Bank Alfalah Daraz Fashion Week – from the runway to your wardrobe
High-end designers want to connect with the everyday consumers and Daraz.pk wants to be the entity that makes that connect. Clothes will go live on the website as soon as they hit the runway – there...
View ArticleRoad deaths soar during Thailand’s ‘Seven Deadly Days’
BANGKOK: Thailand recorded more than 440 road deaths during its new year festival dubbed the “Seven Deadly Days”, officials figures showed Monday, in a 20 percent spike that undercut a junta crackdown...
View ArticleSHC orders FIR against SSP Rao Anwar over ‘fake encounter’
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday ordered police to register an FIR against Malir SSP Rao Anwar for allegedly killing a man during a “fake encounter”. According to the deceased’s father,...
View ArticleEighteen Kurdish militants killed trying to flee into Syria: Turkish security...
Eighteen Kurdish militants were killed in clashes with Turkish security forces overnight when they tried to flee into Syria from the Turkish border town of Nusaybin, security sources said on Monday....
View ArticleBan dowry
KARACHI: The giving and expectation of dowry has become part of our culture, with over 95 per cent of marriages in Pakistan involving the transfer of dowry from the bride’s family to the groom’s...
View ArticleProtection of journalists
KECH: It is an unfortunate fact that Pakistan is ranked as the fourth-worst country in terms of the number of unresolved cases of violence against journalists. According to the Committee to Protect...
View ArticleAn open letter to the chief justice
JUBAIL, SAUDI ARABIA: The chief justice of Pakistan was speaking for every Pakistani when he recently questioned politicians about the function of the government, when every other issue has to be...
View ArticleSaudi flag carrier to launch low-cost offshoot
RIYADH: State-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines plans to launch a low-cost offshoot next year under initiatives to restructure the kingdom’s oil-dependent economy, official media said on Monday. Known as...
View ArticlePM ‘feeling much better now’ as he departs from London
Dispelling rumours regarding an extended London visit, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said he was returning to the country and was in good health. “I feel much better now and with your prayers...
View ArticleWatch: Teaser of Sahir Lodhi’s action thriller ‘Raasta’
Sahir Lodhi’s upcoming movie Raasta has released its official teaser, which promises a new type of movie for contemporary Pakistani cinema. The action-packed video gives us a glimpse of the violence,...
View ArticleThis 5-day diet is breaking the internet, but does it work?
For most people, following a diet plan either means starvation, eating only vegetables or depriving themselves of sugar to the extent that it begins to haunt them. Following a well-balanced diet regime...
View ArticleDrink of death
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View ArticleDonald Trump mixes up ’9/11′ with ’7/11′
US Republican frontrunner Donald Trump accidentally referred to the 9/11 attacks as 7/11 — the ubiquitous convenience store. Trump was campaigning ahead of Tuesday’s primary in New York when he...
View ArticleDubai in conversation
ISLAMABAD: This is with reference to Anwer Mooraj’s column, “Dubai as I once knew the place” (April 17). I fully agree with him that the attitude of our diplomats is most undesirable. They always...
View ArticleDonald Trump’s top political aide lobbied for Pakistani intelligence: report
A top aide of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump lobbied for the Kashmiri American Council, a Washington-based group charged by the US Justice Department for working as a front of...
View ArticleUnder the sun
KARACHI: Last year, Karachi saw its hottest summer in its history, which took the lives of approximately 2,000 citizens of the metropolis. This year, the prediction is no different. In a bigger...
View ArticleParadigm shift
LARKANA: I would like to draw the attention of our educational policymakers towards research that has proved that a mother tongue medium of instruction at early stages of life brings benefits that have...
View ArticleFive dead in rocket fire on Turkey town after Syrian child dies
ISTANBUL: The death toll from rocket strikes on a Turkish town from an area in Syria controlled by jihadists rose to five on Tuesday after another Syrian child died in hospital, reports said. Turkish...
View ArticleFrench baker fires his savior instead of giving him his business
A French baker who promised to give his business to the homeless man that saved his life has fired him instead. Italy busts fake champagne makers with thousands of ‘Moet’ bottles Michel Flamant was...
View ArticleMagnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes off Ecuador coast: USGS
WASHINGTON: A 6.1-magnitude earthquake has struck near the coast of Ecuador, just days after the South American country was devastated by a deadly 7.8-magnitude quake, US experts said Wednesday. 238...
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