Most, if not all, of the time we really don’t pay attention to outbound e-mails. We safely assume that our recipient will open our e-mail, read it till the end, understand everything and figure out......
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office confirmed on Sunday that the Pakistani leadership had been informed about the United States (US) drone strike in the country, against the Afghan Taliban chief Mullah......
SWAT: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Sunday said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif should know that education, not motorways reform nations.At a rally in Swat district of Khyber......
NEW DELHI: Lamborghini rolled out its new $580,000 supercar onto the streets of India this month, but local millionaires tempted to buy the flashy convertible could hit a bump in the road thanks to......
ISLAMABAD: Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansour's brief rule, which ended Friday with his death in a drone strike, was one dominated by mistrust and strife.When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan between 1996......
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is in the process to rope in former New Zealand Captain Brendon McCullum and former Aussie pacer Mitchell Johnson for the second edition of the Pakistan Super League......
NAYPYITAW/KABUL/ISLAMABAD: Afghan government Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah confirmed on Sunday that Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a United States (US) drone strike in......
LONDON: Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal left the squad's hotel on Sunday saying "it's over" amid reports he was about to be replaced by Jose Mourinho.The Dutch boss was greeted by waiting......
MUMBAI: Lawmaker Anurag Thakur was elected on Sunday as the youngest-ever head of India's embattled cricket board, charged with reforming one of the most powerful organisations in world sport.The......
QUETTA: Two charred bodies and the remains of a car were found on Sunday in Balochistan's Noshki district near the border with Afghanistan.The bodies, which were transferred to the Civil Hospital......
Capturing the rhythm and pulse of Sadequain’s art is not for the faint-hearted, not just because of its intensity and magnitude, but also because of the complex cultural strains running through it.......
Urdu Dramay kay Numainda Nisaae Kirdar: Tehqeeq, Taqabul, aur TajziaBy Shumaila HussainThis book is a corpus of stage, radio, and television dramas. A writer is chosen for each category, to express......
Q. I planted three almond trees at our house in Quetta but the problem is that in summer the leaves begin to look like they have been roughly squeezed. This enigma goes on until autumn and the......
“Why doesn’t my work get done?”“How could I miss such an important deadline?”“Why is everything such a mess?”“Where did the time go?”These, and similar such thoughts keep crossing your mind. But if......
Mirza Ghalib a legendry Urdu poet of the 18th century was very fond of mangoes. His famous quote about the fruit was that the mangoes should be sweet and plentiful. Once he was enjoying the fruit......
Our strenuous lifestyles do not allow enough flexibility or quality time for ourselves. With life moving at such a rapid pace, increasing work load at your job can cause mental fatigue / tiredness,......
On the one hand there is Pakistan’s film industry in need for revival; on the other there are films that dance to a different tune. On paper, director Khalid Hasan Khan’s Hotal would have seemed a......
Contrary to what a lot of people think, not all actors are devoid of a conscience. There are some who are very conscientious and Nawazuddin Siddiqui is one of them.Ever since he has become famous (by......
Boy o boy! Should Varun Dhawan be worried or happy about it? Salman Khan is role model for many a young actor. But some believe that in certain (not easily describable) ways he has set examples which......
Our very own film star Meeraji was in Karachi to promote her latest release Hotal directed by Khalid Hasan Khan. Speaking to a group of journalists she said the film would introduce a new chapter to......
Those of you who are fans of Meesha Shafi’s vocal chops, here’s something that will bring a smile to your faces. This month she is touring the United States of America to do a series of gigs.She will......
Last week, we were relieved and happy to know that Ali Haider Gilani, the son of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yousuf Raza Gilani, had been recovered from his abductors in Afghanistan.But......
Hot summer days call for cool, crunchy salads that are quick and simple. Anything goes when it comes to making a salad: cucumber, tomato, carrot, green pepper, lettuce and onion are the usual......
As an ardent fan of cricket during my school and college days, I was a frequent visitor to the Bagh-e-Jinnah ground in Lahore. That was the ground in the 1950s where all the cricket leagues and Test......
Face not only adds sentimental and aesthetic value to life but also presents the best that an individual possesses in his personality. Dreamy, romantic, naughty eyes, charismatic smile, and rosy......
An exhibition of artworks, titled Fractured Images by Sayeda M. Habib, mounted at the Canvas Gallery, Karachi, introduced the audience to numerous and diverse ancient and modern art traditions —......
Sara*, a mother of a three-year-old, would often give her son an iPad to use but didn’t realise how much it was affecting his mood. “I noticed that my son was becoming extremely fidgety, moody and......
When Farah* was arrested on charges of kidnapping, she brought her five-year-old daughter with her to prison. Her son, who she had left behind at home, went into a severe depression and soon died. “I......
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan considers Karachi an important venue for his performances, and he makes it a point to perform in the city frequently. On his visit to the city last week, he got in touch with......
