At least 21 people were killed at the weekend when a truck overturned in western Zimbabwe, state media reported on Sunday.The truck was carrying 69 passengers when it “failed to negotiate a curve and......
Shaun Marsh answered his critics with a fighting unbeaten century to put Australia firmly in charge of the second Ashes Test against England in Adelaide on Sunday.The experienced left-hander, in his......
Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique on Sunday deplored that the politicians were being unjustly targeted and abused in the country, adding that "democracy was yet to become fully functional"."Can......
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday that Middle Eastern countries should solve their problems together without relying on external powers.“We believe that if there is a problem in the......
Going to the office isn't what it used to be. As more workers shift to on-demand and “gig” employment, the workplace has changed, and no company has capitalised on this more than WeWork.With......
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Deputy Convener Kamran Tessori on Sunday announced his decision to quit the party citing disagreements with its leadership, DawnNews reported.Tessori said he was......
A teenager was killed and another injured when unknown suspects opened fire at them after an accident at Do Darya in Karachi's Defence Housing Authority (DHA) area on Sunday morning, police said.Two......
United States (US) President Donald Trump denied Sunday having asked then Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director James Comey to drop an investigation into former national security advisor......
An Afghan official says a motorcycle bomb in eastern Nangarhar province killed at least five people.Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, says eight were wounded in Sunday's......
Pope Francis has gotten into trouble before for ditching diplomatic protocol and calling a spade a spade, most famously when he labelled the Ottoman-era slaughter of Armenians a “genocide” from the......
Pope Francis's embrace of the Rohingya during a trip to Bangladesh has sparked some angry comment on social media in Myanmar, where just days earlier he chose not to publicly air their plight.On......
Iran has awarded its biannual $500,000 Mustafa Prize to two computer science experts, an Iranian and a Turkish-French national.The science and technology award, handed out for the second time this......
Pollution stopped play Sunday in the third Test between India and Sri Lanka, and visiting coach Nic Pothas said the smog was so extreme that his players — who took the extraordinary step of wearing......
It's a case that has captivated Turkey and rattled Ankara: Reza Zarrab has become the star witness in a New York trial over alleged subversion of United States economic sanctions against Iran,......
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday inaugurated the first phase of the country's strategic Chahbahar Port, opening up a transit route between Iran, Afghanistan and India that bypasses......
At least 11 suspected terrorists were arrested and a major terror bid foiled in several operations carried out by security and law enforcement personnel in different parts of Balochistan on......
Before November, only a few people had paid attention to the wheelchair-bound cleric with a flowing white beard. His newly registered political party, Tehreek-i-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYRA), had......
For China, Pakistan’s friendship is higher than the Himalayas and deeper than the seas. But for Pakistanis, the 1,300km-long China-Pakistan Friendship Highway is a one-way thoroughfare.Such was the......
During a recent lecture I gave on the role of art and literature in Pakistani society, a gentleman asked what we could do to stop influences from across the border. “Don’t leave a vacuum” was my......
'Gauguin the Alchemist’ is how the organisers of the exhibition at the Grand Palace in Paris try to construe the character and the achievements of an artist who lived a stormy and tumultuous life,......
Throughout history, artists have proven that art has the capacity to speak with complexity through the most diluted forms and imagery. Abstract representations can be applied to broader themes and......
It was nice to see senior actress Sakina Samo trying to teach the media a lesson or two at the trailer launch of an upcoming film Chupan Chupai in Karachi. She told the journos that they were the......
Humaima Malick is a firecracker. She stalks into rooms and flips her mane about while making insane declarations. She has a predilection for drama, delivering filmi lines in doses. She is eternally......
From the get-go, one can’t help but feel attracted to Sulu (Vidya Balan), a quirky, happy-go-lucky housewife who has a natural talent of winning oddball competitions. One day Sulu wins a pressure......
Like a warm glass of hot chocolate on a cold night, Coco hits the spot. It is some of Pixar’s best work, right up there with Inside Out (2015), and just a few notches behind Ratatouille (2007),......
