A 7-year-old boy was shot dead and one minor girl and three women were among 20 injured as several localities in Karachi reverberated with gunshots on New Year's Eve.Revelers firing in the air at the......
The death toll from a mine collapse in eastern India's Jharkhand state rose to 17 Sunday as rescue workers continued to search for the bodies of six missing miners.A massive mound of earth caved in......
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar on Sunday took notice of a woman and her daughter, allegedly of Pakistani nationality, languishing in Indian jails since 2012.Rubeena, now in her late twenties, had......
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a series of incentives to the poor, farmers, women and small businesses on Saturday in a New Year's address, and defended his recent decision to abolish......
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said that seven projects will be completed in the province under the umbrella of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).He was talking to......
At least 23 people were killed and 17 others were missing after a ferry caught fire Sunday off the coast of Indonesia's capital, officials said.The vessel was carrying more than 230 people from......
A manhunt is on in Turkey for an assailant in a Santa Claus hat who unleashed a salvo of bullets in a crowded Istanbul nightclub during New Year's celebrations Sunday, killing at least 39......
Former president of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Javed Hashmi and PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday traded barbs after Hashmi on a TV show accused the PTI chief of conspiring against the......
The United States (US) remained the top export destination of Pakistani products during the fiscal year 2015 (FY2015) while China was the top import destination from where goods were traded into the......
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday's attack by an armed assailant who stormed a popular nightclub in Istanbul, killing 39 people during New Year celebrations, sought to create chaos in......
Pakistan on Sunday slammed India's bid to ban Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar at the United Nations, terming it a 'politically motivated proposal' aimed at "masking its own terrorist......
Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq will play the third and final Test against Australia in Sydney on Tuesday on the back of a disappointing 2-0 series defeat at Melbourne last week.Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)......
MIGRATION is the oldest constant in human history, and the transfusion of blood, languages, and cultures has had a rainbow effect on the global spectrum of the human race. Pakistanis have honoured......
ISLAMABAD was created during Gen Ayub Khan’s rule in the early 1960s by a team of developers led by Constantinos Doxiadis, a town planner from Greece. Doxiadis’s Greek nationality helped his......
LITERARY fiction is having its much-deserved moment in the sun with books like The Vegetarian (Han Kang) and Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Madeleine Thien) being shortlisted for major prizes, including......
IT is easy to wax lyrical about a classical Punjabi poet without fear of reprobation by the guardians of literary canon. When the poet concerned is Bulleh Shah, one can employ any number of laudatory......
MUZAFFAR A. Isani’s debut novel somewhat reflects his background as a university professor, based as it is on a classic of English literature. The author is straightforward in his preface, saying......
One of the most unique documentarians working today, the BBC journalist Adam Curtis has for decades produced films which are compelling commentaries on modern civilisation, a body of work which......
The trailer for an upcoming film Balu Mahi, directed by Haissam Hussain, has got everyone talking.After watching the two-minute promo — in which Osman Khalid and Ainy Jaffri, the principal actors in......
This is extremely distressing. Last week pop singer and social media celebrity Taher Shah left the country after getting death threats. It is not clear for what exact reason he was being......
There you go again! For some reason Indian academics (both in India and away from their country) are fond of Shah Rukh Khan and keep inviting him to deliver lectures at universities and other......
Iconic British pop star George Michael died on Dec 25. He was 53. Michael shot to international fame in the early 1980s with his band Wham! that he formed with his friend from school Andrew Ridgeley.......
Shakespeare in one of his plays gives three categories for great individuals, the first of which is “some are born great.” The reference is to the kind of great men and women who have tremendous......
There was plenty of cause for concern amongst fans when this one-off was announced. Although the first installment in the third trilogy, Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) had managed to please most......
Last month a male birth control study was abruptly halted when some participants reported experiencing depression, muscle aches, weight gain, changes to libido and acne.When I heard this news, I had......
Flowing out of the Hindu Kush, Karakoram and Himalaya (HKH) mountain ranges through dry plains to the Arabian Sea, the Indus River and its tributaries (Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, Sutlej and Beas) are......
When the going gets tough, the tough get going ... to the many people that claim they can tell the fortune of those who approach them.Their clientele ranges from politicians to a poor labourer to......
