Attacks by the Islamic State militant group in Europe and elsewhere show that Western policies in the Middle East have backfired, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday.“Today,......
The military’s media wing on Sunday claimed to have recovered a cache of weapons from an alleged terrorist hideout in Kohlu District of Balochistan.According to a statement issued by the......
Unidentified armed men opened fire and killed a Hazara man and woman in Quetta's Spini Road area on Sunday evening.Police said the attackers opened fire and killed a man and woman belonging to Hazara......
After another potent demonstration of Cristiano Ronaldo's enduring scoring prowess, surely no Real Madrid fan can contemplate criticising him now.Particularly after the world player of the year......
Prime Minister Theresa May responded on Sunday to an attack in London which killed seven people, declaring "enough is enough” and calling for a review of Britain's counter-terrorism strategy.May, who......
Title-holders India came out as the superior side against their arch-rivals, defeating Pakistan by 124 runs in a match marred by rain and sloppy fielding.The match ended as Hasan Ali returned to the......
A report compiled by a 13-member joint investigation team (JIT) investigating the lynching of Mashal Khan stated that a group in the university incited a mob against the Mardan university student on......
Six victims were killed in a terror attack in central London, and the three attackers were shot dead by armed police, police said Sunday.It was the latest in a string of terror strikes in London and......
An armed man who killed 37 people when he set fire to a casino in the Philippine capital was a father-of-three from Manila motivated by heavy gambling debts and not terrorism, police said Sunday.The......
If you pass him by in his electronic parts and components shop in the Electronics Market in Karachi’s Saddar, Mohammad Ali Arabi would look like any other normal young Pakistani businessman. There is......
Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable — Damien Hirst’s decade-in-the-making Venetian extravaganza — is as unbelievable as his title implies. I have never seen a bigger show in my life. The......
There was a month-long strike by waste collectors in London during what came to be known as The Winter of Discontent 1978-79, when almost every union went on strike for better pay. I saw the rubbish......
At least three assailants stabbed passers-by at random after smashing into pedestrians in a van, killing seven people in a "terror attack" in a popular nightlife hub in the London Bridge area on......
The ongoing war of the colas saw its biggest defection a few weeks ago when Meesha Shafi left Coke Studio to sign on as a judge for Pepsi’s Battle of the Bands. For Meesha, Coke Studio is the......
Shah Rukh Khan never misses out on an opportunity to tell others that he is the king of Bollywood. Last week, Hollywood hunk Brad Pitt was in India to promote his film War Machine. At one promotional......
It’s only June, and we already have an excellent candidate for the 38th Golden Raspberry Awards. By the time the Razzies roll around in early 2018, I bet Baywatch will be a shoo-in for Worst Picture.......
an a serial become a hit just because Baber Javed produces it? Not really. Khan is a well-shot, big-budget action- thriller with Noman Ijaz playing a ruthless homicidal kingmaker with a deceptively......
Opera music is synonymous with classical music in the East. Although they sound different, they are both considered the highest of musical art forms in their respective cultures. Saira Peter seems to......
A relatively quiet story surfaced recently and was quickly buried under drifts of swiftly accumulating breaking news: the Trump administration is contemplating a new troop surge in Afghanistan, as......
The world’s most infamous little diamond — only the 90th largest in the world — glimmers along a bloody trail from throne to armband, (briefly) a humble paperweight, from brooch to crown, smuggled......
A literary agent once said to me that a paragraph in People magazine with some trivial gossip about a writer sold more copies of his book than a prominent favourable review in The New York Times.......
Why Sheheryar Sheikh chose to title his debut novel with a weighty quote from T.S. Eliot (who, in spite of the hype that surrounds his Four Quartets, is — in my opinion — one of the canon’s more......
In Stephanie Garber’s debut novel Caraval, we meet a pair of sisters who are nothing like each other but very close nonetheless. Scarlett and Tella have always lived on a small island with their......
Forces of globalisation, regional integration, and neoliberal economic policies have been increasingly on the rise since the end of the Second World War. Winston Churchill, the ageing servant of a......
The events of 1971 that took place in the then eastern wing of the country find insufficient space in our literary corpus. The likes of Masood Ashar and Masood Mufti, who wrote some powerful short......
