Tag: Surprise

Chinese warships cause surprise in Sydney Harbour

SYDNEY: Australians enjoying a sunny winter morning were surprised by the sight of three Chinese warships steaming into to Sydney Harbour Monday, forcing the...

India martyrs four in LoC violations

Hours after violating Pakistani airspace in a blatant act of aggression, Indian troops on Tuesday resorted to targeting civilians along the Line of Control...

Isn’t Musharraf’s extension surprise enough?

Pervez Musharraf’s lawyer faced embarrassment after he failed to deliver on a promise that he would spring a surprise in today’s hearing of the...

China murder trial draws cynicism but also some surprise

To a Chinese public used to politicians behaving badly, corruption scandals come as little surprise. But the allegations against the wife of ex-leader Bo...

Rosol surprised by Nadal shoulder charge

Wimbledon giantkiller Lukas Rosol admitted he was surprised by Rafael Nadal’s uncharacteristic shoulder charge in the third set of his stunning second round triumph...

Crime pays, but not too well

Note to the unemployed: Bank robbery is not a lucrative gig. This may come as a somewhat of a surprise. Bank robbers always seem...

Bin Laden compound demolition surprises Obama administration

The Obama administration officials were surprised by the demolition of slain al Qaeda kingpin Osama bin Laden’s house in Abbottabad by Pakistani authorities, a...

Academy Awards 2012: Reasons for a surprise

The question you may have been asking yourself after the Golden Globe Awards Sunday — apart from “Why wasn’t Ricky funnier?” — is whether...

Less outages take Lahoris by surprise

The federal government succumbed to violent protests and virtually ‘exempted’ major parts of the city from outages on Tuesday and after three days of...

Dengue took Punjab govt by surprise: Nawaz

Justifying the Punjab government’s negligence of not starting a fumigation campaign before the monsoons which led to the spread of dengue virus, Pakistan Muslim...

Atif Aslam’s 9/11 surprise

Pakistani pop singer Atif Aslam performed with renowned American hard rock band ‘Guns N’ Roses’ rocking the stage with fusion music. He was seen...

PR conducts surprise raids on ticketless passengers

On the directive of DS Railways, DCO Tariq Latif made surprise raid on 114-DN , 110-DN, 104-DN, 121-UP, 107-UP and 101-UP and caught 123...

Khan wants ‘Ra.One’ to be a surprise

As Shah Rukh Khan's dream project “Ra.One” gets closer to its release in October, the star is becoming extra protective about it. We hear...

Abbottabad raid caught army by surprise: DGMO

The commission to probe the Abbottabad operation was told on Monday that the United States operation at the alleged hideout of Osama bin Laden...

Japan posts surprise trade surplus

Japan posted its first trade surplus in three months in June, data showed Thursday, indicating that the world's third largest economy is recovering more...

French President pays suprise visit to Afghansitan

French President Nicolas Sarkozy paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday, an Afghan official said. Sarkozy is going to meet with Afghan President Hamid...

Smiling Chavez makes surprise return to Venezuela

Venezuela's ever-theatrical President Hugo Chavez made a surprise homecoming from Cuba on Monday and declared himself "fine" despite speculation his cancer may still require...