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A marching band parading down Hollywood’s sunset boulevard announced that ‘music is coming’ a reference to the hit show “game of thrones” catchphrase ‘winter is coming’. With news that the next season of the hit tv show will be not air until summer 2017, the usual springtime slot is being filled with a musical tour of north America. The show’s ...

Pakistan Stock Exchange Benchmark PSX-100 index ended high and closed with 39805.88 points at the end of trading day. PSX-100 index gained 142.17 points during the regular trade. The highest index of the day remained at 39864.04 points while the lowest index of the day remained at 39663.71 points.

At least 12 newborn babies died when fire erupted a Hospital in Iraq’s Capital, Baghdad. The country’s Health Ministry said the blaze broke out overnight inside the maternity department at the Yarmouk Hospital, in the west of the city. Nineteen women suffered burns and smoke inhalation and were transferred to another hospital for treatment. The Ministry said the fire was ...

Five Turkish soldiers were killed in an attack blamed on Kurdish militants in the restive southeast of the country. According to AFP citing a local security source eight other soldiers were wounded after a homemade bomb exploded while a military convoy was passing in Uludere, close to the Iraqi border. The bombing was blamed on militants from the Kurdistan Workers’ ...

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has set a new precedent in parliamentary history by himself going to the opposition leader’s chamber to persuade him to rejoin the proceedings by ending the walkout. The opposition had walked out from the national assembly session. The Prime Minister accompanied by federal ministers and PML-n parliamentarians went to the chamber of opposition leader khursheed shah. ...

The fourth and final cricket test of the series between Pakistan and England starts from Tomorrow at oval. PTV sports will telecast the match live. England is leading the four match series 2-1. England will field an unchanged team for the fourth test. The selectors thought about handing a home debut to leg-spinner Adil Rashid but have now stuck with ...

Prime Minister Nawaz Sahrif chaired a meeting in Islamabad, on security situation and implementation of the national action plan. Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan, foreign advisor Sartaj Aziz, advisor on National Security Nasir khan Janjua and Special Assistant Tariq Fatemi attended the meeting. DG ISI, foreign secretary and ...

United States won the The Olympic Women’s Team title in Gymnastics with a record margin. Dubbing themselves the ‘final five’, Biles, Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian proved that they are an untouchable force in Gymnastics as they tumbled and soared to victory with a total of 184.897 points. In a sport where tenths of a point ...

Ferozwala is a small town in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town is tehsil headquarters of Ferozwala Tehsil and is located near the city of Lahore. The town often came in news for all the wrong reasons. Last time a senior al Qaeda commander for Punjab was among the four militants killed in Ferozewala. Ferozwala is not just about ...

Rain and thunderstorm is hitting number of places in Kashmir, Punjab and Islamabad. On Wednesday morning heavy rain and storm hit northern parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and  FATA. Worst hit area in KPK was district Bannu where at least 2 people were killed and more than 50 were wounded. According to rescue department a house collapsed in town, where 15 ...