a blood clot complicated a slipped disc, state media have said.
"I'd like to reassure you about the health of the king. He is in excellent