Saudi-led coalition air strikes on rebel-held security buildings in western Yemen have killed at least 60 people, many of them inmates buried under the rubble of their detention centre.The strikes......
India defeated defending champions Pakistan 3-2 in an exciting final of the Asian Champions Trophy here at the Wisma Belia Hockey Stadium in the Malaysian city of Kuantan on Sunday.The first quarter......
Bangladesh Sunday recorded their first Test victory over England, taking all ten wickets in a single session thanks to teenage off-spin sensation Mehedi Hasan to win the second Test by 108 runs and......
Italy's most powerful earthquake in 36 years struck a new blow to the country's seismically vulnerable heart Sunday, terrifying residents for the third time in nine weeks and flattening a revered......
The Abraaj Group on Sunday announced that a $1.77 billion stake in K-Electric will be sold to China’s state-backed Shanghai Electric Power (SEP).The Abraaj Group boasted that the company has......
I vividly remember that warm April afternoon.I was in my abnormal psychology class at college, listening to my professor tell us horrifying tales of the past treatment of the mentally ill.Until the......
In a press conference held to shed light on the reasons behind Pervaiz Rasheed’s dismissal from office as information minister, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar on Sunday said Rasheed should not have......
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was in tears as he visited victims of the Quetta police academy attack at Civil Hospital on Sunday.Over 60 people were killed last week when three heavily-armed......
Islamabad police on Sunday said they recovered five Kalashnikov rifles, a pistol, six magazines, a bulletproof vest, alcohol and three tear gas shells from PTI leader Amin Gandapur's car outside Bani......
Leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo and fast bowler Shannon Gabriel shared seven wickets between them to stop Pakistan from posting a big total on the opening day of the third and final Test in Sharjah on......
At least four Pakistani civilians were injured by "unprovoked Indian firing" firing across the Working Boundary, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Sunday.An Intermittent exchange of fire......
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan speaking to reporters on Sunday claimed that state machinery was being used to hide Prime Minister's Nawaz Sharif's crimes.Flanked by PTI's Imran......
Misbah-ul-Haq on Sunday became the country's most-capped captain, breaking the record of former legendary cricketer Imran Khan to lead Pakistan for the 49th time in a Test match.42-year-old Misbah......
Economic Ground RealitiesDr Zafar AltafThis posthumously published collection of over 600 articles previously printed in The Business Recorder tackles the subjects of economics and agricultural......
Whether we’re consciously aware of it or not, most of us spend our entire lives striving towards one goal: happiness. Yet happiness often proves to be an elusive target; the actions that we thought......
The series of which this article forms the second part is aimed at capturing the essence of Pakistani Urdu writing — its history, milieu, towering figures and memorable writings.Just as American......
Published over a hundred years ago, James Joyce’s collection of short stories titled Dubliners, in which each story presents lifelike characters drawn from Joyce’s observation of his contemporary......
In her foreword to Mushtaq Bilal’s anthology of interviews with contemporary authors, Professor Susheila Nasta suggests that the fiction written in English by some of Pakistan’s most distinguished......
For the first time in the Man Booker Prize’s 48-year history, an American author has won the coveted £50,000 literary award. Paul Beatty’s novel The Sellout is a satirical take on racial politics in......
Denim is all-pervasive, all-purpose. It’s a fabric that’s been around for the longest time, epitomising a James Dean-esque cool, defining work-wear, torn up and personalised by the young rebel and......
Not that we needed further evidence of the Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s ego and his mistreatment of women.Actress Salma Hayek’s recent revelation that she thinks he planted a story......
Wishful thinking, I’d say. It seems that the success of two installments of the film Force has gone to Indian actor John Abraham’s head (and he has a pretty bloated head). He feels that he should own......
Who would have thought that one day the word ‘penance’ would be associated with the film fraternity. After a great deal of negotiations and public statements, the right-wing Hindu party Maharashtra......
There’s a reason the little black dress gets its spot in every woman’s closet. Black is at once classic, fresh, modern and edgy. It can be whatever you want it to be, and it always looks good.The......
For those with a sweet tooth, dessert after a meal is a must, but preparing our traditional desserts can be a time-consuming task. Try these easy-to-make, hassle-free recipes to tame your......
Dear Auntie, I have a problem with two of my friends, Tania and Shireen (not their real names). Tania and Shireen had a fight over something and I was stuck in the middle. Tania thinks Shireen is......
