Pakistan Army on Sunday made significant postings and transfers, including the transfer of the ISI chief and DG Rangers, Sindh.The development comes two weeks after Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa took over as......
US President-elect Donald Trump said he didn't believe reports that intelligence agencies concluded Russia intervened in the presidential election on his behalf, according to an interview broadcast......
More than 20 people were killed Sunday in a suicide truck bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police said, in a fresh strike claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab group.“The tally we have made......
England were battling to save the fourth test, and the series, as they were reduced to 182-6 in 47.3 overs at stumps on day four Sunday with the hosts still 49 runs ahead.At the close of play Jonny......
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) spokesperson Danyal Gilani on Sunday dismissed the media reports regarding the possibility of a fault in engine of the ill-fated PIA aeroplane before......
In another first Careem has launched a wedding specific car service.Promising to take care of logistics during the wedding season, from dance practices to the actual event Careem will "take care of......
Turkey said on Sunday that Kurdish militants may be responsible for the two bombs that killed 38 people and wounded 155 in what looked to be a coordinated attack on police outside a soccer stadium in......
Pakistan won the silver medal in the First Asian Men's Netball Championship 2016 on Sunday.The final was played between Pakistan and Malaysia was held at Dewan Serbaguna Complex Kuarters, Kuala......
A bombing at Cairo's largest Coptic cathedral killed at least 25 people and wounded 49, many of them women and children attending Sunday mass, in the deadliest attack on Egypt's Christian minority in......
Pakistan Navy Ship PNS Shamsheer on Sunday rescued 41 people during a rescue operation in the Gulf of Aden after a boat from Yemen capsized 30 nautical miles north-west in Socotra Island.PNS......
A hundred and sixty people were killed when a church roof collapsed onto worshippers in southern Nigeria, says a hospital director.Etete Peters of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital said......
When immorality is tolerated at the table ? or under it ? it enters the conversation and becomes a part of life. It stains deeply personal milestones like buying a house or celebrating a......
Governments will have to implement programmes to win back confidence in free trade. The softer, consensus-driven approach of groups like the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) will become more......
A man arrested by Tando Ghulam Ali police on Saturday confessed to the murder of two minor boys – one of whom was aged seven – while practising 'black magic'.Suspect Sikender Bagerani said he......
The merry-go-round of coaching jobs in international cricket inevitably leads to awkward reunions but few could be more thorny than Mickey Arthur's encounter with his old team Australia.Three years......
AFTER amusing us with the tale of an amnesiac lawyer in his debut novel Terms & Conditions, Robert Glancy now takes us to a fictional African kingdom in his second book, Please Do Not Disturb, which......
ORHAN Pamuk and Elif afak are the most popular Turkish writers among international readers, but surprisingly their works are considered controversial by quite a few Turkish people who prefer other......
Two bombs exploded less than a minute apart, killing 29 people and wounding 166 outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul on Saturday night, in a co-ordinated attack on police shortly after a match......
NOTWITHSTANDING the administrative issues that have been part and parcel of the event since its inception, the ninth edition of the International Urdu Conference at the Arts Council in Karachi was......
WITH its dichotomous backdrop of beauty and turmoil, Africa has provided fertile ground for the imagination of writers, inspiring several literary works that have explored the region’s many......
BEFORE the end of his brief and intense life, readers and critics, friends and foes of Saadat Hasan Manto had come to realise the power and searing intensity of his talent. Pursued by the demonic......
The Power of Social Media and Policing ChallengesJaved Soonharo Jiskani BalochIn this discourse on police journalism the author identifies the need for Pakistan’s police services to adopt social......
THERE’S a wonderfully hideous book by Mortimer Adler, written in 1940, called How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading. According to Adler, an American philosopher and author,......
KHAN Abdul Ghani Khan (1914-1996) is commonly known as the ‘mad philosopher’ in Pashto literary circles because of his unique style and poetic expression. Despite being the elder son of Khan Abdul......
LAHORE: Little known even among PML-N circles, retired Col Mubashir Javed on Saturday was elected unopposed Lahore mayor, unofficially, along with his nine deputies, after the Pakistan......
