2015-05-01 Pakistan More Top Stories

The News International   

Altaf Hussain's remarks regarding army will be legally pursued: ISPR   
DAWN.com
KARACHI: Director General of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asim Bajwa condemned the statements made by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain, regarding the Pakistan Army and its chief and said that the matter ...

2015-05-01 Pakistan Science

The Nation   

Nasa spacecraft spots possible ice cap on Pluto   
The Nation
CAPE CANAVERAL - Nasa's Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft has spotted surface features on the icy world, including a possible polar cap, images released on Wednesday show. With 60 million miles (97 million km) left to go before its July 14, 2015, ...

2015-05-01 Pakistan Health

The News International   

Punjab Health Department launches vaccination apps   
The News International
ISLAMABAD: The Punjab Health Department has introduced android-based E-vaccs card for updating vaccination records of children during immunisation campaigns. The E-vaccs card is developed by the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB).
Alarming statistics: '46% of K-P's children miss out on routine inoculation'   The Express Tribune
Punjab launches vaccination apps   DAWN.com
Smart vaccination programme   The Nation

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Daily Times   

'Pakistan is progressing against polio'   
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: National Health Services Minister Saira Afzal Tarar said on Thursday the country has made major progress in stopping poliovirus transmission. She is leading a delegation to the Independent Monitoring Board convened in Abu Dhabi. Sharing ...

2015-05-01 Pakistan Entertainment

Irish Independent   

Oops! Britney, don't do it again   
Irish Independent
Britney Spears has fallen on stage in Las Vegas and injured her ankle forcing her to reschedule two shows. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. Video shot by an audience member on Wednesday shows Spears ...

2015-05-01 Pakistan Sports

IBNLive   

Bangladesh vs Pakistan Live Score: 1st Test, Day 4   
IBNLive
Day 3 Round-up: Opener Mohammad Hafeez hit a career best 224 as Pakistan piled up a mammoth 537 for 5 at stumps on the third day of the first Test against Bangladesh on Thursday. ALSO SEE Live Scorecard. Asad Shafiq and Sarfraz Khan both ...

2015-05-01 Pakistan Technology

The Register   

Snapdragon 810 chip doesn't overheat, jilted Qualcomm sniffs at LG   
The Register
Qualcomm is hitting back at the suggestion its Snapdragon 810 system-on-chip overheats, while carefully making sure it doesn't call its customer LG a cheapskate. Critics argue that if the 64-bit ARM-compatible Snapdragon 810 was problem-free, it would ...

2015-05-01 Pakistan Business

Business Recorder   

LNG 50pc cheaper than diesel to generate electricity: Abbasi   
The Nation
ISLAMABAD - Minister for Petroleum Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday dispelled the impression that imported LNG was as expensive to generate electricity as diesel and said that it will reduce cost of generation by 50 per cent. During a press briefing here ...

2015-05-01 Pakistan Pakistan

The News International   

Nadra warns of action against protesting staff   
The Nation
ISLAMABAD - National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has warned a strict disciplinary action against those employees of the authority who on Thursday participated in a protest in Karachi demanding raise in their salaries. The official work of ...

2015-05-01 Pakistan World

The News International   

Yemen rebels attack Saudi border, dozens dead   
The News International
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said its forces on Thursday killed dozens of Iran-backed rebels from Yemen who launched their first major attack on the kingdom since Saudi-led air strikes began last month. Three Saudi soldiers also died in the battle after the rebels ...

2015-04-30 Pakistan More Top Stories

The Nation   

COAS sees pattern behind recent Karachi killings   
The Nation
KARACHI - Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday vowed to continue the operation in Karachi till the complete elimination of all mafias. General Raheel Sharif expressed these during his visit to the Karachi Corps Headquarters where he ...

2015-04-30 Pakistan Science

Irish Examiner   

Russian space cargo ship to crash to Earth   
Irish Examiner
Russia's Mission Control has failed to stabilise a cargo ship spinning out of control in orbit and it is plunging back to Earth. However, Mission Control says it has not yet given up on saving the unmanned spacecraft. The Progress M-27M was launched on ...

2015-04-30 Pakistan Health

Reuters   

Kids of severely obese moms have higher risk of ADHD   
Reuters
(This version of the story was refiled to correct name of the researcher interviewed for this story, from Heejoo Jo to Laura Schieve; Replaces para 2; fixes paras 3, 5, 10, 13, 15, and 17.) By Kathryn Doyle. (Reuters Health) - Six-year-olds whose mothers were ...

