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Karachi - At least 21 people including 19 children were killed in Pakistan on Wednesday when a school van smashed head-on into a heavy truck, officials said. |
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday announced the setting up of a permanent military base in the troubled Swat Valley where Taliban insurgents shot schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai in the head. |
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will hear on Thursday an intra-court appeal from former president Pervez Musharraf's lawyer Chaudhry Faisal Advocate, contending that the Special Court's orders requiring the former dictator appear before it on ... |
Nouri al-Maliki calls for support in the fight against what he described as terrorists, amid raging violence. Last updated: 15 Jan 2014 18:08. |
Pakistan's economy grew at 3.6 per cent and inflation fell to single-digit in Fiscal Year 2013. PHOTO: FILE. KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Wednesday that the growth rate for gross domestic product (GDP) will remain below target in the ... |
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday played down criticism by Israel's defense minister of American efforts to broker peace in the Middle East, saying he wouldn't let "one set of comments" undermine his work. |
The lawyer for former Indian Deputy Consul-General Devyani Khobragade has sought the dismissal of the visa fraud case brought against her in New York on the grounds that she was protected from prosecution for personal acts during the time of her arrest ... |
A 51-year-old Danish tourist was robbed and raped at knife point by eight "vagabonds" near the New Delhi railway station Tuesday, police said. |
Kuwait City: A fundraising conference in Kuwait generated at least USD 2.4 billion in pledges today from international donors to alleviate the suffering of Syrians affected by their country's civil war, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. |
SummaryFrench President Francois Hollande's surprise announcement of a Franco-German energy joint venture did not target major utilities but renewable energy and electricity networks, his aides said on Wednesday. |
c_330_235_16777215_0___images_stories_edim_01_Settlers99.jpg The annual rate of Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians has almost quadrupled in eight years, UN figures show. |
ISLAMABAD: Philip Barton on Wednesday officially assumed his duties as the new British High Commissioner to Pakistan, saying he was committed to further strengthening relations between the two countries. |
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza Sharif on Wednesday said that appropriate action would be taken against those Taliban groups who were not willing to talk. |
KARACHI, Jan 15 (APP): The representatives of Forex companies at a meeting held here on Wednesday apprised the Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar about some of the procedural difficulties being faced by them. |
Lleyton Hewitt, Miranda Kerr Cashed up BRW has released its list of the top 100 Aussie millionaires under 40. And they're not all married . |
image LONDON: European stock markets rose at the start of trading on Wednesday, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index up 0.24 percent to 6,782.88 points. |
image LAHORE: Zaka Ashraf said on Wednesday that he would resume his responsibilities as Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in a day or so and would endeavour to work for the development of cricket in the country. |
image BUDAPEST: Russian teenagers Adelina Sotnikova and Julia Lipnitskaia battled for the women's title by going 1-2 after the short programme on the opening day of the European figure skating championships in Budapest on Wednesday. |
Dav Whatmore and Misbahul Haq would hope to end their two year association on a high and draw the Test series with Sri Lanka. PHOTO: AFP. |
One of the most infamous sex crimes against women in South Asia, Mai´s 2002 gang rape, survival and metamorphosis into an international rights icon is as far removed from opera-house pomp as possible. |
The "American Hustle" gang hopes to earn as many nominations as "Gravity" and "12 Years a Slave" in Thursday's nominations for the 86th Academy Awards. |
image BERLIN: New movies starring Ethan Hawke, Lea Seydoux and Forest Whitaker will screen at the 64th Berlin film festival next month, along with a host of hard-hitting Asian fare, organisers said Wednesday. |
New Delhi (AFP) - India has simplified rules for foreign moviemakers wanting to film in the country and is promising speedy approval of projects, after frustrating redtape and delays were blamed for crews shooting elsewhere. |
Justin Bieber's friend Lil Za was arrested on suspicion of felony drug possession during a search at the 'Baby' hitmaker's home to investigate his alleged involvement in egging of neighbour's house. |
KARACHI: Ten more dengue viral fever cases were reported in Karachi on Wednesday, said Dr Shakeel Aamir Mullick, Focal Person for Dengue Surveillance Cell. |
Qinetiq, the company spun out of the Ministry of Defence research department, is on the move after reports of a deal with Pakistan. |
GOOGLED UP: Anthony Fadell, 'godfather' of the iPod, has sold his Nest labs start-up to Google for $3.8 billion. Paranoia or privacy? |
Islamabad, Jan. 15 (ANI): Presenting a contrasting picture to earlier data, around 61 percent of Pakistanis have reportedly voted in favour of women dressing as they wish, a new survey has revealed. |
Lahore : The Lahore High Court on Monday directed World Widlife Fund (WWF) experts and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for assistance on the safe future of Siberian birds, coming to Pakistan. |
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