BARCELONA: Rafael Nadal equalled Argentine legend Guillermo Vilas's record of 49 clay-court titles with his ninth Barcelona Open after overcoming defending champion Kei Nishikori 6-4, 7-5 on......
KARACHI: Former Karachi mayor Mustafa Kamal said on Sunday that army operations alone will not solve the multiple problems facing the country.Kamal was addressing crowds at Pak Sarzameen Party's......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, addressing a large crowd at Islamabad's F9 park, announced the start of an anti-corruption movement in Sindh from April 26, and a rally......
TULKARM: Israel freed 12-year-old Palestinian Dima al-Wawi from prison on Sunday, more than two months after jailing her for an attempted stabbing attack.Wawi was handed over to Palestinian......
SWAT: Police has arrested a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) district councillor in connection with PTI lawmaker Sardar Soran Singh's murder on Sunday.The suspect, Baldev Kumar, was arrested from......
QUETTA: Over 1.3 million children below the age of five will be vaccinated against the polio virus during a three-day anti-polio campaign in Balochistan starting Monday.Emergency Operation Centre......
ANKARA: A Dutch journalist was arrested early Sunday at her home in Turkey for tweets deemed critical of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to her Twitter account.“Police at the door.......
NEW DELHI: Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen will miss the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season due to a calf injury, the flamboyant stroke-maker has said.The 35-year-old faced......
DHAKA: Bangladesh police arrested a university student Sunday over the gruesome murder of a professor one day earlier, a senior officer said, the latest such killing claimed by the Islamic State......
RIYADH: The king of Saudi Arabia has sacked the country's water and electricity minister, Abdullah al-Hussayen, amid public anger over price hikes, state media reported.King Salman issued a decree on......
BARCELONA: Top two seeds Rafael Nadal and Kei Nishikori will face each other in the final of the Barcelona Open on Sunday after comfortably easing past Philipp Kohlschreiber and Benoit Paire......
Suicide attacks targeting security forces in two Baghdad suburbs have killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens, officials said Sunday.A suicide car bomb struck a checkpoint in the eastern suburb......
NEW YORK: North Korea is ready to halt its nuclear tests if the United States (US) suspends its annual military exercises with South Korea, the North Korean foreign minister told The Associated Press......
At the end of the three days of the Islamabad Literature Festival (ILF) I cannot begin to guess how many out of the originally scheduled 58 sessions took place, and how many out of the 164 expected......
Saif Mahmood is a literary personality, whose love for Urdu poetry is — in his own words — in his “blood and DNA”. He is also a translator, lawyer, activist and commentator and is based in New......
Qaisra Shahraz is a British-Pakistani novelist and screenwriter. She was born in Pakistan and moved to the UK when she was nine. She has lived in Manchester ever since. Her novels, The Holy Woman and......
For many people, particularly those who aren’t enthusiasts, literature is little more than a subject studied in school, or classes taken in college. It becomes synonymous with mainstream classics,......
The year: 1998. The place: Raiwind Palace. The occasion: a primer on the Sharifs’ wealth and philanthropy. The audience: Islamabad and Lahore media. The mood: nouveau riche.On a July day when the......
What happened in the past cannot be altered. But the past can be viewed from political, social and ideological perspectives so that historical events and personalities appear in varied shades. This......
The Second ARY Film Awards were held in Dubai where Pakistani film and TV stars were seen in full attendance, and all the films released last year (except Momina Duraid Productions’ Bin Roye) were......
Many of us grew up with The Jungle Book. Throughout the late ’80s, we watched Walt Disney’s 1967 animated film religiously. Everything, from Mowgli’s mannerisms, to the jovial Baloo’s songs and his......
Thespianz Theatre, in a celebration of its 10 years, presented the English comedy play Marriage Carriage at the PACC recently. The play revolves around a family comprising a father Mr Chowdry and his......
Stand-up comedy is a tough nut to crack; it all comes down to basic instinct and timing. Although Pakistan has produced renowned comedians over the years, social media has transformed the dynamics of......
What makes The Good, the Bad and the Ugly such a classic? A look back at what makes this film still worth watching 50 years after it was madeIn the mid-1960s, the declining genre of the Western was......
The Bard of Avon has become playwright to the worldNo dramatist in history has wielded such influence. Shakespeare’s words and stories are returned to again and again and have earned him the title of......
“Keep this immunisation card safe and remember to take it to the health facility on your next visit. In all you will have to make six visits to the health facility and your child will be protected......
“Let me grab a power nap,” I plead to my elder daughter. She knows that I’m exhausted after a gruelling morning and stressful afternoon, and that I will be back to my hyper, energetic self 20-odd......
In recent times, criminals posing as representatives of different utilities or services have robbed people’s homes. With the number of services providers that exist these days it’s highly unlikely......
