WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign — already scrambling to recover from her gaffe about Donald Trump's supporters — was dealt another headache Sunday when the Democratic nominee left......
KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers Sindh on Sunday claimed to have busted a gang of alleged extortionists by arresting four suspects in Liaquatabad area of the metropolis as they were extracting bhatta from a......
MOUNT ARAFAT: The Haj reached its high point on Sunday when Muslims from across the world converged on a hill in Saudi Arabia, a year after the worst tragedy in the pilgrimage's history.More than 1.8......
PESHAWAR: Gunmen on a motorbike shot dead a senior member of the polio eradication campaign in Peshawar, police said on Sunday, in the latest attack on immunisation teams.Attempts to eradicate polio......
TEHRAN: Iran's semi-official Fars news agency says the Revolutionary Guard has killed four militants near the shared border with Pakistan.The Sunday report says the Guard clashed with a nine-member......
KARACHI: Following the successes of I AM Karachi and Fix It campaigns, a Karachiite has come up with a unique way of nudging authorities towards the omnipresence garbage and filth in the metropolis.A......
SRINAGAR: A police officer and four militants were killed in separate incidents Sunday in India-held Kashmir as hundreds of residents clashed with security forces in the region hit by weeks of deadly......
SRINAGAR: Before the crack of dawn and before the protesters hit the streets to resume demands that India leave Kashmir, he dressed like an ordinary man and made sure not to carry anything......
KARACHI: Former cricket legend Wasim Akram thinks Azhar Ali should be given some more time as ODI captain and that a change in leadership in the national cricket team would be premature.Speaking to......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) cautioned passengers against carrying the newly-released Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on Sunday after reports that faulty batteries in the new smartphone......
Quetta: "My father has gone to Karachi and is bringing dolls for me."Every night five-year-old Malaika waits for her father Mehmood Khan to come home from work before she finally falls asleep. She......
The art legacy of the subcontinent, courtesy museum holdings, public/private collections and lavish publications enjoys high visibility, but there is scant text illuminating the lives of the artists......
My trip to Lahore in November 2015 for the Faiz Peace Festival gave me the opportunity to meet several younger Urdu writers and poets. I brought their books back with me and have spent many hours of......
Breaking new ground in Russian war literature, the book under review brings to light hundreds of newly discovered Anne Franks, whose diaries give us a disturbing account of the horrors of wartime......
The Nairobi-born author Manesh Rao’s first novel The Smoke is Rising offered multiple points of view on a rapidly developing urban location: Rao’s adoptive home of Mysore. One Point Two Billion, his......
Asking a question like Who Rules the World? is as complex as answering it is ambitious — nevertheless, this is the title of Noam Chomsky’s latest book. Chomsky is one of those few intellectuals in......
I head out to see about the Jaffar Express, (not the one I missed but the next one) which should be in Multan today on its way to Quetta. I take a raksha to Multan train station, which is easily......
In the very first chapter of his memoir, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between Hisham Matar writes:“We know that my father was in Abu Salim [prison] at least from March 1990 to April......
The rain lashed on the car window giving the green fields across the road a smudged water-colour still-life effect; its soft pattering was soothing and I sat back comfortably with my thoughts mostly......
My friend, Sana*, has a turbulent relationship with her boss: a powerful and competitive business woman, who micromanages her and keeps her busy with trivial tasks using a condescending tone. While......
There they were, lying flat across the edge of the sofa armrest, waiting in anticipation to be picked up and sent to the dry cleaners’ for a steam press. Their delicate, heavily embroidered hems......
In our part of the world, weddings are the most celebrated occasions, not only in the lives of the prospective bride and groom, but also the immediate family, the not-so-immediate family and the......
Maghaz masalaIngredientsMaghaz (brain) 2 (goat) Turmeric powder ½ tsp Ginger/garlic paste 1 tsp Lemon juice 2 tbs Onions, finely chopped 1 cup Tomatoes, finely chopped ½ cup Green......
Assalam alaikum Auntie, The issue is that my tayaa jee asked for my sister’s hand for his son. My father agreed and soon my sister and cousin were engaged, but after the engagement things got messy......
