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After staying aboard for more than two months during which he underwent heart surgery in England, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif is returning home today...

Pakistan, led by 21-year-old Mohammad Imran, will start their campaign today in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament with a match against New...

Federal Minister for Railways Ghulam Ahmed Bilour will inaugurate Sahiwal-Chichawatni section of Khanewal-Raiwind dual-track project by Pakistan Railways (PR) on Thursday (today). Sources said...

South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) is organising a seminar at the South Asian Media Center to mark the ‘freedom of press day’ on...

Like other parts of the globe the Labour Day will be observed in Pakistan today (Sunday) to remember the struggle of Chicago labourers and...

World Labour Day or May Day will be observed today (Sunday) worldwide. Various events will take place in the city to pay tribute to...

LAHORE - National champions WAPDA will collide with Nepal Police Club at Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, while Taiwan Power Company will take on Balkan at Halchowk Stadium as the 7th AFC President's Cup commences today. Both matches will start at 3.30 PM. WAPDA's next matches will be against Taiwan Power Company on April 22 and Balkan on April 24, at Halchowk Stadium. WAPDA will rue the absence of Khuda Bakhsh, who is famous in domestic soccer as super-sub.
WAPDA coach Khalid Butt

LAHORE - An exhibition cricket match between SWAP and SJAL is to be held at the LCCA ground today.
SWAP: Farrukh Butt, Sohail Imran, Yousaf Anjum, Shahzad Malik, Asher Butt, Sohail Ali, Zulqarnain Shaikh, Ashraf Ch., Qasier Chohan, M.Fawad Asghar, Adnan Rasheed, Ijaz Shaikh, Hafiz Shahbaz, Augranzeb baig, Javid Baig, Jawad Hadier, Moshin, Shakeel Khan, Fraz Haider, Raja Ibrar. Coach: Amir Raza Khan, Manager: Shahid Shaikh.
SJAL: M. Yaqoob, Rafiq Khan, M.Babar, Aqeel Bila,

LAHORE - Two matches of rugby will be played today at the Lahore Rugby Ground in the Inter-departmental Rugby 15-a-side tournament, being held under the auspices of Pakistan Rugby Union. The first match is between WAPDA and Navy at 3.30 pm, while the second match will be played between Police and Army at 5.00 pm. Pakistan Rugby Union Secretary General Arif Saeed has said that the decision made by PRU to celebrate 2011 as a rugby year was good and a lot of new talent will be discovered

ISLAMABAD - Indian members of the Pakistan-India Judicial Committee on Prisoners (JCP) will arrive in Pakistan today to discuss ways to expedite the release of nationals of both countries in each other's jails. A private TV channel quoted a Foreign Office spokesman as saying that the Indian judicial commission would visit Pakistani jails in Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi. During the five-day visit, Indian members of JCP along with a Pakistani team, would recommend the release of

ISLAMABAD - The Parliamentary committee on national security would finalize strategy and recommendations against US drone strikes in the country's tribal belt today.
The committee would meet under the chairmanship of Senator Mian Raza Rabbani, sources informed Online. During the meeting, matters related to national security and overall law and order situation in the country would be reviewed in length.
State Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has also been summoned to

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC) will resume the hearing today (Monday) of a presidential reference to reopen the case of former premier Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani will resume the hearing at 11.30am today.
At the last hearing, the court had pointed out flaws in the reference and asked the government to frame specific questions of law about the controversial

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari will preside over a meeting of the core committee of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) at Aiwan-e-Sadr today along with Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.
Sources in the PPP said that the country's overall political situation, including talks with coalition partners, expansion in the federal cabinet and matters related to the presidential reference to reopen the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto case would be discussed in the meeting.

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has convened the meeting of core commitee of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) at Awan-e-Sadr on April 18 (today). The meeting would be presided over by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani.
Sources in the PPP informed Online informed Online that overall country's political situation including talks with coalition partners, expansion in federal cabinet and matters related to Presidential reference filed in the

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is going to China on an official visit today (Sunday) to boost bilateral trade volume and bring investment in Pakistan. He will be accompanied by Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, parliamentarians and a group of businessmen.
The visit is highly significant for giving boost to socio-economic cooperation between the two countries, especially at the level of Punjab.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani will pay a day-long visit to Afghanistan today ( Saturday) for talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on bilateral and regional issues.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai had invited the Pakistani Prime Minister to discuss a wide range of issues, including bilateral relations, regional matters, the situation in Afghanistan, terrorism and cross-border infiltration, the Foreign Office said.

LAHORE - Frontier College, who earned a surprise quarter-final spot in last year's National Women's Championship, will face Striker Club on Friday, April 15 when the fourth edition of the National Women's Football Club C'ship 2011 commences at Peshawar. The event will be played at five zones. PFF has announced the draws, with matches in Islamabad set to start from April 19, while the matches in Karachi, Quetta and Lahore will be played from April 21.
Group A: (At Aga Khan