Former UK pharmacist reveals what happens one hour after drinking a can of Coke
If you really think drinking Coca-Cola is good for your health, you probably need to think again. A new graphic compiled by The Renegade Pharmacist, a blog run by a former UK pharmacist, shows how a...
View ArticleHONY in Pakistan: He came, he saw, he left
While eager fans were anticipating the creator of Humans of New York (HONY) — Brandon Stanton — to visit Pakistan, news has it that he may already left the country after visiting Hunza and the major...
View ArticleUS to deliver eight F-16 aircraft to Egypt
CAIRO: The United States will deliver eight F-16 Block 52 aircraft to Egypt within the next two days, the US embassy in Cairo said in a statement on Thursday, part of a military package that had been...
View ArticleTwo suspected militants killed, 11 held in Balochistan operation
QUETTA: At least two terrorists, including a commander of a banned militant organisation, were killed in Wadh area of Khuzdar district while 11 suspected militants were rounded up during search...
View ArticleCelebrities attend special screening of Bajrangi Bhaijaan in Karachi
A special screening of Bajrangi Bhaijaan was held at Atrium Cinemas in Karachi as a tribute to Bollywood’s megastar Salman Khan which was attended by excited celebrities. The private screening, which...
View ArticleImran asks ECP to punish officials responsible for ‘illegalities’ in 2013 polls
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Thursday wrote a letter to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) chief Sardar Raza Khan, asking the commission to take actions against those...
View ArticleGet up for your heart health and move for your waistline
Regular walking and running not only improves your heart but also enables you to shed extra kilos around your waistline resulting in a healthy body mass index (BMI), researchers say. “We found that...
View ArticleAir India plane forced to turn back after ‘rat sighting’
NEW DELHI: An Air India plane was forced to return to New Delhi two hours into a flight to Milan on Thursday after a “suspected rat sighting” in the cabin. The airline said no rodent had been found,...
View ArticleToll from Nepal landslides climbs to 36: police
KATHMANDU: Emergency workers on Friday recovered seven more bodies from the debris of multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains in Nepal, taking the confirmed death toll to 36. Police said rescuers...
View ArticleVaccine offers 100% Ebola protection: trial results
PARIS: An Ebola vaccine provided 100-per cent protection in a field trial in hard-hit Guinea, researchers and officials said Friday, mooting “the beginning of the end” of the killer West African...
View ArticleAct first, report later: Gen Raheel directs army flood relief teams
Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif has directed the army teams rescuing people stranded by floods to leave no stone unturned in providing relief to the victims. “The Chief of Army Staff has...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia executes Pakistani heroin smuggler
Saudi Arabia on Friday beheaded a convicted Pakistani heroin trafficker, adding to a sharp increase in executions this year. Shah Faisal Azeem Shah was found guilty of smuggling the drugs hidden in his...
View ArticleLawmakers condemn govt’s ‘bulldozer approach’ against Islamabad slums
ISLAMABAD: Lawmakers condemned on Friday what they called the government’s “bulldozer approach” against capital city’s largest illegal slum – Afghan Basti in Sector I-11/1 — and demanded an inquiry...
View ArticlePrivate school associations reject extension of summer vacations in Sindh
KARACHI: Rejecting orders of a summer holiday extension in Sindh, private school associations have said they would reopen schools on August 3 even if the order was not retracted. Addressing a press...
View Article7-year-old girl raped, murdered in Karachi
KARACHI: A body of a seven-year-old girl who was reportedly raped and murdered was found on Friday near the shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi in Karachi’s Clifton neighbourhood. Seven-year-old A*’ went...
View ArticleJalaluddin Haqqani died last year of ‘prolonged illness’: Taliban confirm
PESHAWAR: A day after Taliban announced that their supreme leader Mullah Omar had died two years ago, the outfit confirmed on Friday evening that the founder of the Haqqani Network, Maulvi Jalaluddin...
View ArticleAffleck’s former nanny to sue Garner for wrongful dismissal
Actor Ben Affleck’s former nanny Christine Ouzonian has reportedly met lawyers to file a wrongful termination suit against his wife, Jennifer Garner. Ouzonian doesn’t feel her affair with Affleck was a...
View ArticleArsenal seek title proof in Chelsea encounter
LONDON: Arsenal’s readiness to mount a sustained title challenge in 2015-16 will be tested at Wembley on Sunday when they face Premier League champions Chelsea in the Community Shield. Arsene Wenger’s...
View ArticlePakistan to release 164 Indian fishermen on August 3
Pakistan will be releasing 164 Indian fishermen on August 3, a source at the Pakistan High Commission in India said on Friday, Indian press agency TNN reported. “A decision has been taken at the...
View ArticleIndia home to 180 million Muslims: Indian official
Muslims account for 180 million of India’s 1.1 billion people, Indian Deputy National Security Advidor Arvind Gupta announced on Saturday. The number was revealed in a meeting between Gupta and Sheikh...
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