ISLAMABAD, The Supreme Court on Tuesday accepted a plea on behalf of Federation regarding implementation of its orders of Dec 16, 2009, on National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) and fixed Oct 13 for hearing of a review plea first which has...

PARIS, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Monday called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to re-impose a settlement freeze, saying it was the only way for peace talks to succeed, his spokesman said.President Abbas "wants to continue...

KARACHI, The Pakistani rupee fell to a record low on Monday because of increased dollar demand for import payments.A currency dealer said the rupee traded as low as 86.07,beating the previous record low on Sept 24 of 86.03.The rupee ended at 86.10/14...

LAHORE, The manager of Pakistan's cricket tour of England resigned on Monday, just days after the players flew home following controversies over spot fixing. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt relieved Yawar Saeed of his duties...

MUMBAI, That ‘Dabangg’ is the biggest grosser ever in Hindi cinema is a known fact by now and those associated with the film didn’t miss a chance to party hard to celebrate the success of the film.The who’s who of Bollywood attended the grand...

LONDON, Treatment with vitamin C rapidly improves the emotional state of acutely hospitalized patients, according to a study carried out by researchers at Montreal's Jewish General Hospital (JGH) and the affiliated Lady Davis Institute for...

LAHORE, PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif said his party was behind the Supreme Court and only the court can rule over the issue of presidential immunity, Geo News reported Friday.He was addressing a press conference here today.He advised the government...

ISLAMABAD, Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has directed NRO-benefited government officials to quit voluntarily with immediate effect, Geo News reported.The government would take up Dr. Aafia Siddiqui's case with US political leadership,...

WASHINGTON: India's External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Thursday asked Pakistan to "vacate" its "illegal occupation of certain parts of Jammu and Kashmi" before advising New Delhi "how to go about doing things in Kashmir," after Pakistan...

ISLAMABAD, Sugar millers oppose a government decision to allow unlimited imports of raw sugar after massive sugarcane crop losses, an industry official said on Friday, adding the shortfall would be smaller than expected.The price, he said, expected...

NEW DELHI, New Delhi welcomed the first athletes to its crisis-hit Commonwealth Games on Friday as organisers raced against time to rescue the event amid claims the city should never have been chosen.The Commonwealth Games Federation signalled...

LOS ANGELES, Actresses Jamie Lee Curtis and Sigourney Weaver turned up at the premiere of their latest film 'You Again' in Los Angeles last night sporting exactly the same dress.The Daily Mail reports that the pair posed together on the red...

MOSCOW: Moscow registered nearly 11,000 deaths due to an unprecedented heatwave this summer, a city official said, as the mortality rate more than doubled in the Russian capital.In August alone, 15,016 deaths were registered in the city of more...

LONDON, Swimming in indoor chlorinated pools may induce genotoxicity (DNA damage that may lead to cancer) as well as respiratory effects, but the positive health effects of swimming can be maintained by reducing pool levels of the chemicals behind...

MUMBAI, Kareena Kapoor, soon to be seen as a spy, a la Mata Haari, in the forth coming flick ‘Agent Vinod’, is turning 30 years old on the 21st of September. However, she is in distress, as she has to be in Latvia for Saif’s home production, ‘Agent...

LONDON, Pakistan cricket captain Shahid Afridi has said that efforts are being made to destroy his country’s team; but, the Pak nation would emerge with as much resilience as it is suppressed.While talking in a Geo News programme Captain’s Corner,...

KARACHI, Stocks ended lower on Tuesday as cautious investors booked profits on fears of a hike in the key policy rate when the monetary policy is unveiled next week, dealers said.The monetary policy for the subsequent two months is due to be announced...

KABUL, Nine foreign troops were killed in a NATO helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the military alliance said, taking the overall death toll among foreign forces to an annual record.Two NATO troops, an Afghan soldier and a US...

MUZAFFARABAD, A school bus carrying at least 25 students skidded into a river near Garhi Dopatta area of Muzaffarabad; bodies of 14 children have been recovered from the river, Geo News reported Tuesday.There are reports that at least five children...

ISLAMABAD: Brig. Imtiaz (rtd) and Adnan Khawja of the OGDCL have been arrested from the courtroom today and were being shifted to Adiala Jail, Geo News reported Tuesday.Both of them have been arrested from the court on orders by Supreme Court (SC)...

SEHWAN: The breaches in Manchhar Lake bunds of RD-95, 96 and 97 widened to one kilometer, inundating over several acres of crops and 190 villages of Dal, Chana and Union Council Bobak of Tehsil Sehwan, Geo News reported Saturday.The floodwater...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said called within two days the lists of officers who benefited from National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), Geo News reported Saturday.According to the spokesman Prime Minister House, the premier...