At least five people, including two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel, were injured in what police claim was a targeted a hand grenade attack in Balochistan's Turbat city on Sunday.Two unidentified......
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party expects national elections in 2019 to deliver a bigger mandate than it did in 2014, its leaders said on Sunday, buoyed by a thumping victory in the......
An elderly man and a teenage girl were injured in cross-border firing along the Line of Control in Azad Jammu and Kashmir's Chirikot sector on Sunday, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) claimed......
Renowned Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho in a short video message shared to his official Twitter account on Sunday announced: "Pakistan, I'm coming."According to DawnNews, Ronaldinho is expected to......
The death toll from twin bombs targeting Shia pilgrims visiting a pilgrimage site in Damascus has climbed to 74, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Sunday, with over 100 people......
Pakistan's sixth housing and population census is to start on March 15 and will continue until May 25, Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Maryam Aurangzeb said......
Pakistan Army on Sunday inducted Chinese-built Low to Medium Altitude Air Defence System (LOMADS) LY-80 in its air defence system, read a statement issued by the military’s media wing.Army Chief......
Sensing his party's drive for votes in India's most politically prized state had stalled, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared his schedule and thrust himself into the heart of the battle."Our......
Over 130 US foreign policy experts have denounced President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, saying it undermines America's national security and interests as much as the original order barring......
Today marks the 24th death anniversary of Habib Jalib, the revolutionary poet extraordinaire.Born in 1928, Habib Jalib migrated to Pakistan from India following partition in 1947 and started working......
Cacophony reigns backstage at local fashion weeks. Models, make-up artistes and designers rush through a jigsaw of illuminated mirrors, trying on clothes, working out accessories and getting ready......
There is nothing great about The Great Wall. In fact, I’d say there is little good here. Directed by celebrated Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou and starring Hollywood star Matt Damon, this......
The late Qandeel Baloch was a social media star with a huge fan base. But ever since she’s left this mortal world, the number of her admirers has further increased, and now includes international......
It seems that Donald Trump’s election as president of the United States has made Hollywood’s resolve to be more inclusive in its approach to life all the more steelier. Here’s the latest example.Walt......
Like her, don’t like her, but you can’t ignore Sunny Leone. She constantly comes up with things that endear her to her fans, and this one surely will top the list.The actress has introduced on social......
This is sad and downright condemnable. Last week, ace Bollywood director and producer Mahesh Bhatt received a menacing call from an unidentified person. He demanded that Bhatt sahib pay him five......
The escalating dispute between NATO allies Turkey and the Netherlands hit a new low Sunday, with a Turkish minister escorted out of the country less than a day after Turkey's foreign minister was......
You too, Shakira! Can’t believe this. Last year, the Columbian pop star’s duet La Bicicleta with Carlos Vives won two Latin Grammys. It’s a peppy little number which, even if you don’t understand the......
Have you ever heard a professional actress saying no to a part where she’s asked to act alongside Shah Rukh Khan in a big-budget project?If you haven’t, it happened in India when an actress Swara......
Founder of PeaceNiche and T2F, Sabeen Mahmud was one of the most courageous and socially aware women of Pakistan. On April 24, 2015, she was shot dead in Karachi.Many of her admirers, especially......
Bad Romance by Lady Gaga. Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey. Katy Perry’s California Gurls.If you spend the rest of the day with the words “Just a small town girl/ Living in a lonely world” or “Ra ra......
Shiraz Uppal wears at least three hats: he is a playback singer, a pop star and a music composer. Though he excels in all three departments of music, it is as a composer that he has become a force to......
Perspectives matter, especially in films. Take, for instance, how Germans are often shown in war movies: a group of totalitarians with starched shoulder-padded suits, happy to roll tanks over......
It is hard to miss them: an excavator digging the road near Thokar Niaz Beg where another new concrete pillar will soon be raised. This structure is being constructed to support the almost......
There was a time when the mention of the Chinese-Pakistani brought to mind those rows of Chinese dentists’ shops in Karachi’s Saddar area or the many Chinese restaurants dotted around the city with......
In 1987 Polish graphic artist Wiktor Sadowski designed a poster to advertise the exhibition of Pakistani craft at the Museum of Asia and Pacific in Warsaw (see below). Pakistan is represented in this......
Karachi is a resilient city. In the early ’70s, when the gloom and pallor of a war gone bad overtook the nation, the city shed its darkness with a string of heartening activities. Poets came alive......