2015-04-30 Pakistan Entertainment

The Daily Star   

Fawad- Sonam's Battle of Bittora goes on floor in June   
The Daily Star
Pakistani actor Fawad Khan, who won the Filmfare for his debut in “Khoobsurat”, has again paired up with his first Bollywood co-star Sonam Kapoor for “Battle of Bittora”. The film, based on the book written by Anuja Chauhan by the same name, will go on floor ...

2015-04-30 Pakistan Sports

The Nation   

PCB ready to spend $500000 on hosting Zimbabwe   
Daily Times
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has agreed to spend around $500,000 on hosting the Zimbabwe cricket team for a limited over series next month. PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan said Wednesday that the PCB had accepted some of the requests ...

2015-04-30 Pakistan Technology

TODAYonline   

Samsung puts new Galaxy S6 on a diet and scores decent iPhone 6 competitor   
San Jose Mercury News
For the past couple of weeks, I've been using the new Samsung Galaxy S6, and I'm pretty impressed. It's slick and attractive enough to take the smug look off the face of any iPhone 6 user (to be fair, only a tiny percentage of iPhone users are smug about their ...

2015-04-30 Pakistan Business

Wall Street Journal   

Slowdown may not rule out Fed rate hike in second half   
The Seattle Times
After a two-day meeting, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and her colleagues blamed the winter slump partly on “transitory factors” and repeated their belief that growth will pick up to a “moderate pace.” By Rich Miller. Bloomberg News. Federal Reserve ...

2015-04-30 Pakistan Pakistan

The Express Tribune   

'Water issue may trigger ethnic disturbance'   
The Nation
KARACHi - Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Senior Leader Dr Farooq Sattar on Wednesday blaming provincial government over acute shortage of water has warned against the possibility of ethic riots in the city. Addressing a press conference at ...

2015-04-30 Pakistan World

Haaretz   

Saudi King Salman purging monarchy of Abdullah's inner circle   
Haaretz
But strong man in kingdom is no doubt still Mohammed ibn Nayef, who will continue to serve both as interior minister and head of National Security Council. By Zvi Bar'el | Apr. 30, 2015 | 6:22 AM ...

2015-04-29 Pakistan More Top Stories

The Nation   

Will help implement UN resolution on Yemen: PM   
The Nation
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has once again reiterated that any aggression on Saudi Arabia will be dealt with strongly and effectively by Pakistan. "I'm saying once again that any aggression on Saudi Arabia will be dealt with strongly and ...

2015-04-29 Pakistan Science

Sydney Morning Herald   

Russian space cargo ship spins out of control after launch   
Sydney Morning Herald
Cape Canaveral, Florida: A Russian cargo ship tumbled out of control shortly after launch on Tuesday, threatening more than 3 tons (2,722 kg) of fuel, water, food and supplies intended for the International Space Station, NASA said. The Progress 59 freighter ...

2015-04-29 Pakistan Health

Kids of severely obese moms have higher risk of ADHD   
Reuters UK
(Reuters Health) - Six-year-olds whose mothers were severely obese before pregnancy are more likely to have developmental or emotional problems than kids of healthy-weight moms, according to a new study. The researchers had found evidence of this link ...

2015-04-29 Pakistan Entertainment

Zee News   

'Khoobsurat' jodi Sonam Kapoor-Fawad Khan will be back!   
Zee News
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 ...

2015-04-29 Pakistan Sports

Cricket Country   

Bangladesh vs Pakistan 2015, Free Live Cricket Streaming Online on PTV ...   
Cricket Country
Pakistan take on Bangladesh, in Day 2 of the first of the two-match Test series at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Wednesday. Opener, Imrul Kayes and Mominul Haque scored their respective half-centuries to ensure Bangladesh stayed at top on ...

2015-04-29 Pakistan Technology

Wall Street Journal (blog)   

Samsung Profit Falls on Slowing Smartphone Sales   
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Samsung Electronics Co. continued to struggle in the first three months of the year, raising the stakes for the success of its new flagship Galaxy S6 smartphone. Samsung said Wednesday its net profit for the three months ended March 31 was 4.63 trillion ...

2015-04-29 Pakistan Business

The Express Tribune   

Steps being taken to boost farm output, says Dar   
DAWN.com
ISLAMABAD: The paradigm shift in international socio-economic scene in the wake of events, like the global economic crisis, has put agriculture in the spotlight, and with current declining commodity prices internationally, there is now an invariable need to ...

