RIO DE JANEIRO: The 2014 World Cup has officially kicked off, with the United States being drawn with Jamaica in qualifying for the North, Central America and Caribbean region for the tourna...Read more »
WASHINGTON: The CIA's Islamabad station chief, who oversaw the intelligence team that uncovered Osama bin Laden's hideout, has left Pakistan for medical reasons, a US official said.
The CIA...Read more »
KARACHI: There seems to be no end to the terror incidents in this mega metropolis city, despite the political parties’ impressive peace efforts demo yesterday, as four more persons have fall...Read more »
QUETTA: Complete shutter down strike is being observed in the provincial capital city against the last two days of target killing incidents on the call of the Hazara Democratic Party here, G...Read more »
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Saturday slashed the discount rate by 50 basis points or 0.5 percent to 13.5 from 14, Geo News reported Saturday.
Acting Governor SBP Yasin Anwa...Read more »
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court on Saturday issued its detailed verdict in writing about making Sohail Ahmed OSD and granting of investigation responsibility to former FIA Director, Hussain Asghar ...Read more »
ANKARA: Turkey’s military command echelon resigned late Friday from their posts amid an ongoing spat with the government over the growing number of arrested generals. The mass resignations, ...Read more »
QUETTA: An angry mob protested against the killing of eleven people including three women Saturday, Geo News reported. The mob caused damage to property while different political parties mou...Read more »
QUETTA: Unidentified men opened fire on a van at Spini Road in Quetta that killed eleven persons including a woman and injured three Saturday, Geo News reported.
According to police sources...Read more »
LOS ANGELES: The mash-up "Cowboys & Aliens" will likely mean a smack-down for a superhero and some Smurfs this weekend, with the Universal/Dreamworks sci-fi/Western expected to...Read more »
NOTTINGHAM: India's seamers reduced England to 124 for eight at tea on the first day of the second Test at Trent Bridge here on Friday as they looked to level the series.
India, albeit in h...Read more »
SINGAPORE: The US debt stalemate continued to roil crude markets in Asian trade Friday as a vote in the House of Representatives on a Republican debt plan was postponed.
New York's main con...Read more »
NEW DELHI: Gunman Ajmal Kasab has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court judgment confirming the death sentence slapped on him by a trial court for his role in the 26/11 M...Read more »
ISLAMABAD: A six-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry heard the Hajj corruption case, Geo News reported. In its order the apex court stated t...Read more »
QUETTA: At least seven devotees were killed and several others injured when unidentified armed men opened fire at them, rescue sources said.
According to sources, devotees were waiting for ...Read more »
GENEVA: Around one third of the global population, or 2 billion people, have been infected with one of the viruses that causes the liver disease hepatitis, which kills about a million victim...Read more »
The genre mash-up of "Cowboys & Aliens" is more a mush-up, an action yarn aiming to be both science fiction and Old West adventure but doing neither all that well.
The filmmak...Read more »
ZAGREB: Fifth-seeded Tommy Robredo and his fellow Spaniard, former world No. 1 and reigning Umag champion Juan Carlos Ferrero, were among Tuesday's first-round winners at the $570,000 Croati...Read more »
KARACHI: Petroleum products prices expected to slightly increase, while the diesel price to be slashed effective August 1, 2011.
Sources said that the prices of petrol likely to increase by...Read more »
ISLAMABAD: A six-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftihkar Muhammed Chaudhry heard the hajj corruption case, Geo News reported.
DG FIA, Tehsin Anwar appeared befor...Read more »
SEOUL: Landslides triggered by torrential rain in South Korea have killed a total of 18 people, police and a rescue agency said Wednesday.
They said 12 people died when a mudslide hit an in...Read more »
NEW DELHI: Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and India have agreed to continue talks on Kashmir. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said this is “indeed a new era in bilateral relatio...Read more »
KINSHASA: A measles epidemic has killed 1,145 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo since January, the UN's Humanitarian Affairs mission in Kinshasa said Monday.
The epidemic "h...Read more »
MUMBAI: Imran Khan matched steps of three illustrious Khans — Aamir, Shah Rukh and Salman — in his next release, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan. The title track of the film will see him imitating th...Read more »
LAHORE: Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Ijaz Butt arrived in the country after four weeks but refused to speak to the media upon his arrival, Geo News reported.
A large numbe...Read more »
PESHAWAR: The gold price has hit highest to a record Rs54, 250 per tola in the provincial here, Geo news reported.
