KARACHI: At least one person was killed and 18 were others injured in a powerful bicycle-bomb blast at a bus-stop in Mawach Goth near Hub Chowki on Sindh-Balochistan border. Majority of the injured was Paistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) employees on board a bus. The identity of the one killed has not been ascertained yet. According to SSP Amir Farooqui, SUPARCO bus was the like ...

A Pakistani Army helicopter has crashed in the Gilgit-Baltistan region killing at least five people on board. The Mi-17 helicopter of the Army's aviation wing was returning from a sortie to the Gyari sector of Siachen when it caught fire and crashed near the airport in the Skardu town, police said. Pakistan's military has had several crashes involving helicopters over the past several years. ...

A Red Cross aid worker talks with a megaphone to Congolese refugees in Kisoro, western Uganda, on May 15, 2012. More than 16,500 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have fled to western Uganda, the United Nations says. “The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that more than 16,500 Congolese refugees have been registered at the Nyakabanda transit camp in Kisoro, i ...

Protesters call on an American bishop, Robert Finn, to resign over allegations of a cover-up concerning child pornography found on Father Shawn Ratigan's computer. New documents by US prosecutors present evidence of ‘uncharged crimes’ by a priest who already faces more than a dozen child pornography-related charges. In a new court filing, US federal prosecutors said that Rev. Shawn Ratigan, 46, surfed the I ...

Saif and Kareena are expected to tie the knot in October this year. It’s been a while since his mother and sisters confirmed an October 16 wedding, but actor Saif Ali Khan still says no date has been decided upon. Is it to save fiancee Kareena Kapoor from Bollywood’s married-actress jinx that has made many leading ladies lose their career after they got hitched? Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali has clarified ...

WASHINGTON: Pakistan should get $1.1 billion in US funds that have been held up for months now that Islamabad has reopened crucial Nato supply lines to Afghanistan, top senators said. A major obstacle to releasing the money was removed last week when Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton apologised to Pakistan for the killing of 24 Pakistani troops last fall and Pakistan, in return, agreed to reopen the ...

Kareena might be the showstopper, says head at Lakme. MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor is likely to walk the Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) winter-festive 2012 runway at the grand finale to be jointly presented by designer Kallol Dutta and duo Pankaj-Nidhi. The forthcoming edition will be held here August 3-7. “Kareena walked for Manish Malhotra two seasons ago and we have shared the work with her. We are ...

We currently have no reason to believe this move is anything out of the ordinary but we refer you to the Russian government for more details." Erin Pelton, a spokeswoman for the National Security Council The White House says the US is not worried about Russia’s deployment of a naval flotilla to Syrian Mediterranean port of Tartous. "We currently have no reason to believe this move is anything out of the ord ...

KANDY: Mohammad Hafeez and Azhar Ali shared a second wicket stand of 94 runs as Pakistan reached 119 for two wickets in their second innings - a lead of eight runs - at lunch on the fourth day of the third and final test against Sri Lanka on Wednesday. Having conceded a 111-run first innings lead, the visitors bravely fought back at the Pallekele Stadium and the onus would be on unbeaten batsmen Azhar (48) ...

Core committee members of MQM and PPP meet at CM house to work out new local government system. KARACHI: The core committees of ruling coalition partners the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) met at Chief Minister House on Tuesday evening to evolve a consensus on the new local government system to implement in Karachi. The committee reviewed proposals drafted by both partie ...