Everything you need to know about Patrsa: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Patrsa: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) As many as 75,000 soldiers stood guard across Pakistan as polling began Saturday.
Los Angeles, May 1 (IANS) Actress Kristen Stewart has been voted the best dressed woman for the second year in a row.
Islamabad, April 28 (IANS) A session of Pakistan's upper house of parliament, the Senate, has been summoned May 2 to discuss the progress in the trial of former president Pervez Musharraf on charges of treason.
Washington, Apr 23 (ANI): The suspects of Boston Marathon bombing, which killed three people and wounded over 180, weren't licensed to own guns.
Cairo, April 10 (IANS/AKI) Egyptian prosecutors have begun an investigation into three complaints against popular TV comedian Bassem Youssef over allegations of promoting atheism, harming diplomatic ties between Egypt and Pakistan, and insulting the attorney general.
London, April 05 (ANI): Prince William got the cold shoulder from a 4-year-old girl, who was dressed in a fancy dress princess costume, after he tried to kiss her on the cheek.
Islamabad, March 31 (IANS) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has sought a report on the molestation of women of Pakistani-origin in Libya, a government spokesperson said.
Islamabad, Mar. 13 (ANI): Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf will return home on March 24 after nearly four years of self-imposed exile in Dubai, in time to take part in a parliamentary election, his press aide has said.
Islamabad, Mar. 11 (ANI): The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has warned the government of a severe backlash against false, exaggerated claim of having "broken the back" of the terror outfit.
Islamabad, Mar 2 (IANS) A Pakistani anti-terrorism court Saturday rejected an application against the confiscation of former president Pervez Musharraf's property and freezing of his bank accounts for his failure to appear before it in the murder case of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, court officials said.
Islamabad, Feb 18 (IANS) Testrictions on aid workers in the country's northwest must be "softened and rationalised" after new guidelines were issued following the tracking down of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden through a vaccination campaign, a leading Pakistani daily said Monday.
Islamabad, Jan 27 (IANS) Tough-talking Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has once again asked the Taliban to "return to the fold of Islam" and end bloodshed in the country.
Islamabad, Dec 28 (IANS) Dismissing rumours about delay in the parliamentary elections, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has vowed to hold transparent and timely polls, Xinhua reported.
Islamabad, Dec 16 (IANS) Four million olive saplings will be planted in Pakistan's northwest tribal province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the region to become self-sufficient in cooking oil, a minister said.
London, December 9 (ANI): The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, has broken his silence on his wife's pregnancy and revealed that Duchess Kate is beginning to feel better after suffering from acute morning sickness.
Los Angeles, Dec 7 (IANS) Actor Johnny Depp will co-produce a Walt Disney film on Spanish hero Don Quixote with Christi Dembrowski.
Islamabad, Nov 27 (IANS) Pakistan will give a general amnesty to all banned groups, including the Pakistani Taliban, if they give up terrorism, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said in remarks published Tuesday.
Islamabad, Nov 21(ANI): Chaudhry Abdul Jalil, who is also known as Chacha Cricket is one of the most recognisable faces in the cricket world, as he is seen at almost every cricket match played by Pakistan, no matter where in the world, and has become famous for his energetic waving of a giant Pakistan flag.
London, November 21 (ANI): A pair of Queen Victoria's 38in (97cm) linen bloomers have been auctioned off among other royal memorabilia in Essex.
London, Nov 18 (IANS) The Duchess of Cambridge has returned the dresses socialite Kim Kardashian had sent for her.
Islamabad, Nov 4 (IANS) Pakistan and Turkey will hold a 10-day joint naval exercise.
Washington, Oct 30 (ANI): Pippa Middleton was taken aback by a young girl's comment during a promotional event for her new party planning book 'Celebrate: A Year of British Festivities for Families and Friends.'
Washington, Oct 26 (ANI): Levi Johnston, the former fiance of Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol, is set to marry his girlfriend Sunny Oglesby over the weekend.
London, Oct 12 (IANS) Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts, who would regularly write her feelings down as a teenager in the form of short angst-ridden verse, misses the therapeutic form of expression.
Islamabad, Sep 12 (IANS) At least 13 people, including two women and a child, were killed and 30 injured in Pakistan's port city of Karachi Tuesday when a fire broke out in a garment factory, a media report said.
London, Sep 3 (IANS) Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton has vowed to support her brother-in-law Prince Harry through his naked photo scandal.
Islamabad, Sept. 2 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that Pakistan has played a vital role in the war on terror and has suffered a lot in the process.
London, Aug 26 (IANS) Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton shares a close bond with her brother-in-law Prince Harry and has been giving him cooking lessons in her free time.
