ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)’s senior leader senator Ali Shah was sleeping as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif speaks. Central leader of PML-N Senator Zafar Ali Shah was sleeping in his seat while APC for elimination of terrorism was in progress. According to the sources, the senior leader of the party succumbed to dizziness and fell asleep while PM Nawaz Sharif was addressing in APC. Senator Zafar Ali Shah fell asleep during the all important conference since of he was tired. His sleep was discussed throughout Balochistan Assembly in media. The News Tribe – UK-based bilingual news website covering politics, technology, sports, health and lifestyle from US, Pakistan, Middle East and around the world Click here ...
September 11, 2013 at 1:03 am | News Desk
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government likely to give masses access to information system soon as related bill has been submitted in KPK’s assembly on Tuesday. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led provincial government would get complete access in information system after approval of the information bill presented in KPK’s assembly today. Another major move has been made by a Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA), who also submitted bill against holding illegal weapons’ possession. The weaponry bill will restrict possession of illegal arms by the locals while nobody could purchase weapons without having license. Whereas, the information bill would lead the provincial government to influence on their ...
September 11, 2013 at 1:03 am | News Desk
As we are moments away from the Apple’s iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C event, you could watch the event live on your iOS devices. According to IB Times, the interested fans of the Apple could watch the event lives through tree ways: You could use your Safari web browser on the Mac running on OS X 10.6 or later Use Safari web browser on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to watch live stream Most probably Apple Event app on your Apple TV could be your way to watch the event live Or simply you could watch live streaming of the event as soon as it starts below: DISCLAIMER: This is not an official Apple Ustream. Trademarks mentioned on the stream and other mediums are trademarks of their respective owners. To read full disclaimers and the ru...
September 11, 2013 at 1:03 am | News Desk
KARACHI: Garnier, a globally renowned French beauty brand, has entered the men’s grooming industry for the very first time in Pakistan with its exciting new range of skincare products that include creams and face washes for men. With the evolving grooming norms, the Garnier Men’s range in skincare is specifically designed to address the grooming needs of men. The Garnier Men portfolio includes two cleansers and a face moisturizer: the PowerLight Intensive Fairness Moisturizer SPF 15, the Oil Clear Deep Cleansing Face wash and the PowerLight Face wash available at all leading stores across Pakistan. Garnier Men PowerLight Intensive Fairness Moisturizer SPF 15 provides performance you can measure as you experience visibly fairer s...
September 10, 2013 at 1:03 am | News Desk
ANKARA: Turkish Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Mr. Taner Yıldız in a meeting here today (Monday) with Ambassador of Pakistan in Turkey Mr. Muhammad Haroon Shaukat assured full support his government for initiating various development and investment projects in the energy sector. The meeting took place in the backdrop of the forthcoming Turkey visit of the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Mr. Haroon Shaukat recalled the recent successful “Pakistan Energy Forum” which the Pakistan Embassy organized in Istanbul. Senior officials from Pakistan briefed the leading Turkish energy sector executives about the huge energy market in Pakistan and the incentives offered by Pakistan to investors. Mr. Haroon informed...
September 10, 2013 at 1:03 am | News Desk
MUMBAI: The film Waar Chhod Na Yaar is touted as India’s First War Comedy and the First Look of the film which was released by the makers also takes you back on the lines of Ali Zafar’s Terrorism Comedy ‘Tere Bin Laden’. Waar Chhod Na Yaar stars Sharman Joshi, Jaaved Jaffry, Soha Ali Khan and Sanjay Mishra. The film is directed by Faraz Haider. In the first look poster you can see Sharman Joshi playing an Indian soldier who is sitting on an Indian Missile. On the other side, It’s Jaaved Jaffry, A Pakistani soldier sitting on a Pakistani Missile. Soha Ali Khan’s attire looks of a T.V Journalist or a Documentary Film maker who might be covering something (In the Movie, Of course) on Indo-Pak issue. The...
September 10, 2013 at 1:03 am | News Desk
SANA’A: Yemeni child bride, reportedly named as Rawan, has died due to internal injuries on her first marriage’s night in Haradh village, situated in the north-western tribal part of Yemen. The underage marriage in the tribal area of Yemen finally resulted as painful death of the 8-year-old young bride, Rawan, who was allegedly forced to marry a groom five times elder than her, the non-governmental activists claimed. Reports said that the underage bride was wedded to a man who believed to be around 40 years old while Rawan’s death caused due to internal bleeding sustained during her wedding night. They activists demanded arrests to stop the practice of marrying very young girls to older men in the impoverished region. T...
September 10, 2013 at 1:03 am | News Desk
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s federal government has repeated its stance on country’s largest province Balochistan and said that “Government assigns a very high priority to development of Balochistan”. A high level meeting to review small dams projects in Balochistan and KatchiCanal project was held in Planning Commission under the chairmanship of Prof. Ahsan Iqbal, Federal Minister for Planning Development and Reforms. According to the official release of ministry, Chief Secretary Balochistan, Chairman WAPDA, Additional Secretary W&P, Engineer in Chief Pakistan Army and Provincial irrigation Secretaries of Punjab and Sindh participated. Purpose of the meeting was to review the progress of work on KatchiCanal and also to...
September 10, 2013 at 1:03 am | News Desk
JERUSALEM: President Barack Obama’s difficulties in securing support for a strike on Syria are seen by Israeli media and analysts as a sign of the decline of American deterrence in the Middle East. Congress will on Monday begin to debate military action proposed by Obama, who accuses Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime of perpetrating an attack with chemical weapons near Damascus last month that killed more than 1,400 people. But for Israeli commentators, a congressional green light is far from assured. Even France — so far the most solid voice of support for armed action from the international community — wants to wait for the UN report on the August 21 incident, before a possible strike. “President in a...
September 9, 2013 at 1:04 am | News Desk
NUSA DUA, Indonesia: Miss World began in Indonesia Sunday amid tight security after days of Muslim hardline protests that forced authorities to order the whole beauty pageant be held on the Hindu-majority island of Bali. As contestants took part in a glittering opening ceremony on the resort island, around 100 police, including some armed with rifles, patrolled around the building where the contest was being held. The ceremony saw contestants perform a traditional dance using fans, as well as a Balinese “Kecak” dance, in which participants sit in a circle and chant while throwing their hands in the air. Nana Putra, an official from MNC media group, the local organiser which is also broadcasting Miss World, said organisers hoped ...
September 9, 2013 at 1:04 am | News Desk
BUENOS AIRES: Wrestling, as expected, regained its place on the Olympic Games sports roster after a vote by International Olympic Committee (IOC) members in Buenos Aires on Sunday. Wrestling, which is one of the rare sports to have transcended the ancient and modern Olympics, won in the first round of voting with 49 of the 95 votes cast. The joint bid of baseball/softball was second with 24 votes and squash received 22. The result sees wrestling assured of appearing at both the 2020 – which is to be hosted by Tokyo – and the 2024 Summer Olympics. It marks a remarkable turnaround in fortunes for wrestling which was dropped from the Olympic programme in February this year by the 15-person IOC Executive Board but which provoked an ...
September 9, 2013 at 1:04 am | News Desk
WASHINGTON: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has denied he was behind a chemical attack last month and called on lawmakers to reject planned US military strikes warning of possible retaliation, CBS television said Sunday. “He denied that he had anything to do with the attack,” CBS veteran correspondent Charlie Rose said, after earlier interviewing Assad in Damascus. “He denied that he knew there was a chemical attack, notwithstanding what has been said and notwithstanding the videotape. He said there’s not enough evidence to make a conclusive judgement. “The most important thing, as he says, is that ‘there’s no evidence that I used chemical weapons against my own people’,” Rose said. Ass...
September 9, 2013 at 1:04 am | News Desk
ASADABAD, Afghanistan: Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday condemned a NATO airstrike that according to local officials killed up to 16 civilians, as elsewhere a Taliban attack left at least four Afghan intelligence agents dead. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) denied that civilians had been killed, saying 10 militants had died in the airstrike in Kunar province, in the east of the country. But a statement from the president’s office said that according to Provincial Governor Shujaul Mulk Jalala a vehicle “was targeted by a NATO airstrike that killed 16 civilians including women and children”. “Hamid Karzai considers attacking women and children against all accepted international norms and...
September 9, 2013 at 1:04 am | News Desk
NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic won the fourth set of his US Open semi-final against Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3 on Saturday to level the tie at two sets apiece. Wawrinka won the first set 6-2 while Djokovic claimed the second 7-6 (7/4). Wawrinka then took the third set 6-3. The winner will face either Rafael Nadal or Richard Gasquet in Monday’s final. The News Tribe – UK-based bilingual news website covering politics, technology, sports, health and lifestyle from US, Pakistan, Middle East and around the world Click here for more information The News Tribe
September 8, 2013 at 1:09 am | News Desk
VENICE: Italian director Gianfranco Rosi’s documentary “Holy GRA”, which looks into everyday life off a Rome ring road, won the Golden Lion for best movie at the Venice film festival Saturday. “I would never, ever have believed a documentary would win Venice film festival,” said an emotional Rosi, who won the top prize out of 20 films in competition with his tale, which peered into houses, workplaces and gardens. The director said he had spent years preparing and researching for the film and thanked “the characters for allowing me into their lives.” “Holy GRA” was one of an unprecedented two documentaries in the running for the Lion, and Rosi said it had been a “huge act of courage...
September 8, 2013 at 1:09 am | News Desk
BERLIN: The recall of millions of dishwashers at risk of catching fire could cost German electronics group Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete (BSH) up to 700 million euros, German weekly Focus reported on Saturday. In an announcement published on its website in late August, the household appliances group said dishwashers manufactured between 1999 and 2005 and branded Bosch, Siemens, Neff, Constructa and Junker+Ruh ran the risk of overheating and catching fire because of a faulty electrical part. The recall affects some five million dishwashers worldwide. According to Focus magazine, a BSH official said during an internal crisis meeting in Munich several weeks ago that the recall could cost the joint venture up to 700 million euros. In 2009, half...
September 8, 2013 at 1:09 am | News Desk
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