Nida Butt’s latest theatrical adaptation, The 39 Steps, presents a dreary and drab set, which jars you right at the outset. After all, Butt solidified a fan following with her previous productions......
There’s a lot to unpack about Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Martin McDonagh’s lacerating, highly inconsistent drama about Mildred (an outstanding Frances McDormand), a woman who begins......
THE way a small Barelvi group paralysed Islamabad-Rawalpindi, and eventually forced the government to accept all its demands, was a matter of disbelief even for most Barelvis in the country. But they......
THE PML-N — this version of it — is done. To win re-election from here would be a spectacular, historic, mind-boggling victory.A victory so spectacular, historic and mind-boggling that it would turn......
SANAA: The rebel alliance controlling Yemen’s capital appeared to crumble on Saturday as a strongman opposed to the internationally recognised government reached out to a Saudi-led coalition fighting......
CAIRO: UAE officials on Saturday deported former Egyptian premier and presidential hopeful Ahmed Shafiq from the Gulf country he had been living in since 2012 to Egypt after he announced his......
BEIRUT: Israel fired several surface-to-surface missiles at a military post near Damascus early on Saturday, causing material damage but no casualties, Syria’s state-run news agency reported.The......
HONOLULU: A siren blared across Hawaii on Friday for the first time since the end of the Cold War in an effort to prepare tourists and residents for a possible nuclear attack from North Korea.The......
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations General Assembly voted on Thursday to adopt the draft resolution “Jerusalem” entailing “that any actions by Israel, the occupying power, to impose its laws,......
HANOVER: The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) elected a new leadership duo from its nationalist wing on Saturday after the party’s triumphant turnout in September’s general election, as......
A MEDICAL conference scheduled for early next year is expected to host at least 100 specialists from all over the country. Roughly, if the overall cost for one participant is Rs70,000, then the......
The Russian Revolution unleashed a process of social change and emancipation of the lower strata of people in different parts of the world. Termed as the first revolution of workers and downtrodden......
Last summer, Saima, a 36-year-old housewife, was beaming with confidence. She was losing more than one kilogramme every week after consultation at a local fitness centre. The trainers had assured her......
My close friend proposed to a gori in France a few years back. Long blond hair, green eyes. Huge engagement rock. The proposal setting was chick-flick romance. We heard of much excitement on his part......
My dad was big on juicing, and here I refer to the ’70s era, when only a few indulged in such uppity pastimes. One fine day he picked up a juicer, and suddenly orange juice, apple juice and, most......
December is the calm-before-the-storm-month for the majority of gardeners. However, there are exceptions in regions facing bitter cold and snow where gardening goes into hibernation.Autumn colour is......
Hi Auntie, I was in a relationship with a guy who cheated on me and later I came to know that he has been in multiple relationships. I tried to cut off contact with him, but he blackmailed me by......
I am always baffled by the rather surreal ways competing discourses and narratives emerge during a political crisis in Pakistan. In theory, it should not be a baffling occurrence, really, because the......
In the chaos and cacophony called Karachi, some stories are always on mute; for instance the dehumanisation of the differently-abled. Those who can’t hear are tuned out; those who can’t see are......
When asked if ‘hatred’ would be a factor in deciding the Ashes, the cricketing world’s longest-running battle involving Australia and England, Nathan Lyon replied in the affirmative. His exact words......
When Mohammad Hafeez was suspended for the third time under the pretext of a suspect bowling action by the International Cricket Council (ICC) recently, it was merely another addition to the long......
Poet Farrukh Yar has given me a reason to reiterate my concerns about the demeaning of contemporary literary writing in Urdu and other Pakistani languages. In some panels organised at literary......
JOHN LE CARRÉ RECOMMENDS THE WORLD OF YESTERDAY BY STEFAN ZWEIGIf there’s any living writer who has truly mastered his craft, it is John le Carré, author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Starting in......
The Koran in English: A Biography is part of the series Lives of Great Religious Books launched by Princeton University Press. This series aims to provide biographical introductions to sacred texts......