The tiny resort community of Sand Lake in upstate New York roasted in 90-degree heat for the third straight day on July 7, 1908, when 20-year-old Hazel Irene Drew walked along a remote section of......
Modest fashion — also popularly known as Islamic fashion — has immense lucrative potential and the world at large has realised this. Consequently, one has observed a burgeoning milieu of brands latch......
Chutney adds oomph to desi food and is as important to our food as mom is to cooking. Spicy and sweet chutneys enhance mild flavours to majestic, bringing simple goodness to our table like almost......
Garden care doesn’t begin — or end — with plants: or even with the obviously essential tasks of watering and weeding those plants.It encompasses a huge range of tasks including soil-care and upkeep,......
Dear Agni jee, I am 32 years old and my problem is that I have a cousin who talks about our family problems on Facebook. Some problems are personal in nature and it is very disturbing to read them on......
The Soviet Union’s eventual collapse had little to do with the Soviet involvement in Afghanistan and neither did the Islamic insurgents trigger the fall.In 1985 during my second year at a state-owned......
Rais Khan was a spellbinder who could enthrall a learned and a lay audience in the same concert. He would fascinate the former with raga yaman and the latter with a Punjabi filmi song like mein te......
There is a fair chance that in a few hours from now, Pakistan is likely to get neatly thrashed by India. Before someone (read: diehard patriot) somewhere gets too agitated by the statement in these......
Sana Mir and Bismah Maroof are well-known names today: the inspirational captain and vice-captain of the Pakistan women’s cricket team. Such has been their rise that it is easy to forget that once......
CHITRAL: Shahzada Khush Ahmad-ul-Mulk, the last surviving son of the former ruler of Chitral Sir Shujaul Mulk, died here in early hours of Saturday aged 97.Family sources said he died after brief......
PESHAWAR: Fruits grown naturally on trees in mountainous areas can cure several stomach related diseases, say experts.They say when there were no modern ways of medical treatment, people used to cure......
Day and night, gardeners work to take care of plants and flowers grown at nurseries that dot the roads of Rawalpindi, from Rewat to Saddar, Peshawar Road and Motorway Chowk.These nurseries provide......
ISLAMABAD: Even after almost two years the dualisation of Service Road North (I-9 and I-10) could not be completed.As a result, the residents of Islamabad and Rawalpindi and drivers of heavy vehicles......
That Pakistan has a national rugby team is little known even in the sports circles. But that girls too are going for the rough and tough game would be surprising to many. It should not be.Indeed, our......
Aclass assignment of making a woodcut during a foundation course at the National College of Arts (NCA) in 1968 became the lifetime romance for Mahboob Ali, the only Pakistani printmaker practising......
KARACHI: For the first time ever in the history of Sindh police, more than 40 women have been recruited in the Counter-Terrorism Department and Rapid Response Force of the law enforcement agency to......
KARACHI: The attorney general of Pakistan asked the Sindh prosecutor general on Saturday to initiate proceedings against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Nihal Hashmi for his recent remarks about......
KARACHI: Ayatullah Ruhollah Imam Khomeini, the charismatic revolutionary leader who suffered incarceration, exile and even lost a young son, but never budged from the path he believed to be right.......
HYDERABAD: Justice Mohammad Iqbal Kalhoro, who heads the one-man judicial commission on water quality in Sindh, on Saturday expressed his displeasure over Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) managing......
ADEN: Yemeni government forces fought on Saturday to capture a rebel-held presidential palace in the southwestern province of Taez after clashes that killed 27 people, medics and military sources......
CHICAGO: It is unusual enough to see one of nature’s biggest, rarest — not to mention smelliest — flowers bloom. But it is extraordinary to see two bloom at once.That is why two seven-foot-tall......
MARAWI CITY: At the beginning of the battle that has raged for the past 12 days in Marawi City at the southern end of the Philippines, dozens of Islamist militants stormed its prison, overwhelming......
BEIRUT: The battle to capture the militant Islamic State group’s Syrian bastion Raqa will begin “in days”, a militia spokeswoman said on Saturday after fresh advances by a Kurdish-Arab alliance......
PARIS: Andy Murray downed longtime rival Juan Martin del Potro to reach the Roland Garros last 16 Saturday while French hopes were overshadowed by a bitter feud between two of their top stars.World......
