Bombing kills 7 Yemen soldiers in anti-Qaeda offensive
ADEN: A bomb-laden vehicle exploded Sunday killing seven soldiers in Yemen’s south, where government forces backed by air power from an Arab coalition have launched an offensive against Al-Qaeda,...
View ArticlePope tells teens ‘happiness not an app’
VATICAN CITY: Happiness is not an app you can download on your mobile phone, Pope Francis told thousands of teenagers on Sunday at a mass to mark a weekend dedicated to youth. “Freedom is not always...
View ArticleCongo music legend Papa Wemba dies after collapsing on stage
Congolese rumba music legend Papa Wemba died after collapsing on stage in the Ivory Coast in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to the private morgue where his body was taken. Wemba, born in...
View ArticleIndia’s chief justice makes emotional appeal for more judges
NEW DELHI: India’s chief justice on Sunday made a rare and emotional appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to double the number of judges to handle an “avalanche” of backlogged cases. T S Thakur, who...
View ArticleDortmund will cope if Hummels goes, says CEO
BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke says the club will cope if captain and Germany star Mats Hummels opts to leave in the summer. “We have always found solutions and we will find...
View ArticleMasterful Rossi wins Spanish Grand Prix
JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA: Valentino Rossi led from start to finish with a masterly ride to win the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez on Sunday ahead of world championship rivals Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez....
View ArticlePTI founding members demand Imran to step down as chairman
ISLAMABAD: Hours before the formal celebrations marking the 20th foundation day of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) kick off, a group of party’s founding office bearers, including a close relative of...
View ArticleI present myself and my team for accountability, says JI chief
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Ameer Sirajul Haq presented himself on Sunday for accountability in the wake of Panama Papers controversy and corruption accusations against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family....
View ArticleTaliban delegation arrives in Islamabad to discuss Afghan reconciliation process
ISLAMABAD: A three-member delegation of the Afghan Taliban has arrived in Islamabad to discuss possibility of negotiations with the Afghan government, sources privy to the development said on Monday....
View ArticlePCB pondering over ban reprieve is great news: Nadeem Ghauri
FAISALABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is expected to give a six-month reprieve to Pakistani umpire Nadeem Ghauri, who was suspended from umpiring by the board in 2013 after being found guilty of...
View ArticleSaudi unveils far-reaching plan to move away from oil
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said Monday it would create the world’s largest wealth fund and sell shares in state energy giant Aramco as it unveiled a vast plan to transform its oil-dependent economy. The...
View ArticleWolfsburg part ways with Bendtner
BERLIN: Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner is without a club after VfL Wolfsburg announced on Monday they have cancelled his contract with a year still left to run. The 28-year-old joined Wolfsburg on a...
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Will charge less for Pakistani films: Tiger Shroff
LAHORE: Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff is more than willing to work in a Pakistani film and has even made up his mind to charge less, just so that he can give back to his Pakistani supporters. This he...
View ArticleApologetic Younus Khan ready to rejoin Pakistan Cup
Pakistan Test veteran Younus Khan has decided to re-join Pakistan Cup and has apologised for walking away from the tournament after Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) second match against Punjab. According to...
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Of, for and by Sahir Lodhi
KARACHI: Sahir Lodhi first stepped into the limelight in 2005 as a TV show host but he always had a burning desire of moving to the big screen. Eleven years later, the host-turned-actor is gearing up...
View ArticleUmar Akmal might face strict action after Faisalabad incident
FAISALABAD: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is expected to take strict action against Umar Akmal who was allegedly part of yet another controversy on Saturday when he was seen leaving Minerwa Theatre in...
View Article‘Jungle Book’ goes wild on Pakistani box office
KARACHI: Shah Rukh Khan’s Fan may not have been able to work its magic on Indian audiences but it seems that the Bollywood superstar’s charm still hasn’t worn off of Pakistani audiences. Nearly ten...
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Bowing out on a high
KARACHI: From the first episode to the curtain call, a recurring theme throughout Nescafé Basement’s Season 4 has been that of honouring the greats of Pakistani music. While the musicians on the show...
View ArticleAl Qaeda affiliate says killed gay activist in Bangladesh
DHAKA: A group affiliated to al Qaeda claimed responsibility on Tuesday for killing a Bangladeshi gay rights activist and his friend, the latest in a string of murders of liberal activists and other...
View ArticleWomen’s harassment: PTI forms committee to investigate F-9 Park rally episode
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has formed a four-member committee to probe into the issue of sexual harassment of party’s women activists during the F-9 Park rally on Sunday. “A committee...
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