ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court has stopped joint investigation team from advance inquiry till further order. The stay order has been issued by the Supreme Court till August 2. During hearing of Arsalan Ifitikhar case in Supreme Court, Zahid Bukhari on the part of Malik Riaz raised an objection over showing video in the court, adding that what is authenticity of the video. How the counsel for Arsalan Iftikh ...

TOKYO:  Japan on Tuesday flagged the Chinese army's growing role in shaping the country's foreign policy as a security risk, saying a sense of caution exists across East Asia about Beijing's apparent military expansion in the region. In its annual defense white paper, Tokyo said some believe that relations between the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the Communist Party leadership were "getting complex" a ...

LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson's estate has acknowledged it has limited some relatives' access to the home shared by the singer's mother and children in the wake of a family feud that turned into a driveway argument last week. The estate's statement released Monday afternoon does not specify which members of Jackson's family are no longer allowed at the home and says the list is subject to change. The stateme ...

  NEW DELHI: Half of India's 1.2 billion people were without power on Tuesday as the grids covering a dozen states broke down, the second major blackout in as many days and an embarrassment for the government as it struggles to revive economic growth. Stretching from Assam, near China, to the Himalayas and the deserts of Rajasthan, the power cut was the worst to hit India in more than a decade. Trains ...

BEIJING: The Chinese authorities are providing housing to almost all residents of Sansha city in South China Sea, disputed by China, Vietnam and Philippines. Sansha City has 159 people, which makes it possibly the least populated urban area in the world, Chinese media reported on Tuesday.   China established the new city last week to function as administrative HQ for other disputed areas, Zhongsha and ...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said that STPF for 2012-2015 is being formulated with the broad objective of effectively addressing major supply and demand challenges during next three years. The 63rd Meeting of Advisory Council holds to discuss Strategic Trade Policy Framework for 2012-2015 63rd meeting of Ministry of Commerce Advisory Council on Trade Policy held here on T ...

KARACHI: The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) on Tuesday recovered 65.46 points to close at 14,577.00 points on the back of both local and foreign investors’ interest on low levels. Market opened on strong positive note and the index hit 14,598.56 points intra-day high level. However profit taking in some stocks in late hours minimized the intra-day gains. The foreign investors’ interest revived as they remaine ...

SYDNEY: Australian all-rounder Shane Watson believes that Pakistani fast bowler M.Aamir should be given one more chance in International cricket. Aamir along with other Pakistani players including M.Asif and Salman Butt were found guilty in planning deliberate no balls in the Lord’s test series, later these players were banned from International cricket for quite long period of time. Watson believes that Aa ...

LONDON: Pakistan’s presence at the London Olympics dwindled further on Tuesday as swimmer Israr Hussain and shooter Khurram Inam made their exits. Pakistan’s only representatives left in London now are Rabia Ashiq (800m), Liaqat Ali (100m) and the hockey team after swimmer Anum Bandey also bowed out. Hussain failed to qualify for the 100m freestyle after he finished last at the Aquatics Centre. The 26-year ...

LONDON: Chinese gold medallist Swimmer Ye Shiwen, 16, has been declared clean by the British Olympic Association (BOA). Shiwen is not a drug cheat, the BOA's chairman has said, after aUS coach cast doubt on her world record-breaking swim. China had been embroiled in the first doping controversy of the London Games after one of the world's most respected coaches described the swimming prodigy Shiwen's gold m ...