Funfetti cookiesNothing says ‘celebration’ like rainbow sprinkles! These simple sugar cookies are a fun addition to any party spread and are especially likely to be a hit with the......
Dear Auntie, My wife and I are both earning a fair amount of money from our respective jobs. As we live in a joint family, I have to take care of my younger brothers and parents with my pay while my......
There is far more to gardening than gardening itself: at first glance, a seemingly very strange statement with which to welcome this New Year but a truism all the same.A garden — according to the......
As a young and ambitious student of art, Kaleem Khan was obsessed with painting portraits. Moreover, being in Quetta and interaction with Saeed Akhtar and looking at the masterpieces of Bevan Petman,......
Degar Degas (1834-1917) was a French artist famous for his paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings. The artist was especially recognised for the subject of dance as nearly half of his work depicts......
Aamir Habib’s latest body of work at the Canvas Gallery in Karachi is an attempt to understand the complexities of war in the modern world —riddled with ulterior motives and massive cover-ups by......
On Nov 22, 1999, under the gloomy skies at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart, Tasmania, Wasim Akram ran hard and bowled a short of length ball to the Australian opener Justin Langer. The ball took an edge......
Budding Scrabble players, some of them international champions already, look up to him. All attribute their success to him as he has coached them always with their best interests at heart. He is......
While we are often warned that past performance is not always a good indicator of future results, for the drama industry that is a gold standard. If a drama about two sisters tearing each other apart......
One of my favorite places in New York City is an eatery called Haandi. It’s a tiny brasserie owned and operated by a Pakistani-American family. Its main customers are South Asian taxi drivers, mostly......
After the lifting of ban by our cinema owners on screening Indian films in Pakistan because it was causing damage to their business, it was expected that Bollywood would stage a comeback with a bang.......
The highway to success forks into two roads: ‘creativity’ and ‘inspiration’. For centuries past, travellers have raced to unlock the secret code opening these twin-tools to a world rich in......
“She has a spark. She is comfortable in her own skin, different from others. Not easy to work with because she has a mind of her own. She has style sense and has evolved as an actor in a short time.......
One way of helping our film industry prosper and catch pace with the rest of the industries in the world is to introduce fresh, young faces, both on-screen and behind-the-camera.This may have been......
The showbiz fraternity hadn’t yet recovered from the death of pop star George Michael when the news of actress and writer Carrie Fisher’s passing away on Dec 27 gave them another shock. She was......
Images on Sunday asked pundits to go out on a limb and make three predictions each about what will happen in 2017 … in politics, society, culture, media, science and technology, the economy, sports......
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a function marking the birthday of Baba Guru Nanak, the spiritual leader of the Sikh community, here on Saturday urged the people of different faiths to work for promoting......
PESHAWAR: Pashto literary scene remained vibrant and the young poets, writers and researchers particularly took keen interest in conducting literary events throughout the year gone by, despite thin......
MARDAN: Former prime minister and PPP leader Raja Pervez Ashraf on Saturday said military courts were established under extraordinary circumstances and their tenure should be extended only if the law......
Extracting oil from fruit and seeds is a practice as hold as civilisation, and oil has been used for cooking as well as for hair and skincare.Historians have found evidence of the extraction of oil......
RAWALPINDI: After taking oath on Saturday, new Mayor Sardar Naseem Khan announced his three-point agenda – to remove encroachments, resolve traffic mess and launch development projects in the......
The civic agency has failed to devise a policy to regulate commercial buildings, billboards and hoardings which have cropped up in the rural areas of Islamabad.The billboards, which are installed on......
The Dec 7 crash of an Islamabad-bound Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight from Chitral, PK-661, in Havelian which left 47 people dead has raised questions about future strategies and......
KARACHI: Carrying the message of interfaith harmony, Pakistan Railways’ special Christmas Peace Train, being pulled by a bright red locomotive, arrived at platform No 8 of Karachi’s Cantonment......
KARACHI: The last sunset of 2016 was witnessed by citizens from their terraces, rooftops and windows on a foggy Saturday evening as many preferred to stay indoors amid news of several roads being......
KARACHI: The city’s two jails are reported to be the most overcrowded among the 25 prisons of Sindh as both house close to three times the inmates than their actual capacity, it emerged here on......
