Great South African all-rounder dies on August 3, 2015JOHANNESBURG –CliveRice, the first post-apartheid captain of South Africa and a famed all-rounder, finally succumbed to an opponent he could not beat when he died Tuesday, five days after his 66th birthday. Rice – whohad been suffering from a brain tumour and lung cancer – acknowledgedin a recent interview that he was in the departure […]
Court disposes of petitions against power project on August 3, 2015 LAHORE –TheLahore High Court on Tuesdaydisposed of petitions challenging construction of small coalpower project near BRB Canal in Lahore after being told thatthe Punjab government had withdrawn notification for the purpose. The three-member bench comprising Justice Mamoon RashidSheikh, Justice Faisal Zaman and Justice Shahid Kareem washearing the petitions filed by the Lahore Press […]
Punjab govt asked to build dams; halt Metro Train project on August 3, 2015 LAHORE –Former Punjab chief minister and provincial president of Pakistan People’s Party MianManzoor Ahmed Wattoohas demanded of the Punjab government to defer the Lahore Metro Train project indefinitely and instead spend Rs 165 billion on building network of dams in the largest province of Pakistan to conserve rain waters for the future of the […]
PEMRA bars channels from vulgarity, undue foreign content on August 3, 2015ISLAMABAD – PakistanElectronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) – inits fresh advice – hasasked all TV channels to immediately stop rampant un-ethical and indecent content, programmes and songs being aired on private channels. The advice has been issued in pursuance to directives of Senate’s Standing Committee on Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage to PEMRA on July […]
Somans work as model inspires me, says Rohit on August 3, 2015MUMBAI –Rohit Khandelwal – winner of recently-held Mr India 2015 competition – has said that Milind Soman is his role model when it comes to modeling. “I look up to Milind Soman, I think he was one of the best models we’ve ever had. I get inspired by his work, and how he started his […]