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Imam Kaaba Sheikh Muhammad Bin Abdullah passes away

Imam Kaaba Sheikh Muhammad Bin Abdullah has Passed Away due to long illness of Ashtama, says media reports.   Imam Kaaba Sheikh Muhammad Bin Abdullah on the after noon of Monday passed away due to Ashtama. He was 90 years old and served many years as Imam of Kaaba.   Sheikh Muhammad Bin Abdullah was […]

Neeraj Vashist advance into Men’s Singles main round at Syed Modi International India GPG 2012

India’s impressive player Neeraj Vashist advanced into Men’s Singles main round after stunning his higher ranked team-mate Gaurav Venkat in qualifying round clash at Syed Modi International India GPG at Lucknow, on Tuesday, December 18. The lower ranked Neeraj showed his aggression in the arena by playing attacking badminton and easily thrashed his fourth seeded […]

Pentagon to release $700 million to Pakistan

In a bid to normalize support for the Pakistani military, the Pentagon would reimburse nearly $700 million to the South Asian country, a US paper reported.   ‘The Pentagon quietly notified Congress this month that it would reimburse Pakistan nearly $700 million for the cost of stationing 140,000 troops on the border with Afghanistan, an […]

Pakistan listed among countries where conflict drive sharp increase in journalist deaths

Pakistan has been listed among four countries where combat-related deaths and targeted murders are the driving forces behind a sharp rise in press fatalities in 2012, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ year-end analysis of journalists killed in the line of duty.   At least 67 journalists were killed worldwide in direct relation to […]

Jon Mccreedy crushes Adam Mcallister in Men’s Singles semi-final at Connacht U15 Open

Ireland’s talented player Jon Mccreedy defied all odds and reached into Men’s Singles final after crushing his higher ranked team-mate Adam Mcallister in semi-final clash at Connacht U15 Open at Sligo, Ireland, on Sunday, December 16. The impressive Mccreedy, who participated in this tournament as an un-seeded shuttler, turned into potential contender for the title […]

Kashmir dispute: PM says Pakistan takes pride in indigenous freedom struggle

Prime Minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf said Monday that Pakistan takes pride in the indigenous struggle waged by the people of Kashmir for their right of self determination.   “We praise the political acumen and wisdom of the Hurriyat leadership in its efforts to highlight the case of the people of Kashmir”, he said while talking […]

Pakistan misled India over Hafiz Saeed’s detention: says Indian Home Minister Shinde

Indian Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Monday said that Pakistan had never detained the 26/11 mastermind and Laskar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed in the Mumbai attack case as repeatedly claimed by the country at every bilateral forum.   Speaking in Rajya Sabha, the Indian minister said that Hafiz Saeed was detained in connection with some […]

Afghan rivals set to discuss post-2014 scenario at Paris conference

Arch Afghan rivals are heading to France to hold a three-day discussions  on the future of Afghanistan, Afghan sources said Monday. Taliban will attend the Paris process of intra-Afghan talks for the first time to explain their policies about solution to end war in Afghanistan.   Besides Taliban and the second armed resastanec movement “Hizb-e-Islami” […]

P. C. Thulasi tames Febby Angguni to win Women’s Singles title at India International Challenge

  India’s budding shuttler P. C. Thulasi showed a wonderful performance on court and cheered her home fans by claiming Women’s Singles title at the Tata Open India International Challenge 2012 in India on Sunday, December 16. In the final clash, Thulasi showed her remarkable skills and outplayed Indonesia’s Febby Angguni in a commanding fashion. […]

Militants attack: Three die as Peshawar airport came under attack

Suspected militants fired rockets on Peshawar’s international airport late Saturday and killed at least three people and injured over 30 others, officials and doctors said. Security officials said that three rockets landed inside the building of Bacha Khan International Airport while two others hit nearby residential areas. Doctors confirmed that three people were killed and […]

World won’t end on December 21, 2012

You must have heard about the doomsday theory as how a rogue planet is going to crash into Earth on Friday (December 21, 2012) and kill us all?   Some people are fascinated, and sometimes frightened, by rumors of the Mayan end-of-the-world myth. According to the urban legend, the world will end when the Mayan […]

Court summons U.S. journalist in Benazir Bhutto murder case

A Pakistani Anti-terrorism court Saturday summoned American journalist, Mark Siegel, to record his statement in the 2007 assassination case of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.   Mark Siegel, who has served as lobbyist for Benazir Bhutto in the U.S., had stated that he was with Benazir Bhutto in London when former President Pervez Musharraf called and threatened […]

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