Washington, August 25 (ANI): Duchess of Cambridge is said to be using most of her free time by giving Prince Harry some cooking lessons.
Islamabad, July 26 (IANS/WAM) UAE's Ambassador to Pakistan Essa Abdulla Al Basha Al Nuaimi has hosted an Iftar banquet here.
Washington, July 20 (ANI): Susan Sarandon, who took up the daring role of a lesbian vampire Sarah Roberts in 'The Hunger', has revealed that she prefers to play bad girls, as they are much more fun.
Islamabad, July 20 (IANS) A stitch in time would have saved as many as 10 tailors who were detained in a Pakistani town for rejecting Eid orders and overcharging.
Islamabad, July 17 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, in a letter to Ambassador Sherry Rehman, has said the U.S. apology for the Salala incident is a vindication of Pakistan's rightful stand and an acknowledgement of the inviolability of Pakistan's sovereignty.
Islamabad, July 12 (IANS) Pakistan strictly adheres to the policy of nuclear non-proliferation, Rehman Malik, advisor to the prime minister on interior affairs, said.
Islamabad, July 9 (ANI): The Pakistan government has planned to tame the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), through parliamentary legislation and make it fully 'answerable' to parliament and the government.
Islamabad, May 25 (IANS) Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto was killed because the government of then president Parvez Musharraf did not provide her adequate security, her son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has alleged.
Islamabad, May 25 (ANI): The son of slain Pakistan leader Benazir Bhutto has accused ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf of "murdering" his mother, by sabotaging her security.
Islamabad, May 21 (IANS) Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has informed the Interpol that the arrest warrant for former president Pervez Musharraf issued by an anti-terrorism court will remain valid till its compliance.
Islamabad, May 21 (IANS) At least 25 cellphones have been recovered from different barracks of a Pakistan jail during a search operation, Online news agency reported Monday. The phones were allegedly allowed by the jail superintendent.
Washington, Sept 4 (ANI): Britney Spears has revealed that she would love to perform for Prince William and Kate.
Melbourne, August 3 (ANI): A survey has found that Pippa Middleton is still relatively unknown in the US with some even thinking she is a porn star.
Islamabad, July 19(ANI): Pakistan Railways workers have been praying for increase in ticket sales in recent months, as instead of receiving their salaries from the bank, they are being paid from the funds received from ticket sales.
Washington, May 28 (ANI): US Representative Michele Bachman has said she had a 'calling' to seek the Republican nomination for the 2012 presidential polls, and added that she would announce her bid soon.
London, May 11 (ANI): Prince William and Kate Middleton are revelling in the lap of nature on an isolated island in the Seychelles where they are spending their honeymoon.
Washington, May 4 (ANI): Just-married Prince William and Kate-a.k.a. the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge-reportedly spent their post-wedding weekend at their Wales home.
Washington, May 1 (ANI): Potential Republican Presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty has issued an apology for his past support for a cap-and-trade environmental policy.
Washington, Apr 27 (ANI): Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin took a dig on CBS Evening News' anchor Katie Couric ahead of the latter's announcement that she is quitting.
Washington, Mar.8 (ANI): The Republican presidential contest for 2012 is going to be most wide open GOP race in 50 years, according to Gallup analysis.
Islamabad, Jan 26 (ANI): UN spokesman Martin Nesirky has claimed that over 160,000 'flood affected' people are still displaced in Pakistan nearly six months after the tragedy.
Washington, Jan 11 (ANI): Amid an ongoing debate that her depiction of controversial crosshairs symbols on her Facebook page ahead of the mid-term polls last year had led to violence in the country, potential US presidential candidate Sarah Palin addressed the issue through an e-mail to the conservative commentator Glenn Beck, saying "I hate violence".
Washington, Dec 3 (ANI): Republican Party politician Mitt Romney has revealed that he would never ever speak badly of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin especially after he saw how she killed a fish on her show.
Washington, Nov 21 (ANI): US Vice President Joe Biden has said former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has "a good chance" of winning the presidential poll in 2012, but added that President Barack Obama would also fare well in a race against her.
Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): The man who was attacked on Facebook by Willow and Bristol Palin has refused to accept their apology.
Islamabad, Oct 16(ANI): The Pakistan Punjab government's report that 3.12 million sophisticated weapons, including hand-grenades, have gone missing from the official warehouses in the last 10 years is appalling, an editorial in a leading Pakistani newspaper has said.
London, Oct 13 (ANI): Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has been put in second position to Chris Christie by Tea Party convention delegates, for their choice for president in 2012.
Karachi, Sept 14 (ANI): Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has collaborated with a private television channel to appeal for aid and has reportedly garnered pledges of hundreds of millions of rupees for flood relief and rehabilitation work in the country.
