Nawaz assures support for development in AJK on May 5, 2017ISLAMABAD: Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday and apprised him about the ongoing development, welfare schemes and projects in the territory. Expressing his satisfaction, Nawaz said that Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government must work even more vigorously for the welfare and prosperity of the […]
AIOU-UNESCO enter into agreement to promote non-formal education on May 5, 2017ISLAMABAD: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) and UNESCO entered into a formal agreement of bilateral cooperation to promote non-formal education in the country on Friday, particularly to achieve 2025’s millennium goal of sustainable development. Under the agreement, UNESCO will extend financial support to AIOU for launching post-graduate diploma and certificate courses of non-formal teachers’ training […]
JUI-F gears up for reviving MMA on May 5, 2017PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F has geared up its efforts to revive Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA). A meeting of Central Executive Committee of JUI-F will be held in Peshawar under its party chief Mualana Fazl-ur-Rehman. The meeting of the party will discuss matters pertaining to the revival of MMA. Fazl will brief the central committee about his meetings […]
Liar Shaharyar knows nothing about cricket: Miandad on May 5, 2017KARACHI: Legendary cricketer and former cricket coach Javed Miandad issued a verbal volley against Shaharyar Khan after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman declared the former skipper a ‘flop’ coach. Shaharyar, who was attending a meeting of National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Inter Provincial Coordination in Islamabad earlier had hit hard at Miandad saying that […]
Umar Amin vows to work harder to gain selectors attention on May 5, 2017DUBAI: Pakistan left-handed batsman Umar Amin, who failed to make it to the national squad for the upcoming Champions Trophy despite some brilliant performances at the domestic level, has promised to keep working harder and work on his fitness to attract the selectors’ attention. Considered as one of Pakistan’s most promising batsmen, Amin has appeared […]
Sam Billings says other teams are petrified of England on May 5, 2017LONDON: English wicketkeeper-batsman Sam Billings has returned home from the Indian Premier League (IPL) carrying with him the message that rivals are “petrified” of his team ahead of next month’s Champions Trophy on home soil. England have undergone a major transformation in white-ball cricket since being unceremoniously dumped out the 2015 World Cup during the […]
India court upholds 2012 Delhi gang rapists death penalty on May 5, 2017NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences of four men convicted of the gang rape and murder of a student in Delhi. Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh were given the death penalty by a court in 2013. Rejecting their appeal, Justice R Banumathi said the men committed “a barbaric […]
North Korea accuses CIA of plot to assassinate Kim Jong-Un on May 5, 2017PYONGYANG: North Korea on Friday accused the CIA of plotting with South Korea to assassinate the isolated country’s leader Kim Jong-Un, amid soaring tensions in the flashpoint region. The CIA and Seoul’s Intelligence Services have “hatched a vicious plot” involving unspecified “biochemical substances” to assassinate the hermit state’s young leader during public ceremonial events in […]
Human trafficker among two held in Punjab on May 5, 2017LAHORE: At least two fraudsters including a human-trafficker have been rounded up during search operations in different areas of Punjab. On a tip-off, the FIA conducted a raid in Sahiwal area of Sargodha on Friday morning and arrested a human-trafficker. The detainee was identified as Yaqoob, who was involved in committing fraud of Rs1.5 million […]
Hurriyet leaders condemn Indian state terrorism in IOK on May 5, 2017SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, the joint resistance leadership comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik has strongly condemned the use of brute force and crackdown by Indian forces against civilian population in Shopian. The leaders in a joint statement issued in Srinagar expressed deep concern over increasing use of repressive measures […]