2015-08-19 Pakistan More Top Stories

The Express Tribune   

Sindh JUI-F general secretary quits post over party chief's '90' visit   
DAWN.com
LARKANA: Sindh Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) general secretary Rashid Mehmood Soomro has tendered his resignation after expressing his reservations over party chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman's visit to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) ...

2015-08-19 Pakistan Science

CBS Local   

World's first flower revealed   
Daily Times
A plant that had no petals and lived underwater more than 125 million years ago could be the oldest known 'flower', according to scientists. The aquatic Montsechia vidalii was once abundant in freshwater lakes in what are now mountainous regions of ...
Discovery Of 130 Million-Year-Old Fossil Suggests Earth's First Flowering ...   CBS Local
Paleobotanists identify what could be the mythical 'first flower'   The Times
Fossil reveals world's first flowering plant   Science Recorder
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Was Sardinia Atlantis Before A Comet Submerged It?   
News Every day
(Photo : The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images) One uses a long-handled utensil. Illustration from Das Mittelmeer: Landschaft, Baukunst und Volksleben im Kreise des Mittelländischen Meeres, a work on Mediterranean architecture, landscape and ...

2015-08-19 Pakistan Health

BBC News   

E-cigarettes should be prescribed on NHS to help smokers quit, report says   
BBC News
An independent review of the effects of e-cigarettes says they are 95% less harmful than tobacco and should be prescribed on the NHS in the future. Experts who have compiled a report for Public Health England say "vaping" could be a "game changer" for ...

2015-08-19 Pakistan Entertainment

DAWN.com   

Salman Iqbal said management aims to clear the pending salaries and unpaid ...   
DAWN.com
KARACHI: In a startling development, ARY Digital Network Founder and Chief Executive Officer Salman Iqbal announced the media group has taken over the BOL media network. According to BOL's website, it is a complete media enterprise consisting of ...

2015-08-19 Pakistan Sports

The Nation   

Anwar Ali, from child labourer to top star   
The Nation
KARACHI - Pakistan allrounder Anwar Ali, who once ironed socks for a living as a teenage factory labourer, may have finally found his feet in international cricket after years of unfulfilled promise. Ali smashed a 17-ball 46 with four towering sixes ...

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The Nation   

PCB board of governors meeting held   
The Nation
LAHORE - The 37th PCB Board of Governors (BoG) meeting was held here Tuesday at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) with chairman Shaharyar M Khan presiding over the meeting. The meeting was attended by Executive Committee chairman Najam ...

2015-08-19 Pakistan Technology

Police plan clampdown on underage drivers   
The Nation
LAHORE - City traffic police will launch a massive crackdown on underage drivers from September to discourage the practice, Lahore chief traffic officer said on Tuesday. Tayyab Hafeez Cheema while addressing a news conference at his office said the ...

2015-08-19 Pakistan Business

Daily Times   

Collaboration: CPEC - a window of opportunity for Pakistan   
The Express Tribune
"Most of the $45b investment is in the energy sector, but there is no project on the agenda for repairing the dwindling transmission lines," Former foreign minister Inamul Haq. PHOTO: AFP. ISLAMABAD: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a ...

2015-08-19 Pakistan Pakistan

The Express Tribune   

Sindh JUI-F general secretary quits post over party chief's '90' visit   
DAWN.com
LARKANA: Sindh Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) general secretary Rashid Mehmood Soomro has tendered his resignation after expressing his reservations over party chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman's visit to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) ...

2015-08-19 Pakistan World

New York Times   

One Palestinian's Refusal to Eat Puts Israel in a Bind   
New York Times
JERUSALEM — A single Palestinian prisoner's determination to starve himself to death unless he is freed is flummoxing Israel's legal, medical, political and security systems. The prisoner, Mohammad Allan, a 31-year-old lawyer and Islamic Jihad member ...