Shaped like a boomerang, our liver hunts nutrients for the body, acts as a gatekeeper, works hard to process whatever you eat, acts like a filter to cleanse whatever goes in, and assists with......
Shiny, beautiful and flawless skin is the dream of every woman (and most men), but it’s difficult to achieve this as skin is the most sensitive part of the human body. In our part of the world, it......
A single two-minute video on Facebook — and suddenly my whole childhood was revealed to be a lie. The orangey-yellow, individually wrapped slices of processed cheese refused to melt when exposed to a......
Salam Auntie, I have been reading your column since I was 11 or 12 years old, but never thought that I would write to you until now. I wanted an unbiased opinion on something really important in my......
Unlike bold, emphatic shows that impact instantly, the seven-artist exhibition, Personal / Universal, at Hinterland Galerie, Vienna, exudes a quiet, penetrating presence that compels inquiry. Among......
Pablo Picasso was the most dominant artist of the first half of the 20th century, who, in conjunction with Georges Braque, is known as one of the founders of Cubism, though he used many art styles......
The trending desire of contemporary artists to push the boundaries of modern miniature painting continues to expand the genre by adding newer concepts, depictions and physical ingredients. On a......
In this city (read Karachi) of innumerable dangers, an overriding concern for security has significantly reshaped society; at the same time, it has affected people’s psychology, politics and design.......
Her start was very different from what she had imagined for herself. She ended up in fourth place! This was in 2013 when Tushna Patel made her rally racing debut, becoming the first woman in Pakistan......
The recent performance of the national hockey team is yet another indicator of how wrong things can go when ‘neglect’ becomes a key word in the equation. All it takes is a blanket disregard for merit......
Pop star sensation Shahzad Roy will soon be releasing the music video of his second song of this year!For the uninitiated, it’s called Jind Jaan and features the uber-sexy Iman Ali and Shahzad R as......
My o my, talk about a relationship getting sourer than unripe grapes! Everyone knows that Ranbir Kapoor and the cattilicious gal Katrina Kaif are no more an item. Their breakup is recent and can’t be......
Mah-i-Mir has been tipped as a movie with a great deal of intellectual content. Why? Because at the heart of its story is the master Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir.The cast of the film, which is slated to be......
How can internationally renowned actors be such mega goofballs! During the recently concluded tour of Prince William and his gorgeous wife Kate Middleton to India, they interacted with quite a few......
Trust these media men. They have this uncanny ability of making a mountain out of a molehill. The Indian media is abuzz with the rumour, for reasons best known to them, that actor Kunal Kemmu and his......
There you go. It creates a bit of a filial tussle when a single family is full of actors and their films are about to release on the same date. Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan’s latest offering Sarabji is to......
Shah Rukh Khan has learnt his lesson, or so it seems. He was the first actor who invited the ire of Hindu fundamentalist groups when he commented on the wave of intolerance in India, while giving an......
The resurgent Pakistani film industry needs all the support it can get. It is in this regard that Cinepax Cinemas’ announcement that it is all set to launch its new initiative called the Pakistan......
We see him on television as the leading man in dramas and now films, as well as dancing his heart out at awards functions and shows. But there is a another, more secret side to the actor that we were......
THE murder of PTI lawmaker Sardar Soran Singh in Buner on Friday highlights, once again, the dangers faced by members of minority communities in Pakistan, even those supposedly in positions of power.......
AFTER a second spate of conflict a few months ago, Pakistan’s political leaders announced they had reached a consensus over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). It was a great relief for......
WHY pretend? They both know what they’re doing. Raheel and Nawaz. One’s gone emotional, the other sanctimonious and preachy. But they’re both defending turf and it makes sense — for them.For the rest......
MEHBOOBA Mufti has been the chief minister of India-held Jammu and Kashmir for less than a month, but finds herself caught up in a strange predicament. Public outrage over the killing of six......
SEVEN policemen were killed, allegedly by ‘anti-vaccine militants’, in Karachi on Wednesday. The vaccination team was attacked in Orangi Town, where much of the population is Pakhtun.Data released by......
PESHAWAR: The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) have shown marked improvement in polio eradication initiative thanks to support of security forces, local administrations, launch of IPV......
PESHAWAR: Condemning the murder of PTI MPA Sardar Soran Singh, the representatives of religious minorities on Saturday complained the killers of many non-Muslim leaders in the country went unpunished......
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Paediatrics Association (PPA), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter, is concerned over the outbreak of measles due to what it calls pathetically low coverage of routine immunisation in......
ISLAMABAD: Except for Senator Talha Mehmood of the JUI-F, none of the members of the upper house belonging to religious parties, including Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq, owns a car or have......
British High Commissioner Thomas Drew hosted a large reception at their residence to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday, and the 64th anniversary of her ascension to the throne and the head......
