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Mufti-e-Azam urges unity, practice of Islam in Hajj sermon

MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia: Mufti-e-Azam Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah delivered hajj sermon in Masjid-e-Nimra at Mount Arafat on Monday, urging Muslims to...

Millions of Muslims gather at Mina for Hajj rituals

MINA: Millions of Muslims have gathered at Mina to perform rituals of Hajj, a major obligatory annual religious undertaking, for this year. Over two million...

CM Punjab inaugurates Quaid-e-Azam solar energy park

BAHAWALPUR: The Quaid-e-Azam solar energy park has been inaugurated in Cholistan that envisages an estimated investment of Rs200 billion. The 1000-megawatt solar energy project, spread...

Musharraf files bail petition in Lal Masjid cleric’s murder case

ISLAMABAD: Former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf on Saturday filed a bail petition in the session court in the murder case of Lal Masjid's...

No electricity load shedding on Eid days

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Water and Power announced on Friday that electricity load shedding will not be conducted on Eid-ul-Azha days (October 16 &...

SHC issues stay order against ban on motorcycle rickshaws in Karachi

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday issued a stay order against ban imposed by the city traffic police on motorcycle rickshaws in...

Weapons Watchdog OPCW wins 2013 Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO: The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for ‘extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons’. The...

IHC rejects petition seeking to put Musharraf’s name on ECL

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Friday rejected a petition seeking to put the name of former President Pervez Musharraf in the Exit Control...

Hand grenade attack injures labourer in Karachi’s Korangi industrial area

KARACHI: Some unknown miscreants hurled a hand grenade outside a bank near Chamra Chowrangi in Korangi industrial area of Karachi on Friday that left...

Canada’s Alice Munro wins 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature

STOCKHOLM: The 82-year-old Canadian Alice Munro won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for her short stories that focus on the frailties...

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