Aamir Zaki: Pakistan's greatest guitar hero
He was Pakistan's greatest guitar hero, our Jimi Hendrix, our Stevie Ray, our troubled, enigmatic rockstar...
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SportSarfraz the hero as Pakistan advance into Champions Trophy semi-final
Sarfraz Ahmed produced a superb captain's innings following a top-order collapse to see Pakistan into the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy with a three-wicket win over Sri Lanka at Cardiff on Monday...
Pakistan, chasing a seemingly modest 237 to win, slumped to 162 for seven...
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PakistanSarfaraz gets hero's welcome as Pakistan team returns home
Fans decorated the entire street and house of captain Sarfaraz Ahmed who arrived with fast bowler Ruman Raees at 4:45 am with the trophy that Pakistan had won for the first time...
They had waited through the night to welcome their hero, with some carrying children on their shoulders to get a glimpse of the winning captain...
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SportSalman Ahmed: Mr Musclemania remains an unknown hero in Pakistan
Now the 25-year-old is back in Pakistan and facing a choice: with no financial support from the government of his cricket-obsessed country and potential sponsors made skittish by its security issues, he must decide between giving up his glittering career or leaving home...
“A bodybuilder has no future in Pakistan,” he tells AFP during a workout at his gym in a low-income neighbourhood of the eastern city of Lahore...
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SportSuccessful England tour can make Mickey Arthur Pakistan’s hero
Pakistan’s legendary World Cup-winning captain Imran Khan always wanted to achieve two things during his cricketing career: to beat England and India at their homes...
India may be Pakistan’s fiercest rival, but beating England in England has a charm of its own – which has immortalised two performances in Pakistan fans’ minds: Fazal Mahmood’s heroic spell at the Oval in 1954, and Imran Khan’s 10-wicket haul in Leeds 1987 that gave...
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Sport1st ODI: Hafeez the hero in clinical Pakistan win
DAMBULLA: A dominant all-round performance by Mohammad Hafeez steered Pakistan to a six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international in Dambulla on Saturday...
The off-spinner shrugged off concerns about his bowling action to grab four wickets as Pakistan, electing to field after winning the toss, kept Sri Lanka down to 255/8 in 50 overs...
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Pakistan'The Pakistan Anti-Hero': Nadeem Farooq Paracha releases second book today
Paracha published his second book, 'The Pakistan Anti-Hero' on Friday...
Paracha's second offering, published by Vanguard Publications, explores the political and social evolution of Pakistan's polity, which he first wrote about in his debut, 'End of the Past'...
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ArchiveWorld Cup hero Babar Azam says belief is key for Pakistan
Babar Azam says Pakistan have the belief they can win their remaining games to complete a dramatic turnaround and reach the World Cup semi-finals following victory against a strong New Zealand side on Wednesday...
The 24-year-old hit a match-winning unbeaten 101 to anchor Pakistan's reply to New Zealand's score of 237 for six at Edgbaston...
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ArchiveHat-trick hero Jedinak sends Australia to World Cup
SYDNEY: Mile Jedinak didn’t miss when it counted, propelling Australia into next year’s World Cup with three goals in Wednesday’s 3-1 intercontinental playoff victory over Honduras...
The Australia captain was in doubt for the series with a groin injury that had forced him to miss end of the Asian qualifying campaign, when his team narrowly missed out on direct entry to the tournament in Russia -
ArchiveTribute paid to Lyari’s unsung hero
KARACHI: Friends, colleagues, admirers and members of the family of noted social worker Mohammad Umer Lasi shared their memories of the late community activist at an event titled ‘An Ode to an Unsung Hero: Mohammad Umer Lasi’ organised at the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (Szabist) on Saturday evening...
She said she wrote an article on him after his death which got published in an English daily in...
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ArchiveFirst person: Hero evergreen
Quite a few of these accolades are very recent, lauding Humayun’s considerable achievements from last year: the love-struck sulky hero of the film Bin Roye and actor-producer to the mega-comic-hit movie Jawani Phir Nahi Ani (JPNA)...
This, sadly, is the life that a lot of women in Pakistan live...
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ArchiveLITBUZZ: JEREMY CORBYN: COMIC BOOK HERO
The leader of the United Kingdom’s Labour party will now be the newest superhero on the block to boast of his own comic book...
Independent graphic novel publishers SelfMadeHero sent out an open call to comic book creators for submissions with the Labour leader as the subject, and received a flood of entries depicting the politician as everything from Corbynman battling Daily Mail drones to Corbyn the Barbarian facing off against Maydusa... -
ArchiveIraq’s Abadi — ‘hero’ who tackled mission impossible
International playerThese achievements have transformed Abadi into a hero, almost worshipped by many Iraqis...
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ArchiveArmy hero laid to rest with honours
LAHORE: Major Muhammad Ishaq, who had embraced martyrdom in a gun-battle with militants in Dera Ismail Khan, was laid to rest with full military honours at the Qabarastan-e-Shuhada at Cavalry Ground here on Thursday...
His funeral prayers were offered at Ayub Stadium where Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Railways Minister Khwaja Saad Rafiq, Lahore Corps Commander Lt-Gen Amer Riaz and a large number of relatives and friends of the family... -
ArchiveWrestler accorded hero’s welcome
A resident of old city, Usman had won Rustam-i-Pakistan title two year ago...
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