Pakistan

The rupee closed at 84.52/62 to the dollar, compared with Monday’s close of 84.27.

Music for a revamped Spider-Man musical will be written by U2’s Bono and The Edge, and will open on June 14.

The 3D animated movie scored the biggest opening so far this year at the North American box office.

Australia to donate $25,000 to a primary health care service called the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Britney Spears reaches an amicable deal with ex-husband Kevin Federline to share custody of their two sons.

Discovery Channel's one-off episode investigation into Wikileaks website will feature interview with Julian Assange.

Two films from Pakistan will be representing the country in the Saarc Film Festival 2011.

Military scrambling to shore up ties with Karzai government as the beginning of a US military withdrawal draws closer.

42 per cent of Pakistanis opposed the broadcasting of Indian television channels; 43 per cent were in favor of it.

Emerging trends in target killings in Karachi point towards an increasing overlap in political and sectarian violence.

Ports and shipping secretary says govt is in touch with family of captain in the captivity of Somali pirates.

Mistrust between US, Pakistan, if unresolved, will lead to a storm says former CIA operative.

Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Mehdi Shah made surprise visits to a number of places in Gilgit.

The city police arrested 105 outlaws including eight proclaimed offenders and recovered a cache of weapons and drugs.

All stakeholders will be taken on board after legislation to define the status of the Higher Education Commission.

Youth tourism programme launched for the promotion and revival of the sector in the province.

State-of-the-art terminal exceeds the latest safety standards and is designed for rapid disbursement of product.

A group of Chinese students from the higher education institution left China on a goodwill visit to Pakistan.

PTCL has upgraded its 1mbps connections to 2mbps for all existing and new broadband customers.

EDB has started its budget exercise for 2011-12 by forming several sectoral committees.

Major General Shafqat Sohail says Passco would wholly focus on the low end farmers.

Attock Cement Ltd has posted a lower profit after tax of Rs425.28 million.

The rupee lost value on Monday amid higher import payments.

Fulham announced that English central midfielder Steve Sidwell has extended his contract.

Andy Murray admits he needs to match Nadal's consistency.

Barcelona defender Dani Alves said he hopes Pep Guardiola will stay on as coach.

Tottenham Hotspur winger Gareth Bale was named the English Professional Footballers’ Association player of the year.

Red Bull is adamant to get its Kinetic Energy Recovery System working reliably.

Medicam struggled to 148 for nine at close.

Bilbao boosted their chances of securing a place in next season’s Europa League.

Alexandre Pato was told he could be out for three weeks with a hamstring problem.

Brendan Steele overcame Kevin Chappell to win the Texas Open.

Sir Paul McCartney’s 1926 Art Deco green miniature piano hit high notes as it fetched $240,000 at a London auction.

19-year-old who is the shortest man in the whole world is walking tall after having his biopic made.

Socialite turned designer Nicole Richie owns approximately 200 pairs of sunglasses.

The singer has three more from her dad Ronald’s past affairs.

Veteran actor Anupam Kher is to be honoured at a function in Toronto for completing 400 movies.

A young girl is all set to attend the upcoming royal wedding in less than two weeks.

Finance Minister says the United States would provide $310 million under the Kerry Lugar bill for flood victims.

Twelve Iranian engineers and five of their Afghan colleagues were kidnapped by Taliban gunmen.

Pakistan has clearly conveyed to the US that drone attacks could not be effective in the country’s tribal areas.

PML-Q, PML-N move motion against finance minister for his statement that the parliament is key hurdle in reforms

Renowned author Noam Chomsky believes Americans only serve themselves.

Govt has spent over Rs16 million on repairs and renovations of 37 houses in the minister's colony.

The mutilated bodies were spotted by commuters, dumped behind an abandoned fuel station some 10 km from Attock.

Roots School System holds Student/Teacher Recognition Day and High Achievers Ceremony.

Private housing society asks CDA to reimburse the money it had spent on E-11 development.

‘The budget revision was necessitated by pay raise and erosion in rupee-dollar parity’.

The conference was organized by the Committee for Development of Social Sciences and Humanities in Pakistan (CDSSH).

An employee of the body accuses him of holding fake degree.