Tag: Southern

ISLAMABAD - Federal Law Minister Dr Babar Awan Wednesday said that government was fully determined to uplift living standards of people in southern Punjab and to bring them at par with the rest of the country. He told this to Senator Mohammad Ali Durrani who called on him to discuss the issues of southern Punjab, with a specific reference to Bahawalpur.
Senator Mohammad Ali Durrani discussed various legal and administrative issues regarding the development of less developed areas

MOSCOW - Up to a dozen militants have staged a daring attack on the capital of a southern Russian republic popular with downhill skiers and budget tourists, news reports said on Saturday. The overnight attack on Kabardino-Balkaria came a week after three Moscow tourists were gunned down in the area while travelling to the Elbrus mountain resort, which is one of Russia's most popular winter tourist destinations.
No one was reported killed in Friday night's strike on the

SPORTS THIS WEEK - There are currently two Test series of major significance being played in the Southern Hemisphere. England and Australia are playing off for the Ashes urn while India and South Africa vie for the top position in the Test cricket rankings. England are coming of a dream Test victory in the second Test where they demolished Australia in a manner more akin to what Australia has been doing to them in the recent past.
England looked like world beaters all the way

SEOUL: North Korea fired a deadly barrage of artillery shells onto a South Korean island on Tuesday, killing at least two soldiers in one of the most serious border incidents since the 1950-53 war, inciting global condemnation.
South Korea's military went on top alert, its troops fired back with cannon and the government met in an underground war room, officials said, in response to what Seoul called an atrocity against civilians.
North Korea's supreme command, however,