Literary critics have been trying for a long time to locate Urdu fiction’s place in the canon of world literature. It is an arduous task. Urdu fiction, in terms of age, is relatively younger than the......
I recently made a flying visit to Pakistan to attend a conference at the University of Sargodha, Mandi Bahauddin campus. Here, in provincial Punjab, I found the impressive Ali’s Theatre, circled with......
"The story of Aladdin and his wondrous palace [contains] a persistent riddle. Where is his palace located? Traditionally, the tale is set in China, but this is a distinctly Islamic China, for it must......
The story behind how legendary footballer Diego Maradona became the “only [Argentinean] who knows how much the trophy weighs” is as interesting as the career of the World Cup-winning captain of......
Technology is disrupting every aspect of our lives, particularly the way we consume media. iPods and the MP3 format changed how we listened to music. Netflix, YouTube, Hulu and a whole slew of......
HARIPUR: Eid Miladun Nabi was celebrated with religious fervour in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas amid tight security on Friday.In Haripur, different processions and......
MINGORA: The schoolchildren visited the seventh century rock-carved Buddha statue in Jahanabad area in Mangalore here and said they learnt about an important chapter of Swat history, which was not......
SWABI: Electrofishing has become a common practice in the district, especially at a time when water flow reduces in the main Gohati Canal in winter.The Gohati Canal is an irrigation channel linked......
ISLAMABAD: An eight-member delegation of the highest technical body on the polio eradication programme has suggested that Pakistan ensure effective implementation of the National Emergency Action......
As winter sets in, more and more people are pulling out their colourful cotton quilts to protect them from the chill, and the business of repairing these old handmade quilts, as well as stitching new......
RAWALPINDI: Three of the city’s main political parties appeared to be competing with each other to see who could hold the most elaborate event on Friday, leading their own rallies to mark Eid Miladun......
ISLAMABAD: Chinese entrepreneurs are willing to develop cooperation with their Pakistani counterparts to construct highrise buildings.Private sectors of both the countries should jointly exploit......
CHAKWAL: As many as 84 Hindu pilgrims from India arrived at Katas Raj on Saturday.The Indian pilgrims were visibly upset when they saw the dried pond.Hindus visited the place to perform Ashnan......
ISLAMABAD: A total of 20 art teachers from the twin cities participated in a live painting competition in the Margalla Hills National Park, organised in connection with the 7th Pakistan Mountain......
It was 1940, and the Germans had occupied Belgium for a second time in 30 years when Father Sylvester announced to students of the Belgium Mission High School in Dalwal village, that funding for the......
Gifted with sharp observation and an outstanding pictorial memory, Nageen Yousaf Chaudhry was an introvert in her early life, facing hardships in learning texts and expressing herself in words. But......
There is no dearth of talent in Pakistan but there is no system to tap it. We have heard the stories of such talented people who could not get an opportunity to exhibit their talent in due time, and......
KARACHI: Can Karachi be transformed through civic volunteerism? Well, it sure looks like the baby steps being taken in the right direction will actually help it get somewhere.During his talk about......
KARACHI: Doctors at the Indus Hospital (IH) hit a milestone in heart surgery developments in Pakistan when they “successfully” performed a specialised surgery for a congenital heart disease for the......
KARACHI: The city is not known for its chilly winters but there is no harm in preparing for cold weather. So even though you may already have plenty of warm clothes for yourself at home, households......
LONDON: Delivery rider Jabed Hussain was waiting at a traffic light one night in east London when two attackers sprayed acid in his face and stole his moped.It was one of hundreds of attacks in the......
NEW DELHI: Indian captain Virat Kohli blasted an unbeaten 156 to pass 5,000 runs in Test cricket as his side made 371-4 on a painful opening day of the third match for Sri Lanka’s bowlers.Opener......
ADELAIDE: England snared the prized wicket of their nemesis Steve Smith as Australia toiled under the lights in a feisty opening day of the first-ever day-night Ashes Test in Adelaide on Saturday.It......