LAHORE: In order to mark the International Day for Human Rights, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Saturday organised a conference entitled “No right without the right to freedom of......
The discussion on Pakistan’s captains that lasted a good two pieces led to some interesting arguments. Not all of them were interested in a Socratic debate, but that is understandable. To the second......
Completing the sequel of her debut animated flick 3 Bahadur in less than two years was a big challenge for the two-time documentary Oscar-winning director, but Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy feels that when......
Since Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs came out in 1937, Disney has made major advances in many areas. Moana showcases three of them: hair, water and princesses.Let’s begin with the first two: Set in......
In a recent by-election for one of Jhang’s provincial assembly seats (PP-78), Masroor Nawaz Jhangvi defeated PML-N’s candidate. Interestingly, the latter was attempting to regain this constituency......
If Africa is a country, then Fidel Castro is one of our national heroes. This may come as a surprise to many oblivious of Africa’s postcolonial history and Castro’s role in it — especially the fate......
When Yves Saint Laurent was merely 18, he came to work with the legendary Christian Dior. It was under Dior’s mentorship that the designer embarked on a career that was going to become the stuff of......
Renowned pop star turned televangelist Junaid Jamshed died, along with his second wife, in a plane crash near Havelian on Dec 7, as we were going into print. He was on board PIA flight PK661, on its......
In late 2007, the sexual assault and brutal murder of 21-year-old British exchange student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy gripped the world. Caught in the middle was her roommate, 20-year-old......
It has to be said, albeit with a heavy heart, that ever since Indian films have been barred from being shown in Pakistani cinemas, the attendance at multiplexes and single screen halls has come down......
Camaraderie is what they call it. I know it does not happen very often in our showbiz industry that one actress showers praise on another. But times have changed.The gorgeous Mahira Khan is going......
Aalia Bhatt is an uber-confident, pretty and self-sufficient girl. Yes, she is. She is also exceedingly caring about one of her family members, her elder sister Shaheen.It has now been revealed (to......
Credit must be given when and where it’s due. The Pakistani Mission in New York’s decision to hold a film festival showcasing Pakistani movies on Dec 3 and 4 was a step in the right direction.The......
Recently, the Pakistan Calling Film Festival in Karachi attracted the attention of both cine-goers and the media in equal measure.Renowned archivist Guddu put on display his unique collection of film......
The entrance to the building that houses the historic Karachi Theosophical Society has a history of its own. Some time ago, the entrance was adorned with the name of the society, loud and proud.......
The ill-advised banishing of two critical currency notes by Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems to have incurred everyone’s wrath in India but his diehard supporters won’t relent. That and a......
On a week night at 8 pm, I sat scrolling Facebook on my mobile phone when people on my newsfeed began to rapidly express their surprise about 500 and 1000 rupee notes being banned. I recalled that I......
In the wake of a spate of fires in Karachi such as in Gaddani, at Regent Plaza Hotel, at a chemical and medicine warehouse on M.A. Jinnah Road and a methanol storage in Keamari, we are all reminded......
Over the years, I must have bought hundreds of cookbooks, and most of them are crammed into groaning bookshelves. Some of them I cook regularly from, others I read for pleasure, and some just gather......
Dear Maam, I am the only child of my parents. I have been married for the last three years and have a wonderful kid. Everything is actually perfect around us. I feel blessed to have such a wonderful......
Q. Which plants are suitable for growing in the garden area outside my house in Defence, Lahore? Should I go for big trees, climbers or shrubs? Kindly give some guidelines and include local names so......
The contemporary phase of Pakistani art dates back to the times when the first batch of Pakistani artists graduated from the art institutions like the National College of Arts (NCA) and department of......
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) was a French Rococo artist whose paintings are characterised by delicate hedonism. His family moved to Paris in 1738 and he was apprenticed to a lawyer who, after......
There is something beautifully simple and yet layered and profound about watercolour: it has the capacity to unite and even to inspire.As a medium of art, it was used in ancient Egyptian and Eastern......
Had Karan Johar been directing the English Premier League this season, he’d have discovered a new Shahrukh Khan by now. Three superstar managers arrived to the Premier League this year, more than 1.4......
