KARACHIKARACHI - Ajmal Pahari, the suspect allegedly involved in 100 murders and targeted killings, was sent into judicial custody on Tuesday.After interrogating the alleged accused, the police had produced
KARACHIKARACHI - Sindh government Media Coordinator Taj Haider felicitated MNA Nafisa Shah on her acquisition of a PhD degree from the Oxford University.<br />Shah, former nazim of Khairpur district has been awarded the degree on her study on honour killing in upper Sindh. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Haider said that Shah has discussed a social ill in her thesis and this will help towards the eradication of 'karo-kari'.<br />He said that in the light of Shah's thesis, the necessary
SportsNEW DELHI - Australian spin legend Shane Warne on Wednesday denied media reports that he was interested in coaching World Cup champions India."Just got told on bus - apparently I put my hand up to co
NATIONALKASUR - Former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that they do not want a war with the US, but just want abolition of the system under which the nation is being enslaved.Talking to JI K
KARACHIKARACHI - Pakistan, with no less than 2,000 deaths and 3,650 injured during series of bomb blasts, since 2000 to early 2011, needs an "integrated medical management system" to reduce the intensity of
BusinessKUWAIT CITY - The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) CEO Faruk Al-Zanki said, on Monday, that unrest in the Mideast and North Africa has lifted oil prices by around 20 percent. Zanki said on the sidel
LAHORELAHORE - A Hameed lies on a bed, breathing raspily into an oxygen mask. His son stands outside, looking at his father grow fainter and fainter, his own heart sinking with heaviness as he tries to remember him in better times. "My father has been suffering from chest problems for some years now," says Masood Hameed. "He even contracted pneumonia which has been recurring in the form of attacks. In fact, during the past three months, he has been admitted four times in the hospital."<br
NATIONALISLAMABAD - With the ministries devolved, the redundant standing committees of both the houses of the parliament (Senate and National Assembly) still exist and their chairpersons are enjoying perks an
SportsMUMBAI - India's outgoing coach Gary Kirsten on Tuesday admitted he found it very hard to say goodbye to the World Cup-winning team and the country's "special" cricketers."It has been one of the harde
BusinessKARACHI - The Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA) South Zone has voiced strong opposition to two days off in the week for energy conservation. In a statement, PTA chairman Aziz Ahmed said Pakistan's ec
LAHORELAHORE - Hafiza Habiba Yasmin, Qari Zikria Khalid and Qari Abdus Salam Azizi on Monday won the Lahore Shopping Festival (LSF) Qiraat Competition jointly organised by the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and Qudratullah & Company.<br />Yasmin stood first among the women participants while Khalid and Azizi bagged top positions in the non-professional and professional categories respectively. Hafiza Shahnaz Akhtar, Hafiza Tahira Bilquees, Qari Hassan Raza, Qari Mushtaq
SportsTEHRAN - Carlos Queiroz of Portugal has signed a two-million-dollar contract to coach Iran through to the end of the 2014 World Cup, Iranian media reports said on Monday. "Carlos Queiroz has signed a