PARIS: Former world number one Novak Djokovic said on Thursday Radek Stepanek was joining his coaching team to complement Andre Agassi.Agassi and former doubles specialist Stepanek will replace the......
WELLINGTON: New Zealand all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme cracked his maiden Test century off just 71 balls to leave the West Indies reeling at stumps on the second day of the first Test in Wellington......
MOSCOW: Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal will come up against Spain in the standout fixture of the group stage of the 2018 World Cup, while England were handed an encounter with a dangerous Belgium side......
LONDON: Eden Hazard gave England followers a glimpse of what to expect at next summer’s World Cup with a glorious display as Chelsea beat Newcastle United 3-1 at Stamford Bridge.Less than 24 hours......
MADRID: Celta Vigo breathed life into La Liga’s title race becoming the first team this season to take points off Barcelona at the Nou Camp in a thrilling 2-2 draw on Saturday.Iago Aspas gave Celta......
KARACHI: The razzmatazz of National T20 Cup now consigned to history, the focus reverts back to the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship when six departments and two regional teams......
KARACHI: Foreign delegates have lauded Pakistan’s contribution in creating awareness about sports medicine globally in general and across the country in particular.“Pakistan played a lead role in the......
KARACHI: Outsider bay horse Hot Man upset the applecart to lift the Heroic Cup as rider Mohammad Sajjad survived after the horse he was riding fractured his leg and fell soon after crossing the......
ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission has once again announced its intention to appoint a financial advisory consortium for the divestment of government-held shares in Mari Petroleum Company......
ISLAMABAD: Dealers have expressed concerns over imposing Regulatory Duty (RD) on import of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), as it would not only increase the fuel’s price but the decision could also......
KARACHI: Stocks fell in the outgoing week as investors stood on the sidelines after being spooked by political turmoil and the rebalancing by global index provider MSCI due on the last day of trading......
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has approved an additional financing of $130 million to continue supporting farmers in Punjab to use water more efficiently.The new financing will help in adopting drip and......
SHANGHAI: China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has expressed “strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition” to a statement by the United States to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that it opposes......
BEIJING: Executives from Chinese companies specialising in offering consumers small, easy-to-get loans became something of a fixture on Wall Street this year.Led by companies such as Qudian Inc and......
WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary James Mattis said on Saturday that the Trump administration wanted to broaden the common ground between Pakistan and the United States to ensure that no terrorist......
QUETTA: Eight people, including four Arab nationals and a senior district council official, have been arrested for being involved in illegal hunting of migrating houbara bustard birds in an area near......
ISLAMABAD: With an Islamabad High Court (IHC) decision on his request to club all references against him imminent, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday moved another petition — this time......
ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) on Saturday constituted a new decision-making body named the Central Executive Committee (CEC), besides re-constituting its 110-member Central......
KARACHI: It is not like a lunar or solar eclipse that is visible only from some part of the world. The supermoon was visible all across the globe, including Pakistan, on Saturday and can be spotted......
CERIA was merely eight months old when he was brought to the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre (SORC). This is located less than half an hour’s drive west of Sandakan, a small town in the state......
ISLAMABAD: Against the backdrop of a 20-day-long Faizabad sit-in, the Supreme Court has ruled that no one could be allowed to use “filthy-abusive language” for the sake of politics in the guise of an......
PESHAWAR: Police investigators probing the Friday attack on Peshawar’s Agriculture Training Institute (ATI) suspect that the planners of the attack apparently tricked the suicide bombers into......
QUETTA: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif continued his tirade against the judiciary on Saturday when he lashed out at the “PCO judges” who disqualified him and termed him dishonest.Addressing a......
At least 13 people were killed and more than 50 wounded in a dual suicide bomb attack at a busy morning market in northeast Nigeria on Saturday, local sources said.The attacks occurred in the town of......
US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis met Egyptian officials on Saturday to discuss cooperation between the two countries, the first stop on a trip that will also take him to Jordan, Pakistan and......
The Palestinian movement Hamas which controls Gaza called on Saturday for a new “intifada” if Washington recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel or moves its embassy to the disputed......