Q. After studying the subject carefully I have come to the conclusion that compost, both homemade and that available in the market, be it imported or locally manufactured, cannot be regarded as 100......
A forerunner of the spoken language, drawing has been one of the earliest means of expression, and is considered a visual choreography of our imagination.Cognizant of the power of visual expression,......
The Belgian artist Rene Magritte was an internationally acclaimed surrealist. He was born in 1898 to a wealthy father but had a traumatic childhood as his mother committed suicide, which was very......
Bani Abidi’s latest work is like a step back 100 years into history, reliving the horrors of the World War I in the most poignant fashion. It is a sound piece that is part of the Edinburgh Art......
“I didn’t plan to go that high,” says paragliding pilot Antoine Girard about the record he recently set flying in big mountain. “The day I crossed the Baltoro Glacier, I felt it was feasible so I......
Sad is the word that comes to mind. Shamima Ara was, still is and will remain one of the finest actresses that Pakistan has produced. It was expected that after her death last month in London,......
There you go: one more of our gals have gone to Bollywood. This time, it’s Sajal Ali, the svelte actress who has quite a few impressive performances in television plays to her credit. She is working......
The film with a cute sounding name, Dobara Phir Se, directed by Mehreen Jabbar, will be released on Nov 25. I’m looking forward to it. Along with the announcement of the release date came the new......
It’s nice to see the great Wasim Akram hosting a sports talk show on a local TV channel. He seems to be doing it with a fair degree of pizzazz and energy. The ease and facility with which he asks his......
Actor Mohib Mirza talks sense most of the time. He is of the opinion that the failure of a film should not just be attributed to bad performances from the actors. He believes that if a director is......
He’s known to be a perfectionist, whatever that means! And now that he’s been cast as a ‘music mentor’ in a film, lord only knows what feats of perfectionism Aamir Khan will achieve to impress his......
A week or so ago, while trying to locate a book in my large but rather chaotically arranged library, my eyes fell upon a dusty red book. It was Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (aka the Little......
Montreal Olympics 1976: Pakistan played field hockey for the first time on an artificial turf that we now call astro-turf. We didn’t win the gold, but we got the bronze.Thirty years later, on a wet......
“We’ve got a great movie coming up,” enthuses actor Fahad Mustafa, “and it’s heartening to see the way tickets are getting pre-booked.”Fahad says this while in the midst of promoting his upcoming......
Very seldom has a film with new talent garnered so much following in Pakistan as has Azfar Jafri’s Janaan, an Eid-ul-Azha release. It features Armeena Rana Khan, Bilal Ashraf and Ali Rehman Khan in......
Director Dennis Gansel’s action/thriller Mechanic: Resurrection is the sequel to The Mechanic (2011), which itself was a remake of the ’70s action film. If you don’t remember the original or the......
He came, he saw and he disappointed heavily … that’s film-maker Jawad Bashir who has been around for two decades making us laugh through his sitcoms, Dr Aur Billa songs and TV commercials. But luck......
Karachi zoo is the second oldest and the biggest in Pakistan. Although the zoological gardens have undergone numerous changes, served various purposes and held different titles since its inception in......
IN the world of business, where I come from, a firm’s performance is evaluated in the context of the external environment. There are factors that are internal to a firm, which we term endogenous, and......
AN extraordinary event took place in the US in the mid-1980s and the 1990s. A nuclear power plant, already constructed near the town of Shoreham in Suffolk County, New York, loaded with fuel and......
ELECTIONS, elections, elections. Everyone’s talking about them, no one is expecting them; most of the smart money is on 2018. But savvier minds are turning to something else: can the PTI win and what......
‘THEY are not us, they are them.’ These days, this is the narrative in vogue in Pakistan. But, suddenly, the interior minister evoked an outdated narrative, drawing comparisons that blur the line......
MANSEHRA: Hundreds of passengers were left stranded in Kaghan valley after a bridge at Battakundi area linking Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with Gilgit-Baltistan collapsed on Saturday.“We have diverted the......
UPPER DIR: Fear of Congo virus is keeping most of the people away from cattle markets in Upper Dir and only few people could be seen visiting such markets to buy sacrificial animals.The Dir cattle......
When she was two, Orrick’s mother took her to a park that offered horse riding and from that day on, she was in love.“I collected stuffed horses, read every book I could get my hands on, and even......