2015-04-29 Pakistan Pakistan

Daily Times   

Peaceful environment top priority, says COAS   
DAWN.com
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Raheel Sharif said on Tuesday that a peaceful environment in and around the country was the top priority. Addressing officers at the Bahawalpur Cantonment, he said no challenge was insurmountable.
Stability returning after Fata operations: COAS   The Nation
Stability returning to country after Zarb-e-Azb: COAS   The News International
COAS wants peace in and around country   Daily Times
Pakistan Today   
The Express Tribune   
DunyaNews Pakistan   
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Geo News, Pakistan   

Five killed in Karachi police encounters   
Geo News, Pakistan
KARACHI: At least five suspects have been killed in police encounters in different parts on the city. Police claim to have killed two alleged Lyari gangsters and three dacoits in exchange of fire. According to details, two suspects affiliated with Wasiullah Lakhoo ...

2015-04-29 Pakistan World

CNN   

PM cautions against Indonesia boycotts   
The Australian (blog)
PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has cautioned Australians against economic boycotts of Indonesia, after social media erupted with anger over the executions of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. PEOPLE are expressing their anger and sadness at the men's ...

2015-04-28 Pakistan More Top Stories

The Nation   

Nature's fury rages on   
The Nation
PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD/LAHORE - The death toll caused by heavy rain and thunderstorm, also dubbed as 'mini-cyclone', in Peshawar, Charsadda and Nowshera rose to 45 as four more people expired at Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar on Monday, with ...

2015-04-28 Pakistan Science

CBC.ca   

'Bizarre' new vegetarian dinosaur the cousin of T-Rex   
TVNZ
The fossils of a strange Jurassic dinosaur that combined the look of a Tyrannosaurus rex, but was vegetarian, have been uncovered in Chile. The beast grew to the size of a small horse and was the most abundant animal to be found 145 million years ago, ...

2015-04-28 Pakistan Health

ARY NEWS (press release) (blog)   

Spoiled vaccines worth millions sealed in FIA raid   
DAWN.com
ISLAMABAD: A Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team raided a warehouse at the National Institute of Health (NIH) on Monday and sealed a room containing spoiled vaccine worth million of rupees. The team not only found Pentavalent vaccine vials, ...

2015-04-28 Pakistan Entertainment

The Express Tribune   

'Karachi Se Lahore' trailer hits the road   
The Express Tribune
Set to release on july 31, the comedy-drama promises to take the audience through Pakistan's exotic locations, exploring all that has not yet been discovered in the country. PHOTO: PUBLICITY. KARACHI: “This is Pakistan's first road-trip film and I am ...

2015-04-28 Pakistan Sports

Cricket Country   

Bangladesh vs Pakistan 2015, Free Live Cricket Streaming Online on PTV ...   
Cricket Country
Pakistan take on Bangladesh in the first Test at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna. Bangladesh have already humbled Pakistan in this tour so far as they handed Pakistan a 3-0 defeat in the Three-match One-Dsy International (ODI) series and cruised to ...

2015-04-28 Pakistan Technology

Malaysiakini (subscription)   

Apple sells more iPhones in China than US   
Malaysiakini (subscription)
Apple Inc reported surging profits yesterday amid booming demand for its latest iPhone models and sales breakthroughs in China. Profits rose 33 percent in the January-March period from the same quarter a year earlier to US$13.6 billion. Revenue was up ...

2015-04-28 Pakistan Business

NTDC connects 50MW wind power plant with national grid   
The Nation
LAHORE - National Transmission and Dispatch Company Limited (NTDCL) has connected 50MW wind power plant with national grid by constructing 9. 5 Km 132 kV double circuit transmission line in sea area of Gharo Wind Cluster. “NTDC has constructed ...

2015-04-28 Pakistan Pakistan

The Nation   

Nature's fury rages on   
The Nation
PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD/LAHORE - The death toll caused by heavy rain and thunderstorm, also dubbed as 'mini-cyclone', in Peshawar, Charsadda and Nowshera rose to 45 as four more people expired at Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar on Monday, with ...

2015-04-28 Pakistan World

Los Angeles Times   

Israel, Palestinians criticized over fighting at UN sites in Gaza   
Los Angeles Times
A United Nations inquiry found Israel responsible for the deaths of 44 Palestinians and widespread damage at seven U.N. facilities in the Gaza Strip during the war last summer, according to a summary of the panel's report released Monday by Secretary ...

2015-04-27 Pakistan More Top Stories

Daily Times   

30 Killed, 150 Injured In Rain-related Incidents In Northwest Pakistan   
Bernama
ISLAMABAD, April 27 (Bernama) -- At least 30 people were killed and 150 others injured in rain-related incidents in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reports citing local media. Samaa TV said that the ...

2015-04-27 Pakistan Science

Bharat Press   

New 4D printing can create shape-changing objects based on environment   
Bharat Press
Melbourne: Ever heard of a 4D printed automatic valve that can change shape according to surrounding needs? Well, scientists have already developed one. As 3D printing gets increasingly popular, scientists have moved on to 4D printing that takes 3D ...

