A bomb exploded on board a passenger train in central Pakistan on Monday, wounding 14 people, officials said, in what the railways minister called "an act of terrorism". The device on the Shalimar Express from the eastern city of Lahore to Karachi went off as it passed through fields near the town of Toba Tek Singh in Punjab province. "It was an act of terrorism. The explosive was planted in the washroom of ...

MARIA CHENG — AP Medical Writer          LONDON — For a hamburger that cost more than $300,000, you might expect fries and a shake too. But this is no ordinary burger. At a public tasting in London on Monday, scientists are prepared to serve up the first hamburger grown in a laboratory from stem cells of cattle. Mark Post, whose team at Maastricht University in the Netherlands developed the burger after fiv ...

LAHORE,Aug 5 (APP):Muhammad Sarwar was sworn in as 35th Governor of Punjab during a solemn ceremony on Monday at Darbar Hall of the Governor’s House.Chief Justice Lahore High Court (LHC) Umar Ata Bandial administered oath to the Punjab Governor Muhammad Sarwar.The oath taking ceremony was attended by Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif,Speaker Punjab Assembly Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan, Provincial L ...

Khloé Kardashian Odom is killing those calories! The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star has been flaunting her svelte figure quite a bit lately—and rightfully so! And now the 29-year-old gal has given us a glimpse at one of her slimdown secrets. Khloé took to Twitter on Tuesday and posted a pic that revealed the end results of a recent workout. "I only had 35 mins to be in the gym but I hustled. Weerrrkkk ...

KARACHI, Aug 1 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said a comprehensive counter-terrorism policy would be devised based on the feedback of provinces on the issue of militancy. Talking to media persons after his visit to the Quaid’s mausoleum, the Prime Minister said he had directed all the four Chief Ministers to workout the issue of terrorism within the domain of their provinces.He said ...

ISLAMABAD, Aug 1 (APP): Pakistan and the United States of America Thursday agreed on resumption of the Strategic Dialogue process, stalled since Oct 2010 to build a comprehensive sustainable partnership.US Secretary of State John Kerry and Prime Minister’s Advisor on Foreign Policy Sartaj Aziz addressing a joint press stake out here at the PM House, made the announcement at the conclusion of talks between t ...

SYDNEY: Mickey Arthur has reached a settlement with Cricket Australia in his claim of unfair dismissal as national team coach. After conciliation talks lasting more than 13 hours and involving two sittings at the Fair Work Commission in Sydney, Arthur and Cricket Australia reached a confidential agreement late Wednesday. Arthur was seeking $4 million or his job back after he was fired last month and replace ...

In this social media age, professional athletes continue to embrace various platforms such as Facebook and Twitter as a means to share information with their fans. Tennis pros such as Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal are among the most followed players on Twitter worldwide. But this easy means of two-way communication is not always a good experience. Many who compete on both the ATP and WTA tours continue t ...