China: human rights lawyer Teng Biao released
Beijing: The Chinese authorities have released a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Teng Biao after 70 days in custody. Rights group said he was freed...
April 2011
Kizza Besigye’s arrest: two killed in Uganda riots
by Agencies
Kampala: At least two people have died in riots in Uganda’s capital over the treatment of opposition leader Kizza Besigye. Security forces fired live ammunition,...
Sindh: strike being observed against rigging in house-counting
by Abdul Hafeez
Karachi: A province- wide shutter down strike is being observed in Sindh called by the nationalist parties against irregularities in the house counting phase of...
Obama shocked by tornadoes devastation
by Agencies
Alabama: US President Barack Obama has said he has “never seen devastation like this” after visiting a tornado-ravaged Alabama. Speaking in Tuscaloosa, Obama said Washington...
Newly-weds celebrate at Buckingham Palace
by Agencies
London: Royal newly-weds have celebrated their marriage with dinner and dancing at Buckingham Palace, along with about 300 friends and family. The bride wore a...
Two killed in Kurram Agency blast
by Nasir Khan
Peshawar: At least two people were killed and another six were injured in a blast in Kurram Agency area of northwest Pakistan, sources said on...
LHC moved against Haj Policy 2011
by Abdul Hafeez
Lahore: An application challenging Haj Policy 2011 was filed in the Lahore Hight Court on Saturday....
100 arrested in Karachi
by Abdul Hafeez
Karachi: More than 100 people were detained in various parts of Karachi, home to at least 20 million people and commercial hub of the nuclear...
Gaddafi refuses to leave Libya
by Agencies
Tripoli: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi vowed on Saturday that he will not leave Libya. In a live speech on Libyan television he said he was...
NATO tankers ambushed in Peshawar
by Nasir Khan
Peshawar: Unidentified militants ambushed tankers carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan in the wee hours of Saturday, sources said....