A’ez Azizi (if he were alive), Mujahid Barelvi and Aslam Khwaja come across as three very different individuals whose entry into the thick and thin of Pakistan’s political struggle and social......
The Gene: An Intimate History By Siddhartha Mukherjee Scribner, US ISBN: 978-1476733500 608pp.Full disclosure: I hate Siddhartha Mukherjee. And I’m willing to admit that my hatred is not rational. It......
Mairaj Mohammad Khan: Baen Bazu ki Akhri Shama Bhi Gul Hui By Rasheed Jamal Loheadab, Karachi 134pp.Mairaj Mohammad Khan was appointed minister of labour and manpower in the cabinet of Zulfiqar Ali......
Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib often questions the capacity of words to express thoughts, asking if silence communicates more than words. In a beautiful and very unusual hamd [poem in praise of God]......
He’s one-sixth of the original Monty Python British comedy troupe from the 1960s and ‘70s who still have a devoted band of cult-like followers around the world — they can reel off entire lines of......
For 2017, I set several New Year’s resolutions for myself which is highly uncharacteristic of me as I have failed miserably in the past and hence try to avoid making grand promises to myself —......
In today’s fast-pace life, quick-cooking recipes are preferred because nobody has the time for long-laboriously prepared meals. People eat fast and it is not always a leisurely meal but fast-food, a......
This piece isn’t about the PSL. Well it is, but not about the cricket. The cricket was lukewarm. Quetta, who were undermanned by foreign players who didn’t have the stones of Darren Sammy, hardly put......
I might have written about my preference for a good pilau over a biryani previously: the former’s subtle fragrance and flavour beats the more robust taste of a biryani any day. But perhaps I’m......
Q. I had two 30-foot tall sheesham trees, which I grew in front of my house in Rawalpindi for shade. One died last year and the second died recently. I replaced the first one with a pecan tree but it......
Hey Auntilism! I’m a very negative person. During my childhood I remained silent. I suffered inside but now I can’t control my emotions. It seems to me that people are always trying to hurt me about......
They pulled it off. The Pakistan Super League (PSL) final on home soil. And the event went rather well. A large, colourful and boisterous crowd smilingly went through layers of security checks to......
Joe Biden is following me. I go to lunch at Mickey’s Diner and he’s sitting two stools away, wearing a stocking cap and a fake moustache with a fake nose and glasses but he says, “Hey, how’s it......
One Half from the East By Nadia Hashimi HarperCollins, US ISBN: 978-0062421906 272pp.Afghan-American writer Nadia Hashimi’s fourth novel is the second of her books based on the Afghan tradition of......
Sukoot Bol Para By Waheed Noor Welcome Book Port, Karachi ISBN: 978-9695000939 200pp.Let’s face it: not many Urdu poets attach importance to protest poetry anymore. We live in strange times. Poets......
Em and The Big Hoom took you over 25 years to write and portrays a woman’s mental illness through the perspective of her children, particularly her son, the narrator. How did the book evolve?I......
The quality of the matches in the second edition of the Pakistan Super League was twice as good as in the first edition. The sustained intensity of the contest was definitely better. And taking that......
It is not every day that you see something from Pakistan’s entertainment industry that leaves you in awe but also touches a nerve, forcing you to think why it just happened. This is exactly what......
“WATER is not only for life … water is life.” This quote by the UN secretary general “reflects the critical importance of water as a need that connects all aspects of human life. People’s well-being......
THE rumour mill is in overdrive, everyone’s got a theory or two, folk are on the verge of eruption and conniptions. It’s circus time again.Panama is in the air.So let’s jump on the bandwagon and try......
THE progress on Operation Raddul Fasaad is being reported as satisfactory. Press briefings by law-enforcement agencies create the impression that terrorists are on the run and security forces are......
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Saturday said the federal government should refrain from making decisions on Fata’s future, which would push parliament on a......
ISLAMABAD: Anam Rustam, a student from the pioneer batch of the Federal Medical and Dental College (FMDC), died at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), the same hospital where she was......
The Pehlwani Akhara is a nearly 100 year old wrestling pit in a corner of Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi city.The pit is actually a small portion of the garden, which was turned into a training ground......
RAWALPINDI: South Asian feminism activist and writer Kamla Bhasin on Saturday said patriarchy placed restrictions and imposed violence on women but it also affected men by stealing them of their......
ISLAMABAD: Discussions, debates, workshops and presentations marked the first day of a two-day conference that opened on Saturday, all of which aimed to understand how external forces such as......
