Mian Mansha plans $300 million cement plant near Karachi
Mian Mansha’s DG Khan Cement Ltd — the county’s third-largest maker of the construction material – plans to build an $300 million plant near Karachi as economic growth boosts demand, Bloomberg reported...
View ArticleBoat incident: Indian coast guard DIG may face court martial, says report
Two days after Deputy Inspector General of the Indian Coast Guard BK Loshali was exposed as ordering to blow up a Pakistani fishing boat in a video, he penned an apology for his conduct to the Coast...
View ArticleLet Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge run!
KARACHI: After an unprecedented run of 1,009 weeks, iconic Bollywood film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was briefly taken down from Mumbai’s Maratha Mandir Theatre yesterday only to return today after...
View ArticleShooting incident: Senior PIMS doctor succumbs to injuries
A senior doctor who was shot at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) on February 14 succumbed to his injuries on Friday, Express News reported. Dr Shahid Nawaz was the head of the...
View ArticleShahbaz Taseer, Ali Gilani being held in Afghanistan: Punjab home minister
LAHORE: Provincial Home Minister Colonel (retd) Shuja Khanzada on Friday said the kidnapped sons of former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and late Punjab governor Salman Taseer were being held in...
View ArticleIndian Nobel winner says government meddling in universities
NEW DELHI: Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen has resigned as chancellor of an Indian university, accusing the government of political interference in higher education. Sen spearheaded the...
View ArticleIndia loves Pakistan app aims to bridge gap between neighbouring countries
India and Pakistan may have a lot of rivalry in terms of sports, Line of Control (LoC) violations, and the recent incident of the Indian coast guard admitting to have blown up a Pakistani fishing boat....
View ArticleCivil society forms human shield outside imambargah in Karachi
KARACHI: Civil society activists, led by Muhammad Jibran Nasir formed a human shield outside an imam bargah in Karachi during Friday prayers today. Speaking to The Express Tribune, Nasir said that...
View ArticleKaran Johar, Russel Peters upset with Aamir for comments on #AIBRoast
Recent reports have said that Karan Johar has been seriously upset with Aamir Khan following the comments he made about the #AIBRoast, Bharat Press reported. Aamir had publicly stated that he was very...
View ArticleAfghan central bank branch employees raid their own bank and run
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN: Staff at a branch of Afghanistan’s central bank in southern Kandahar province may have got away with as much as 81 million Afghanis ($1.4 million) when they robbed their own bank...
View ArticleSmells like green spirit: Imran vows to plant 1 billion trees in K-P
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan said on Saturday that he is going to a start a campaign to plant one billion trees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). Addressing the media in...
View ArticleBaldia factory fire suspects should be hanged publicly: Altaf Hussain
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain appealed on Saturday to army chief General Raheel Sharif for a fair investigation into the Baldia factory fire case, Express News reported. The MQM...
View ArticleEfforts to retrieve 7 coal miners bodies in Duki still underway
QUETTA: A rescue operation is still underway to retrieve the dead bodies of the seven coal miners who are trapped in 2,200-feet deep coalmine at Duki Coalfield in Loralai district. The coalmine...
View Article700 people die of swine flu outbreak in India since mid-December
Almost 700 people in India have died to a swine flu outbreak since mid-December, and officials are having a tough time controlling the deadly outbreak, BBC reported on Saturday. The number of cases has...
View ArticleQuetta-bound passenger train attacked in Dera Allahyar
QUETTA: Two Akbar Express passenger train bogies were derailed Saturday morning after a improvised explosive device (IED) hit the train in Dera Allahyar. According to Dera Allahyar police, the...
View Article#PakvWI: Flopped, dropped and mocked
A hapless Pakistan crumbled to their second straight defeat in the World Cup on Saturday, leaving the 1992 champions at the bottom of Pool B. In Misbahul Haq’s words, the team “just flopped” in all...
View ArticleIt’s on! Pacquiao-Mayweather will meet in May
LOS ANGELES: Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao will meet unbeaten American Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas on May 2 in a fight fans have long craved between the finest boxers of their generation....
View ArticleDisappointed fans stage mock funeral for cricket team after defeat
MULTAN: Cricket fans in Multan held a mock funeral for the national cricket team on Saturday after a record-shattering World Cup defeat at the hands of the West Indies. Residents of the city organised...
View ArticleThe Express Tribune 2015 Oscars ballot
The red carpet is rolled out as Hollywood counts down the hours for its starriest night, the Academy Awards. A star-studded cast of presenters will hand out the Oscars at Sunday’s show, including Ben...
View ArticleDhawan delighted as India crush South Africa
Opener happy with his superb century which lays foundations for a crushing 130-run win over South Africa
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