ForeignOpposition ups heat on Merkel over president scandal
Germany’s main opposition party piled pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday over a scandal dogging her handpicked candidate for president, calling for new elections if he were to step down. As<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/01/08/opposition-ups-heat-on-merkel-over-president-scandal/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Jan 8, 2012
Arts / EntertainmentMeera to sizzle on small screen
After doing so many films in both Pakistan and India, Pakistani diva Meera will once again appear in a Pakistani drama serial entitled as “Bichray Tau Ehsas Hua”.The star cast of “Bichray Tau Eh
Jan 8, 2012
ForeignMass rallies as countdown begins to Taiwan poll
The Taiwan president and his main challenger drew huge crowds to campaign rallies on Sunday, as the rivals pulled out all the stops to attract wavering support ahead of next weekend’s election. Hund
Jan 8, 2012
ISLAMABADNo progress sans women: Abbasi
Member National Assembly Muhammad Hanif Abbasi has said that women by acquiring education can play vital role in development of the country. He said the Punjab government was giving equal attention towards<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/01/08/no-progress-sans-women-abbasi/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Jan 8, 2012
ForeignRomney holds frontrunner pace as rivals attack
Republican US presidential candidate Mitt Romney weathered sharp attacks from his rivals in a Saturday night debate and pushed full speed ahead towards New Hampshire’s bellwether primary. Assailed o
Jan 8, 2012
Arts / EntertainmentHaya Zia up and close
Haya Zia, now a well known name in the television and fashion industries, started her career in 2011 when she started modelling in Karachi “I remember the day when I faced the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/01/08/haya-zia-up-and-close/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Jan 8, 2012
NATIONALThree children die of suffocation in Quetta
At least three children died on Sunday due to suffocation caused by gas leakage in their room in Quetta. The three children Hikmatullah, 10, Zulqaida, 8, and Shakira Bibi, 13 were sleeping<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/01/08/three-children-die-of-suffocation-in-quetta/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Jan 8, 2012
ForeignSarkozy closes gap on rival as French poll nears
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has closed the gap in voting intentions on his opposition Socialist rival Francois Hollande just four months before their election face-off, a new poll showed Sunday.
Jan 8, 2012
ForeignKenya admits terror attack risks as Britain warns national
Kenya admitted Saturday the threat from Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents from neighbouring Somalia was not "totally neutralised," as Britain warned its nationals of a heightened risk of attack. The B
Jan 8, 2012
ForeignCall for British royal to sell Bahrain jewels
One of Queen Elizabeth II's daughters-in-law was criticised Saturday for accepting jewels from the royal family of Bahrain, which has been accused of human rights abuses. Dennis MacShane, a former jun
Jan 8, 2012
Arts / EntertainmentSRK jittery about working with Katrina?
Wary of his strained relationship with Salman Khan, Bollywood badshah Shah Rukh Khan asked Katrina whether she was comfortable working with him in Yash Chopra’s next considering his differences with
Jan 8, 2012
ISLAMABADQuaid wanted equal rights for all: AIOU seminar
After migration to Medina, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) drafted the Medina Pact to set up a kind of alliance or federation among the eight Medina tribes and Muslim emigrants from Makkah, which specified<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/01/08/quaid-wanted-equal-rights-for-all-aiou-seminar/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Jan 8, 2012