Tag: Year

7,600 students on KU log for AY 2013

Karachi University (KU) awarded 7,600 admissions in the morning sessions of all its faculties for academic year 2013. KU director admissions Prof Dr Khalid...

Serena named Player of the Year

Serena Williams was on Thursday named WTA Tour Player of the Year after a remarkable run of form. The American was not at her...

Blockbuster tennis year in the offing

The year-ending finale at the O2 arena in London featured the top eight players on the AT Tour for the year. Fittingly, it was...

Andy Murray ready to crown Britain’s greatest year

The greatest year in British tennis for three-quarters of a century could be heading for a fitting climax here this weekend as Andy Murray...

The UpRight Sleeper may be the dumbest invention of the year

Judging by the market in napping-assistance products, Americans are getting really weird. First there was the Ostrich Pillow, a strap-on piece of upholstery meant...

Ennis named Sportswoman of the Year

Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis has won the Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year Award. The 26-year-old set three personal bests and a British record...

NATO oil tankers cross Torkham border after a year

After a year-long suspension of NATO oil tanker supplies, two oil tankers entered into Afghanistan through the Torkham border crossing on Wednesday. According to details,...

Exports > imports

The exports from the country witnessed positive growth of 4.26 percent while the imports decreased by 2.37 percent during the first quarter of the...

NBP ranked top bank of Pakistan

National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has been ranked by The Banker magazine published out of UK as the top Pakistani bank in its 'Top...

Rs 208.5b subsidy planned for FY13

The federal government has earmarked Rs 208.595 billion in subsidies for the next fiscal year against last year’s allocation of Rs 166.448 billion, showing...

Serena confident of a good year

The former and maybe future queen of her sport is about to play the newest world No. 1 in a high-stakes match that could...

China faces ‘bigger challenges’ in Dragon year: Wen

China will face “bigger challenges” in the new Year of the Dragon its Prime Minister Wen Jiabao warned Saturday, as he pledged economic reforms...

The Spy Who Drove Me: 50 years of Bond cars...

The largest collection of James Bond vehicles in the world opens to the public on Tuesday in Britain featuring classics such as the Aston...

Akshay’s New Year woe

The New Year started off on a sour note for actor Akshay Kumar as he was in pain after injuring his shoulder, but he...

Syrians ring in New Year with more anti-regime demos

Syrian pro-democracy protesters saw the New Year in with demonstrations, activists said, as a child was reportedly shot dead, becoming the first victim in...

Sarkozy kicks off election year with warning on future

Facing a tough election fight in four months, French President Nicolas Sarkozy kicked off the new year warning voters 2012 was “full of risks”...

PML-N’s inaction helps govt survive another tough year

The government’s maneuvering tactics and the confused politics of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) gave a lease of life to the former for another...