The glorious fragrance of sweet peas saturates a garden atmosphere with dreamy romance and utter, sensual bliss. You will be delighted to know that growing these alluring flowers is nowhere near as......
Foundation Louis Vuitton, which was inaugurated two years ago in Paris, is an art centre very different from the conventional French museums such as the Louvre or the Grand Palace. It is because it......
Sport and controversy go hand in hand — some sportsmen stay away from controversies while others attract them. Take the example of Shahid Khan Afridi, who may have stayed away from fixing matches but......
If you have done more advertisements than the average Pakistani cricketer, you can probably claim a last hurrah of your choice at a time of your choice and a place of your choice, and even claim the......
An unassuming store in Karachi’s KDA area declares ‘Kazmi Menswear’. It’s an exterior that belies the classy sartorial choices that lie within — well-conceived, stylish, a rarity in the erstwhile......
It’s hard now to remember a time before Brangelina, or to even think of them as they were then, circa 2004. He was already a pretty big deal, and so was she: two solid A-listers occupying equal but......
Pakistan’s cinema industry needs innovative films to steer it in the right direction and the one-hour-long Jeewan Haathi (JH) may be the need of the hour. Releasing nationally on November 4, JH was......
Once prohibited — indeed, unthinkable — the euthanasia of people with mental illnesses or cognitive disorders, including dementia, is now a common occurrence in Belgium and the Netherlands.This......
Time and again ethnic violence has caused unrest in various parts of the country. Sindh, however, has often been the most affected because incidents of violence have left deep-rooted scars on the......
The versatile Hina Dilpazeer dismisses the notion that she wasn’t interested in acting in films. “I was on the lookout for the perfect script to launch my film career and JH was exactly what I had in......
Don’t Breathe is an edge-of-your-seat film that uses superb film-making techniques to evoke dread. Much like the characters in the film, I often found myself holding my breath while waiting for the......
Director Yasir Nawaz and producer Hasan Zia, the makers of last year’s comedy Wrong Number, have once again joined hands to make a film interestingly titled Mehrunnisa, We Lub You. In case you are......
Congratulations to ace Pakistani fashion designer HSY. Finally, his talent has lived up to its global promise.Last week, Hollywood beauty Brooke Shields was seen wearing a custom-made HSY gown at the......
Rabi Pirzada is one brave gal. She is known for speaking her mind and doing whatever she feels like doing.Here’s the latest on her: the pop singer has got a bunch of snakes, including a cobra, as her......
Tehzeeb Foundation, along with the All Pakistan Music Conference (APMC), has been doing a lot to promote and project eastern classical music, for a long time, by organising concerts and recording......
SWABI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has set up its camp near the Indus River bridge on the Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway near the border with Punjab where party workers from across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and......
PESHAWAR: The Travel Agents Association of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has rejected the imposition of additional tax of Rs56,000 on visa for Umrah and Haj by the Saudi government and urged Prime Minister......
PESHAWAR: Poultry dealers went on strike in the provincial capital for indefinite period after the administration issued revised price list for chicken and arrested 13 of them for violating it.The......
PESHAWAR: The use of wedding celebratory items such as Mehendi, Gajray and Maala is fast becoming a tradition across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Over the past few......
MINGORA:Witnessing a vast variety of cultural intermingling, the centuries-old Swati art of wood carving is still popular in the valley and abroad.Passing down from generation to generation, the art......
RAWALPINDI: Three days before Imran Khan’s plan to siege Islamabad, confusion prevailed in his party about the venue where its workers would assemble.“There is no coordination between the leadership......
ISLAMABAD: Even though it is standard practice for the police to take a handcuffed suspect to a hospital for treatment if necessary, the police’s decision to handcuff a severely weakened Pakistan......
Argentina celebrates 65 years of diplomatic tiesThe new Argentinean Ambassador Ivan Ivanissevich and his wife hosted a music concert in Marriot Hotel this week, followed by a poolside reception to......
Between the sports grounds and the wooded area in Ayub National Park, an off-road motorcycling track has been constructed where motorcycling enthusiasts can race and do stunts without endangering......
LAHORE: A German consultant company has removed all official objections to the international bidding for the estimated Rs210 billion projects for providing clean drinking water to 600 villages in......
LAHORE: At least two doctors suffered injures when rival groups of the Young Doctors Association (YDA) had scuffles at the Mayo Hospital here on Saturday.The groups that clashed were being......
LAHORE: Apparently perturbed over the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Islamabad protest plan for Nov 2, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has appealed to the nation to defeat it by not responding to the......
