No challenge is too great: Sultana Siddiqi
Sultana Siddiqi’s career has come full circle; and in what an enviable way? Eleven years after directing her last TV play she has staged a successful comeback. Her new directorial venture "Zindagi...
View ArticleFederal cabinet meeting: Nawaz expresses sorrow over tourists' killing
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called for the immediate arrest of the culprits responsible for killing ten foreign tourists and their guide in an unprecedented attack in the Himalayas of Nanga...
View ArticleFormer dictator Musharraf to be tried for treason: PM Nawaz Sharif
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told the National Assembly Monday that the government would put former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on trial for treason, charges punishable by death or life...
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The spectre of protest
Governments have a huge headache on their hands. The massive protests in Turkey and Brazil (and the promise of more in Egypt) appear to be a sign of extreme anger inside people spilling on to the...
View Article'Monsters' beats zombies, Superman at box office
LOS ANGELES: Turns out zombies and Superman are no match for monsters. Disney's ''Monsters University'' is the weekend box-office winner, according to studio estimates released. The animated family...
View ArticlePakistan suspends expeditions after tourist killings
ISLAMABAD:Pakistan on Monday suspended expeditions on its second-highest peak, evacuating climbers from Nanga Parbat after 10 foreign tourists were shot dead by gunmen at a base camp.Well-armed and...
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The Jhang of Sultan
For whom the bell tollsThe 16th day of April 1853 is special in the Indian history. The day was a public holiday. At 3:30 pm, as the 21 guns roared together, the first train carrying Lady Falkland,...
View ArticleFor the victims of the Quetta blast, life has changed forever
QUETTA: The deadly bombing in Quetta on June 15 which resulted in the death of 12 female university students has faded out of the news – glossing over the fact that for many of the injured, their lives...
View ArticlePop art: A trap without shackles
If the exhibition currently being held at the Full Circle Gallery, Karachi, packs up by the time you get to the premises ask the curator for a catalogue of the paintings and sketches.You won’t be...
View ArticleImran Farooq murder: UK police arrest Pakistani-origin suspect
KARACHI: Police in London arrested on Monday a suspect of Pakistani origin in the murder of former Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr Imran Farooq. "Counter Terrorism officers investigating the...
View ArticleDeadly attack in Kashmir ahead of Indian PM visit
SRINAGAR: Militants opened fire on a military convoy in Kashmir Monday, killing four soldiers and wounding six others in an attack on the eve of a visit by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Indian...
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills Iraqi counter-terrorism official
TIKRIT: A suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives killed an Iraqi counter-terrorism official on Monday as he left university in the city of Tikrit after sitting an exam, police said.The...
View ArticleSelectors to be held accountable for results: PCB interim chief
LAHORE:Pakistan's interim cricket chief, Najam Sethi, said on Monday he would ask the sport's governing body to reduce a five-year ban against promising fast bowler Mohammad Amir for spot fixing.Amir,...
View ArticleInterview: 'Pakistan’s stability is of utmost importance to Kashmiris'
Born on September 29, 1929 in the Zoori Manz hamlet in Bandipora — some 40 miles from Srinagar — Syed Ali Shah Geelani is an important political figure and religious personality in Indian-administered...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia beheads two Pakistanis for armed robbery
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Monday beheaded two Pakistani men convicted of armed robbery, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.The execution in the western city...
View ArticleRelief to masses, transparency be hallmark of new energy policy: Nawaz
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said the common man must be provided relief and transparency be maintained at all levels of new energy policy and its implementation.The new policy...
View ArticleStocks plummet as Nawaz vows to put Musharraf on trial
KARACHI: Pakistani stocks dipped sharply on Monday as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told parliament of his cabinet’s plans to initiate a high treason case against former military dictator Pervez...
View ArticleNadal knocked out in first round; Federer, Azarenka progress
LONDON: Twice former champion Rafa Nadal was knocked out in the first round of Wimbledon by 135th-ranked Belgian Steve Darcis on Monday, the Spaniard losing 7-6(4) 7-6(8) 6-4.The 12-times grand slam...
View ArticleNew Indian High Commissioner arrives in Lahore
LAHORE: The newly appointed Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Dr TCA Raghavan arrived in Lahore via the Wagah border on Monday, DawnNews reported.Addressing media persons at the Indo-Pak border town...
View ArticleFour Shia Hazaras among seven gunned down in Quetta
QUETTA: At least seven people, including four members of the Shia Hazara community, were shot dead Monday in separate incidents of violence in Quetta, the capital of militancy-hit Balochistan province....
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