ISLAMABAD: Major General Asim Bajwa has been appointed the new director general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) and spokesman for the Pakistan Army. A military official has confirmed that Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani named Bajwa to replace the incumbent DG ISPR Major General Athar Abbas, who retires in June this year. The incoming DG ISPR is currently posted in Dera Ismail Khan as g ...

Miranda Kerr is seen wearing The Fantasy Treasure Bra, designed by London Jewelers and valued at $2.5 million. (AP Photo) Miranda Kerr, whose enviably toned body scored her a contract with one of the world’s best-known fitness brands, has revealed how daily 30-minute yoga sessions and a “super healthy” diet help hone her slender 5ft 9 inch frame. Following the birth of her son Flynn last year, the 29-year-o ...

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says current sanctions against Iran are unlikely to pressure Tehran into abandoning its nuclear energy program. Barak said the existing sanctions on Iran were harsher than ever but seemed unlikely to stop Tehran’s nuclear work. "The chances that under this level of pressure Iran will meet international demands to irreversibly stop its (nuclear energy) program seem slim," ...

AUSTIN: A Texas man was executed on Thursday evening by lethal injection for a brutal triple shooting in a small town that left a 24-year-old man dead. Prosecutors say Beunka Adams and another man robbed a convenience store in the small east Texas town of Rusk in September 2002. Adams herded two female employees of the store, Candace Driver and Nikki Dement, along with Kenneth Vandever, who was described as ...

At least nine people have been killed and dozens of others have been injured in a bomb explosion in the Syrian capital, Damascus, SANA reported. According to Syria’s official news agency, the blast occurred in the central neighborhood of al-Midan, near a mosque and school, on Friday after a terrorist detonated explosives he was carrying. The victims are reported to be civilians and members of law enforcemen ...

 London Metropolitan police issued a warning on Friday calling on people to stay away from Tottenham Court road amid reports of a hostage-taking case. According to reports, business offices are evacuated in the area and police have sealed premises. ...

NEW DEHLI: U.S. companies are poised to sign defence deals totalling $8 billion with India, U.S. Ambassador Nancy Powell said on Friday at her first public speech since arriving in New Delhi this month. Powell did not specify which companies she was talking about or when the deals would be signed, but embassy officials said she was referring to negotiations that include about a dozen Apache helicopters alon ...

QUETTA: The Additional Session Judge – V Quetta issued arrest warrants for Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) provincial president Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti and his 27 security guards on Friday. The arrest warrants were issued after the Supreme Court cancelled the bail of Shahzain and his guards, earlier granted by the Balochistan High Court. They were arrested by paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) on December 22, 201 ...

Staff Report KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Nabeel Gabol narrowly escaped an attack at Miran Naka road, Lyari area of the city, reported on Friday. Miscreants threw a hand grenade on Gabol’s vehicle. Gabol was going to participate in funeral of slain PPP worker Malik Muhammad Khan. I am safe and alright, Gabol told while talking with media. The PPP leader said that he knows how to confront th ...

Sex with a person under the age of 18 — even if consensual — will be considered rape and punished by a seven-year prison sentence. To guard children against abuse, the government plans changes — as recommended by a parliamentary panel — to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill, 2011.   The cabinet Thursday is likely to clear the amendments that will make sex with an under-18 person a cri ...