SIALKOT: Federal Minister for National Regulation and Services Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that an independent Pakistan was a special blessing from Allah and now it is the responsibility of the people to make the country strong and prosperous where will of the people, equality, justice and brotherhood reign supreme. Addressing the participants of national flag hoisting ceremony held here at her native vi ...

ISLAMABAD: Raja Ulfat Nawaz, Dr Sardar Sarfraz khan Daultana, Shahjahan Sarfraz Raja and Shahnawaz Khunda, notables from Gujar Khan called on Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf here Tuesday and congratulated him on Independence Day of Pakistan. Gujar Khan notable discussed with the Prime Minister the issues pertaining to the constituency. The Prime Minister thanked them and also assured them of all possible ...

MAKKAHl: President Asif Ali Zardari and members of his delegation performed Umrah. According to Media Reports, President prayed for peace, stability and prosperity of Pakistan and the Muslim Ummah. President was accompanied by Chairman PPP Bilwal Bhutto Zardari as well as Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and Interior Minister REhman Malik.--Online ...

KABUL, Aug 14: At least 36 people have been killed after three deadly explosions hit the capital of Afghanistan’s southwestern Nimruz Province. ...

RAWALPINDI: Armed Forces of Pakistan alongside the entire nation celebrated the 65th Independence Day of Pakistan with zeal and fervor. According to ISPR, 31 gun salutes was presented in the Federal Capital and 21 gun salutes in the Provincial Capitals viz Peshawar, Lahore, Karachi, Quetta, Gilgit and Muzaffarabad. Special prayers were offered after Fajar prayers for the progress, solidarity and prosperity ...

MYANMAR, Aug 14: Recent reports from Myanmar show that the devastating aftermath of the ongoing violence against Rohingya Muslims continues to leave thousands homeless. Certain areas of Rakhine’s major town of Sittwe, almost entirely Muslim areas, have reportedly been completely destroyed.  ...

RIYADH, ASaudi Arabian officials have issued an indictment against prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Tawfiq al-Amer, who has been held in jail for one year without trial. ...

MAKKAH, Aug 14: President Asif Ali Zardari performed Umrah late Monday night and  prayed for peace, stability and prosperity of Pakistan and the Muslim Ummah.  ...

CAIRO: A blunder by the Egyptian army that left 16 border guards dead at the hands of Islamist militants gave President Mohamed Mursi an unexpectedly early chance to claw back powers from a military whose political influence he had always wanted to restrict. A week after the raid on Egypt's Sinai border that outraged ordinary Egyptians and some soldiers, angry at what they saw as a failure in military leade ...

MUMBAI: “Unknown” angles of type of Fiza aka Anuradha’s murder, lied as suicide, being probed. Her body was “found” decomposed, maybe 4 to 5 days after death: Maggots, insects were eating her body parts, face. Was she Muslim, Sikh, Hindu or just a good human being? Analyzing Indian media’s hundreds of mostly concealed and misleading news stories put into some understandable perspective, it appeared that Anu ...