Rulers not ready to quit their perks, protocol: Siraj ul Haq

LAHORE – January 8 (ONLINE) Jamat-e-Islami emir Siraj-ul-Haq said Sunday country’s rulers were not ready to change their lifestyle and to quit their perks and protocol. “The whole world is celebrating New Year and Pakistanis are downtrodden with woes,” Siraj said while addressing a workers’ […]

Indians evacuated from ‘sinking’ holy town

Dehradun, India, Jan 8 (AFP/APP):Authorities in one of the holiest towns in the Indian Himalayas were evacuating panicked residents Sunday after hundreds of houses began developing yawning cracks and sinking, officials said. The cause of the apparent subsidence in Joshimath in the northern state of […]

Braathen wins Adelboden slalom as Kristoffersen slides out

Adelboden, Switzerland, Jan 8 (AFP/APP):Norwegian skier Lucas Braathen held his nerve on a difficult Chuenisbargli piste to win the men’s slalom in Adelboden on Sunday. The 22-year-old, who fell foul of the snow on Saturday when he did not finish the giant slalom, was quickest […]

Like Cosmos signing Pele, says Ronaldo’s new coach

Riyadh, Jan 8 (AFP/APP): Cristiano Ronaldo’s new club coach Rudi Garcia on Sunday compared the Portuguese star’s arrival at Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia to Pele’s signing with the New York Cosmos in 1975. “It’s a bit like Pele’s arrival” in what was then the North […]

PML-N always keeps county’s interest supreme: Ahsan Iqbal

ISLAMABAD, Jan 8 (APP):Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal on Sunday said that the PML-N has always kept the country’s interest supreme instead of politics. Talking to a private channel from Geneva, the federal minister said that the PDM-led government was […]

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