ISLAMABAD: The Burka Avenger team and Fun City Islamabad hosted a meet and great session with the cast of the animated series on Saturday.During the event, Haroon Rashid, the creator of the series,......
Back when there were no motor vehicles and British colonisers travelled around India on horseback, dak bungalows and rest houses were built at a specific distance, typically 18 to 20 miles apart,......
The people of Chitral fear they’ll suffer from the heavy influx of outsiders into their region after the completion of work on Lowari tunnel.“We have to prepare ourselves for the tough market......
Fahad Niaz, a teenage artisan at Shah Qabool Bazaar (old Dabgari area), strikes a balance between his school and sports activities to entertain orders of buyers of his artifacts at the lone shop of......
LAHORE: The Queen Mary College (QMC) on Saturday held its 108th annual sports day having a variety of activities and participation of a large number of students and teachers.The students held a march......
KARACHI: Over 200 girls completed their training in urban/ contemporary dance and boxing under a joint project of the Goethe-Institut, Pakistan and Alliance Fracaise de Karachi (AFK), Girl Power, it......
KARACHI: Celebrating the legislation for the protection of minorities, representatives of religious minority communities and rights organisations on the occasion of International Human Rights Day......
KARACHI: Ninety-three students were awarded degrees and diplomas at a stately ceremony of the 23rd Convocation of the Indus Valley School (IVS) of Art and Architecture on Saturday afternoon.Five of......
KARACHI: Amidst loud claps and congratulatory messages being conveyed from their loved ones who were in attendance on their big day, over 900 students of the Institute of Business Management (IoBM)......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Saturday inaugurated another 100 millions of gallons per day (mgd) water pumping station at the Dhabeji pumping complex.Mr Shah inaugurated the project......
IT is said that drinking the water of fresh coconuts is like drinking from the fountain of youth. Not only is it packed with antioxidants, amino acids, enzymes, vitamins, including B-complex and......
SEOUL: After the South Korean parliament’s impeachment of President Park Geun-Hye, the spotlight now shifts to the nine judges of the Constitutional Court who could yet slam the door on those seeking......
FOLLOWING the famous Brexit and then the totally unexpected triumph of Donald Trump across the Atlantic, the Europeans are having a hard time getting used to a new expression that is repeatedly......
SANTIAGO: Chile has marked the 10th anniversary of the death of late dictator Augusto Pinochet, who has gradually become a national pariah even as his legacy continues to dominate the......
NEW YORK: If the 2016 presidential election was the planet’s biggest circus then Donald Trump’s transition from tabloid tycoon into leader of the Free World has become America’s ultimate reality TV......
STOCKHOLM: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, saying it helped his country achieve the “impossible dream” of ending a half-century-long civil war.A......
HITRINO: Five people were killed and dozens more were injured on Saturday when a freight train transporting highly-flammable gas derailed and exploded in northeastern Bulgaria.The incident, which......
ISTANBUL: A car bomb ripped through a crowd in the heart of Istanbul on Saturday, wounding around 20 police officers, the interior minister said, quoted by the official Anadolu news agency.The bomb,......
PARIS: French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has said that 17 attacks have been thwarted in the country so far this year and he is asking parliament to extend the state of emergency until July......
Beverly Hills (California, US): Kirk Douglas walked confidently into the Sunset Room at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Friday afternoon to celebrate his 100th birthday at an intimate gathering of friends......
COLUMBUS: Astronaut John Glenn will lie in state in Ohio’s capitol building before a celebration of his life of military and government service and two history-making voyages into space.The public......
KARACHI: Normal service resumed after a sensational start to the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship as a determined Rameez Aziz led Habib Bank Limited (HBL)’s magnificent recovery......
CAIRNS: Pakistan’s bowlers dismissed a modest Cricket Australia XI for 109 to clinch a 201-run win on Saturday on the third and final day of a tour match ahead of next week’s first day-night Test......
MUMBAI: Captain Virat Kohli smashed a sensational unbeaten 147 to propel India into the lead on the third day of the fourth Test against England in Mumbai on Saturday. The Indian skipper, who has......
