Geeta meets Indian President Mukherjee
Geeta, a speech and hearing impaired woman who returned to India after being stranded in Pakistan for over a decade, met Indian President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi, on Tuesday, according to a...
View ArticleCivil, military leaders discuss Afghan peace
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top civil and military leadership concurred on Tuesday that ‘willingness and seriousness’ of the Afghan government is necessary for the resumption of the peace talks stalled by...
View ArticleCross-border Afghan fire kills 7 FC troops
D I KHAN / ISLAMABAD: At least seven Pakistani soldiers were killed on Tuesday when their border post came under attack from the Afghan side of the Durand Line in South Waziristan Agency, the military...
View ArticleRelief agencies battle to reach Afghan-Pakistan quake victims
ISLAMABAD: Relief agencies were battling Wednesday to reach cold and hungry survivors of a devastating earthquake that has killed more than 360 people in Pakistan and Afghanistan, with entire...
View ArticleNa-154 case: Cheats shouldn’t enter parliament: Justice Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court senior judge Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has remarked that they do not want cheats to enter parliament. However, he clarified that the court should take extra care in determining...
View ArticleDr Abdullah says he doubts Pakistan’s peace role
ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan Chief Executive Dr Abdullah Abdullah says he has suspicions over Pakistan role in peace process after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif refused to act against the Afghan Taliban....
View ArticleAfghan quake toll climbs to 76
KABUL: The death toll on Tuesday climbed to 76 in Afghanistan after the powerful earthquake struck on Monday in the Hindu Kush region, officials said, with fears that the casualties could rise as the...
View ArticleInternet freedom falls for fifth year in row: survey
WASHINGTON: Global online freedom declined for a fifth consecutive year as more governments stepped up electronic surveillance and clamped down on dissidents using blogs or social media, a survey...
View ArticleYounus Khan ready to make any sacrifice for Pakistan cricket
Pakistan veteran Younus Khan said he, along with all Pakistani cricketers, have a responsibility to sacrifice everything for the country which is isolated at the moment. Younus, while commenting on...
View Article6 tips to help you get the perfect sleep
Bed-time can be a nightmare if you struggle with insomnia, but thankfully there are some simple ways of ensuring you get a good night’s sleep, claims Mirror. Follow these six simple tips to help you...
View Article‘Justice’ done after red rescinded, says Newcastle captain
Newcastle United captain Fabricio Coloccini said “justice” had been done after the Football Association rescinded the red card he received during the 3-0 defeat by Sunderland on Sunday. Referee Robert...
View ArticleAmazon sells Osama bin Laden’s masks as “terrorist costumes” for Halloween
Online retail giant Amazon has been urged by the civil rights organisation American-Arab Anti-Discrimination (ADC) to stop marketing Arab costumes as “terrorist costumes” on its website. The move came...
View ArticleBangladesh to host Asia Cup despite security jitters
DHAKA: Bangladesh will host the Asia Cup cricket for the third time running in February and March despite recent security fears which prompted Australia to cancel a tour, the national cricket chief...
View ArticleSharing husband could boost family health and wealth!
NEW YORK: Polygyny – where one husband has more wives than one – may not be as bad as it is often made out to be. New research has found that the practice of sharing a husband may, in some...
View ArticleConfirmed: Mahira, SRK will clash with Salman
A clash of the Khans in real life is unfortunate but a clash of the Khans in reel life is colossal. Rumours were abound that Mahira and SRK-starrer Raees and Salman’s Sultan were going to collide on...
View ArticlePakistani man who plotted to bomb Manchester ‘deserves 30 years to life’
NEW YORK: A Pakistani man convicted in March in a US court for conspiring with al Qaeda to bomb a shopping centre in Manchester, England should spend 30 years to life in prison, US prosecutors said....
View ArticleKnife-wielding attackers storm girls’ school in Charsadda
PESHAWAR: Two knife-wielding men stormed a girls’ high school in Shabqadar area of Charsadda district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on Thursday. “Two men who had knives on them jumped over the wall of...
View ArticleIndia’s Modi, Zimbabwe’s Mugabe press for UN reform
NEW DELHI: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday that India and Africa must join forces to call for reform of the United Nations to reflect the growing power of emerging nations on the...
View ArticleJuD on front line of earthquake aid
REHANKOT: The United Nations says Pakistan’s charitable organisation Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) is a front for a deadly militant group blamed for a bloody 2008 attack on the Indian city of Mumbai. But to...
View ArticleUS approves sale of ‘smart bomb’ kits to Turkey
WASHINGTON: The US State Department has approved the sale of precision bomb kits valued at $70 million to Turkey, a member of NATO and a key part of the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State...
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