LAHORE: At least 30 shops were sealed for selling cigarettes to the underage children by teams of the City District Government here on Saturday.According to a spokesman, the teams comprising......
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq said on Saturday the elections of four major parties during the last week, getting all elected unopposed, were a big fraud in the name of democracy and it......
LAYYAH: A man allegedly raped a fifth-grade student at Karor tehsil’s Chak 114-TDA on Saturday.The 12-year-old student of the Government Girls Primary School was returning home after institution’s......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: A poor aged couple has allegedly put their two young daughters up “for sale” in protest against a heavy fine imposed illegally on them by a local panchayat at Sadiqabad.Ismail and his......
LAHORE: The Punjab government has announced it will file a reference with the Punjab Bar Council (PbBC) against an advocate who is involved in manhandling citizens during a recent protest by the......
To truly understand Lahore, in all its aspects, some knowledge of the social, linguistic and cultural mix of the old Walled City is essential. More critically we must also understand how it has......
An exhibition of photographs based on a research project titled ‘Dastak’ by Amna Arif, a graduate of Punjab University College of Art and Design on Lahore’s old wooden doors and heritage, attracted a......
The Athletics Club, although located in Shahdara Town, a middle-class area, caught the eyes of many when its athletes clinched top nine positions in the Lahore mini-marathon recently organized by the......
KARACHI: Eminent art practitioners took part in a discussion on the topic ‘The art as city, the city as art — changing spaces’ organised by the Karachi Biennale at T2F on Saturday evening.Responding......
KARACHI: The first QMobile Hum Style Awards ’16 (QHSA) took place at the Expo Centre late on Friday night to honour and celebrate accomplishments in fashion, sports, television, music and films, and......
HYDERABAD: Chief Justice of Sindh High Court Sajjad Ali Shah has said that reports of joint interrogation teams (JITs) have neither legislative backing nor any evidentiary value but special measures......
LARKANA: The Sindh health department has handed over administrative control of 21 rural health centers (RHCs) and three taluka hospitals in Larkana division to the Integrated Health Services (IHS), a......
REYKJAVIK: Icelanders voted on Saturday in a snap election that could see the anti-establishment Pirate Party form the next government in the wake of the Panama Papers tax-dodging scandal and......
ADEN: Yemen’s president on Saturday rejected a UN peace proposal for his war-battered country, as rebels said air strikes by his Saudi-led coalition allies killed 17 civilians.Forces loyal to......
TAIPEI: Tens of thousands of people packed Taipei’s streets on Saturday in Asia’s biggest gay pride parade, wearing colourful costumes and carrying rainbow flags as they called on Taiwan’s new......
SEOUL: Pressure mounted on Saturday on beleaguered South Korean President Park Geun-Hye over a personal and political scandal, as prosecutors raided the homes of senior aides and thousands joined a......
MONTREUIL BELLAY: President Francois Hollande acknowledged on Saturday France’s “broad responsibility” for the internment of thousands of Roma by the World War II Vichy regime and in the early months......
WHITE PLAINS: For more than a year, Hillary Clinton has been a reluctant participant in the email controversy that has dogged her campaign, responding defensively to inquiries and often only when......
PRESIDENT François Hollande may not be enjoying high popularity rates, but a book published recently has brought to light his so far little known penchant for making fun of others — people, but much......
SINGAPORE: Angelique Kerber continued her relentless march towards a maiden WTA Finals crown with a comprehensive 6-2, 6-1 victory over defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska here on Saturday to set......
KARACHI: Home sailors excelled at the sea as match racing in the J80 keel boat in the 49th International Military Sports Council (CISM) Sailing Championship commenced at the Marina Club on......
FROM 1959 when I first saw a West Indies team in Pakistan led by Gerry Alexander play a Test at a packed National Stadium in Karachi, to now, the islanders have passed through various phases of glory......
VISAKHAPATNAM: Leg-spinner Amit Mishra picked up his second five-wicket haul in One-day Internationals as India skittled New Zealand for 79 to win the final match by 190 runs in Visakhapatnam on......
DHAKA: Left-arm spinner Zafar Ansari dismissed Mahmudullah Riyad off the final ball of the day to bring England back into the contest in the second Test after Bangladesh surged ahead with 152-3 at......
LONDON: Sergio Aguero and Ilkay Gundogan each scored twice as Manchester City crushed West Bromwich Albion 4-0 on Saturday to reclaim first place in the Premier League from Arsenal.Arsene Wenger’s......