KARACHI: Blankets have somewhat sidelined quilts. Still there are many out there who cannot get used to blankets and feel comfortable using quilts during winter. They insist that a blanket can never......
SEOUL: More than half a million South Koreans marked New Year’s Eve with a massive protest on Saturday calling for the immediate arrest and ouster of impeached President Park......
RIO DE JANEIRO: Greece’s ambassador to Brazil was murdered in a plot hatched by his Brazilian wife and her police officer lover, who confessed to the crime, officials said on Friday.The envoy,......
PALM BEACH: US president-elect Donald Trump on Friday praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for refraining from retaliation in a dispute over spying and cyber attacks, in another sign that the......
LONDON: Rail services in southern England were hit by a fresh strike on Saturday and fog caused the cancellation of dozens of flights at London’s main airport.The RMT union launched a three-day......
COLOMBO: Two years after democratically electing the country’s new president, Maithripala Sirisena, Sri Lanka finds itself under the shadow of Mahinda Rajapaksa once again as the former president has......
BEIJING: There is no space for Hong Kong independence in the “one country, two systems” agreement under which Beijing governs the former British colony, but there can be tolerance for differences in......
DUBAI: A thick fog has shrouded downtown Dubai ahead of a New Year’s Eve fireworks display at the world’s tallest building.The seasonal fog, which has struck around the United Arab Emirates this......
NEW DELHI: An unusually strong New Year’s advice by Israel to its citizens to tread warily in Goa during the festive season may also benefit Russians who dominate India’s most popular tourist......
LOS Angeles: Debbie Reynolds’ son says his mother and sister, actress Carrie Fisher, will have a joint funeral and will be buried together.Todd Fisher said the actresses will be buried together at......
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama used his New Year message on Saturday to project the achievements of the outgoing administration while president-elect Donald J. Trump availed it to taunt his......
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Saturday unanimously approved a resolution supporting a Russian-Turkish peace initiative for Syria, including an ongoing ceasefire and talks next month in......
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani agreed in a telephone conversation on Saturday to continue their close coordination in trying to end the Syria crisis, the......
UNITED NATIONS: Ban Ki-moon ends 10 years at the helm of the United Nations lamenting the “fires still burning” from Syria to South Sudan but buoyed by a global agreement to combat climate change and......
NIMRUD: Her diligence and face cream cleaned Nimrud’s most famous ivory. She captured the archaeological dig on celluloid and Kodak film, developing the prints in water painstakingly filtered from......
KARACHI: Discarded Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad lit up the National Stadium on Saturday with an awesome century as Habib Bank Limited and Sui Southern Gas Company reached the final of the National......
KARACHI: The Sindh Tennis Association will organise 15th Westbury Open Ranking Tennis Championship from Jan 8-14, 2017 at DA Creek Club.The events to be contested in the tournament include men’s......
KARACHI: The New Year Cup figures prominently in a small four-race card which takes place at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.The cup, which coincides with the advent of 2017, has attracted a field......
HULL (England): Everton’s mercurial talent Ross Barkley’s header secured them a 2-2 draw with struggling Hull in their Premier League clash on Friday.Barkley, who has lost his place in the England......
ABU DHABI: Rafael Nadal ended an injury-plagued 2016 on a high by lifting the Mubadala World Tennis Championship title for a fourth time here on Saturday.The 30-year-old Spaniard defeated 11th-ranked......
LAHORE: Imtiaz Ahmed, a former Test captain and pioneering member of Pakistan cricket, died after protracted illness here on Saturday. He was 88. He was laid to rest at a local graveyard in the......
NELSON: Fill-in batsman Neil Broom and skipper Kane Williamson produced a match-winning 179-run stand for New Zealand to crush Bangladesh in their final One-day International here on......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has invited the West Indies team to play two T20 Internationals in March on Pakistan soil and is in constant touch with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)......
MELBOURNE: Coach Darren Lehmann views Ashton Agar as a ‘genuine all-rounder’ putting him in line to be part of Australia’s spin tandem in Tuesday’s final Test against Pakistan in Sydney.Agar, 23, is......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) finished off the last week of the year 2016 on a positive note with the KSE-100 index adding 1,175 points (2.52 per cent) to close at new all-time high......
