Lawyer says his client is a victim of mistaken identity. LAHORE:The attorney for Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh has pleaded for commutation of his client’s sentence citing trial flaws. Late last month Pakistan freed an Indian spook, Surjeet Singh, after he completed his jail term. He was condemned to death for espionage in the 1980s – but his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by then-pres ...

On personal front, Justin Bieber is currently dating Selena Gomez. Teen pop star Justin Bieber and girlfriend Selena Gomez have reportedly broken up multiple times in the last few months. The duo apparently decided to end their relationship last week but have since rekindled and are giving their relationship another try, TMZ reported quoting sources. Bieber and Gomez's current situation is tenuous and that ...

The blast in Ramadi killed seven people and wounded 20 when it exploded in the residential area. BAGHDAD: A bomb in a parked car killed seven people and wounded 20 on Friday when it exploded in the central Iraqi city of Ramadi, police and hospital sources said. The blast in Ramadi, 100km  west of Baghdad, killed mainly women in a residential area, the sources said. “We heard a big explosion and when we arri ...

Federer, who booked a place in his 24th Grand Slam final, will be eyeing a win that will fetch him a record-equalling seventh Wimbledon title. LONDON:Six-time champion Roger Federer reached a record eighth Wimbledon final when he defeated world number one and defending champion Novak Djokovic 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. In the pair’s 27th meeting, Federer booked his place in his 24th Grand Slam final. Victory tomor ...

Iran's Speaker of the Majlis Ali Larijani The people of Bahrain are under extreme hardship; they are not demanding anything extraordinary but merely want the right to a ballot in which there is no difference between Shia and Sunni vote, but the parliament of this state (Bahrain) only conforms to the American version of justice.” Iran's Speaker of the Majlis Ali Larijani Speaker of Iran's Majlis (parliament) ...

LOWEST: 12.5% of GDP was the investment ratio last fiscal year compared to 22.1%, the second highest, when PPP government took over in 2008. ISLAMABAD:Pakistan’s security agencies are not giving clearance to 184 foreign business executives, forcing the investors to look elsewhere at a time when investment has already plunged to the lowest level in the country’s history. In an interview, Board of Investment ...

A young girl texting Sexting is on the rise among teens, with more than one in four, or 28 percent, admitting to having sent a naked picture of themselves via text or email, according to new US research. Plus those teens who engaged in sexting were also found to be as much as 82 percent more likely to be having sex compared to the non-sexting teens.   "It may be a reliable indicator of actual sexual be ...

File photo of the members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) The Iraqi government is committed to closing it [Camp Ashraf], and any plan to wait out the government in the hope that something will change is irresponsible and dangerous." Daniel Benjamin, US State Department's coordinator for counter-terrorism The Unites States has warned the anti-Iran terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organizatio ...

Law ministry paid huge amount as fee by hiring the services of two dozen senior lawyers, NA told. ISLAMABAD:In the past four years, the government has spent around Rs70 million on the prosecution of various cases in the Supreme Court. The Pakistan Peoples Party-led government has spent some Rs24 million on cases related to the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) and the Constitutional Act (18th Amendmen ...

The Multan protests were led by PTI leader Tariq Naeemullah. MULTAN:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders joined protests on Friday organised against the government by religious parties all over Pakistan against the reopening of Nato supply routes. PTI members directly participated in the protests and demonstrations of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD)and Difa-e-Pakistan (DPC) against the reopening of Nato supply routes. The ...