SportsCOLOMBO - Sri Lanka overcame a serious bout of the jitters to book their place in Saturday's World Cup final in Mumbai, as New Zealand bowed out in the last four for the sixth time in ten campaigns, t
ForeignDAMASCUS - Some 20,000 people gathered in the Syrian city of Daraa on Thursday for the burial of victims killed by police gunfire the day before, chanting support for a rising anti-regime movement the
LAHORELAHORE - Gamblers and bookmakers come to business as Cricket World Cup 2011 begins today in Dhaka, with an opening match between Bangladesh and India.STAKES: Underground bookmakers or bookies have a
SportsPARIS: Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic beat Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (3) on Friday to reach the semifinals of the Paris Open. Kvitova will next face either Andrea Petkovic of Ger
NATIONALWASHINGTON: Pakistan's Ambassador to US Hussain Haqqani and the US embassy in Islamabad on Friday denied a ABC News report that President Barack Obama's national security adviser had threatened to exp
NATIONALMANAMA: Bahrain's king decided on Friday to give 1,000 dinars ($2,650) to each Bahraini family, the latest step that the Sunni rulers have taken to appease the majority Shia public before protests pla
The first ever three days Tulip Flower Show came to an emotion packed conclusion at the Royal Palm Golf and Country Club, the beauty of the flowers providing an inspiration to a large number of flower
BusinessKarachi<br />Waqar Hamza<br />The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority's annual report 2009-10 has disclosed that cell sites in the country have augmented by seven percent. A total of 30,126 cell sites have erected in the country, out of which Mobilink has the maximum number followed by Telenor and Ufone. <br />However, Ufone and Zong have added the maximum number of cell sites in FY09-10, whereas nominal numbers were added by Mobilink and Warid. Details show that Mobilink, Ufone,
NATIONALPESHAWAR: A suicide bomb attack near an under-construction hospital on the outskirts of Hangu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa killed at least 15 people and injured several, private television channels reported
NATIONALISLAMABAD - Intelligence agencies submitted a written statement before the Supreme Court regarding the 11 prisoners, who had been missing from the Adiyala Jail Rawalpindi since their acquittal on terr
ForeignZURICH: An anonymous group of hackers said Wednesday they had launched online attacks to shut down the websites of credit card Mastercard and a Swiss bank that cut off business ties with WikiLeaks.The
NATIONALMUMBAI: French President Nicolas Sarkozy condemned Pakistan on Tuesday for allowing extremist "safe havens" in the Tribal Areas, as he paid tribute to the victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.Sarkozy, i
