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mran Khan's leadership qualities have been acknowledged by the famed former England umpire Dickie Bird, who named the Pakistani cricket hero the captain of his dream world XI for Test matches, according to media reports. "My captain. His knowledge was outstanding," Bird, who tuned 80 on Friday...

Muslims in the US have views on religion that are different, in many ways, from the views of Muslims in other nations, according to a new global survey of Muslims. Here are some of the contrasts contained in a poll released this week by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life: • Some 48...

A five-member US Congressional delegation held a secret meeting with former President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday at his Chak Shahzad sub-jail residence, reliable sources confirmed to The Nation. Led by Senator Joe Donnelly, the delegation included Senators Heidi Heitkamp, Tammy Baldwin and...

Sindh Rangers DG Major General Rizwan Akhtar has opposed demands of political parties for army deployment in the metropolis by saying that the military will conduct operations in the same way as are being currently conducted by rangers. The DG Rangers visited Karachi Chamber of Commerce and...

Civil Society activists have demanded government to ensure safe drinking water accessibility for all and also asked political parties what their election manifestos and pre-election announcements are in the regard. Pakistan is a country, where only 30 percent of the total population has...

It is not an exaggerated question at all if asked by a person who hails from and lives in FATA. It is an adequate term to describe the plight and the series of agonies, the people of FATA are facing, for the last 66 years. Sword is not used in modern warfare just because it does not fulfill the...

There have been some developments during the past two weeks that reveal that in the coming elections elements of the Taliban and Al-Qaida had been offered seats in the parliament. Before these developments the security agencies with the help of right wing parties have also allowed 53 sectarian...

Pakistan military angered by treatment of Musharraf: reports Pakistan's powerful army chief has suggested the military is unhappy with how authorities have treated former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf since his return from exile. A Pakistani court on Tuesday imposed a lifetime ban...

ISLAMABAD - The national airline will soon acquire twelve medium range aircraft in the PIA fleet. This was stated by PIA Chairman Lt Gen (r) Asif Yasin Mailk at PIA’s two- day Global Marketing Conference which concluded on Tuesday. The PIA chairman said that all employees have to work...

A US government-appointed panel urged Washington Tuesday to step up pressure on Pakistan over religious freedom, warning that risks to its minorities have reached a crisis level. In an annual report, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom also raised concerns about what it...

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain Tuesday paid glowing tributes to party's former chairman Azeem Ahmed Tariq and other Haq Parasts for sacrificing their lives. In a statement on the 20th death anniversary of Azeem Tariq, he said the sacrifices of MQM's martyrs would...

Balochistan Home Secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani has said that a 15-day targeted operation by the army and Frontier Corps against the armed militants will commence today (May 1) in different parts of the province. “It can be launched anytime and anywhere,” he told The Express Tribune on...

Porsche today announced the latest range of second generation Porsche Panameras for the Pakistan market. The Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid, Porsche Panamera 4S, and Panamera Turbo will all be available in Pakistan in both standard and Executive classes. The cars are available for order as of now...

As the Niwanis, an influential political group of Bhakkar district, has been disqualified by the Lahore High Court, the PML-N is likely to lose a major district of Punjab in general elections. Rasheed Akbar, Saeed Akbar and Hameed Akbar are learnt to have been disqualified by a Lahore High...

Warfare may be an awful thing, but it has a habit of accelerating health technology in ways that are helpful to everyone. For example, in World War II the Allies made significant medical advances in vital areas such as developing antibiotic drugs - which the Germans didn’t possess - and...

In a strange coincidence following protests by lawyers against Pervez Musharraf on his appearances in Rawalpindi courts, at least two senior lawyers have been picked up by ‘unknown’ men, who beat them black and blue and dumped the injured men at some distance, ‘The News’ has learnt on good...

Pakistan has imported around $ 4.377 billion mobile phone handsets and other telecom apparatus during last five years with telecom imports of US $ 1.331 billion only in 2007-08, the most promising year for the sector. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in its year 2012 report has...

Little-known bowler Ahmed Jamal has vowed to make a name for himself after winning a nationwide "King of Speed" competition launched by cricket chiefs to unearth a new Pakistani quick. Pakistan boast a proud history of pacemen including the likes of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shoaib...

Deciding on concentrated troops deployment for polling stations under threats, the military leadership on Monday approved a security plan for national and regional polls it had earlier formulated in consultations with the election commission and the government. The security plan envisages a...

Musharraf should be allowed to meet mother: Bakhtawar Elder daughter of President Asif Ali Zardari Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari on Friday said former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf should be allowed to meet his ailing mother.In a message on social networking website Twitter, Bakhtawar...