Meeting on efficient energy productionThe new Danish envoy to Pakistan, Ole Thonke, opened a meeting at the Serena Hotel on efficient energy production from renewable resources.“Denmark has over a......
The decision to move the cattle market from I-11 to the underdeveloped I-12 sector has intensified problems for residents looking to buy or sell sacrificial animals. The decision was made by the......
“Baba, are you mad, or can you not afford to pay the fare of a public service van,” call out passersby, villagers and even relatives, as Abid Nasir, 60, walks past them on the Mandra-Chakwal Road......
A recent report of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), which was submitted to the Supreme Court and which alleges that the Polyclinic suffered a loss of Rs35 million due to purchasing medical......
At a time when mostly artists are into producing commercial art, a National College of Arts graduate has opted differently. Politically motivated, this artist is paying tribute to slain prime......
Aperfectionist by nature, Dr Noman Ghauri, believes in precision, beauty and purity of expression. Making sculptures, drawings and paintings since junior school days, he is in a continuous process of......
KARACHI: Resisting to comply with the host’s requests for reciting some of his popular poems at T2F on Friday evening, distinguished Urdu poet Dr Pirzada Qasim presented quite a few of his......
KARACHI: “Since 2000, most countries of the world have been conducting census regularly. The only four exceptions are Lebanon, which last conducted its census in 1936; Afghanistan, which last......
HYDERABAD: A three-member committee has recommended that the Right Bank Outfall Drain-II (RBOD) and Nai Gajj dam projects be completed at the earliest and freshwater inflows from the......
KARACHI: The customer almost pounces on the sacrificial goats being pulled down from the truck, which transported them to the big city. “Let me take at least one off your hands. I have Rs10,000 on me......
DHAKA: At least 25 people have been killed and 70 injured, many critically, in a huge fire triggered by a boiler explosion at a Bangladeshi packaging factory, officials said on Saturday as......
TEHRAN: Russian and Iranian firms began work on Saturday on two additional reactors at Iran’s nuclear power plant on the Gulf coast at Bushehr, the project manager said.The plant has been a bone of......
WASHINGTON: John Hinckley, the man who tried to assassinate president Ronald Reagan 35 years ago, was freed from a psychiatric hospital in Washington on Saturday, a report said.Hinckley was released......
TORONTO: Patriot, dissident or traitor? A new film by anti-establishment director Oliver Stone starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden asks audiences to weigh in.Stone — who......
NEW YORK: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton ignited a storm of controversy over her remarks about Donald Trump’s supporters on Friday, saying that half of Trump’s supporters fall......
SEOUL: North Korea on Saturday sought to justify its weapons programme as a defence against US nuclear “blackmail” as world powers debated ways to punish Pyongyang for its fifth and most powerful......
BEIJING: A new scholarship programme intended to rival the prestigious Rhodes Scholarships and build understanding between China and the world opened its doors at Beijing’s prestigious Tsinghua......
NEW YORK: New York marks the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks more resilient, wealthier and more diverse than ever, yet that terrible day is forever seared into its DNA.The Al Qaeda hijackings of......
LONDON: Pep Guardiola rocked old foe Jose Mourinho as Premier League leaders Manchester City extended their perfect start with a 2-1 win over Manchester United, while Arsenal snatched a dramatic 2-1......
Dear Azhar Ali, just why aren’t you stepping down as ODI captain now, wasn’t the England drubbing severe enough to teach you a lesson.‘No man, contrary to the popular belief that I am sticking to my......
ALTO DE AITANA (Spain): Nairo Quintana is poised to win the Spanish Vuelta after protecting his lead over Chris Froome in a gruelling penultimate stage in the southern mountains on Saturday.Barring......
GREATER NOIDA: BCCI president Anurag Thakur has lashed out at International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Shashank Manohar for deserting a “sinking ship” and also accusing him of working against the......
BRUSSELS: Jamaica’s double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson confirmed her sprint queen status with an emphatic 100 metres victory on Friday at a season-ending Diamond League meeting packed with gold......
BRUSSELS: The Belgian relay quartet of Kim Gevaert, Elodie Ouedraogo, Hanna Marien and Olivia Borlee on Friday belatedly received gold medals from the 2008 Olympics after a Russian sprinter tested......
