Pakistan Gujrat school van cylinder blast kills 17 children

Gujrat school van cylinder blast kills 17 children »

GUJRAT: At least 17 children were killed and 10 others sustained injuries when a gas cylinder installed in the school van they were travelling in exploded near Gujrat’s Kot Fateh…

May 25 2013 / Comments / Read More »
Shahbaz to be Punjab CM for the third time

Shahbaz to be Punjab CM for the third time »

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif on Thursday nominated his brother Shahbaz Sharif as the Punjab chief minister for third-term.…

May 24 2013 / Comments / Read More »
International News

UK scrambles jets amid high drama on PIA plane »

UK scrambles jets amid high drama on PIA plane

LAHORE/LONDON: British police arrested two men on a Pakistan International Airlines plane after fighter jets were scrambled to escort it…

May 25 2013 / Comments / Read More »

Baroness Warsi warns the BBC over fanatics following Woolwich murder »

Baroness Warsi warns the BBC over fanatics following Woolwich murder

TV stations should not give airtime to preachers of hate who are ‘idiots and nutters’, a leading minister said last…

May 24 2013 / Comments / Read More »

Ecuador Pegasus satellite fears over space debris crash »

Ecuador Pegasus satellite fears over space debris crash

The Ecuadorean space agency (EXA) is trying to pick up signals from its satellite after it crashed in space into…

May 24 2013 / Comments / Read More »
Entertainment

Emmelie de Forest wins Eurovision Song Contest 2013 »

Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Danish singer Emmelie de Forest has won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with her song Only Teardrops.The blonde, who sang in English, was crowned this year’s winner following the lengthy spectacle in Malmo, Sweden.…

May 20 2013 / Comments / Read More »

Eva Longoria fits in an airport make-up session for Cannes Film Festival 2013 »

Cannes Film Festival 2013

You can’t get much more glamorous than the Cannes Film Festival. And Eva Longoria made sure to make an impact on Thursday as she arrived at the Nice airport for the festivities.…

May 17 2013 / Comments / Read More »

Miss USA says she wants to marry the Prince Harry »

Miss USA says she wants to marry the Prince Harry

He’s known for his cheeky smile, his fiery hair and his predilection for a good party.But it’s Prince Harry’s height – a lofty 6ft 2in – that has caught the eye of his latest admirer… none other than Miss USA Nana Meriwether.…

May 16 2013 / Comments / Read More »
Opinion

Pakistan’s electoral equation »

Pakistan’s electoral equation

One small step forward for Nawaz Sharif, the new election winner, but one big step forward for Pakistan. The religious parties and their militant, sometimes…

May 20 2013 / Comments / Read More »

Sharif’s India moment »

Sharif’s India moment

Will Nawaz probe Kargil and Mumbai fiascos? The recent general election in Pakistan, the first democratic transition of power in that country, has received unprecedented…

May 17 2013 / Comments / Read More »

Elections 2013: reflections of a proud Pakistani »

Elections 2013: reflections of a proud Pakistani

Pakistanis have finally done the unbelievable. The overwhelming turnover during the election despite the TTP threat is a final blow to the extremist ideology.…

May 14 2013 / Comments / Read More »
Business Pakistan Market: Technical Outlook

Pakistan Market: Technical Outlook

Bullish spell continued for the KSE-100 index as it gained 192 points to close at 19,227 with volumes of 136mn shares. We remain positive and foresee the index to target 19,610, followed by 19,941, a 100%…

May 6 2013 / Read More »
Sports Maria and Venus reveal smashing new outfits

Maria and Venus reveal smashing new outfits

As the second Grand Slam of the year approaches, the world’s top tennis players are making their final preparations – as well as revealing the all-important outfits they will be wearing in one of the world’s…

May 24 2013 / Read More »
Editorials Blasphemy and our minorities

Blasphemy and our minorities

It is with deep sadness that one contemplates how 2013 is turning out to be one of the worst years for minorities in Pakistan’s sordid history of sectarian violence.…

Mar 11 2013 / Read More »
Travel Finding heaven in the Himalayas

Finding heaven in the Himalayas

They are the bodyguards of the Himalayas,’ Pappu told me as I watched the clouds rolling in over the glistening white peaks. ‘They protect the eternal snows from the fierce sunlight.’…

May 16 2013 / Read More »
U.S & Canada US road bridge collapses into Skagit River, Washington

US road bridge collapses into Skagit River, Washington

  Part of a road bridge has collapsed into the Skagit River in the US state of Washington.Vehicles and people were thrown into the water after a section of the Interstate 5 highway collapsed at about…

May 24 2013 / Read More »
Europe Baroness Warsi warns the BBC over fanatics following Woolwich murder

Baroness Warsi warns the BBC over fanatics following Woolwich murder

TV stations should not give airtime to preachers of hate who are ‘idiots and nutters’, a leading minister said last night.…

May 24 2013 / Read More »
Asia Indian cricketers arrested

Indian cricketers arrested over spot-fixing allegations

Three Indian cricketers have been arrested over allegations of spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League.The players – S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila – are all from the Rajasthan Royals team.…

May 17 2013 / Read More »
World UK scrambles jets amid high drama on PIA plane

UK scrambles jets amid high drama on PIA plane

LAHORE/LONDON: British police arrested two men on a Pakistan International Airlines plane after fighter jets were scrambled to escort it to a London airport on Friday following an “incident”.…

May 25 2013 / Read More »
Health Exercise does nothing for a few

Exercise does nothing for a few

ISLAMABAD: A study at Louisiana State University finds that the benefits of regular exercise vary widely, with a small minority of people getting nothing from it.…

May 16 2013 / Read More »
Education PU inaugurates centre for resettlement and rehabilitation

PU inaugurates centre for resettlement and rehabilitation

LAHORE: Punjab University Institute of Social and Cultural Studies’ National Centre for Resettlement and Rehabilitation (NCRR) was inaugurated through a video conference held at Undergraduate Study Centre here on Tuesday.…

Apr 10 2013 / Read More »
Technology Millions hit by biggest ever internet slowdown

Millions hit by biggest ever internet slowdown

A bitter feud between two online companies has triggered the ‘biggest cyber attack in history’, slowing down internet services for millions across the world.…

Mar 28 2013 / Read More »
Music Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Emmelie de Forest wins Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Danish singer Emmelie de Forest has won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with her song Only Teardrops.The blonde, who sang in English, was crowned this year’s winner following the lengthy spectacle in Malmo, Sweden.…

May 20 2013 / Read More »

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