Sarrafa Association said that the spate of hiking prices of gold all across ...Read more »
NEW DELHI: The largest democracy in the world India’s president Pratibha Patil has become the first president to voluntarily declare the details of her assets setting an example not only for...Read more »
ISLAMABAD: The government is in no mood to follow the Supreme Court orders and continuously defying the verdicts passed by the apex court, Geo News reported.
In National Reconciliation Ordi...Read more »
ISLAMABAD: Federal government has made Secretary Establishment Sohail Ahmed officer on special duty (OSD) Tuesday, Geo News reported.
According to the channel sources, the Supreme Court (SC...Read more »
LONDON: England beat India by 196 runs to win the first Test at Lord's here Monday to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series.
India, set what would have been a new fourth innings Test recor...Read more »
ISLAMABAD: A new legislation will be enacted for the trial of terrorists presently being detained by the armed forces in tribal areas, Geo News reported Monday.
Under the regulation punishm...Read more »
LONDON: Ishant Sharma took three wickets, including two in one over, to give India hope of an improbable win against England in the first Test at Lord's here on Sunday.
England, at lunch on...Read more »
PESHAWAR: A 3-day polio campaign would begin from July 25 in four districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in which drops would be administered to the children below 5 years of age.
Deputy ...Read more »
KARACHI: Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Salman Siddique has said that the actual tax collection for the last fiscal year was not Rs1.59 trillion but actually it was Rs1.5 trillion, ...Read more »
BANGKOK: Three military men were killed and a fourth injured on Sunday in the third fatal Thai army helicopter crash in little over a week, a force spokesman said.
The Bell 212 chopper -- p...Read more »
MUZAFFARABAD: According to unofficial results, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) won six out of eight reserved seats of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly while Pakistan Muslim Le...Read more »
KARACHI: Four people were killed and 7 others injured in separate incidents of firing in Landhi, Malir, Quaidabad and Baldia Town, Geo News reported on Sunday.
Intermittent firing continues...Read more »
LONDON: Kevin Pietersen struck the India bowlers to all parts of Lord's on Friday during a majestic unbeaten innings of 202 on a sun-dappled second day of the first
Test.
Pietersen unfurled a seri...Read more »
KARACHI: Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Marketing Association has rejected proposed LPG policy, Geo News reported.
Chairman LPG Marketing Association Iqbal Z. Ahmed, while talking to Geo News,...Read more »
OSLO: Norwegian police on Saturday described the main suspect in twin bomb and shooting attacks that left at least 91 dead as a Christian fundamentalist.
A police official said that inf...Read more »
ISLAMABAD: The new monsoon system has entered Pakistan and it is expected that Karachi and other areas of the country will receive rain during the next 24 hours.
According to the met offic...Read more »
MUMBAI: Finally it's finalised... After many discussions, Kareena Kapoor's avatar for the famous Madame Tussauds museum in London has been decided.
The actress is reported to be waxed in '...Read more »
SUKKUR: IG Sindh, Wajid Durrani said Saturday that the violence, which took place in Katti Pahari over the course of the last few days, was the act of the land mafia, Geo News reported. Spea...Read more »
PARIS: If a pair of custom made sunglasses is high on your wish list, then Cartier, seems to have something that might get you interested.A stunning and chick sunglasses, dated to the 1980’s, is pr...Read more »
MUMBAI: In a unique way to promote a film, Bollywood actors Salman Khan’s bodyguard Shera unveiled the dramatic promo of his upcoming movie ‘Bodyguard’.
An emotional Shera, dressed as a bod...Read more »
KUALA LUMPUR: Pakistani Aamir Atlas Khan has reached the final of the Malaysian open squash championship.
Aamir defeated Australian Cameron Pillay 3-1 in their semifinal match. He will play ...Read more »
KARACHI: The share prices at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) ended flat on Friday as early gains on hopes of healthy corporate results were eroded towards the end amid concerns regarding the la...Read more »
OSLO: A bomb killed seven people in Norway's capital Oslo on Friday and a gunman opened fire at a youth camp on an island, police said.
Police said they believed the bombing and the shootin...Read more »
KARACHI: Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Wasan has stated that situation in Malir is under control and that the Rangers and police have entered Landhi and took control of the area, Geo News repo...Read more »
KARACHI: The death toll in the latest wave of violence in the city has climbed to 13, Geo News reported.
After four days of peace, violence returned to the streets of the metropolis when fir...Read more »
KARACHI: A Leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and former city nazim Mustafa Kamal on Friday said that armed men gunned down MQM workers while entering their houses.
Talking to media a...Read more »