He was called the gentlemen's gentleman. Whoever branded cricket the gentleman's game decades ago must have foreseen someone like him gracing the sport in the future. He was called “The Wall” for his robust, rock-solid, and near-impregnable defence while batting. He was called the epitome of the spirit of the game for his unblemished character. He was called the grammar of cricket for being the living incar ...

 Minutes after 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was snatched from her bedroom in the dead of night, a police cruiser idled by along a neighborhood street as she was forced to the ground at knifepoint. "Move and I will kill you!" her captor hissed. It was one of several fleeting times Smart watched a rescue slip away during her nine-month ordeal, she recounts in "My Story," a 308-page book released by St. Martin' ...

It was great delight to read ‘Not will of the people’ by S Iftikhar Murshed (The News dated 29 Sep). The author has highlighted ‘Tehreek Taliban Pakistan (TTP)’s criminal activities and their real agenda for grabbing power. TTP is  involved in blasphemous acts of killing  innocent people in the name of merciful God and His Prophet. I fully agree with author that  response of spineless legislators and short- ...

The 23-year-old U.S. native was named Miss World 2013 on Saturday, Sept. 28, in Bali, Indonesia. "No words!" Young said after her big win, according to CNN. "Thank you so much for everyone for choosing me. I promise to be the best Miss World ever." Young looked radiant, donning a pale pink glittery gown, as she received her crown from Miss World 2012, Yu Wenxia. Miss France, Marine Lorphelin was the first r ...

By Zaheerul Hassan According to US Geological Survey a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southwestern Pakistan today. It struck at  4:29 pm local time in Baluchistan province at a depth of 23 kilometers. The temblor, which had its epicenter 69 km from Awaran in Balochistan province, was felt in Karachi, Hyderabad, Larkana and other cities of Sindh province in Pakistan. According to the sources 2 individ ...

SEMINAR HELD ON 19TH SEPTEMBER, 2013, AT THE 24TH SESSION OF THE UN: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, 9-27TH SEPTEMBER, 2013 WAS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL -DR AWATAR SINGH SEKHON RIGHTS OF MINORITIES, CHILDREN AND WOMAN IN SOUTH ASIA SPEAKERS: Usman Khalid, Alan Hart, Dr Abdul M Chowdhary (absent due to Medical grounds), Professor of Sikhism Gurtej Singh, Sardar K J Singh, Ms Irene P Hujon & Nitin Gan ...

By Brian Cloughley During the Second Afghan War (1878-1880) there was a particularly competent British army officer called Henry Brooke whose well-written diaries of the period are published as Brigade Commander: Afghanistan. He had little time for Afghans, and in April 1880 wrote that "An Afghan is so natural a liar that no one thinks of believing them, and among themselves they are never weak enough to pu ...

By ROD NORDLAND Taliban insurgents have reportedly captured or killed large numbers of Afghan government forces in the remote and usually quiet northeastern corner of the country for the second time this year, officials said Thursday. According to Dawlat Mohammad, the governor of Warduj district, insurgents ambushed a police convoy in the district on Wednesday, killing 10 policemen and taking 16 others pris ...