MELBOURNE: Lacking context, suspense and crowd enthusiasm, the Chappell-Hadlee series between Australia and New Zealand may not have generated the returns projected by its commerce-minded......
KARACHI: Pakistan Super League Chairman Najam Sethi on Saturday predicted that India will play against Pakistan at the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy in England despite the BCCI’s threats not to do so.In......
WATFORD: Italy international striker Stefano Okaka’s impressive double led Watford to a 3-2 Premier League win over Everton on Saturday, their first victory over the Merseyside club in any......
BARCELONA: Barcelona put pressure on La Liga leaders Real Madrid by picking up their first win in four games as two second-half strikes from Lionel Messi and one from Luis Suarez secured a 3-0 win at......
MONTREAL: US teenager Michael Andrew and Jesse Puts of the Netherlands were upset winners on Friday at the Short Course World Swimming Championships in Windsor, Canada.The 17-year-old Andrew, whose......
KARACHI: The open market is facing a severe shortage of the dollar while currency dealers’ associations shy away from releasing the actual exchange rate, which is suspected to be above Rs108.Despite......
ISLAMABAD: While the country’s exports are falling, trade officers at Pakistani missions run a risk of becoming occupied with peddling a political agenda instead of focusing on trade......
KARACHI: The raging bulls remained firmly in control of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in the outgoing week as the benchmark KSE-100 index skyrocketed 2,116 points (4.89 per cent) to close at......
PARIS: IMF chief Christine Lagarde goes on trial in France on Monday over a massive state payout to a flamboyant tycoon when she was finance minister in a case that risks tarnishing her stellar......
KARACHI: The cotton market turned easy on Saturday as leading spinners remained on the sidelines. The undertone remained easy and outlook uncertain.Floor brokers said that as the issue of imports of......
VIENNA: Opec and non-Opec producers on Saturday reached their first deal since 2001 to curtail oil output jointly and ease a global glut after more than two years of low prices that overstretched......
KARACHI: Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique on Saturday visited the house of Junaid Jamshed, a famous TV personality and religious figure who died with 46 others in a recent plane......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held that the will of the electorate should never be interfered with rather should be respected unless irrefutable evidence is available to show that the elections......
KARACHI: The federal government will be in for a bit of embarrassment when the Qatari royals go to hunt the houbara bustard in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) as hunting the internationally protected bird in......
ISLAMABAD: A walk in Islamabad amongst the Margalla Hills and city’s plentiful picturesque neighbourhoods should be a pleasurable experience but there are alleys and dead ends throughout the city......
IT all started when she sent in a job application to a human resource firm that was providing services to Pakistan International Airlines. A whirlwind romance ensued, and a year later they were......
LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan Anwar Zaheer Jamali has said that the judiciary does not decide cases to please anyone and it is not influenced by media hype either.The significant remarks came a......
PESHAWAR: A senior police officer lost his life and his son suffered injuries in a gun attack within the jurisdiction of the Faqirabad police station on Saturday evening.A police official said that......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) wants the new chief justice of the Supreme Court to include four judges of the incumbent bench in the new one to hear the Panamagate case, “as they......
WASHINGTON: The prime minister’s special assistant on foreign affairs, Tariq Fatemi, who is visiting the United States for familiarisation meetings with the Trump team, is hoping to meet some members......
ONE of Pakistan’s greatest diplomatic achievements during the Cold War was to simultaneously enjoy strong ties with the United States and China. With the end of the Cold War and the retreat of Soviet......
RECENTLY, an opposition leader in the Sindh Assembly strongly criticised the provincial government for the alleged transfer of parks’ management to multinational firms. He thought this task could......
ERAS and institutional decades can seem contrived and imposed ex post, a too-convenient way of explaining the past and divining the future.Sometimes, though, they are helpful shorthand that tease out......
IT was sad to witness the humiliation of Pakistan’s adviser on foreign affairs, Sartaj Aziz, by his Indian hosts and the Afghan president in Amritsar. Mr Aziz is one of Pakistan’s elder statesmen.......
