ABU DHABI: A top United Arab Emirates (UAE) court on Sunday sentenced an Indian citizen to five years in prison after he was convicted of spying for his home country, a newspaper reported.The Federal......
DOHA: Novak Djokovic will begin the defence of his Australian Open title from January 18 with the ominous warning to flagging rivals that he is in the form of his life.Speaking after his destruction......
BRISBANE: Milos Raonic got one back on Roger Federer to start the new season. After losing coach Ivan Ljubicic to the Federer camp leading into 2016, Raonic achieved something nobody else born in the......
QUETTA: Amid tight security, the first anti-polio drive of the year would be launched in Quetta and other districts of Balochistan on Monday (tomorrow).During the campaign 2.4 million children below......
HYDERABAD: Pakistan's former skipper Salman Butt smashed a century while left-armer Mohammad Asif picked up two wickets in their victorious joint return to domestic cricket on Sunday, months after......
PARIS: French President Francois Hollande made an unannounced visit to the main mosque in Paris on Sunday, a year after terrorist attacks in the French capital.“The president had a short conversation......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan leg spinner Yasir Shah will appeal against his suspension for testing positive for a banned substance.The Pakistan Cricket Board told the ICC on Sunday and the game's governing......
ZURICH: Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi is targeting an unprecedented fifth Ballon d'Or award in Zurich on Monday, with the Argentine heavily favoured to reclaim the prize from three-time winner......
HYDERABAD: Former Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt smashed a century as he and Mohammad Asif returned to domestic action in the national one-day tournament on Sunday, four months after completing......
NEW DELHI: An Indian teenager held captive for two weeks by a gang of men said in an interview broadcast Sunday that she was repeatedly raped before being shot twice and dumped in a well on the......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in his meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince and Defence Minister Muhammad Bin Salman assured him of Pakistan's support if any threat arises to Saudi......
MADRID: Zinedine Zidane got off to a flying start as Real Madrid coach when Gareth Bale hit a hat-trick in a 5-0 win over Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday after a Lionel Messi treble had fired......
AUCKLAND: New Zealand blitzed the second Twenty20 against Sri Lanka in Auckland on Sunday with a whirlwind display by Martin Guptill and Colin Munro to set up a nine-wicket win.Munro brought up the......
Former Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif returned to domestic action in the national one-day tournament on Sunday, four months after completing their five-year bans for......
WASHINGTON: The US Navy released black-and-white video on Saturday it said was taken by an American helicopter showing an Iranian Revolutionary Guards vessel firing unguided rockets on Dec 26 near......
OSLO: Sexual advances or just friendly gestures?In a bid to prevent violence against women, Norway is offering asylum seekers courses in how to interpret mores in a country that may seem......
KABUL: An Afghan official says Pakistan will present a list of Taliban willing to negotiate with Kabul at a meeting this week aimed at reviving the Afghan peace process.Afghanistan, Pakistan, China......
Microsoft Office apps are a daily driver at work, home and form a critical part of our daily lives. But in hindsight, Office apps tend to collect and save our metadata, including document properties,......
Franschoek, a small town in South Africa from where I am writing this, attracts a large number of tourists who visit only to eat at its numerous restaurants and taste the wonderful wine made at its......
Dear Auntie, I am a 32-year-old woman. I am not married and I am the darkest girl in my family which is why my grandmother (my naani) does not like me. She screams at me and makes nasty comments......
Q. I recently planted a pomegranate tree in my garden in Lahore and it is now fruiting for the second time. The fruit is light pink in colour and very sweet. The problem is that, as the fruit grows......
In a neighbourhood in Clifton, dubbed Karachi’s own ‘Chelsea’, is a burgeoning centre of art galleries and eclectic cafes, fashioned on the quintessence of artistic discourse. Young but ambitious,......
Salvador Dalí (1904 -1989) was an eminent Spanish surrealist artist, considered as an accomplished draftsman, and known for the outstanding and mysterious images in his artworks. He was famously......
Works of art that have recognition and are considered assets that appreciate in value as they age, provided that they are religiously preserved. The increasing value of such artworks is driven by the......
So guarded are the spaces where visual art is exhibited, that the art viewer becomes accustomed to and dependent on certain frameworks that fulfill a social and even political need. There are......
So, then, Mohammad Amir is back in the team. Like it or not, he is. What state his game is in will be tested a bit later, but he has crossed a few barriers with his selection for the New Zealand......
From 18th Century England to modern day, cricket’s evolution has not only been dramatic but also revolutionary to the extent that it has spread its wings from metropolises and vast arenas to even......
Asim Raza’s film Ho Mann Jahaan has a few guest appearances, including that of Fawad Khan. But none of them steal a scene like Sangeeta, the Pakistani film star who, ever since she became a director,......
