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Mehnaz Begum  female singer from Pakistan, well known for her film appearances. She has sung a variety of genres but specializes in ghazal, thumri, dadra, khayal, drupad and reciting salam, noha and marsiya. She is the daughter of celebrated sub-continental singer Kajjan Begum and she is the daughter of the famous government officer Abdullah Abdullah Tasnim, but when she realized fame, she changed her maiden name to the...

According to reports gathered from different parts of Sindh, three children died in Kandhkot on Friday, rising the toll to 151. Meanwhile, 84 in Sukkur, 48 in Shikarpur, 47 in Khairpur, 33 in Ghotki, 14 in Thul, 8 in Larkana while four children died of measles in Hyderabad. The death...

ABU DHABI  - Pakistan plans to release all Afghan Taliban prisoners still in its detention, including the group's former second-in-command, an official said on Friday, in the clearest signal yet that it backs reconciliation efforts.Regional power Pakistan is seen as critical to the success of US and Afghan efforts to...

KARACHI –President Asif Ali Zardari has reaffirmed that elections will be held on time, without a delay of a single day as stipulated in the Constitution, saying those who were seeking postponement of elections were frustrated. According to presidential spokesperson Senator Farhatullah Babar, President Zardari felicitated Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf,...

US aerospace Boeing said it had suspended deliveries of its new 787 Dreamliner jet until a battery problem is resolved. A Boeing spokesman said‚ the Federal Aviation Administration earlier ordered the grounding of US-operated 787s after a damaged battery on an All Nippon Airways 787 forced an emergency landing. t’s...

Lahore: A 16-member Pakistan cricket squad will leave for South Africa tomorrow (Sunday) on a two-month tour to play a series. During the tour‚ Pakistani team will play three test‚ two T-twenty‚ and five one day international matches. Pakistan cricket squad is touring South Africa for the first time since...

New Delhi: Former Pakistani President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf on Friday lashed out at Indian media for fabricating false stories against Pakistan's armed forces, forcing the channel to cut-off the program before its actual time. Speaking on Indian TV channel Times Now, live from London, Musharraf said that: India was...

Karachi : Hardly you will see public transport because if you do, it would be filled with the people like bees, roads are empty schools are closed, I don't know what government's stance is but Karachi is almost close.   Not a single Gas / Fuel Station open, nor shops...

PESHAWAR: Wali Khan lost six people of his family on January 15. Of the 18-bullet riddled bodies found in Khyber Agency, three were his brothers and three his nephews. Most of Khan’s family was living at the Jalozai camp for Internally Displaced Persons following a military operation in Khyber tribal area....

The main accused in the Shahzeb Khan murder case‚ Shah Rukh Jatoi has been shifted from Dubai to Karachi. He will be produced in an anti-terrorist court in Karachi today.

New Delhi: The gang-rape and murder case of the 23-year-old medical student has been committed to the fast-track court, which was inaugurated earlier this month. The next hearing of the case will be held on January 21. Meanwhile, Ram Singh, one of six men accused of raping and brutally murdering the...

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has proposed Foreign Ministerial level Pakistan-India talks to sort out tension along Line of Control. In a statement in New York‚ she said that continued tension along LoC is not in the interest of peace and stability in South Asia. She said Pakistan is disappointed...