Their new play Hussain, The Weaver based on the poetry of great Sufi poet from Lahore, Shah Hussain or Madhoo Lal Hussain, was an exceptionally good production...
He is otherwise associated with Waris Shah Parya Parchar Committee that conducts research on the life and works of Shah Hussain...
KARACHI: Judoka Shah Hussain will be Pakistan's flag bearer at the Rio Olympics, kicking off in Rio De Janeiro from August 5, Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Director Akhtar Ganjera told DawnNews on Wednesday...
Traditionally, the captain of the Pakistan Hockey Team used to lift the national flag at the Games...
KARACHI: Judoka Shah Hussain became the third Pakistani to bow out of Rio Olympics in first appearance at the event...
After getting a bye in the first round, Hussain failed to impress and suffered defeat at the hands of Ukraine’s Artem Bloshenko in the second round of Men’s 100kg Judo event...
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Sunday termed Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain's statement tantamount to waging war against the country...
"He added that, "Sarcastic poems were read against the armed forces of Pakistan and accusations were levelled against the army...
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Saturday responded to a video statement issued by Altaf Hussain in which Hussain sought the Indian prime minister's 'help', saying those who love Pakistan had no right to ask Narendra Modi for assistance...
MQM Pakistan also stated that the whole fiasco was concocted as a conspiracy to cast doubt over mohajirs' love and dedication to Pakistan...
The 39-year-old, however, decided to assume to supporting role, while allowed all-rounder Hussain Talat to play the protagonist in Zalmi’s seven wicket victory in their HBL Pakistan Super League opener over Quetta Gladiators at the National Stadium here on Friday...
Pakistan international Haider Ali, who came in at three could, however, only add 19 off 21 before Malik and Talat combined...
LAHORE: Former Pakistan Test all-rounder Mohammad Hussain died of illness here on Monday...
The Lahore-born Hussain was suffering from liver and kidney problems and was on dialysis...
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday directed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and Additional Attorney-General Naseer Ahmed Bhutta to implement a ban on the broadcast of images and speeches of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain across all electronic and print media till further orders...
A petition filed by Advocate Aftab Virk in the LHC earlier this year pleaded that the 'anti-army'...
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court in Karachi on Monday issued death warrant for condemned prisoner Shafqat Hussain, and ordered his execution on June 9...
Take a look: FIA inquiry concludes Shafqat ‘wasn’t a minor’According to the text of the report, seen by Dawn, a three-member Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) inquiry team, led by Deputy Director Gulfam Nasir Warraich, had found “absolutely no contradiction in the record (which...
LONDON: London police has extended Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain's bail till July 9, 2015 after he was interviewed for more than five hours by investigating officers on Tuesday...
Party workers should remain peaceful during the course of investigation,” said Altaf Hussain while coming out of the police station, DawnNews reported...
Hussain has several novels translated from Urdu into English including Naya Ghar and Basti...
Hussain was born at Dibai in Bulandshahr district...
KARACHI: A group of United Nations human rights experts, in a last ditch effort, urged the Pakistani authorities on Friday to halt the execution of Shafqat Hussain — scheduled for June 9, 2015 — who was convicted for a crime reportedly committed as a child...
Hussain was first due to be executed in March 2015, but the execution was stayed while the authorities conducted an inquiry into his age at the time when the crime was committed...
In the proclamation, Hussain Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz were asked to surrender and join the proceedings in the three references — Flagship Investment, Al-Azizia and Avenfield properties...
Mr Sharif’s counsel had sought a joint trial, arguing that the main allegation in all three corruption references was same — that the assets under the names of Hassan and Hussain Nawaz were actually owned by Mr Sharif...
KARACHI: Death-row prisoner Shafqat Hussain was hanged to death at the Karachi Central Prison in the wee hours of Tuesday, after his hanging was postponed on four previous occasions this year, DawnNews reported...
Death warrants for Shafqat Hussain were issued for the third time on April 24 after an executive inquiry by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) concluded he was 23 years of age when the punishment was handed down...
KARACHI: Death-row prisoner Shafqat Hussain was given a last-minute reprieve after his execution was stayed a fourth time late Monday night, sources at Karachi Central Prison told Dawn...
International bodies such as Amnesty International and United Nations have also been pressuring authorities into halting Shafqat Hussain's execution...