An exhibition of rare posters, postcards, photos and booklets from the personal archives of collector Guddu, depicting different periods in the history of Pakistani films, drew art lovers to the......
Boy o boy, Salman Khan’s younger brother and film director Sohail Khan, who is also known for his appearance on a comedy TV show as a judge, comes across as a family ‘shamily’ type guy. It turns out......
There you go. Shah Rukh Khan is a master at hogging the limelight. Just when people begin to criticise his film Dilwale for not doing as good at the box office as his earlier film with director Rohit......
Fickleness and showbiz glitterati are almost synonymous with each other. The echoes of the news of Jennifer Garner’s divorce from Ben Affleck haven’t yet faded out in the haloed corridors of......
Bollywood actor Farhan Akhtar is a smart cookie. He knows how pick his battles. These days he is plugging his latest film Wazir, which also stars Amitabh Bachchan.As we all know, Big B isn’t happy......
Strange is the word. News is that Fawad Khan has been roped in to play the part of the firebrand Indian cricketer Virat Kohli in a film based on the life of M.S. Dhoni.Originally it was thought that......
Asim Reza’s much-awaited debut feature film Ho Mann Jahaan is finally here and the perfect start of 2016 for Pakistani films. There are no fight sequences, humour is scarce and zero item songs, and......
There is a strong perception suggesting that all provincial governments of the PPP in Sindh have been bad for the province’s colossal capital, Karachi.Once proudly known as the ‘City of Lights’, and......
Before the trawlers had started to harvest the sea’s upset meadow and the refugees hadn’t started to migrate in large numbers, Elphinstone Street, or Elphi as it came to be known (much before it was......
The latest Karawood release scheduled around Valentine’s Day is Bachaana starring Sanam Saeed, Mohib Mirza and Adeel Hashmi. Shot in Mauritius, the movie has been directed by Nasir Khan and produced......
The film is a redo of the Kathryn Bigelow film from 1991, where an inexperienced FBI agent goes undercover to infiltrate a surfer gang that robs banks, along the way losing his own moral compass (the......
A recipient of Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (1999) and Husn-i-Karkardagi (2015), Sachu Khan from Dera Bugti in Balochistan is known throughout Pakistan and abroad for his mastery over the sarod.He was invited by......
The first time I saw Aslam Azhar was in a cinema commercial for Cherry Blossom shoe polish, in the early 1960s. He played the Maharajah of Cherrypore who alights from an aircraft to a horde of mikes......
With growing urbanisation, industrialisation, agricultural and other anthropogenic activities, fresh water resources such as rivers, lakes, streams and ground water — are being depleted. Besides,......
Steeped in the past, and yet, modernist in its application, neo-miniature is the new face of Pakistani art. Having evolved as a genre that is entirely indigenous in its expressions, it has also......
Amna, a 26-year-old mother of three, had to rebuild her life entirely when her husband drove her out of their home after a traumatic divorce. In an effort to piece her life together, she had to......
Q: I regularly use valet car parking services and while I’ve not had a bad experience, several acquaintances have had their vehicles damaged, property stolen and even the car disappearing. What are......
Bones have many roles to play in the body; they provide structure to the body, protect the organs and are also responsible for storing calcium. That’s why our mothers always emphasised not skipping......
In a meticulously researched study, Professor Kamran Asdar Ali has presented a history of the Communist Party of Pakistan (CPP) from its birth in 1948 to its being banned in 1954, barely six years......
The Bazaar of the Storytellers Transcribed by W.L. Heston and Mumtaz NasirA Lok Virsa publication, The Bazaar of the Storytellers tells the tales of the Qissa Khwani Bazaar Peshawar. As the......
Shakespeare’s 1603 tragedy Othello has long been ripe for adaptation and postcolonial rewritings. As the Pakistani novelist Zulfikar Ghose observes in his book This Mortal Knowledge, Othello is a......
“This is what you must remember: the ending of one story is just the beginning of another. This has happened before, after all. People die. Old orders pass. New societies are born. When we say ‘the......
So says Husain ibn Mans?r Hall?j, May God be pleased with him: A lamp arose from the Light Unseen, It arose, and then returned to its circling orbit. This lamp — its flame flickers taller, taller......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Antiquities Bill 2015 has proposed stricter penalties and heavier fines for damaging the protected relics of the past in the province.It also suggested the......
MINGORA: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq on Saturday demanded the restoration of the original China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project of which Malakand division was part.He was addressing the......
ISLAMABAD: Most people who approach the courts are petitioners seeking justice, but there are also those who initiate litigation for reasons other than the redressal of their grievances.It is no......
ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of displaced residents from the demolished I-11 katchi abadi gathered at the site of the settlement on Saturday to call for the recognition of their right to housing and their......
