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ISLAMABAD: One major flaw in existing of the Election system in Pakistan that minorities and women seats are left at the mercy of political

A roadside bomb hit a police van in Upper Dir on Saturday, injuring three security personnel.

DIR: At least three policemen were injured when a police van came under attack from a roadside bomb in Upper Dir on Saturday. The blast happened

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LAHORE: Massive electricity load shedding has triggered protests in most affected areas on Saturday. Prolonged power outages have not only broke

VAN cylinders Mongowal

Ghiyas Paracha demands govt to restore CNG supply to avoid accidents GUJRAT: Sixteen children and a teacher were killed when their school van

LAHORE

Medical teams provided healthcare facilities to more than 120 villagers LAHORE: May 24, Medical teams of Health Department Punjab have been

LAHORE: Dreadful measles continued to claim innocent lives as two more children died of the epidemics here, counting the number of deaths to 102 in

LAHORE: Caretaker Health Minister Punjab Mrs. Saleema Hashmi has stressed the need of formulation of a consolidated policy at Provincial as well as

ISLAMABAD

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday issued notices to Secretaries of Establishment Division, Ministry of Capital Administration

ISLAMABAD: The cellular service has been restored in the twin city of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The cellphone service was suspended for four hours

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) Directorate of Health Services has now completed two phases of its high-risk campaign to

KARACHI

KARACHI: Six people including a woman were killed in separate incidents of violence in Karachi. Two people are reported to be died in other firing

KARACHI: Prof. Colin N. Peiris from Quality Assurance and Accreditation Council (QAA) of Sri Lanka conducted recently a training workshop for

KARACHI, May 23: KMC Administrator Syed Hashim Raza Zaidi has directed Culture Sports & Recreation Department to include a suitable quantity of

UNUSUAL
An animated Charles Ramsey discusses the rescue of three women from his neighbor Ariel Castro's Cleveland home, May 6, 2013.

On Friday (today), Charles Ramsey will be present at an event to meet the public when his statue will be unveiled. The unveiling will take place

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ABBOTTABAD: A Pakistani woman was mutilated by her husband after a domestic quarrel on Wednesday. According to police, the cruel incident happened

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A girl eating enormous in Los Angeles, up to 5,000 calories every day in order to gain weight. The 23-year-old girl is already 100 pounds and hopes

TOP STORIES

Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali joins PML-N

Ex-PM Jamali joins PML-N

LAHORE: Former prime minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali Saturday met with Mian Nawaz Sharif and formally announced to joined Pakistan Muslim

CNG cylinder explosion kills 17 children in Gujrat

14 children killed as school van CNG cylinder explodes

GUJRAT: CNG cylinder of a school van exploded in Gujrat on Saturday morning, killing 17 children and injuring ten others. According to police, the

Pakistan Tehrik e Insaf (PTI): Nexus with Tehrik e Taliban Pakistan

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Background The scope of this paper is to explain the ground reality of the city of Karachi which is the financial hub of Pakistan; a country which

PIA flight PK-709 diverted from Manchester Airport, 2 men arrested

A Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft is seen parked on the tarmac at Stansted Airport, southern England, May 24, 2013. British fighter jets escorted a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane to Stansted Airport near London on Friday, where police went on board and arrested two men on suspicion of endangering an aircraft.

LONDON: Britain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an

Pakistan says US drone strikes violate sovereignty

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday opposed U.S. drone strikes hours after President Barack Obama defended the use of controversial drone mission as

Pakistan remains opposed to drones after Obama speech

US drones

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government Friday repeated its view that US drone strikes in its territory were illegal, after President Barack Obama laid

US, Indian, German envoys meet Nawaz Sharif

Nawaz Sharif

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif met US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson and Indian High Commissioner to

Three killed in Peshawar suicide attack

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PESHAWAR: At least three persons were killed and several others were injured in suicide attack targeting the vehicle of a religious leader at the

SC directs PM Khoso to submit response on transfers and postings

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday gave caretaker prime minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso until June 6 to submit his response in a contempt notice

Worst power outages as shortfall crosses 7,000MW

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ISLAMABAD: People across the country are facing worst ever electricity loadshedding this summer with power shortfall already exceeding 7,000MW and

SPORTS
Asad Rauf

KARACHI: Troubled Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf will fight to clear his name in an ongoing spot-fixing scandal in India, family sources told AFP on

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KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)  had given ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) to the players who were signed for the Sharjah Super

Lalit Modi

MUMBAI: Asad Rauf’s family in Lahore was no different to defend the controversial umpire’s alleged role in spot-fixing in the

Ireland's Kevin O'Brien, right, bowls a delivery against Pakistan during their one-day international at Clontarf in Dublin.

DUBLIN: Misbahul Haq has told his Pakistan team they must improve in all three departments ahead of Sunday’s series decider with Ireland. Kevin

Gabriella Pasqualotto

MUMBAI: Over 5000 miles away in South Africa, the 25-year-old beautiful cheerleader Gabriella Pasqualotto wants Mumbai Indians to win the IPL this

Pakistan's Junaid Khan (R) disputes a call as Ireland's Paul Stirling (L) looks on during the first ODI between Pakistan and Ireland at Clontarf Cricket Club in Dublin.

