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Kvitova to play in Sydney InternationalSports

Kvitova to play in Sydney International

Wimbledon champion and world number two Petra Kvitova will play in next month's Sydney International, tournament organisers said on Monday.The 21-year-old Czech will become the third reigning Grand

Dec 5, 2011
Islamists look to extend gains in EgyptForeign

Islamists look to extend gains in Egypt

Islamist candidates in Egypt looked Monday to extend their crushing victory in the country’s first parliamentary elections since the toppling of Hosni Mubarak, as voters turned out for run-off polls

Dec 5, 2011
18 killed in attack on Shia pilgrims in IraqForeign

18 killed in attack on Shia pilgrims in Iraq

Bomb attacks against pilgrims in central Iraq killed at least 18 people and wounded 48 on Monday, a day before the peak of the Shia Ashura religious commemorations, a doctor and a police officer said.

Dec 5, 2011
LAHORE

Speedy train, bus crush two

A rashly driven car crushed an unidentified old man in Sanda police precincts while the driver of car managed to escape from the scene. According to details, a 60 years old man<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/12/04/speedy-train-bus-crush-two/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 4, 2011
New development schemes for education sector approvedKARACHI

New development schemes for education sector approved

Under the Annual Development Programme 2011-12, three new development schemes for the education sector have been approved in a Divisional Development Working Party meeting chaired by Sindh Education Secretary Muhammad Siddique Memon,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/12/04/new-development-schemes-for-education-sector-approved/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 4, 2011
Government a toothless tiger, says AsmaNATIONAL

Government a toothless tiger, says Asma

Former Supreme Court Bar Association president Asma Jahangir on Saturday termed the government a “toothless tiger” as it lacked moral authority and power.She had earlier talked about the judici

Dec 4, 2011
Foreign

Blast near British embassy in Bahrain

A small explosion took place in a bus parked near the British embassy in Bahrain’s capital Manama on Sunday, the unrest-hit Gulf kingdom’s interior ministry said. “A blast from the front part<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/12/04/blast-near-british-embassy-in-bahrain/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 4, 2011
City prepares to mourn Karbala martyrsLAHORE

City prepares to mourn Karbala martyrs

The city appears sad and in a state of mourning, as Muharram-related events gain momentum with two days left until Youm-e-Ashur. The black colour becomes more evident in the city, as people<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/12/04/city-prepares-to-mourn-karbala-martyrs/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 4, 2011
Sports

Royal Palm and Gymkhana in golf battle

It will be a battle of nerves and application of golfing skills during the 18 holes combat between 26 able ones of Royal Palm against 26 front runners of Gymkhana Golf Club<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/12/04/royal-palm-and-gymkhana-in-golf-battle/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 4, 2011
KARACHI

Your LG system or ours? The deadlock continues

Yet another meeting between the two major coalition partners – the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) – failed to evolve consensus on a new system of local<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/12/04/your-lg-system-or-ours-the-deadlock-continues/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 4, 2011
Pakistan to  revisit security paradigmNATIONAL

Pakistan to revisit security paradigm

Calling for complete national unity, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Friday that Pakistan would revisit its national security paradigm following the NATO strikes on its border posts in the dead<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/12/03/pakistan-to-revisit-security-paradigm/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 3, 2011