ISLAMABAD: Jawad Blunt from Lahore displayed amazing football control to keep a large crowed mesmerised here on Thursday night as he was crowned Pakistan’s Red Bull Street Style Champion 2016.Jawad......
BERLIN: Robert Lewandowski and Joshua Kimmich struck late goals in Bayern Munich’s 2-0 win at Schalke in the Bundesliga on Friday as teenage Portugal star Renato Sanches made his debut for the......
NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic’s strange US Open path took another odd turn on Friday as the defending champion defied stultifying humidity and the controversial tactics of Gael Monfils to book a title......
MINGORA: A brisk 67-run knock from captain Jamaludin helped Shamezai Baryali sail through a nail-biting final of the first Suzuki T20 Swat Super League against Elum Batoran here at the Grassy Ground......
PARIS: Nobel prize winning economist Angus Deaton says billionaire Donald Trump’s US presidency campaign and Britain’s shock vote to quit the EU are symptoms of a botched drive to integrate......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has expressed concern over declining exports and directed a sub-committee to devise a policy to cushion the fall.Chairing a meeting on fiscal and monetary policy......
KARACHI: High animal prices have left people with little surplus cash to buy readymade shalwar kameez, shoes, sandals and designer clothes for upcoming Eidul Azha.Spending on these items is limited......
KARACHI: Bulls were in complete command of the stock market in the outgoing week. The benchmark KSE-100 index gained 876 points, or 2.22 per cent, effortlessly knocking down the 40,200-point......
BANGKOK: Under trade reduction, Thailand has encouraged Pakistan to eliminate tariffs on many key products, including processed food, sugar, chemical products, petroleum, plastic etc.Thailand and......
KARACHI: The Karachi Port is going to develop multi-purpose and environment-friendly terminals at East Wharf where some of the collapsed berths along with others have recently been reconstructed at......
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued fresh banknotes of Rs161 billion for this Eidul Azha as compared to Rs116bn issued last year for the religious festival.In a press statement......
TORONTO: Crude markets are on the edge, reacting to every news item concerning the overall energy outlook.Markets remained focused on two major developments; the level of US crude inventory and the......
KARACHI: Cotton prices slightly recovered on Saturday as many spinners rushed to replenish their stocks ahead of holidays on account of Eidul Azha.Despite having its own dynamics, the domestic market......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said the ultimate aim of the government’s endeavours in the energy, economy and infrastructure sectors is to improve living standards of the common......
WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday rejected the suggestion that its relations with Pakistan now were at their lowest level, although it did call it a challenging relationship.“I would refute the......
LAHORE: In a significant development, Dr Tahirul Qadri’s Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) has distanced itself from the Pakistan Tahreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) Raiwind march.Mr Qadri announced on Saturday......
KARACHI: Pakistani workers sacked by some construction companies in Saudi Arabia continue to return home, with a group of 10 workers reaching here on Saturday.The number of labourers coming back is......
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N government has decided to set up 46 hospitals across the country after facing criticism by political opponents for giving priority to metro buses and motorways over health and......
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader and lawmaker Faisal Subzwari returned from abroad on Saturday after several months.Talking to reporters at the MQM-Pakistan’s temporary headquarters in PIB......
AROUND noon, it’s business as usual at Al-Asif Square. As women and children flock to the main bazaar to shop for Eid, the shopkeepers, while focusing on their customers, also look out for a police......
ISLAMABAD: The British government has passed on a reference seeking punitive action against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain to London’s Metropolitan Police, the interior ministry......
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has informed a state-owned company of China, which has accused the international lending agency of forcing the Pakistani government to disqualify it from procurement process......
ISLAMABAD: A top government official on Saturday rebuffed calls by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to involve India in transit trade with Afghanistan, saying it is not possible.The official was......
KARACHI: With the MQM in Pakistan forced to dissociate itself completely from its founder and supreme leader Altaf Hussain, questions are being raised about whether it can survive as a unified party......
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Eight suspected militants and an official of the security forces were killed on Saturday during an ongoing combing operation in the mountainous tribal area of Rajanpur along the......
