NATIONALISLAMABAD - At a time when the national economy is heading towards a breakdown, political parties are engrossed in petty politicking instead of sitting together to contain the looming crisis.The fisca
NATIONALISLAMABAD - A delegation of ANP senators met Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday, asking him to tell his ministers that senators were not someone to be trifled with."We have told the prime min
NATIONALPESHAWAR - A US missile targeting a vehicle in North Waziristan killed at least four people and injured several others on Friday. Officials in Miranshah said two missiles fired by the drone hit the ve
ForeignMOSCOW - Russia on Friday rejected the West's criticism of a court decision to keep Kremlin critic and ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky in jail until 2017 in a case watched as a barometer of the country
BusinessLAHORE - Pakistan's economy remained under tremendous pressure in 2010, as the crippling energy shortage, liquidity crunch, multiplying bad loans, low growth rate, high budget deficit and massive summ
NATIONALKARACHI - Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Thursday said judiciary was the most important pillar of the country. Addressing judicial officers of all districts and special
SportsWELLINGTON - Abdul Razzaq produced a man-of-the-match performance with bat and ball to ensure Pakistan salvaged some credibility and embarrassed New Zealand by 103 runs in their third and final Twenty
SportsLAHORE - The British lawyer of Pakistan's suspended former Test captain Salman Butt said he was in Lahore on Thursday preparing for his client's spot-fixing hearing next week.Salman, along with bowler
NATIONALISLAMABAD - Pakistan has asked India to stop using terrorist attacks in Mumbai for propaganda purposes, and it should also resolve the lingering Jammu Kashmir issue in accordance with the UN resolutio
ForeignMOSUL - Two suicide bombers on Wednesday killed four policemen in a police station in the northern city of Mosul, including an officer who oversaw a deadly raid on militants, Iraqi security officials
NATIONALRAWALPINDI - Benazir Bhutto's murder trial took another twist on Wednesday when the lawyer of former Rawalpindi police chief Saud Aziz said Benazir's security adviser Rehman Malik (now the interior mi
NATIONALTHATTA - The Jamia Masjid of Banbhor, which is said to be the first mosque of South Asia was built in 8th century AD after the conquest of Sindh by Arab warrior Muhammad Bin Qasim.<br />It is located among the ruins of centuries-old city of Bhanbhor, in Thatta district. The ancient city is associated with Muhammad Bin Qasim and the legendary love-story of Sassui-Punhoon, which great poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai sung in his poetry.<br />The historical ruins are gradually being worn