Encroachments on pavements and roads has made movement around the city a difficult task for both pedestrians and motorists.The Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation (RMC) and the Rawalpindi Cantonment......
It has become a trend that instead of eating fruits, vegetables and meat, a large number of people prefer food supplements without realiasing their side effects.Most of the food supplements available......
LAHORE: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has announced resumption of his party’s drive for acceptance of its four demands after a break of about three months. But the major hurdle, he believes, it......
LAHORE: The PML-Q has submitted a resolution to the Punjab Assembly against profane material against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and other sacred personalities of Islam on social media.PML-Q MPAs Sardar......
LAHORE: Third edition of the two-day Lahore Music Meet (LMM) kicked off at Alhamra Art Centre, The Mall, on Saturday.There was a good turnout at the festival which featured a variety of topics on......
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday spoke about Rs100 billion initiatives by his government to strengthen and modernise the police department in the last eight years.He complained about......
BAHAWALPUR: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is actively contemplating advancing $100 million loan to Bahawalpur Municipal Corporation (MC) for the development of four sectors in the city.Mayor Aqeel......
FAISALABAD: The father of a minor patient, who was issued a wrong MRI report by a private hospital of Faisalabad, has moved the case to the Punjab Healthcare Commission for action against the......
RAHIM YAR KHAN: An unapproved housing society being established in a sensitive area near the Shaikh Zayed International Airport and constant dumping of garbage by Municipal Committee (MC) sanitation......
The process of nativisation of English language writing in India had started even before the Partition through writers and poets like Raja Rao, Sarojini Naidu and Tagore and that continued after the......
Last week, Lahorites showed their enthusiasm for the final of the 2nd Pakistan Super League (PSL) as they thronged the Gaddafi Stadium several hours before the start of the match at 8pm.Many top......
KARACHI: There is absolute chaos on Shahrah-i-Iraq, one of the busiest roads of the city, as the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) staff chase and rough up fruit vendors occupying a large......
KARACHI: Reacting to Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar’s recent criticism of the Sindh government, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Saturday said that those who believed in serving the people worked to......
KARACHI: Landscapes — made by quality landscape artists, I might add — are always a delight to see. They usually depict that aspect of life which has, over the years, taken a back seat in our daily......
HYDERABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party Senator Sassui Palijo has said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during his recent visit to Sindh made announcement about building an embankment to check sea......
KARACHI: Advertisements, brand catalogues, exhibitions, crazed shoppers, rip-offs, races to tailors … yes, it is that time of the year when markets are flooded with lawn fabric. No matter how many......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations is warning that the world is facing its worst humanitarian crisis since the end of World War II, with more than 20 million people facing starvation and famine in......
Muhammad Ali Jr, the son and namesake of the late boxing great, was questioned about his identity at a Washington DC airport before boarding a flight on Friday, one day after he testified before......
ESSEN: German police sealed off a major shopping centre in the central city of Essen on Saturday, citing the threat of a terror attack.The country is on high alert following scenes of carnage at a......
KANDAHAR: Eight local policemen were killed by their colleagues after they were poisoned in their base in southern Afghanistan, officials said Saturday, in a latest so-called “insider attack”.The......
SEOUL: A South Korean presidential election to choose a successor to ousted leader Park Geun-hye will be free and fair and held by May 9 at the latest, the election commission chairman said on......
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday likened a Dutch ban on his foreign minister’s visit to Nazism, in a dramatic escalation of a row over campaign events abroad for Turkey’s......
BHUBANESWAR: Maoist rebels on Saturday ambushed a paramilitary patrol in India’s eastern Chhattisgarh state, killing 11 policemen, regional police said.The attack on the Central Reserve Police Force......
TORONTO: Three families who helped shelter former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden in Hong Kong in 2013 after his mass leak of information about surveillance programmes have......
ONCE a poster girl for Dalits, Behenji as Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati is known as, seems to have lost her ‘midas touch’.At least, the 2017 elections results have reflected so.Despite......
OTTAWA: While other world leaders have been disparaged by Donald Trump or faced ire at home for trying to woo his White House, Canada’s progressive prime minister Justin Trudeau has struck up an......
DUNEDIN: Dean Elgar failed to join a select group of South Africa batsman while New Zealand took three late wickets to leave the first Test at University Oval delicately poised at the end of the......
GALLE: Veteran Sri Lankan spinner Rangana Herath said he is aiming for a career total of 400 Test wickets after leading his side to a 259-run win over Bangladesh in the first Test in Galle......
