KARACHI: The dengue fever death toll in Karachi reached 22 as another patients died in the city on Tuesday. In Sindh province so far 24 d...
One more succumbs to Congo virus in Lahore; toll rises to 3
LAHORE: A patient succumbed to Congo virus here on Thursday, increasing the death toll to three, Geo news reported. The health department...
PM Sharif to get briefing on security situation
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will make a visit to army’s general headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi tomorrow, a spokesman said on...
Imran urges PM to take a firm stand on missile strikes
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif should have taken a firm st...
Truck, van collision kills four 4 in RYK
RAHIMYAR KHAN: At least four people, including a woman, were killed and seven others injured as a result of collision between a truck and...
Surprise tactics sweep central banking
LONDON: After slashing interest rates to almost nothing and printing trillions of dollars, central banks are becoming increasingly relian...
Marvel's 'Thor' soars to top of U.S.-Canada movie charts
LOS ANGELES: Marvel superhero Thor pounded his box office competitors over the weekend, muscling movie sequel "Thor: The Dark World&...
Gun violence increasing in PG-13 movies
NEW YORK: The amount of gun violence in movies rated PG-13 has more than tripled over the last two decades, says a new study. When PG-13 f...
Sunni Ittehad to protest against Munawar Hassan on Friday
LAHORE: Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) has announced to stage nationwide protest against Jamat-e-Islami (JI) Ameer Prof Munawar Hassan on co...
Pakistan, Kuwait sign 3 MoUs
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and Kuwait signed three MOUs for promotion of cooperation in different fields. Interior Ministers of both the coun...
LB polls in Sindh on December 7: ECP sources
ISLAMABAD - Election Commission of Pakistan has stated that local bodies’ elections in Sindh will be held on December 7. The ECP source...
PepsiCo to invest $5 billion in India
NEW DELHI (AFP) - US soft drinks giant PepsiCo announced Monday it would invest more than $5 billion with its partners in India to raise ...
Katy Perry, Eminem triumph as MTV rises to Google challenge
(Reuters) - Katy Perry won the award for best female singer at the 2013 MTV EMA music awards on Sunday, pipping Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus ...
Lady Gaga lends image to USA Today logo
NEW YORK (AP) - Lady Gaga is lending some of her artistic eye and star power to USA Today s pages in advance of the singer s new album, &...
Lady Gaga unveils 'flying dress' at NY album party
NEW YORK (AP) - Lady Gaga's album sales are already stratospheric, so why not her evening wear? The "Applause" singer unvei...
Criscito, Parolo called up for Italy friendlies
MILAN (AFP) - Zenit Saint Petersburg defender Domenico Criscito is among the few fresh faces in Italy s squad announced by Cesare Prandell...
Defiant Federer upbeat despite year to forget
LONDON (AFP) - Roger Federer insists tennis is in his DNA and that he has no intention of quitting after his worst season came to a downbe...
Barcelona loses Messi but cruises to win at Betis
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Barcelona lost Lionel Messi to another leg injury but still had more than enough firepower to win 4-1 at strugglin...
Nigeria's youngsters promise bright future
ABUJA, Nov 11, 2013 (AFP) - The future looks bright for Nigerian football after the country s young stars won the FIFA Under-17 World Cu...
World doping conference starts in Johannesburg
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - The World Conference on Doping in Sport starts Tuesday in Johannesburg, where it will consider a new anti-doping code...
Zlatan, Neymar nominated for FIFA best goal award
ZURICH (AP) - Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Neymar are among 10 candidates for the Puskas Award honoring the best goal of the year. Ibrahimovic ...
Egypt: Drive-by shooting kills 2 soldiers
CAIRO (AP) Egypt s state news agency says a drive-by shooting on a desert road in the country s north has killed two soldiers and wounded ...
Greek govt wins vote, gets majority cut by 1 seat
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece s coalition government won a confidence vote Monday called by the left-wing opposition but saw its parliament...
Iran rejects nuclear deal: Kerry
ABU DHABI (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that the major powers were unified on an Iran nuclear deal during weekend ...
Five killed in Iraq attacks, two dead bodies found
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Attacks north of Baghdad killed five people on Monday, officials said, while police found two corpses bearing signs of to...
More time needed on Iran nuclear deal: diplomat
BRUSSELS (AFP) - Talks between global powers and Iran that broke up this weekend without a deal on Tehran s disputed nuclear drive were &...
Debate on martyrdom 'damaging' in present situation: Nisar
ISLAMABAD - Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said that no progress can be made until an end to US drone strikes. He said t...
IHC declares Ogra's ex-chief Sadiq's sentence null and void
ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court declared former Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) chief Tauqir Sadiq's three-year sentence...
Delhi takes Pakistan PM Nawaz at his words: Indian FM
SYDNEY: Indian External Affairs Minister, Salman Khurshid said that he believes Pakistani Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif wanted to make pe...
China's FAW to produce 10,000 vehicles per year in Algeria
ALGIERS (AFP) - Chinese state manufacturer FAW is to build an assembly plant in Algeria producing 10,000 vehicles per year under an agree...
Timeline of Roger Federer's troubled 2013
LONDON (AFP) - Roger Federer's troubled 2013 season came to a suitably downbeat conclusion with a semi-final loss against Rafael Nadal...
World sends emergency aid to Philippine
MANILA (AFP) - The United States, Australia and the United Nations are mobilising emergency aid to the Philippines as the scale of the de...
ECP seeks 4 months for LB polls preparations
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has filed a petition in the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) to grant four months dur...
Venezuela's Gabriela crowned Miss Universe 2013
MOSCOW (Agencies) - A 25-year-old Venezuelan television presenter and flamenco dancer, Gabriela Isler, has been crowned Miss Universe in ...
Sindh Assembly passes resolution against Munawar Hassan
KARACHI (Online) - Sindh Assembly on Monday passed a resolution against the controversial remarks made by chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Syed M...
Shah assures support to Nawaz over Taliban
ISLAMABAD - The Opposition Leader in National Assembly Khursheed Shah met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday and assured his support ...
Some facts about the Philippines and its people
MANILA (Associated Press) Thousands of people are believed dead after Typhoon Haiyan battered the central Philippines with sustained winds...
Jalaluddin Haqqani’s son killed in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Naseeruddin Haqqani the son of Haqqani network leader Jalaluddin Haqqani was killed here on Sunday night. According to Taliba...
Army has no right to interfere in political affairs
LAHORE - General Secretary of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Liaquat Baloch on Monday said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) had issued a...