DUBLIN: Pakistan could manage only a tie in the first one-day international against Ireland at a bitterly cold Clontarf on Thursday after Kevin

ENTERTAINMENT
Supernatural

Horror has always been the favourite of filmmaker probably this is the reason why they are producing horror films back-to-back Haunted, Bhoot,

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SHANGHAI: Calligraphy by Japanese porn star Sola Aoi has sparked a culture war in China, where she has a huge fan base, with purists dismissing the

Sunny Leone

MUMBAI: Exotic and sizzling porn star Sunny Leone in once again in great demand in Bollywood, as her upcoming horror, erotic, thriller ‘Ragnni

The real Psy arrives at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes for the NRJ Music Awards on January 26, 2013 (AFP/File, Valery Hache)

CANNES: A man from rural France impersonated South Korean “Gangnam Style” entertainer Psy at the Cannes Film Festival, eating, drinking

Veena Malik with Rajan Verma and Supriya Kumar at Zindagi 50 50 Premiere

Zindagi 50:50 movie premiere was held at Fun Republic at suburban Mumbai Andheri. There were many Bollywood star like Supriya Kumar, Adi Irani, and

Yvette Shaw

Now a day’s Bollywood has become more action freak. We’ve seen Rowdy Rathore, Dabangg, Singham and Khiladi 786. And now the filmmakers Satish

BUSINESS
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ISLAMABAD: The upcoming government should consult major chambers of commerce for policy-making as business community could give better suggestions

INTERNATIONAL
In this May 23, 2013 photo, security officers walk away from the entrance of the Barrick Gold Corp's Pascua-Lama facilities, in northern Chile. Chile's environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday, May 24, 2013, and imposed its maximum fine on the world's largest gold miner, citing "very serious" violations of its environmental permit as well as a failure by the company to accurately describe what it had done wrong. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

EL CORRAL: The Diaguita Indians live in the foothills of the Andes, just downstream from the world’s highest gold mine, where for as long as

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KHOST CITY: A blast in mosque killed four Taliban and five villagers in Ander District of Ghazni province. The incident took place yesterday during

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KABUL: A suicide attacker was killed by his own explosive in Kabul on Saturday. Police spokesman Hashimullah Stanikzai told The Lahore Times that

Afghan policemen stand near the site of a clash between security forces and Taliban fighters in Kabul on May 24, 2013 (AFP, Massoud Hossaini)

KABUL: Explosions rocked central Kabul for five hours on Friday after Taliban gunmen launched a major suicide and gun attack centred on a compound

Cars and people are in the Skagit River at the scene of an I-5 bridge collapse near Mt. Veron, Wash.

WASHINGTON: A bridge located in Washington state collapsed today (Friday) on the Skagit River while enduring traffic flow, so it has fallen into

US President Barack Obama speaks about his administration's counterterrorism policy at the National Defense University at Ft McNair in Washington, May 23, 2013.

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama Thursday laid out new guidelines for drone strikes abroad and launched a new bid to close the Guantanamo Bay

A soldier has been killed in a machete attack in a street in London during broad daylight.

LONDON: British police have been investigating a murderous attack near a London barracks on Wednesday as a possible act of terror, local media

Brigadier General Salim Idris, the so-called Free Syrian Army’s Chief of Staff

The top commander of foreign-backed militants fighting against the Syrian government says the militants have received a 35-ton arms shipment from

Taib Mahmud (C) arrives at the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly in Kuching, on May 21, 2013 (AFP/File)

KUCHING: Despite earning a civil servant’s salary for three decades, Taib Mahmud, the powerful chief minister of Malaysia’s Sarawak

A police officer stands guard near bloodstains on the ground at the site of the bomb blast in Ghazni Province.

KHOST CITY: Seven people were killed and 15 other included women and children were injured in a suicide attack last in south eastern Ghazni

Gunmen kill four Iraqi soldiers

BAGHDAD: Gunmen shot dead four Iraqi soldiers on Thursday, security and medical officials said, the latest attacks in a wave of violence that has

At least 75 Hezbollah fighters 'have died in Syria'

BAALBEK: Seventy-five fighters from Lebanon’s Hezbollah have been killed in Syria since they first became involved in the country’s war

Kerry back in Israel for peace push

JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday admitted there was scepticism and cynicism about his efforts to broker new talks between

Japan man, 80, scales Everest, sets record

KATHMANDU: An 80-year-old Japanese man who underwent heart surgery in January reached the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday, becoming the oldest

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KHOST CITY: 26 armed Taliban and four police men were killed in Sangin district Helmand province armed battle as it entered to second day. Governor

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HEALTH
By Aneka Chohan

Are certain drugs more effective against some types of prostate cancers than others? Researchers know that not all therapies work for all patients