LUCO MUGELLO: Maverick Vinales grabbed pole position on Saturday ahead of Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi for the Italian MotoGP at Mugello.It will be the third career pole for the 22-year-old......
BIRMINGHAM: Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur insisted his side were ‘completely calm’ ahead of their Champions Trophy opener against arch-rivals India — the latest edition of world cricket’s highest......
BIRMINGHAM: India captain Virat Kohli was adamant he had ‘no problems’ with coach Anil Kumble amid reports of a damaging rift on the eve of the team’s Champions Trophy title defence.An extra layer of......
BIRMINGHAM: Title-holders India will look to put an off-field row behind them when they face arch-rivals Pakistan in their Champions Trophy opener at Edgbaston on Sunday.The build-up to what is......
LONDON: A record century from former captain Hashim Amla helped South Africa to post 299 for six in their opening Champions Trophy fixture against Sri Lanka at The Oval on Saturday.The 34-year-old is......
BASSETERRE (St Kitts): Sunil Narine snared three wickets and mesmerised Afghanistan to set up a six-wicket win for the West Indies in the first fixture of a three-match Twenty20 International series......
KARACHI: Sahibzada Farhan slammed an explosive fifty to guide Advance Telecom to a five-wicket triumph over Dubai Hawks in their 30th Aga Khan Gymkhana T20 Ramazan Cup match at the AKG Ground here on......
HYDERABAD: Mango growers in Sindh have started air shipment of consignments to the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates from May 20.Around 21,000 kg of mangoes have so far been sent......
KARACHI: The import volume of liquefied natural gas (LNG) doubled in the first 10 months of 2016-17, increasing the overall petroleum bill by 25 per cent.The import of LNG may have eased the gas......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a bloodbath during the outgoing week, which saw the KSE-100 index record the highest-ever weekly loss of 4,082 points, providing negative return......
ISLAMABAD: The tax machinery expects to raise Rs53 billion in 2017-18 from seven new sales tax and federal excise duty measures.The government has projected an ambitious revenue collection target of......
ISLAMABAD: Customs duty on the import of new cars will not be reduced this year as the Cabinet has deferred the proposal, officials of the Federal Board of Revenue informed the Senate’s Standing......
CANCUN: Air travel is heading for a bumper year, but global airline leaders meeting in Mexico are concerned about the impact of an escalating row over laptop bans and rising protectionism.Although......
QUETTA: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has created the post of district taxation officers in all 32 districts of Balochistan aiming to provide facilities to people of the province in connection......
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said the Sharif family is being held accountable for the very first time but the government machinery is trying to create an impression......
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri handed over 10 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) to the Balochistan Levies at a ceremony on Saturday, and promised to earmark funds for 20......
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has frozen the accounts of a large number of suspected militants, taking about $3 million out of their pockets, but Islamabad could still come under scrutiny at a crucial June......
DISASTERS are something that Sri Lankans have learned to live with. From two Marxist insurgencies in the 1970s and 1980s to the 1983 riots against Tamils and the subsequent 30-year civil war that......
LAHORE: The punishing heatwave baking the plains of the country intensified on Saturday as the meteorological department said temperatures could rise further in the next two to three days.The country......
KABUL: A series of blasts in Kabul on Saturday killed at least 19 people at a funeral for one of the victims of clashes between police and protesters a day before.The latest explosions continued a......
ISLAMABAD: A number of key commanders of the militant Islamic State (IS) group have reportedly been killed in a major intelligence-led counterterrorism operation near Mastung in Balochistan, security......
ISLAMABAD: While the elder son of the prime minister was quizzed by the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the Panama Papers case for a fourth time in a week, the Supreme Court on Saturday......
WHILE we often marvel at how the IT revolution is changing our culture, trade, commerce, banking and entertainment, and bask in gadgetry — mobile phones, laptops, LEDs, WiFi etc — we seldom wonder......
WELL, this wasn’t supposed to happen. The month of quiet is upon us, a time to power down and mostly forget about politics.But here we are.So here goes. Both sides are to blame, but fear of contempt......
NOT all interpret or acknowledge a fatwa, or religious decree, in a similar way. In a country like Pakistan, where religious and social behaviours work in an almost identical way, individuals and......
