The vote comes in a difficult period for relations between the two countries
Iran's parliament has voted by a large majority to downgrade diplomatic r...Read more »
Connie Hedegaard's EU is increasingly isolated among the industrialised world bloc
Some of the developing world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters are biddi...Read more »
Activists are calling on people to gather for another huge rally on Sunday
Egypt's
army chief says he will not let "troublemakers" meddle in Monday's
parliamentary elect...Read more »
Speed said he was satisfied with his first 10 games in charge of Wales
Wales football manager Gary Speed has died at the age of 42.
The Football Assoc...Read more »
Nato has called the deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers as "tragic and unintended"
Pakistan has buried 24 of its troops who were killed in a Nato airstrike at a checkpoint on ...Read more »
Funerals were held for soldiers killed in an attack in the central province of Homs
The Arab League has approved sanctions against Syria, including an asset freeze and an embargo on...Read more »
A
series of explosions in and around the Iraqi capital Baghdad on
Saturday has killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 20,
officials say.
Three bombs exploded in the commerc...Read more »
The Atlas 5 launch rocket carrying the Mars rover blasted off from Florida
Nasa has launched the most capable machine ever built to land on Mars.
The nea...Read more »
Updated at: 1137 PST, Friday, November 18, 2011 NEW
YORK: More than one in five people with heart disease aren't getting
life-saving statin drugs despite guidelines saying they s...Read more »
RICHMOND:
Lollywood Barbie doll Reema Khan, the bride and Dr. Tariq Shahab, the
bridegroom attired in their traditional wedding dresses arrived at the
‘Rukhsati’ ceremony being held at Tyson...Read more »
DUBAI:
Pakistani bowlers held their nerves to stop a threatening Sri Lankan
team to win the third day-night international by 21 runs here on Friday
to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match serie...Read more »
ISLAMABAD:
The National Assembly on Thursday unanimously extended the Pakistan
Industrial Relations Ordinance 2011 (PIRO) for further 120 days.Minister
for Religious Affairs Syed Khurshid mo...Read more »
BALI: With the IAEA weighing options to deal with Iran’s nuclear
programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said the issue should
be dealt with diplomatically as he discussed it with ...Read more »
WASHINGTON:
US businessman Mansoor Ijaz, who is at the centre of the Mullen
Memo-gate controversy, Friday released another chunk of evidence-his
phone records of calls made to and received, ...Read more »
WASHINGTON:
Pakistan’s Ambassador to US Husain Haqqani has left for Islamabad.
Prior to his departure he met US special representative to Pakistan and
Afghanistan Marc Grossman.It is pertine...Read more »
CHAKWAL: Four intelligence personnel have been killed in Pir Chanbal area of Chakwal, Geo News reported. According
to the security sources, intelligence personnel raided the compound of
milit...Read more »
PARIS:
Pakistani tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his Indian partner Rohan
Bopanna advanced to the finals of the Paris Masters Tennis Tournament. The
duo defeated M. Mirnyi of Belarus an...Read more »
NEW
DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accepted Prime Minister
Yousuf Raza Gilani's invitation to visit Pakistan, Geo News reported.Manmohan said the Pak-India peace dialogue would r...Read more »
ISLAMABAD:
Appearing once in 100 years, the date of 11.11.11 on today's calendar
has created quite a frenzy worldwide, while adding more amazement people
can witness a unique moment at 11.11...Read more »
LAHORE: Another patient fell victim to dengue virus on Thursday, mounting the total death toll to 306 in the city.Today
43-year-old Zahid Bashir resident of Tajpura who was under treatment in
...Read more »
MUMBAI: 11.11.11 seems to be bookies’ favorite bet on when Baby B would
be born. Till recently, focus was on whether Ash will have a baby girl
or a boy. But now, everyone’s focus has shifted ...Read more »
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan delegation will be leaving for India tomorrow for
secretary-level trade talks between Pakistan and India, while the formal
talks would be kicking off on November 14 in Ne...Read more »
NEW
DELHI: India's Supreme Court expressed shock on Friday that more than
250 Pakistanis were being held in Indian jails without ever having faced
trial, with at least one behind bars since ...Read more »
FASIALABAD:
Three bodies including that of two children were recovered from a house
in the Allama Iqbal Colony of the city, Geo News reported. According
to initial reports a person named Jav...Read more »
LONDON: Two alleged killers of Dr. Imran Farooq were arrested in Karachi, London police commissioner confirmed.London
police commissioner said that they were working with Pakistan in Dr.
Imra...Read more »
BERLIN:
People who have donated part of their liver for transplant can
experience physical and psychological complications years after the
operation, according to a German study.Almost half ...Read more »
BELFAST:
Lady Gaga stole the show at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Belfast on
Sunday, scooping four prizes and going one better than 2010 when she
also led the field with three.The flamboya...Read more »
NEW
DELHI: Debutantes Ravichandran Ashwin and Umesh Yadav grabbed two
wickets apiece as India put the West Indies under pressure on the third
day of the opening Test on Tuesday. The West ...Read more »
ATHENS/ROME:
Italian government bond yields soared to near 15-year highs, putting
the euro zone's third largest economy front and center of the region's
debt crisis, despite scrambling effor...Read more »
HEART: Ten people were killed by a roadside bomb in northwest Afghanistan late Monday, a local politician told Tuesday.The
blast struck a police vehicle in Badghis province, killing two
offic...Read more »
GILGIT: Three persons were crushed to death by a falling chunk of glacier at Chopurson area of Gojal here, Geo News reported.Those
killed were on way from Afghanistan to their native places in...Read more »