NATIONALHYDERABAD DACCAN - Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who is on a visit to India in connection with the 17th Commonwealth Law Conference in India's Hyderabad Deccan, s
SportsKARACHI - Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram admitted that the lengthy bans handed out to Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer for corruption on Saturday represented a new low for the besieged sport in the country. "I feel sad for all three of these kids, two just over 20 and one just 18," Wasim told AFP. <br />"I feel for their families because they are key players. This is a low for Pakistan cricket." Wasim said he hopes the punishments will serve as a lesson. "Not only
LAHORELAHORE - The Himalayan black bear at the Lahore Zoo successfully bred for the third time in Lahore Zoo, giving birth to two healthy cubs. Though the cubs were born on January 28, 2011, Zoo veterinarian Dr Zaib Mahel told Pakistan Today that they could not approach the bear for security reasons.<br />"The mother tends to eat up her cubs if she senses there is a threat," said Dr Mahel. "That is why, we have waited for two weeks and even during this time, only the regular animal handlers
SportsAMSTERDAM - The Netherlands skipper Peter Borren, who started his cricket career in his native New Zealand, leads the Dutch into their fourth World Cup campaign.The 27-year-old all-rounder, who played
NATIONALISLAMABAD - Justice Javed Iqbal, a senior Supreme Court judge on Friday took oath as the acting chief justice after the incumbent CJP Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry left for India to attend an internation
ForeignPHNOM PENH - Thai and Cambodian soldiers exchanged heavy fire near a disputed temple on the two countries' shared border Friday, killing a civilian, officials said as tensions between the neighbours b
LAHORELAHORE - Politicians belonging to various political parties gave a mixed response over President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani's decision to dissolve the federal cabinet.
NATIONALISLAMABAD - The decision by the Central Executive Committee of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) to dissolve the federal cabinet has been taken two years and ten months after it was sworn in by former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf on April 1, 2008 following the general elections on February 8. <br />Initially 24 ministers had taken oath, including nine from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).<br />May 12, 2008: The cabinet suffers the first jolt when only after 42 days
NATIONALISLAMABAD - Foreign Office (FO) spokesman Abdul Basit Thursday said two special flights would be sent to Egypt within 24 hours to evacuate the stranded Pakistani diplomatic staff and other nationals E
Pakistan is already a victim of floods, earthquakes, terrorism and global warming but the issue that should be in spotlight is health. We can solve all the problems if we first solve the health issue.<br />In spite of the steady improvement in the health sector over the years, the position is not satisfactory yet. This has cast a negative impact on the services and facilities for the people. In fact, the floods this year have added a large number of patients to the already
NATIONALISLAMABAD - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has categorically told the government to come up with economic reforms to qualify for the next tranche of $1.7 billion under the $11.3 billion standby
NATIONALLAHORE - Officials investigating the Raymond Davis case on Thursday recorded the statements of six traffic wardens, who were on duty around the crime scene when Davis killed two youths - Faizan and Fa
