Talk to your kids at dinner time and keep them fit
NEW YORK: Children who have their dinner along with other family members are generally fit and eating meals together can also help kids cut the risk of developing eating disorders or weight problems...
View ArticleGCC, US agree joint patrols to block Iran arms to Yemen
DUBAI: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and the United States have agreed to carry out joint patrols to stop any Iranian arms shipments reaching Yemen, the bloc’s secretary general, Abdullatif...
View ArticleMankind Guttersnipe
Dear diary, Just when The Emperor of Hindu Hearts was on the verge of devoting this column to the phenomenon of Ain jal-Man kind-Ain jal in came a certain Taseer and stole Taher Shah’s thunder. Think...
View ArticleNeuer extends Bayern contract until 2021
BERLIN: Bayern Munich has extended the contract of Germany’s world-class goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, binding him to the Bundesliga giants until 2021, the club confirmed on Wednesday. Neuer, who has been...
View Article‘Quran teaching to be made compulsory in all public schools’
Minister of State for Education and Professional Training Engr Muhammad Baligh ur Rahman on Wednesday said the government was making efforts to make Quranic education compulsory in all public schools...
View ArticleSaudi executed for murder taking total for year to 85
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia executed a citizen for murder on Wednesday, bringing to 85 the number of people the ultra-conservative kingdom has put to death this year. Hussain al-Magaafi had been found guilty...
View ArticleMan arrested for killing three children in Karachi
KARACHI: Less than 24 hours of the heart-wrenching incident, police officials claimed on Wednesday to have arrested a suspect for allegedly killing three children in Karachi, SHO Mominabad Police...
View ArticleIndian father chops off alleged rapist’s hands
NEW DELHI: A father chopped off the hands of a teenager who allegedly raped his baby daughter before dumping him alive near a canal in northern India, police said Wednesday. Parminder Singh approached...
View ArticleRoma hail epic Totti late show
MILAN: Fans cried into their smartphones and fellow players thought they were in a film as evergreen Roma veteran Francesco Totti came off the bench to secure a potentially crucial 3-2 win over Torino...
View ArticleStokes says competitive battles get his ‘juices flowing’
Ben Stokes thrives on his battles with some of the sport’s most competitive players as it tends to bring out the best in the feisty England all-rounder, who is hoping to recover quickly from his...
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Miserable, spineless, incapable: Core ingredients that make up a Pakistani TV...
Anyone scanning our TV channels for inspiring or even realistic female characters is going to be sorely disappointed. There was a time in the recent past when dramas like Dastan, Humsafar and Zindagi...
View ArticleDrone crosses path of Aer Lingus plane over France
PARIS: A drone flying at more than 2,000 metres altitude came close to an Aer Lingus plane as it approached Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport, airport sources said on Thursday. The incident comes after...
View ArticleIranian hopefuls start campaigning for parliamentary runoffs: radio
TEHRAN: Campaigning for Iran’s parliamentary runoffs next week began on Thursday, state radio reported, when allies of President Hassan Rouhani and their hardline rivals will compete to secure a...
View ArticleParis suspect Abdeslam charged over Brussels shootout: lawyer
BRUSSELS: Key Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has been charged over a deadly shootout with police in Brussels a week before the suicide blasts in the Belgian capital, his lawyer said Thursday. “He...
View ArticlePCB chairman to seek ‘Big Three’ system’s termination
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan said on Thursday that he will seek the termination of ‘Big Three’ system in the International Cricket Council (ICC) meetings scheduled to...
View ArticleIndian investigators want Britain to deport liquor tycoon
NEW DELHI: India’s financial crimes agency said Thursday it is seeking the deportation of troubled businessman Vijay Mallya from Britain, after he left the country owing more than $1 billion. The...
View ArticleAlways preferred values over power: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said he has always preferred value over power and has always taken decisions after consultation with all stakeholders. “We have always preferred...
View ArticlePunjab Women Protection Act: CII recommendations binding on govt, claims...
ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has said it is incumbent upon the Punjab government that the religious body’s recommendations on the provincial Women Protection Act are implemented, a...
View ArticleMetro station hit in Brussels attacks to reopen
BRUSSELS: Brussels’ Maelbeek metro station, which was hit by one of the Islamic State suicide bombings a month ago that killed 32 people, will reopen on Monday, transport officials said. The Belgian...
View ArticlePM to address nation amid offshore wealth controversy
Nearly two weeks after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced formation of a high-level judicial commission to probe the allegations of Sharif family’s offshore wealth in his televised speech to the...
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