SEATTLE:
He keeps them in warm, comfortable bug dorms, feeds them on meals of
human blood with the occasional sugar water snack and lives in awe of
their killing power.Seattle-based research...Read more »
PERTH:
Australia edged out traditional rivals New Zealand 5-3 to win the men's
final of the inaugural International Super Series in Perth on Sunday.The
home side were heavily favoured to win...Read more »
LAHORE:
Sacrificial animals for sale have started arriving in the old ‘Bakra
Mandi’ in the city here, but the buyers’ zeal is not seen yet, Geo News
reported.There is a ban on bringing sacri...Read more »
SYDNEY:
Police broke up a Sydney protest camp inspired by the Occupy Wall
Street movement in an early morning raid on Sunday, making dozens of
arrests, police and protesters said.The 'Occupy...Read more »
DUBAI:
Former chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and first lady,
Begum Nusrat Bhutto, died at the age of 82 after protracted illness in
Dubai on Sunday.Begum Nusrat Bhutto was ...Read more »
LAHORE: The killer Dengue fever claimed four more lives including that of two women in Lahore, Geo News reported Saturday.In Lahore alone the total dengue death toll now has reached 236, where...Read more »
MUMBAI:
Bollywood actors Shahrukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor enthralled the
audience as they promoted their upcoming film 'Ra One' by dancing to the
tunes of the movie's popular numbers 'Chamma...Read more »
ABU
DHABI: Kumar Sangakkara hit his eighth double hundred and Prasanna
Jayawardene notched up a fighting century to thwart Pakistan's hopes of
victory to salvage a draw for Sri Lanka in the ...Read more »
ISLAMABAD:
Prices of milk, beef and mutton have risen by 18 percent while cooking
oil has also become expensive by 26 percent during the week ended on
October 20 compared to the same period ...Read more »
KABUL: US and coalition forces have completed an operation against militants in eastern Afghanistan.According
to the US Army, Operation Nike IV was launched on October 13, in the
mountains of...Read more »
LAHORE:
Punjab Governor Lateef Khosa said Saturday he was considering asking
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to take a vote of confidence from the
Punjab Assembly, Geo News reported.Talking to...Read more »
KABUL:
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Afghanistan would support Pakistan
in case on an attack by any country including the US and India, Geo News
reported. “If Pakistan is attacked and t...Read more »
KARACHI:
State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Saturday cut its key policy rate by 150
basis points to 12 percent for the subsequent two months, citing a
decline in inflation and government borrow...Read more »
NEW YORK: Anti-corporate activists who triggered a national protest
movement by occupying a square near Wall Street could not be more
focused, except on one little detail: what exactly it is ...Read more »
KARACHI:
The miseries of the flood affectees in Sindh could not be eased out
even today, which could be gauged from the fact that a man jostling for
obtaining ‘Pakistan Card’ died of cardia...Read more »
LAHORE:
Punjab unification block leader, Tahir Javed, by suggesting Punjab
Chief Minister, Shabaz Sharif to dissolve the provincial assembly in a
bid to stem the senate elections, has arouse...Read more »
LAHORE: Killer Dengue continues to plague the city and on Saturday seven
people including three women lost their lives to the virus, Geo news
reported. The toll now stands at 195 in Punjab while 17...Read more »
KABUL:
A father desperately searches for his son, who has been sent on a
suicide bomb mission. After losing everything, he ends up homeless and
insane on the dusty streets of Kabul.Tragedy c...Read more »
BEIJING:
Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki was knocked out of the China Open
quarterfinals by Flavia Pennetta of Italy 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (2) on Friday.Wozniacki
was two points from victory when lead...Read more »
KARACHI:
State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Saturday cut its key policy rate by 150
basis points to 12 percent for the subsequent two months, citing a
decline in inflation and government borrow...Read more »
ISLAMABAD:
Two leaders of PML-N Chaudhary Waqar Khan and Sardar Iqbal have joined
Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Geo News reported.This they announced in a press conference here on Saturday. ...Read more »
KABUL:
The Kabul government on Saturday demanded that Washington increase
pressure on Pakistan to act against insurgents using its soil to attack
Afghanistan, saying Afghans were running out...Read more »
KARACHI:
PML-F chief Pir Pagara has threatened to quit the government if
ministries in Sindh were taken from his party, Geo News reported. Pagara
said his party had entered into an agreement...Read more »