London, Sept 9 (ANI): Mobile phone users who have always longed for a touch-screen phone have reason to rejoice, for new software renders the entire casing and LCD display of a standard phone sensitive to touch - or, rather, the sounds of touch.
Washington, Sept 1(ANI): Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol has plans to wear the most modest outfits on 'Dancing With the Stars' this season.
London, Aug 09 (ANI): A blonde woman is ready to reveal all about her alleged relationship with TV Chef Gordon Ramsay.arah Symonds, 40, has insisted that she had an on-off fling with Ramsay from 2001 to 2008.
Islamabad, July 15 (ANI): A powerful blast ripped apart a mosque and some other shrines in Landi Kotal tehsil of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas'(FATA) Khyber Agency on Thursday morning.
Islamabad, June 28 (ANI): A new survey has found that Pakistan is likely to become the fourth most populous country in the world by 2020.
Washington, April 21 (ANI): People who use brain-training software to boost their mental skills are likely to be disappointed, for a new study has shown that computerized cognitive training does not make people smarter.
New York, Apr.14 (ANI): Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has earned roughly 12 million dollars since stepping down from her job at the end of July.
London, Feb 12 (ANI): Madonna and model Jesus Luz dismissed split rumors after the two were recently spotted together enjoying a cosy date.
Islamabad, Nov.11 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, who is having a tough time holding on to his chair, is worried about his future so much that he has now even started pondering over the place of his burial, it has emerged.
London, Sept 8 (ANI): Upminster is the sexiest town in Britain with residents spending 11 times more on their sex lives than the national average.
Islamabad, July 23 (ANI): Al-Qaeda chief Osama-bin-Laden's son Saad-bin-Laden has reportedly been killed in a drone attack in Pakistan's insurgency hit Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
Islamabad, May 28 (IANS) The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the suicide bomb attack in Lahore Wednesday that killed at least 23 people, a US-based Islamic militant monitoring group has said.
Islamabad, Apr.27 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that his country's intelligence believes that Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is dead, but they have no proof to back their claims.
Islamabad, Apr.24 (ANI): The Taliban's Darra Adamkhel chapter has agreed to hand over the dead body of Polish geologist Peter Stanczak to the government authorities.
Washington, April 23 (ANI): Levi Johnston, the father of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's first grandchild, has said that he may file suit against the family for not letting him see his son Tripp.
Lahore, Feb.22 (ANI): After a long denial, Pakistan for the first time has 'officially' accepted that the US drones are using airbases present inside its geographical territory.
London, Feb 19 (ANI): A church school has caused anger amongst parents after it asked its pupils aged 10 to write down the worst swear words they know for their lesson on bullying.
London, Jan 24 (ANI): The two women famously known as the voices of ABBA made a rare public appearance together, and denied that there was any sort of disagreement between them.
Tokyo, Jan 20 (Xinhua) Tokyo stocks opened lower Tuesday as investor sentiment remain jittery about global economic outlook.
London, Jan 16 (ANI): A black chauffer nicknamed 'Sooty', who knows Prince Charles, has said that the Royal had no racist intention in calling an Asian polo pal "sooty".
Tokyo, Dec 30 (Xinhua) Tokyo stocks closed higher Tuesday in the year's final half-day trading session.
London, Dec 1 (ANI): Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has branded 'serial mistress' Sarah Symonds "a slapper" after she exposed her alleged relationship with him.
Melbourne, Nov 28 (ANI): Gordon Ramsay swore to a BBC cooking demonstration audience that he didn't cheat on his wife Tana with 'serial mistress' Sarah Symonds.
Islamabad, Nov 20 (Xinhua) At least five people were killed Thursday in a blast in Bajaur, a tribal town in northwest Pakistan, Geo TV channel reported.
Islamabad, Oct 22 (ANI): Shaukat Tareen, the Pakistan Prime Minister's Financial Adviser, has said that his country needed five billion dollars from multilateral lenders and friendly countries to avert the impending balance of payments (BoP) crisis.
Islamabad, Sep 28 (ANI): President Asif Ali Zardari has said that only Pakistan and it's security forces have the rights to take any action inside its border and in case America having any reservation regarding security, it should inform Pakistan despite taking action on its own.
Islamabad, Sep 28 (ANI): President Asif Ali Zardari has said that only Pakistan and it's security forces have the rights to take any action inside its border and in case America having any reservation regarding security, it should inform Pakistan despite taking action on its own.
London, September 20 (ANI): Former actress and model Elizabeth Hurley stole the spotlight at Gordon Ramsay's annual fundraising dinner - with her age-defying curves.