I suppose a better name for the film would have been Captain America: Civil Brawl, for it isn’t much of a war after all.The film starts a year after the events of the second Avengers film, Age of......
Fan, which was supposed to resuscitate the acting career of Shah Rukh Khan, after he received whole lot of criticism for some of his previous films like Happy New Year, Dilwale etc, got accolades......
Our friend Balaach was keen to introduce us to the mysterious, unexplored Balochistan: “Come with me to see my home. I’ll take you to beautiful Ziarat, if you come sometime between November and......
A government initiative might soon mean that students in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s public schools don’t have to study in the stifling heat without electricityLocated 16km from the city of Peshawar and......
We are often defined by our work; indeed the work we chose to do is often an extension of our personalities and our roots, but often it’s merely an accident of chance and circumstance. Regardless,......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Environmental Protection Agency has planned to ban the production, sale and use of non-degradable plastic products in the province for being a major cause of......
ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has extended for three months the international travel restriction on Pakistan for its failure to eradicate the poliovirus.Moreover, for the first time,......
ISLAMABAD: A local court on Saturday declared former president Pervez Musharraf a proclaimed offender (PO) in the murder case of a cleric.This is the second case in the current month in which the......
ISLAMABAD: The heat index of Rawalpindi and Islamabad hit 45 degrees Celsius on Saturday with the Met Office warning that the situation could worsen by noon on Sunday.Mercury levels rose to 43......
ISLAMABAD: Students of the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (Szabist) performed at the National Art Gallery on Saturday, as part of the week-long Youth Drama......
Norwegian national day celebratedWhen Ambassador Tore Nedrebø welcomed guests at his residence on the Norwegian National Day on May 17, he underlined that it was a garden party, not a formal......
ISLAMABAD: Imparting a message about peace and tolerance, Theatre Wallay put on a performance of Deewar Keh Uss Paar, an adaptation of Dr Seuss’s ‘The Butter Battle’ at Go Organic on Friday.Produced......
MANDI BAHAUDDIN: Chak 44 is calm after an incident a month ago threatened to break its tranquility in Malakwal tehsil of Mandi Bahauddin. There are a few signs here and there that some fears may......
LAHORE: The issues pertaining to displacement and compensation stemming from the Orange Line Metro Train never refuses to go away.“I want a house for my house snatched for the metro train project,”......
LAHORE: Two Chinese companies have offered their help to the Pakistan Railways (PR) to upgrade tracks and develop other infrastructure.The offer was extended in a meeting of two delegations......
LAHORE: The country might suffer up to 20 per cent loss to mango crop because of cooler March, which hit fruit setting, and dusty winds during the same month that led to fruit shedding in Sindh and......
BAHAWALPUR: The blazing sun is taking its toll on the dwellers of Cholistan who, along with their cattle, are moving out to habitable areas nearby.The people of Cholistan normally reside in their......
KARACHI: Urdu literary magazine Qaumi Zaban’s edition dedicated to the late poet and scholar Jamiluddin Aali was launched at the Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu office on Saturday.Speaking on the occasion, Dr......
KARACHI: Shakeel Ahmed, one of the two policemen killed in the line of duty in Azizabad, has left behind a widow, who is fighting cancer, and seven daughters and a son to mourn his death, a nephew of......
KARACHI: The administrative judge of the antiterrorism courts remanded on Saturday a suspect in police custody in a case pertaining to the murder of renowned philanthropist Perween Rahman till May......
KARACHI: Two traffic police constables were shot dead at Ayesha Manzil in the Azizabad area on Saturday afternoon in a targeted attack whose responsibility was claimed hours later by the outlawed......
CHITTAGONG: Cyclone Roanu battered the coast of southern Bangladesh on Saturday, forcing half a million people to flee their homes and leaving 20 people dead in floods and rain-triggered......
COLOMBO: Another landslide was reported from the Aranayake area on Saturday in the Kegalle district in the aftermath of massive rescue and relief operations, to deal with the two major landslides......
NEW DELHI: In a rare appeal to India’s Muslim minority, the militant Islamic State group says it is planning to avenge the deaths of Muslims killed in riots in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s......
A solar-powered aircraft embarked on Saturday on the latest leg of an around-the-world journey designed to showcase what clean energy can do, taking off from Tulsa, Oklahoma for Dayton, Ohio, the......
BAGHDAD: At least four anti-government protesters were killed and 90 injured when security forces ejected them from Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, hospital sources said on Saturday.Iraqi......
PARIS: France’s aviation safety agency said on Saturday that the EgyptAir A320 that crashed into the eastern Mediterranean with 66 people on board had transmitted automatic messages indicating smoke......
WASHINGTON: A man shot outside the White House was attempting suicide by walking up to security personnel with a gun, police said on Saturday.On Friday afternoon, a US Secret Service officer shot and......