ISLAMABAD: A three day music festival at the Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) culminated in a performance by international and national stars, folk musicians and classical singers on......
Before the sun rises, Ustad Javed goes to the roof of his house in Ratta Amral, to feed his pigeons, clean out their cages and let them out to fly. The 40-year-old pigeon keeper, who lives in......
This year, 60-year-old Nazeer Ahmed, who owns a small farm in Chakwal, produced 35 maunds of mustard from his farm which measures three and a half acres.“I was very happy about the yield, but when I......
LAHORE: Though awaiting the Lahore High Court (LHC) verdict on two amendments to the local government law made after the announcement of the local elections schedule, authorities in Punjab feel......
LAHORE: Workers and engineers of Wapda should join hands to serve consumers in the true sense while taking measures to stop power theft in order to put to stop the proposed privatisation of their......
CHINIOT: The district police officer (DPO) has posted a proclaimed offender inspector as station house officer of the same police station where a murder case was registered against him (PO).DPO Abdul......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: The local Computerised Land Record Centre (LRC) not only lacks the capacity to cater to the large number of people visiting it for getting various documents, but also fails to provide......
The death of four bodybuilders, three in Gujranwala and one in Sialkot this month, has shocked the people, forcing the Sports Board Punjab (SBP) to take effective measures to end the trend of using......
KARACHI: The Creative Karachi Festival (CKF), conceived by Sabeen Mahmud to celebrate the talent and spirit of Karachi’s creative community, returned to the city for its second offering at the......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah decided on Saturday to raise the amount of compensation for police Shuhada from Rs2 million to Rs6 million.“No amount of cash can compensate for life.......
KARACHI: Historian Gul Hasan Kalamati gave the people of Karachi a lot to think about on Saturday evening when he said that water and electricity meant for Karachi were being redirected to Bahria......
KARACHI: As the Muttahida Qaumi Movement staged a protest sit-in at the Karachi Press Club on Friday and alleged that its leaders and workers were getting threats from certain quarters to join the......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, on Saturday claimed to have detained seven ‘swindlers’ who posed themselves as senior officials of different law enforcement agencies and the judiciary and......
KARACHI: More than 800 policemen face dismissal from service as an inquiry committee has found that they were ‘illegally’ appointed and former provincial police chief had played a ‘criminal role’ in......
KARACHI: The heatwave that struck the city on Friday compelled many citizens to remain indoors on Saturday when the temperature rose to 40 degrees Celsius, while around a dozen people, including......
KARACHI: Language is a strange medium of communication. It can console us even when we do not want to be consoled. One of the sentences often used to describe a person who is no longer with us in a......
SUKKUR: Several major decisions pertaining to agriculture sector were taken at a meeting presided over by Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah at the Sukkur......
HYDERABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party senator Dr Abdul Qayyoom Soomro has said if and when PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari raises the demand for the prime minister to step down, he will have no other......
KARACHI: There is a market in the city that caters solely for men. If there are any women there, they are there to shop for their fathers, brothers, husbands or sons.We are at Saddar Cooperative......
NIZIP: German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited a refugee camp on the Turkish-Syrian border on Saturday, kicking off a high-stakes visit aimed at boosting a month-old migrant deal plagued by moral and......
CHANHASSEN: There was no evidence of trauma on Prince’s body when he was found unresponsive in an elevator at his huge compound or any indication the late music icon committed suicide, US authorities......
KHARTOUM: Sudan said on Saturday almost 98 per cent of voters favoured maintaining war-torn Darfur as five states in a referendum that faced international criticism and an opposition boycott.The......
THE HAGUE: Would you like a drone with your cocktail? The world’s first cafe using the tiny domestic unmanned aircraft as servers has opened in a Dutch university.The pop-up drone cafe will be......
ALEPPO: At least 30 civilians were killed on Saturday in regime and rebel bombardment of areas across Syria, threatening an eight-week-old truce at a time when peace talks are stalled in Geneva.The......
CAIRO: An Egyptian court postponed on Saturday its verdict and sentence in the trial of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, who is charged with spying for Qatar.The head judge of the criminal......
OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN: A solar-powered airplane on an around-the-world journey had travelled 80 per cent of the way from Hawaii to California by Saturday morning.The project’s website says the Solar......
SENIOR Nepal journalist Kanak Mani Dixit, who is also the chairman of Kathmandu’s public transportation bus system Sajha Yatayat, has been taken into custody by the Commission for Investigation of......
MADRID: The head of a Spanish anti-corruption group that championed several high-profile cases over the past two decades, including one against Princess Cristina, now finds himself under......
PANAMA CITY: Panamanian investigators on Friday raided a property used by Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of a massive leak of offshore financial data, removing bags full of shredded......