KARACHI: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) elections for the year 2017 were won by United Business Group (UBG) on Friday.Zubair F. Tufail became President FPCCI by......
TORONTO: How would the oil markets fare in 2017? Too many variables are in play. Volatility is all but certain. Producers, Opec and non-Opec alike, face a new balancing challenge in 2017: boosting......
The Donald J Trump era is marking a new age for gold as an investor safe haven.While the precious metal has always been hoarded in times of trouble, a bevy of political and economic surprises in 2016......
Apple wants India to offer tax concessions on iPhones that the company plans to manufacture in the country, a person with knowledge of the matter said.The company wrote to the industry ministry last......
KARACHI: Consumers braved a tough 2016 in terms of soaring prices of commodities – in the absence of a strict price checking mechanism by the local administration – with market forces and......
ISLAMABAD: The government on Saturday decided to maintain oil prices for January by absorbing the impact of approximately Rs4 billion to neutralise the rising trend in the international energy......
ISLAMABAD: A special Senate committee will hold meetings in Karachi next week to review the interim report on the Dec 7 crash of a PIA aircraft travelling to Islamabad from Chitral, which left all......
LAHORE: Mayors and their deputies under the local bodies system took the oath in nine districts of Punjab on Saturday amid controversy surrounding new set-ups at the district level, where the......
ISLAMABAD: A challenging year for ties between Pakistan and Afghanistan ended on Saturday with phone calls from Gen Qamar Bajwa to President Ashraf Ghani and other Afghan leaders in which the army......
KARACHI: The military has enumerated successful tests of various missiles by the army and navy, arrangements for the security of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and targeted strikes by......
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Saturday conferred Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military) on the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat, and Chief of the Army......
LAHORE: The Punjab cabinet has allowed hunting of the houbara bustard mainly by Arab rulers for a period of two months amid estimation by the wildlife department that the migratory birds are not......
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has predicted that his party will come out strong in the next general elections while reiterating that it will not develop electoral ties......
GILGIT: A controversy is brewing up over maintenance of funds to be distributed as compensation among those affected by the construction of the Diamer-Bhasha dam, it emerged on Saturday.With over......
QUETTA: Senator Israrullah Zehri, president of the Balochistan National Party-Awami (BNP-A), has said that before conducting census in Balochistan, the government should ensure that all Baloch people......
THE first day of the year mostly brings memories of the last one. For Karachiites, there are more sorrows with which 2017 comes than joys. Key individuals of the city, who rose to become national......
BAGHDAD: Three bombs killed 29 people in Baghdad on Saturday as fighting intensified in the northern city of Mosul, where Iraqi government forces are trying to rout fighters of the militant Islamic......
LAHORE: Imtiaz Ahmed, a member of the country’s first Test team, died in a Lahore hospital on Saturday after a brief illness, his family said.Imtiaz Ahmed, 88, featured in Pakistan’s first Test......
ISLAMABAD: On New Year’s Eve and soon after his swearing in as the 25th Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar constituted a slightly different five-judge Supreme Court bench to resume......
KARACHI: An interned provincial lawmaker now belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan has not only confessed to his involvement in the May 12, 2007 mayhem but also implicated party chief Dr......
ISLAMABAD: Over 95 per cent of registered women voters in at least 17 National Assembly constituencies did not cast their votes in the 2013 general elections.A document prepared by the Election......
At least one gunman shot his way into an Istanbul nightclub packed with hundreds of New Year's revellers on Sunday, killing 36 people including 16 foreigners and wounding more than 69 according to......
THE state’s lukewarm efforts to take up the counter-extremism fight are compounding the madressah challenge. It neither realises the scale of the challenge, nor has any clue about the problematic......
NEARLY 150 years ago, some visionary minds at the East India Company (EIC) offices in Bengal must have struggled with a tricky question. Having dismantled Mughal rule along with the mansabdari......
WHEN Barack Obama was first elected, Pakistanis had more reasons than most to be optimistic. The Bush years may have restored Pakistan to the status of a key ally, but many had wearied of the costs......
IT’S set up to be the year of Nawaz. Enemies vanquished, rivals sidelined; a clear path to 2018 and beyond.What could go wrong?Plenty. And in this age of consensus, let’s spin a different tale. In......