GALLE: Skipper Rangana Herath grabbed six wickets in the second innings to become Test cricket’s most successful left-arm spinner as Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by 259 runs in their first Test at......
MIDDLESBROUGH: Manchester City cruised into the FA Cup semi-finals with a 2-0 victory at Middlesbrough on Saturday as Pep Guardiola showed he is taking the competition seriously.Goals from David......
INDIAN WELLS: World number three Karolina Pliskova battled back to beat Olympic champion Monica Puig 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Friday, but says she’ll have to do better to go further at Indian Wells.Third......
LAHORE: Making it crystal clear that physical fitness would be one of the top priorities in national team selection for the forthcoming West Indies tour and beyond, head coach Mickey Arthur on......
MELBOURNE: Pat Cummins is in sight of a long-awaited second Test after being rushed into the Australia squad to replace injured pace spearhead Mitchell Starc for the remainder of the series in......
ISLAMABAD: The merchandise trade deficit rose nearly 35 per cent year-on-year to $20.202 billion in the first eight months of the current fiscal year.The trade deficit has been on an upward......
KARACHI: Businesses operating outside the banking net seem to be flourishing in the country.This is reflected by the substantially reduced collection of withholding tax on banking transactions in......
KARACHI: The stock market remained in a state of flux for much of the outgoing week as investors awaited the verdict on the Panama Papers case.The KSE-100 index plunged 432 points, or 0.87 per cent,......
LAHORE: Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PHMA) has urged the government to release the held- up sales tax refund claims of the value-added textile industry.The association......
ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government is seeking additional financing of $130 million from the World Bank to improve 5,500 watercourses under the Punjab Irrigated Agricultural Productivity Programme.The......
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday said the government has plans to expand investment in various fields through the Pakistan Development Fund (PDF).In a meeting with a delegation of......
KARACHI: Three top assemblers (by sales and production) cumulatively held Rs67.2 billion ($650.7 million) in cash, bank balance and short-term investments by Sept 30, 2016, the State Bank of Pakistan......
TORONTO: CERAWeek, the energy Super Bowl was on in Houston the entire last week, assembling an extraordinary group of some 3,000 people, including 488 speakers, from 60 countries.”Far from the grim......
BEIJING: A trade war between China and the United States would only cause pain, China’s commerce minister said on Saturday, as analysts say the spectre of deteriorating US-China ties is likely to......
KARACHI: Listless trading witnessed on the cotton market on Saturday as ginners were reluctant to oblige spinners on the prevailing rates which caused extremely dull conditions.Ginners with limited......
BY BMW’s high standards, 2016 wasn’t great. While it was a record year in terms of sales, the profit margin of its car business was the lowest since 2010 at 8.9 per cent. The company missed analysts’......
ISLAMABAD: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry has requested Chinese authorities to assist Pakis–tan’s agriculture sector to overcome the effect of climate change by......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has questioned the silence of the top leadership of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N), including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, over the use of......
SUKKUR: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah has held the federal government responsible for bad security situation in the country and said Interior Minister......
QUETTA: Members on both opposition and treasury benches in Balochistan Assembly have demanded a probe into the filling of 400 vacancies in the Services and General Administration (S&GAD) Department......
PARACHINAR: Two tribal elders were killed and five others suffered injuries when two groups of tribesmen opened fire on each other during a jirga in the Taghoe area of Central Kurram agency on......
QUETTA: Iranian border security force reportedly fired rocket and mortar shells into the Kachao area of Saindak near the border on Saturday.Official sources said that the rockets and mortar shells......
‘WHERE there’s a will, there’s a way’ may sound like a cliché but for many, it is more than that. It is an article of faith that brings together a bunch of children for a cause. And the cause, in......
DAMASCUS: Twin bombs targeting Shia pilgrims killed 59 people in Damascus on Saturday, most of them Iraqis, a monitoring group said.There have been periodic bombings in Damascus, but the stronghold......
LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited a prominent seminary on Saturday to enlist clerics’ help in combating the menace of terrorism, asking them to reject in forceful terms all the religious......
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) member — who earlier requisitioned a council meeting for discussion on references pending before the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) against superior court......
ISLAMABAD: Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa on Saturday said that security forces were “fully prepared” to meet all security challenges to projects of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and......
Faisal Edhi, son of late philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, on Saturday said the men accused of looting the Edhi Foundation head office in Karachi in 2014 allegedly threatened him of "dire......