President Mamnoon Hussain recently attended the prize distribution ceremony of the 2015 Golf Tournament as chief guest, at the Islamabad Gold Club.Speaking at the event, Mr Hussain lauded the......
Argentine ambassador Rodolfo Martin Saravia was among the guests at the opening of the new Altitude store in F-6 on Saturday. The opening was also attended by Serena Hotels general manager Michel......
Whether it is wedding planners, beauty salons, spas, those observing funeral rites or people visiting their loved ones’ graves, Rawalpindi’s Banni Flower Market has served them all.In the narrow......
For Said Ayaz, a trader from Bara, the announcement by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar Mahtab Akhmad Khan on January 4 regarding reopening of Bara Bazaar was both a source of joy and......
Known to be highly conservative, the people of Kohistan have begun to enjoy getting little benefits of the natural resources, water and precious minerals found in abundance in the district.The word......
LAHORE: The Government College University has identified the hostel room where Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal resided between 1895 and 1900.“The cubicle, located at the then boarding house (now Allama......
LAHORE: A woman died under mysterious circumstances in a private girls’ hostel in Wahdat Colony on Saturday.Police said Afzana Rashid, 35, of Mandi Bahauddin, was a student of MSc mathematics at the......
LAHORE: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari visited the residence of slain Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer to participate in the birthday ceremony of Shaheryar Taseer.Accompanied by Bakhtawar and......
FAISALABAD: The University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) administration has stopped Saeed Ajmal from running the cricket academy on its campus.The issue hit the headlines in August 2015 when the......
TOBA TEK SINGH: On the call of the government departments, computer and data entry operators on Saturday staged a protest demonstration against the authorities for not revising their pay......
FAISALABAD: Mr Sher Ali, ex-MNA and former city mayor, has alleged Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah is involved in the recent killing of a police sub-inspector.Earlier, Mr Ali had accused the law......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: The work on project of Cadet College Khanpur has not started despite the passage of almost eight years since its announcement.On Nov 21, 2008, members of provincial and national......
One of the most interesting times spent while researching Lahore has been those spent with the gypsies living on the banks of the River Ravi. They have been there for thousands of years.My view......
KARACHI: The wholesale market of medical supplies at Lucky Star is the biggest place of its kind dealing in all kinds of instruments from a simple stethoscope to blood pressure and blood sugar level......
KARACHI: A meeting of opposition parties and groups in Sindh hosted by Pakistan Muslim League-Functional chief Pir Pagara on Saturday decided to form a ‘grand alliance’ against the Pakistan Peoples......
HYDERABAD: Adviser to the Sindh chief minister on information Maula Bux Chandio has said the federal minister for interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan behaves like a viceroy towards the province.The......
KARACHI: It pains me to know that relatives living on both sides of the Indo-Pakistan border cannot easily meet each other. Authorities should make a resort on no man’s land and allow them to meet.......
KARACHI: Melancholy and blues, in a manner of speaking, are synonyms, denoting a state of affairs that’s enveloped in innate sadness. Renowned artist Dr Syed Ali Wasif puts the two together in a......
RIYADH: Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council, which groups Arab monarchies, expressed their “total support” on Saturday for Saudi Arabia in its diplomatic row with Iran.The GCC......
NEW YORK: Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, the twin sister of Iran’s last shah, died in Monte Carlo on Thursday at the age of 96, her nephew announce on Saturday. She had long suffered from Alzheimer’s......
WASHINGTON: A Muslim woman was kicked out of a Donald Trump presidential campaign rally after staging a silent protest against the Republican frontrunner, who has called for a ban on Muslims entering......
KABUL: Afghan officials have opened a new drug treatment centre in an abandoned Nato military base in Kabul, in the latest attempt to stamp out the country’s massive problem of drug abuse.Afghanistan......
MEXICO CITY: Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was back on Saturday in the prison he escaped from six months ago after marines recaptured him, in part thanks to his desire to make a......
COLOGNE: German Chancellor Angela Merkel backed on Saturday a toughening of expulsion rules for convicted refugees, as protesters took to the streets against a shocking rash of assaults blamed on......
MADRID: Spain’s Princess Cristina, the sister of King Felipe VI, and her husband will go on trial on Monday for corruption in a high stakes case likely to further damage the monarchy’s image.The......
HANOI: Vietnam’s civil aviation authority has accused Beijing of threatening regional air safety by conducting unannounced flights through its airspace to a disputed reef in the South China Sea,......
SYDNEY: Adventurer Tracey Curtis-Taylor on Saturday completed her epic flight from Britain to Australia, landing her vintage, open-cockpit 1942 Boeing Stearman in Sydney.“I need a drink,” she joked......