SEOUL: North Korea on Saturday tested what appeared to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile in the Sea of Japan, the South Korean defence ministry said, with the US and UK strongly condemning......
LONDON: Teenager Kelechi Iheanacho scored twice as Manchester City tuned up for their Champions League semi-final with Real Madrid by sinking Stoke City 4-0 in the Premier League on......
LONDON: Liverpool sidelined France international defender Mamadou Sakho on Saturday pending the result of a doping investigation that could rule him out of the European Championship in June.France’s......
NEW DELHI: Former India Test opener and cricket commentator Arun Lal is recovering after undergoing treatment for a “rare and dangerous” jaw cancer.The cancer was detected in January this year after......
PUNE: Royal Challengers Bangalore maintained their clean slate in Pune with an impressive 13-run victory over hosts Rising Pune Supergiants in the IPL at the MCA Stadium here on Friday night.Boosted......
SYDNEY: Big-hitting batsman Chris Gayle could return to Australia’s T20 league, with Cricket Australia saying the West Indian had not been blacklisted over a sexism scandal, reports said on......
LAHORE: While welcoming the induction of ex-Test captain Inzamam-ul-Haq as chief selector, former batsman Salim Malik demanded that only cricketers be made head of the Pakistan Cricket Board to take......
PARIS: Hatem Ben Arfa once again inspired Nice as they beat Reims 2-0 on Friday to stay right in the running for Champions League qualification from Ligue 1.Ben Arfa set up Valere Germain for an......
KUALA LUMPUR: Squash legend Nicol David defends her world title on Malaysian home soil beginning on Monday, but this time in the unfamiliar position of underdog.The eight-time world champion......
BARCELONA: Rafael Nadal admitted he is controlling the nerves that clouded his 2015 season better after seeing off a second set fightback from Fabio Fognini to reach the Barcelona Open semi-finals......
LONDON: Andy Murray has hinted he might opt not to play for Davis Cup holders Great Britain in their quarter-final in Serbia later this year after it was announced the tie will take place on......
KARACHI: Returning paceman Rahat Ali starred with a four-wicket haul as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa sealed a much-needed first win in the Cool & Cool presents Haier Pakistan Cup one-day tournament when they......
NAIROBI: Kenya’s president signed a law on Friday that criminalizes doping and threatens drug cheats with prison sentences.In a move aimed at helping the country avoid sanctions from the World......
KARACHI: Wholesale prices of pulses have risen by Rs20-30 a kilogram as hoarders and middlemen are reportedly manipulating the market ahead of Ramazan.Gram pulse, which was selling for Rs94 per kg in......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports to the European Union declined by 11.77 per cent to $6.67 billion in 2015 from $7.56bn a year ago, indicating that the Generalised System of Preferential Plus (GSP+)......
BERLIN: When US President Barack Obama opens the world’s largest industrial fair in the northern German city of Hannover on Sunday, he’ll be leading a delegation of American companies hoping to......
KARACHI: Strong demand kept cotton prices on the higher side on Saturday amid short supply. The long spell before arrivals of next cotton crop is keeping spinners on their toes and they are striving......
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan is strengthening its institutional structures to step up action to stave off the most drastic effects of climate change, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told the......
ISLAMABAD: Pilgrims will pay between Rs10,290 and Rs11,190 for infants accompanying them during Haj this year under the government scheme.According to sources in the Ministry of Religious Affairs and......
ISLAMABAD: None of the eight independent senators, despite being tribal leaders who have a tradition of possessing multiple licensed weapons for themselves or their bodyguards, have declared owning......
KARACHI: Just a day after rejecting the prime minister’s proposed mechanism for a judicial inquiry into the Panama Papers allegations, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari accused Nawaz Sharif on......
HAD William Shakespeare visited London yesterday, he would have been confused and amused to see the crowd of tourists gathering at the new Globe Theatre on the south bank of the Thames, snapping......
QUETTA: Mir Ghulam Hussain Sarpara, a central leader of the National Party and former nazim of Mastung, was shot dead on Saturday.According to Levies officials, Mir Sarpara was visiting his......
GHALANAI: A major and a havaldar were injured when a mortar shell fired from across the Afghan border hit their checkpost in Baizai tehsil of Mohmand tribal region on Saturday.Sources said that at......
PESHAWAR: As the last rites of Sardar Soran Singh, a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet, were performed in Buner district on Saturday, the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed......
ISLAMABAD: After a week of frantic efforts by the government to constitute a body that will investigate allegations thrown up by the Panama Papers leak, it appears that the judicial commission may......
WASHINGTON: The US State Department has publicly acknowledged that after last week’s massive car bombing in Kabul it asked Pakistan to take concrete action against the Haqqani network.The Taliban......
