KARACHI: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday met the family of Bisma — an infant who died at the door of Civil Hospital earlier this week — and condoled the child’s death with her father. The 10-month-old girl died on Wednesday apparently because she did not receive timely medical treatment due to a security cordon which was established ...

VATICAN CITY:  Pope Francis led the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics into Christmas on Thursday, urging those “intoxicated” by possessions and superficial appearances to return to the essential values of life.Celebrating a Christmas eve Mass in St Peter’s Basilica, Francis, whose nearly three-year-old papacy has been marked by calls for sobriety and compassion for the less fortunate, said Christmas was ...

UAE: The Afghanistan national cricket team defeated Zimbabwe in the opening match of the One Day International (ODI) series played at Sharjah on Friday. Afghanistan after winning the toss selected to bat first and set a target of 132 runs in 38.5 overs after losing all wickets. However, Zimbabwe was all out after 30.5 overs. Afghanistan will play a total ...

Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Gen. Raheel Sharif to visit Kabul on Sunday to hold talks with the Afghan officials and military personnel, said a Pakistani military spokesman for media wing Asim Saleem Bajwa on Friday. According to the Pakistani military spokesman, the Army Chief of Pakistan is likely to hold meetings with the political and military leadership here in ...

“Health is not valued till sickness comes”   -Thomas Fuller How many of us are living with their bodies either deficient in essential nutrient or at times their bodies bearing the brunt of the food excess they might be taking in injudiciously? But “DEFICIENCY IN THIS CRITICAL “nutrient makes you twice as likely to die as other people, according to ...

KABUL: The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced 500 scholarships for the children of members of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANS) who have lost their lives defending the country. In his speech during the inauguration ceremony of the new Afghan parliament building, Modi said “Today, I announce 500 scholarships for children of the martyrs of Afghan security forces.” Modi ...

KABUL: The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai thanked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for birthday wishes, saying ‘The Afghan People look forward to welcome you.’ The Indian Prime Minister tweeted earlier today and wished the former Afghan President on the occasion of his 58th Birthday. “Dear @KarzaiH, wishing you a very Happy Birthday. I pray that Almighty blesses you with ...

KABUL: The Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the newly-built Afghan parliament building. The new parliament building was inaugurated in the presence of Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi, Speaker of the Lower of House Parliament (Wolesi Jirga) and Abdul Hadi Muslimyar, Chairman of the Afghan Senate House – Upper House of Parliament. President Ghani and PM ...

QUETTA: Becoming the first woman to hold the post in the history of the province, Rahila Hameed Khan Durrani was elected unopposed as the speaker of the Balochistan Assembly on Thursday. Durrani belongs to the ruling Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N), which leads the provincial government alongside Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) and National Party. No other candidate submitted ...

PARIS – As part of a constitutional reform, French government would submit a law aimed at revoking citizenship of all dual nationals, including those who were born in France and convicted on terrorism charges, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced on Wednesday. “The government decided to submit to parliament the extension of revoking nationality of all bi-nationals,” Valls said after ...