THE entering into the public domain this month of Adolf Hitler’s autobiography Mein Kampf (My Struggle), first published in 1926, is already rife with bitter debate in a number of countries in......
CARACAS: Venezuela plunged into a confusing political deadlock this week. The opposition took control of the country’s legislature but the government vowed to block its reforms.Here is an analysis of......
WHY does misinformation spread so quickly on the social media? Why doesn’t it get corrected? When the truth is so easy to find, why do people accept falsehoods?A new study focusing on Facebook users......
MUMBAI: India’s Mohammed Shami will have to wait a little longer for his return to international cricket after the fast bowler was sidelined for up to six weeks with a hamstring injury.The......
LONDON: Aston Villa could find no respite from their Premier League woes as they suffered the embarrassment of being held to a 1-1 draw at fourth-tier Wycombe Wanderers in the FA Cup third round on......
ZURICH: FIFA’s ethics panel said on Saturday it had formally given outgoing President Sepp Blatter and European football head Michel Platini the reasons for their eight-year bans from the game,......
BRISBANE: Victoria Azarenka capped a resurgent week with a 6-3, 6-1 win over fourth-seeded Angelique Kerber in the Brisbane International final on Saturday to claim her first title since 2013.While......
PARIS: Brazil defender Maxwell evoked memories of Marco van Basten’s stunning strike at Euro 1988 with a brilliant first-half goal that capped runaway leaders Paris St Germain’s 2-0 victory over......
PERTH: Nick Kyrgios continued his impressive run of form ahead of this month’s Australian Open by powering the host nation to the mixed-team Hopman Cup title against Ukraine on Saturday.Kyrgios and......
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) conjured up solitary goal victories over National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) and Army, respectively on the......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is regaining its share in Afghan transit trade as the flow of commercial containers rose 36 per cent to 49,507 in 2014-15 from 36,274 in the preceding year, official data......
BEIJING: China’s consumer inflation rate crept higher in December, official data showed on Saturday, as the world’s second-largest economy struggles with slower growth.The consumer price index (CPI)......
DR ASIM Hussain is alleged to have confessed to his guilt in something which many would think scarcely blends with other of his confessed misdoings. If a report submitted in court by the National......
KARACHI: Pakistan and China have pledged to make their seas and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) safe from all kinds of threats.At a joint media briefing on the third exercise between the......
MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has decided to “put up strong resistance” against alleged moves by Islamabad to convert Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) into a province before a......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tax Bar Association (PTBA) has expressed concerns over the new taxation package for traders and said that the Voluntary Tax Compliance Scheme (VTCS) should be extended to......
WASHINGTON: The United States will participate in a quadrilateral meeting on Afghanistan in Islamabad on Monday, says an official US announcement.“Obviously, we will participate, and we’re looking......
QUETTA: Chairperson of the Benazir Income Support Programme Marvi Memon has said that a countrywide survey will be conducted this year to register more deserving women so that they may benefit from......
ISLAMABAD: Indian extremist party Shiv Sena attacked on Saturday an ongoing Pak-India exhibition in the Indian city of Dehradun.The Shiv Sena activists stormed the exhibition, closed the doors and......
KABUL: Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States will hold talks in Islamabad on Monday aimed at reviving the Afghan peace process.Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmad Shekib Mostaghni......
WHILE seated at the Sightseeing Lahore bus station at the Punjab Stadium, still referred to as the Gaddafi Stadium by many, one overhears several people vocalising their relief at the sliver of......
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, who is also the deputy prime minister and minister for defence, is arriving here on Sunday for a daylong trip for seeking Pakistan’s......
LAHORE: Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has said that Pakistan will play the role of a mediator between Saudi Arabia and Iran at an “appropriate time”.Speaking to media......
LAHORE: An accountability court has extended for two days the physical remand of the prime accused in the Rs16 billion DHA City (Lahore) land scam.The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) produced......
AFTER an initially ‘mature’ response to the attack on the Pathankot air force base, the Indian government has reverted to its familiar stance and made the foreign secretary talks contingent on......
RIGHT. The bright side first. At least nobody’s pretending this didn’t originate in Pakistan. It’s all about actionable intelligence and resolve and whatnot. But it isn’t about denial.That’s a kind......
SURVEY Pakistani television news channels, and one still routinely hears omnipotence and omniscience ascribed to the United States. In the background, we are told, there are powerful American......
PEMRA’s intervention on behalf of the government to warn news channels from airing content or debating the recent Saudi-Iran tensions in a manner that could allegedly harm diplomatic relations with......
KARACHI: Pakistan cricket team's departure for their New Zealand tour late Saturday night was hit by a one-match ban on batsman Umar Akmal, punished for violating the dress code in a domestic match......
