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Meet Prince Charles and Camilla, the ‘wedding planners’!
London, Sept 20 (ANI): Prince Charles and wife Camilla are turning wedding planners and “loaning out” their country retreat of Highgrove House to wannabe brides and grooms. And included in the package will be the royal couple’s shared “expertise”. Like Charles and Camilla did at their Windsor wedding four years ago, couples will be encouraged [...]
Coming soon: a horror story on American Fritzl’s victim?
London, Sept 20 (ANI): Publishers and Hollywood studios have begun a multi-million dollar bidding war for the rights to sex slave Jaycee Dugard’s horrifying life story. Fresh details of the American Fritzl’s victim have emerged, including that in the early days of her captivity, the terrified schoolgirl was so hungry she ate bugs and worms [...]
Kashmir is the jugular vein of Pakistan: Gilani
Islamabad, Sep.20 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yosuf Raza Gilani is back to singing his ‘K-tune’ by describing Kashmir as Pakistan’s jugular vein. Interacting with a group of political leaders during an Iftaar party at the PM House here, Gilani said Islamabad’s policy on Kashmir was based on Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s stance that “Kashmir was the [...]
‘Monty Python’ pals John Cleese and Michael Palin may work together again
London, September 20 (ANI): Former ‘Monty Python’ stars John Cleese, 69, and Michael Palin, 66, may soon be working together again. They are said to have been discussing reuniting for the first time in more than a decade. The pair met last month while Cleese, who lives in California, was in London after his 12million-pound [...]
Champions Trophy snub disappoints Razzaq
Lahore, Sep.19 (ANI): Experienced Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq is disappointed over his non-selection for the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa. Razzaq said he was surprised at not being selected. “It came as a huge setback to learn that I was not in the final team. Since my comeback to the national team, I had [...]
Brit school bans sexually coloured ‘shagbands’
London, Sep 19 (ANI): A Brit primary school has banned its students form wearing coloured wristbands, after parents found out that they were called “shagbands”. Parents of kids, attending Rayne Primary School near Braintree, Essex, discovered that each colour of the ‘shagband’ represents a different sex act. “The children have been walking around with these [...]
Champions Trophy snub disappoints Razzaq
Lahore, Sep.19 (ANI): Experienced Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq is disappointed over his non-selection for the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa. Razzaq said he was surprised at not being selected. “It came as a huge setback to learn that I was not in the final team. Since my comeback to the national team, I had [...]
Pak inks 220-million-dollar satellite deal with China
Islamabad, Sep. 19 (ANI): Pakistan has signed an agreement with China to provide a 220-million-dollar financial grant to help the Islamic country launch a communication satellite. The operational life of Pakistan’s existing satellite PAKSAT-1 will be over in November 2011. Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Luo Zhaohui and Pakistan’s Economic Affairs Secretary Farrukh Qayyum signed the [...]
Jennifer Aniston not interested in other stars’ lives
London, Sep 19 (ANI): Jennifer Aniston is livid over the public interest in her private life, as she herself doesn’t care what other stars are doing. The ‘Friends’ star has vowed not to discuss her personal life, and is unhappy with the idea of strangers reading about her personal matters. “I don’t know about your [...]
Gilani rejects inking safe passage deal for Musharraf
Islamabad, Sep.19 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has denied inking any ‘safe exit’ deal to facilitate former President General Pervez Musharraf’s safe passage from the country after he stepped down from the Presidency. In an interview to a private television channel, Gilani said: “If there had been such a deal, it would have [...]
Pak issues prohibited arms license to US security firm
Islamabad, Sep.17 (ANI): Pakistani authorities have issued 86 licenses for prohibited weapons to a security company which has been hired by the US embassy in Islamabad. Interior Ministry sources revealed that the licenses were issued to Inter Risk following Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s approval, The Daily Times reports. According to a private television channel, [...]
Lahore women files petition seeking Pakistani citizenship for Indian husband
Lahore, Sep.17 (ANI): A Pakistani woman has filed a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking Pakistani citizenship for her Indian husband. Justice Mian Saqib Nisar admitted the petition filed by one Shazia Zia, and referred the matter to the High Court Chief Justice. Zia, in her petition, said she has married an Indian [...]
Missing Hindu nurse’s parents’ pleas in Pak falling on deaf ears
Karachi, Sep.18 (ANI): Family members of the Hindu nurse, Bano, who disappeared from Karachi last month under mysterious circumstances, have urged the government to step into the issue and direct the concerned authorities to pursue the matter seriously to find out her whereabouts. Bano’s uncle and the head of the Hindu Maheshwari community, Narain Das [...]
Police swoop on sellers of Jaswant Singh’s pirated book in Pak
Lahore, Sep.18 (ANI): Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh’s book on Mohammad Ali Jinnah has sent the Pakistani book piracy nexus working overtime, but it has also landed people in police custody. Pakistani security agencies have arrested three people for selling pirated editions of the book ‘Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence,’ following a countrywide [...]
Katherine Heigl adopts 10-month-old Korean girl
London, Sept 18 (ANI): Actress Katherine Heigl and husband Josh Kelley have become proud parents of a 10-month-old Korean girl after completing adoption formalities. The actress’ rep said the couple have named their daughter Nancy Leigh, after Katherine’s mum Nancy and her sis Margaret Leigh, reports the Daily Express.he girl has also been given a [...]
Zardari being unnecessarily targeted for his overture to India: Editorial
Islamabad, Sep.17 (ANI): An editorial in one of the leading English dailies of Pakistan has highlighted that President Asif Ali Zardari is being unnecessarily targeted and criticized by certain quarters in the country even if he attempts to address the long pending issues with India in his bid to de-escalate tension between the two neighbour [...]
Pak won’t allow US to cross ‘red line’ under any circumstances: FO
Islamabad, Sep.18 (ANI): Amid reports of a massive expansion of the US’ Islamabad embassy, Pakistan has said that it would never allow the American troops to carry out military operations from its soil. Addressing a weekly briefing Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said Islamabad would not allow the US to cross the ‘red line’ under [...]