Tag: Ship

Russian cargo ship fails to dock at ISS: NASA

The Russian cargo ship Progress has failed to successfully dock with the International Space Station (ISS) during tests designed to facilitate future dockings, the...

Iran atomic chief pours cold water on nuclear ship idea

Iran’s atomic chief on Sunday undercut an idea put forward by some lawmakers to make nuclear-powered submarines and ships, even though he claimed Tehran...

70 missing from Italy cruise ship accident

Around 70 people are missing from the Italian cruise ship which ran aground overnight, but could be safe on the island of Giglio near...

Italy divers search stricken cruise liner

At least three people are reported to have died after a cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Tuscany in Italy. Coastguards were forced...

Greece migrant ship accident toll rises

The number of illegal migrants who died when their vessel capsized in the Ionian Sea at the weekend increased to three on Monday with...

Pirates hijack ship with 21 Indian sailors

Suspected Somali pirates have hijacked a tanker with 21 Indian sailors on board near a port in Oman, India's government shipping agency said. The director...

Missile falls near Italian ship off Libya

Italy’s defence ministry said Wednesday that an Italian naval ship off Libya reported that a missile fell into the water nearby, but it was...

Hassan Kamran stars in Swimming C’ship

Hassan Kamran of Punjab splashed to limelight after creating five national records in the 17th National Age Group McDonald’s Swimming Championship that was held...

Russian divers say children’s bodies found in ship

Divers searching a tourist boat that sank in Russia’s Volga River discovered the bodies of some 50 people, most of them children, in a...

First ship with 25,000 tonnes urea reaching on Monday

The first ship carrying 25,000 tonnes of urea fertiliser will anchor at Gwadar Port on Monday, sources in Trading Corporation of Pakistan said. Saudi Arabia...

MV Suez ship sinking; crew shifted to PNS Babar

The 10-month ordeal of Pakistani hostages, who were freed by Somali pirates after getting ransom, appears to last longer as their return to homes...

Fuel dried up in MV Suez

Egyptian merchant vessel Suez facing another problem, after being released by the Somali pirates; floating at the waves of ocean the ship has consumed...

Muqam and Yousaf may abandon PML-Q ship

Two disgruntled provincial presidents of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), Ameer Muqam and Jam Muhammad Yousaf, may defect from the party along with a...

Innocent, non-innocent and not-so-innocent passage

The right of innocent passage being enjoyed by ships at sea is a subject, which, though lying at the periphery of the maritime security...

US ship that buried Bin Laden in Philippines

The US Navy ship from where Osama bin Laden was buried at sea arrived in the Philippines for a port call on Sunday, but...

No electricity from ship-mounted plant yet

The 232MW Turkish ship-mounted rental power plant is still not fully functional even though it was supposed to start supplying power to the national...

Another lawyer abandons govt ship in NRO plea

ISLAMABAD - After senior lawyer Kamal Azfar was withdrawn as counsel for the government in a review petition against the Supreme Court (SC)'s verdict on the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), Advocate-on-Record (AOR) Raja Abdul Ghafoor has also submitted an application seeking withdrawal, to be considered by the 17-member full court scheduled to resume hearing on the petition today (Monday).
Ghafoor's application is likely to be accepted, and the new AOR Zafar Abbas Naqvi