MEXICO CITY: Sebastian Vettel put Ferrari into the Mexican Grand Prix mix with the fastest practice lap on Friday while Lewis Hamilton laid down a marker in his title battle with Mercedes team-mate......
HARARE: Kusal Perera struck his maiden Test century as Sri Lanka took control of the first Test against Zimbabwe on the opening day at Harare Sports Club on Saturday.Perera took advantage of two......
SEPANG: Andrea Dovizioso took pole position on Saturday for the Malaysia MotoGP as fellow Italian Valentino Rossi helped his own chances of finishing second in the world championship by storming to......
LOS ANGELES: Electric carmaker Tesla has diversified into the alternative energy business, on Friday unveiling solar roofs for environmentally friendly homes.“Global warming is a serious crisis and......
KARACHI: Holdings of government securities by banks and the corporate sector have crossed Rs8 trillion for the first time despite a sharp fall in returns, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on......
KARACHI: It was a bad week for stocks at the Pakistan Stock Exchange. Political uncertainty kept investors on edge and Rs389 billion ($3.74bn) evaporated from the paper value of corporate Pakistan,......
ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister’s Secretariat has constituted a committee to finalise the recommendations for Pakistan’s accession to World Trade Organisation’s Information Technology Agreement......
KARACHI: Demand for commercial airline fuel (JP-1) increased 13 per cent to 775,736 tonnes in 2015-16, with almost 80pc consumption taking place in Sindh alone.According to the Oil Companies Advisory......
FOR as far back as people can remember, they’ve been there in boardrooms across Japan, the lingering ghosts of past regimes.They’re the former presidents and executives who stick around for years in......
KARACHI: The cotton market remained under pressure on Saturday where most of the deals in low-grade cotton were quoted at lower price. However, there was some stability in quality cotton rates.It was......
KASUR: Shrugging off any threat to his government, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday expressed his confidence that it would not only complete its term but would also emerge victorious in the......
ISLAMABAD: Away from the political hullabaloo sweeping the country, the country’s top lawyers are engaged in last-minute canvassing ahead of the elections to the cabinet of the Supreme Court Bar......
KARACHI: A bilateral naval exercise was conducted between the Turkish and Pakistan naval forces in the North Arabian Sea on Saturday with an aim to enhance interoperability and to contribute towards......
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has accused the federal government of politicising the Karachi operation.Talking to reporters at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical......
QUETTA: A large number of people, including provincial ministers, women legislators, police and army personnel, led by Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri, Commander of Southern Command......
A YOUNG man carefully wipes off the counter, collecting everything in a bowl to throw away. The green net on his head contains any hair that may fall. Delicious, smoky scents of spiced chicken tikka......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has apparently offered the government a way out of the prevailing crisis, suggesting that it enact legislation to constitute a judicial commission to......
STOCKHOLM: The Swedish Academy said on Saturday that Bob Dylan is not obliged to attend the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, but is required to hold some sort of lecture or even sing a song.Dylan......
LAHORE / PESHAWAR: Even though it has been severely criticising the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) since the party announced its plan to lock down Islamabad on Nov 2, the Punjab government itself......
ISLAMABAD: Hours after Saudi Arabia accused Yemen’s Houthi rebels of firing a long-range missile towards Makkah, the Foreign Office expressed deep concern over the incident.“It is a matter of deep......
ISLAMABAD: Senator Pervaiz Rashid has been relieved of his responsibilities as the federal minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage.According to a handout issued by the PM Office......
KARACHI: Five people, among them two brothers, were gunned down and as many others wounded in what police described as an armed attack on sectarian grounds in Karachi’s Nazimabad locality on......
OVER the past decade, a hostile consensus has emerged in Washington against Pakistan. The main reasons for this adverse evolution are: growing Islamophobia after 9/11; visceral opposition to a Muslim......
IT’S not the confidence — he’s always had that. It’s the snarl and the menace. Imran is moving in for the kill.And this time the prey is in sight and within reach.Nawaz is in trouble. Locked in a......
SOMEBODY once asked a sage to define stupidity. He replied: “If someone keeps repeating the same act to get the same result but continues to repeat it expecting the result to change, he/she is guilty......
WHEN Steve McCurry took that iconic photograph of the ‘Afghan girl’ back in 1985, he never imagined that the girl with the haunting green eyes would become a worldwide symbol of the disruption and......