2015-04-27 Pakistan Health

Public support for child cancer patients needed   
Daily Times
KARACHI: Medical experts including oncologist and physicians here on Saturday urged for improved understanding and steady support for children suffering from cancer in the country. Addressing the 16th Foundation Day Ceremony of Children Cancer ...

2015-04-27 Pakistan Entertainment

The Nation   

Speakers praise Memoirs of business tycoon   
The Nation
LAHORE - Speakers at launching of Humayun Naseer Sheikh's book - Memoirs: The Untold Story of India's Oldest Muslim Industrial Family - paid glowing tributes to Pakistani author and Indian publisher for conveying details of evolution of industrial history of ...

2015-04-27 Pakistan Sports

Daily Times   

Pakistan's cricket structure is flawed, says Shaharyar   
DAWN.com
ISLAMABAD: In the wake of Pakistan's humiliating whitewash in the ODI series before defeat in the one-off T20 international to Bangladesh, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan said on Sunday that the country's cricketing system was ...

2015-04-27 Pakistan Technology

The Express Tribune   

Towering through: Towershare deal will spur growth in telecom sector   
The Express Tribune
Towers to be built by foreign entity will reduce cost, increase access to remote areas. By Farooq Baloch. Published: April 27, 2015. 0SHARES. Share Tweet Email. Tower sharing helps reduce the cost of providing services to remote or difficult areas, ensuring ...

2015-04-27 Pakistan Business

The Express Tribune   

RLNG tariff to go up, putting burden on end consumers   
The News International
ISLAMABAD: The margins of gas companies, importing agency on re-gasified LNG (RLNG) has not only further been increased making the imported products costlier than furnace oil but the government has also lifted its price close to the price of diesel ...

2015-04-27 Pakistan Pakistan

The Nation   

Jeay Bhutto still the loudest in loyal Lyari   
DAWN.com
KARACHI: It was “Jeay Bhutto” all along at the much talked about Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Kakri Ground jalsa on Sunday evening. And this despite no Bhuttos around, other than the ones on the posters, of course. As the time for the jalsa approached, the ...

2015-04-27 Pakistan World

The Indian Express   

Live: Nepal death toll crosses 3200 as relief efforts continue   
The Indian Express
The Nepal earthquake death toll has crossed 3200, according to the latest death toll put out by the Nepal government, reports Associated Press. In this live blog, we track developments of the day in the Nepal earthquake disaster of 2015. 8.00 am: Associated ...

2015-04-26 Pakistan More Top Stories

IBNLive   

Live: At least 58 killed, 237 injured in earthquake in India   
IBNLive
Over 50 people have died in India due to the massive earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday morning. While 47 deaths have been reported in Bihar, eight people have died in Uttar Pradesh and three casualties are from West Bengal. Nepal also ramped up ...

2015-04-26 Pakistan Science

Science Daily   

First invasive lionfish in Brazil: Urgent control measures needed to protect coral ...   
Science Daily
Date: April 22, 2015; Source: California Academy of Sciences; Summary: A single fish caught with a hand spear off the Brazilian coast is making big waves across the entire southwestern Atlantic. In May 2014, a group of recreational divers spotted an adult ...

2015-04-26 Pakistan Health

NDTV   

Dutchman tapped to head UN Ebola mission   
Business Standard
The United Nations announced today it has nominated Peter Jan Graaff of the Netherlands as the world body's new chief of mission to fight Ebola. Graaff is replacing Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed at UNMEER, after the Mauritanian diplomat was appointed to ...

2015-04-26 Pakistan Entertainment

The Nation   

ILF reviving spirit of art, culture: Mushahid   
The Nation
ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad Literary Festival (ILF) is reviving the spirit of art and culture and shows dynamic, vibrant and lively aspects of Pakistani society, according to prominent literati participating in the event. “I think this literary festival is a resounding ...

2015-04-26 Pakistan Sports

The Express Tribune   

Displeased: Waqar, Mushtaq take pacers to task   
The Express Tribune
Waqar Younis took Pakistan's bowling attack to task for failing to implement the planned strategies in the one-off T20I against Bangladesh. PHOTO: PCB. KARACHI: Head coach Waqar Younis and spin-bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed have finally taken ...

2015-04-26 Pakistan Technology

Daily Times   

'Government t to verify Afghan refugees' SIMs   
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: The government is planning to bring all Afghan Refugees' SIMs under biometric system on the cards issued to them by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). This was revealed by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority ...