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KARACHI – Karachi Police issued the sketch of one of the murderers of the Karachi university Professor on Thursday. Karachi police, with the help of eye witnesses, make the sketch of one of the murderers of KU Professor, Waheed-ur-Rehman. The sketch describe the personality of the murderer as he was the individual of about 30-35 years old with 5 feet 6 inch height, healthy look, black hair and dark complexion. The professor was murdered near the water Pump area in Karachi on Wednesday. Waheed-ur-Rehman was the Assistant Professor at the Mass communication department in Karachi University. He also remain affiliated with Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology before joining the Karachi University. Professor left behi...

April 30, 2015 at 10:58 am | News Desk

KARACHI – Sindh Minister of Information and Local Bodies, Sharjeel Memon, said that MQM should stop blame game start looking to overcome the water shortage in the city on Thursday. Talking to the media Memon said that government of Sindh is aware of the problem and is taking all possible measures to ensure the sufficient water supply to all the cities in Sindh. Commenting on the Farooq Sattar’s press conference he said that this is very bad gesture that comparing Karachi with Karbala for water shortage. Sharjeel Memon said that government is taking the problem seriously and the committee to supply adequate water supply has been formed, which will be led by Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddique. In a press conference on W...

April 30, 2015 at 10:23 am | News Desk

FranceF’s dubious boycott on religious clothing in state schools has gone under assault after a 15-year-old Muslim young lady was sent home twice for wearing a long black skirt. The 2004 boycott incorporates Islamic headscarves, the Jewish kippa, or skullcap, huge Christian crosses or whatever other “gaudy signs of religion”. However, schools’ understanding of the boycott has gone under examination after a young lady, named as Sarah K, was sent home twice this month from the Leo Lagrange secondary school in the eastern town of Charleville-Mezieres. A nearby training authority said the young lady was requested that return with unbiased attire “and it seems her father did not want the pupil to return to s...

April 30, 2015 at 10:23 am | News Desk

KARACHI: Former president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has accepted his old friend and recent party dissident Zulfiqar Mirza’s conditions and will meet him at a third place very soon. According to details, Nadir Magsi and Aqeel Dhedhi met Zardari for four hours at Bilawal House and conveyed to him Zulfiqar Mirza’s grievances. On the occasion Asif Zardari said that it looks as if his sister Fahmida Mirza is also with him. When Zulfiqar Mirza received Zardari’s message he rejected former president’s offer of friendship or reconciliation but agreed to what he called ‘cease fire’. Zulfiqar listed a couple of conditions for meeting with Zardari: first to kick Anwar Majeed out of Badin and removal of all th...

April 30, 2015 at 10:02 am | News Desk

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and general secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khalid Masood has resigned from his post. According to reports, he resigned from her post over government’s behavior after the disaster in KP caused by heavy rain fall. Kahlid also forward his concerns to PTI leader ship and also a report of KP government. It is pertinent to mention here that at least 45 people were dead due to mini cyclone in KP while several were injured as well. 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

April 30, 2015 at 10:02 am | News Desk

MUMBAI: Bollywood superstar singer Sonu Nigam has been banned by a media over showing support to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader in his tweet. Singer Sonu Nigam recently tweeted a video clip from a media house in which AAP leader Kumar Vishwas was seen addressing a farmers’ rally in New Delhi last week which witnessed the suicide of Gajendra Singh, a farmer from Rajasthan. Attaching the video link to his tweet Sonu wrote, “I am far from politics but I feel this truth should come out for the sake of my poet friend Kumar Vishwas.” Following this, the singer was allegedly banned by the media house, or so stated his following tweet. According to some reports, Sonu was allegedly banned because he raised his voice in support of...

April 30, 2015 at 10:02 am | News Desk

Mumbai: They looked stunning together in ‘Khoobsurat’ and set the silverscreen ablaze with their too-hot-to-handle chemistry. Here, we are talking about Sonam Kapoor and her Royal prince charming- Fawad Afzal Khan. Reports suggest that this ‘jodi’ will soon be back on the silverscreen in the adaptation of Anuja Chauhan’s bestseller – ‘Battle for Bittora’. The film which is scheduled to go on floors in June will be a political story with elements of romance. Sonam and Fawad rocked the big screen in ‘Khoobusrat’, a film that launched the Pakistani actor in Bollywood. The handsome actor was already a huge hit among the Indian TV viewers are Zaroon Junaid in Zindagi channel’s...

April 29, 2015 at 10:46 am | News Desk

RIYADH: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz on Wednesday sacked his younger half brother as crown prince and appointed his nephew, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, as the new heir apparent, state television said. He also appointed his son, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as deputy crown prince, and replaced veteran foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal with the kingdom’s Washington ambassador Adel al-Jubeir. In a decree published by state media, King Salman said he was following in the footsteps of his late brother, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, in seeking the most suitable candidate for the top jobs in the world’s top oil exporter. King Salman, who ascended the throne upon the death of King Abdullah in January, also former l...

April 29, 2015 at 10:43 am | News Desk

CILACAP: In defiance of massive international criticism, the Indonesian authorities went ahead early on Wednesday with the execution of seven drug criminals by firing squad. Among the executors two were Australians, one Brazilian, four Africans and one Indonesian. A Filipina woman Mary Jane Veloso, who was set to suffer the same punishment was however spared at the 11th hour. The Philippine government expressed delight at the reprieve for  Veloso, whose case attracted emotive appeals for mercy from boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao among others. Authorities put the seven plus a local man to death after midnight (1700 GMT Tuesday) on the high-security prison island of Nusakambangan in central Indonesia. “We respect Indonesia...

April 29, 2015 at 10:17 am | News Desk

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has prepared the complete answer to the questionnaire of the Judicial Commission on Wednesday. The source told The News Tribe that PTI maintains that elections were rigged big way and PML-N wanted to win the election at any cost. The rigging plan was formulated by the Political cell of the Nawaz league, said PTI. The planners of rigging presented their thorough plan for the rigging to the Nawaz Sharif before the election which is then approved by the PML-N. In one of the questions, PTI said that we have already submitted the concrete proofs of more than 74 seats of National and Provincial Assemblies. The plan of PML-N was t ocapture more seats from Balochistan and Punjab, PTI. The News Tribe &...

April 29, 2015 at 10:05 am | News Desk

A group of scientists made a basic examination. They approached individuals to switch diets for two weeks. Twenty volunteers from the United States moved to a low-fat, high-fiber eating routine, for example, vegetables and beans while 20 volunteers from rustic Africa were requested that eat more Western-style, fast-food charge, for example, burgers and fries. Toward the end of the brief trial, the outcomes were very obvious. The Americans profited from less inside aggravation, while the African volunteers’  health crumbled. In spite of the fact that its difficult to make firm inferences from such a little study, the discoveries bolster the generally held conviction that present day Western eating methodologies, which are high ...

April 29, 2015 at 10:02 am | News Desk

NEW YORK: As LG unveiled its flagship smartphone LG G4, let’s have a quick comparison with Samsung Galaxy S6. LG unveiled the device in its press event today while Galaxy already hit the market as it was unveiled in March. LG G4 features a 5.5 inch HD-IPS + LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors with resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels (~538 ppi pixel density) on the other hand Samsung Galaxy S6 has 5.1 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors with a resolution of      1440 x 2560 pixels (~577 ppi pixel density). The new LG G4 has a hexa core Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808 chipset clocked at 1.8 GHz while Galaxy S6 has and Octa core (Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex...

April 29, 2015 at 10:02 am | News Desk

KARACHI: Renowned anchorperson and Islamic Scholar Aamir Liaquat Hussain warned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan must skip challenging ‘Soulless Bodies’. Aamir Liaquat during his show “Inam Ghar” created an environment which made people happy and started to dance at that moment he called Imran Khan (who declared Karachiites soulless bodies during by-election campaign) and said look at these soulless bodies they are dancing and enjoying. He further said that those who called Karachiites soulless bodies must skip challenging. It is pertinent to mention here that Imran Khan had admitted his mistake by calling Karachiites soulless bodies and seek forgiveness. The News Tribe – UK-based bilingu...

April 29, 2015 at 10:02 am | News Desk

Children who have a habit of watching one hour of television per day tend to be overweight or obese as compared to kids who watch less than an hour a day. This is the finding of a new study presented by Dr. Mark DeBoer at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting in San Diego. In the study, which concentrated on kindergartners and first-graders, scientists broke down information gained from an overview directed by the National Center for Education Statistics which inspected 11,113 kindergarten understudies amid the 2011-2012 school year. Only after one year, 10,853 of the children had their tallness and weight measured; their guardians were additionally addressed about their kid’s TV viewing propensities. The outcomes demons...

April 28, 2015 at 10:55 am | News Desk

ISLAMABAD – Two more C-130 planes with Aid for the earthquake affected Nepalis left for Nepal on Tuesday. The AID package consists of Tents, Quilts and eatables for the victims of the Earthquake in Nepal. The Plane was to be departed yesterday but due to the bad weather in Pakistan it was not departed in time. The Plane took off early in the morning of Tuesday, including AID package, medical staff and eatables etc. Medical and Rescue teams will accompany the Nepali doctors and AID Teams in hospitals in Nepal. The government of Pakistan has also sent the equipments required for taking out the stranded person from debris. The News Tribe – UK-based bilingual news website covering politics, technology, sports, health and lifest...

April 28, 2015 at 10:22 am | News Desk

WASHINGTON: Social website Facebook has introduced new video calling feature in Messenger. This means that now you can have a face-to-face chat with your friends via Facebook just like Skype. Starting a call is simple – you just need to tap the video icon in the top right corner of your chat screen and a video call with start from within the conversation in Messenger. It is pertinent to mention here that WhatsApp introduced voice calling feature which allows user to call similarly like cellular network. 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

April 28, 2015 at 10:07 am | News Desk