PARIS: Explosives in the form of paper or concealed in a medicine-sized bottle and looking like salt. Tiny electric detonators. Security agents at the main airport in Paris are trained to detect all......
KARACHI: The opening ceremony for the 23rd National Shooting Championship was held at Pakistan Navy Shooting Range, Karsaz here on Saturday.Air Vice Marshal Salman Ahsan Bukhari, Air Officer......
ISLAMABAD: Davis Cupper Aqeel Khan on Saturday lived up to expectations by convincingly winning the men’s singles title of the Hascol National Ranking Tennis Championships at the Pakistan Tennis......
MADRID: Important titles secured, Barcelona and Sevilla aim to sweeten already successful seasons in the Copa del Rey final on Sunday.Barca are defending their domestic cup trophy at Vicente Calderon......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio de Janeiro Olympics organisers say 67 per cent of available tickets have been sold.Ticket director Donovan Ferretti also unveiled the ticket designs on Friday, saying new......
LONDON: Swedish swimmer Sarah Sjostroem raced to her third gold medal of the European Aquatics Championships on Friday with a 100 metres butterfly that only she has swum faster.The 22-year-old world......
PARIS: Once again, Novak Djokovic heads to the French Open knowing full well that a title at Roland Garros will complete a career Grand Slam, something only seven other men have done.He’s already......
KARACHI: After his brilliant all-round performance that helped Pakistan ‘A’ win the one-day series against England Lions in Dubai earlier this year, Fakhar Zaman dreams of representing the senior......
LEEDS: England routed Sri Lanka by an innings and 88 runs on the third day of the first Test at Headingley on Saturday with fast bowler James Anderson taking 10 wickets in the match.Sri Lanka,......
KARACHI: Energy-starved Pakistan, where sunlight is available for up to 10 hours for a better part of the year, particularly in Sindh, Balochistan and southern Punjab, can benefit immensely from......
ISLAMABAD: The country’s wheat output is set to miss the target of 26 million tonnes during the current Rabi season, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) Chief Statistician Asif Bajwa said on......
KARACHI: The Sindh government earned Rs111.85 million from luxury tax on high-powered vehicles during July-April 2016 as compared to Rs99.12 million in the same period last year.The luxury tax is......
KARACHI: Russia is the largest country in the world by area and the 10th largest in terms of gross domestic product. But Pakistan’s bilateral trade with such a major regional economy has been minimal......
KARACHI: The Karachi port handled more than 41 million tonnes of cargo during the first 10 months (July to April) of this fiscal year, reflecting a year-on-year rise of 14 per cent, official figures......
TORONTO: This is the reporting season at the Energy Information Agency (EIA) in Washington. Adam Sieminski and his team with Linda Doman and colleagues taking the lead are attempting to unravel the......
SENDAI: G7 finance ministers on Saturday voiced concern about the sputtering global economy as they looked for a plan to stoke growth, while a currency policy clash overshadowed their meetings.The......
KARACHI: The falling cotton prices attracted some buying from needy spinners who readily picked lots of their choice. However, trading volume could not increase due to short supply of quality......
IT’s clear from the dirt floor, the battered green sofa and the common-use comb hanging from a string next to the door that this is no ordinary bank. Customers here, in a poor corner of eastern......
HUMAN rights organisations and even some former US military commanders argue that drone strikes inadvertently increase terrorism by exerting a “blowback” effect. Their logic is simple. Drone strikes......
GILGIT: The central leadership of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has called upon the government to declare Gilgit-Baltistan a constitutional province of the country and threatened that construction......
AS darkness settled over the Swat Valley, Mehmood* with other children would huddle around his grandmother, called Abai in Pashto, to listen to fairy tales about the bravery of princes and of evil......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan on Saturday slashed the policy interest rate by 25 basis points to a 40-year low — from six per cent to 5.75pc — in view of its assessment that inflation would......
ON Monday, leaders from governments, international agencies, the private sector and civil society will gather at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, to address some of the most critical......
DELAYING mayoral elections on court orders may be a passing hurdle facing the installation of local government (LG) in Sindh. However, there are plenty of other issues that need to be addressed in......
HE’S gone. No, he’ll survive. He’ll definitely go. Maybe he’ll survive. He can’t survive. Maybe he’ll go. Gone, safe. In, out.Everyone’s got an opinion on Nawaz.And why not? It’s the only show in......
MANY look upon militants as irrational creatures, criminals, or a mere bunch of thugs. The story of Ali Haider Gilani, however, offers a different perspective. In his three years of internment by Al......
SYDNEY: Families of victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine in 2014, are suing President Vladimir Putin and Russia for Aus$10 million each in the European Court of......
DOHA: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon urged regional and international powers to push Syrian warring parties to engage in talks on a political transition to end their country's “nightmare”.“United......
