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Pakistan, India renew cricket ties
BANGALORE – Five years after their bilateral cricket ties snapped due to the Mumbai terror attack, India and Pakistan are set to slug it out in what promises to be a high-voltage limited-over series starting with the first Twenty20 international on Tuesday.
Math whizz brings home a bronze medal from India
KARACHI: After grappling with numbers and puzzles in an hour-long international competition, a Pakistani student emerged victorious and bagged a bronze medal for his performance. Muzammil Rasheed, an A’
Chinese to be taught at school level
KARACHI – Karachi University will set up Chinese language institute and students of this institute will be able to study free advance course at Sichuan Normal University, China.
Remittances grow 14% in first five months of fiscal 2013
KARACHI: Overseas Pakistanis remitted an amount of $5.982 billion in the first five months of the current fiscal year 2012-13, showing a growth of 14.16% or $742.05 million
Painter creates his masterpieces using tea
Artists are known to find inspiration in drink: Vincent van Gogh famously drank absinthe and Salvador Dali enjoyed a glass of Champagne. But a British artist currently taking
Film on Steve Jobs to debut at Sundance
LOS ANGELES: The first film on the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs since his death, with Ashton Kutcher in the title role, will debut in January at
PTA to abolish tax on incoming international calls
LAHORE: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has announced to abolish the tax on incoming international telephone calls. The PTA has issued a notification regarding abolishing the tax. The PTA has cancelled
World AIDS Day at Pakistan
ISLAMABAD - World AIDS Day was marked around the world on Saturday but no event or activity in connection with the day was held in the federal capital,
Clinton to award US State medal for arts to Pakistani artist
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will award the US State Department Medal of Arts to Pakistani painter Shahzia Sikander, along with four other artists. This is the first
Joy as UN upgrades Palestinians’ status
UNITED NATIONS - In the face of stiff opposition by Israel and the United States, the UN General Assembly Thursday voted to grant the Palestinians non-member observer state
