The height of success
Ever since he was a teenager, Adeel Hamid* has been the centre of everyone’s attention. Over six feet tall, with chocolate brown hair and a porcelain complexion, the 29-year-old banker was sure to turn...
View ArticleFive-year data: India is still biggest arms importer, says study
India has held onto its reputation as the world’s largest importer of weapons and military equipment, accounting for 15 per cent of global imports, with Russia being its majority supplier, the Press...
View ArticleSix hair wash blunders you might be making
While washing hair may not seem like rocket science, there is (or at least, should be) much more to it than simply lathering on some shampoo and rinsing it off. A proper hair wash routine requires much...
View ArticleNo Palestine state if re-elected: Netanyahu
TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that as long as he is the leader, a Palestinian state would not be established, reversing his support for a two-state solution to the...
View ArticleNot just a quirk in your personality
If you put up a Facebook status asking people if any friends or family members suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), you would be surprised to see how many people respond. People often say...
View ArticleT-Diaries: Feeha Jamshed
What sparked your interest in the fashion industry? Ever since I was a kid, I watched my father, Tanvir Jamshed — who is the founder of TeeJays clothing — pick cloth and indulge his imagination. His...
View ArticleBaked rice pudding
Method • Cook the rice in boiling water for about five minutes. Once it is cooked, drain the pot and set the rice aside to cool. • In a separate saucepan, mix the milk, cream, sugar, cinnamon...
View Article3 killed, 3 injured in Swat explosion
SWAT: At least three people were killed and three others sustained injuries in an explosion in Madyan area of Swat, Express News reported on Tuesday morning. Soon after the blast, police arrived at the...
View ArticleYouhanabad lynching: 2nd victim was a hosiery dealer
LAHORE: The second victim of the mob violence that followed the Youhanabad church bombings was identified on Tuesday as a hosiery dealer. This came a day after the first victim was identified as local...
View ArticleChurch attacks: Nisar calls Lahore lynching ‘worst kind of terrorism’
ISLAMABAD: The government’s security czar condemned on Tuesday the terrorist attacks on two Lahore churches but said the subsequent lynching of two men by a mob was “the worst kind of terrorism”. “No...
View ArticleDr Shakil Afridi’s ex-lawyer shot dead
PESHAWAR: A former lawyer for Dr Shakil Afridi, who had helped the American CIA track down al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in his Abbottabad compound, nearly four years ago was shot dead by gunmen on...
View ArticleAfridi wants happy ending to 19 years of ups and downs
Pakistan’s superstar all-rounder vows to bring the curtain down by scripting a World Cup triumph The post Afridi wants happy ending to 19 years of ups and downs appeared first on The Express Tribune.
View ArticleMercy plea: Shafqat Hussain’s mother turns to president
ISLAMABAD: Shafqat Hussain, who was sentenced to death in 2004 for the kidnapping and murder of a seven-year-old boy, is scheduled to be executed tomorrow (Thursday). His mother, however, filed a...
View ArticleCustodial deaths: Two missing persons died in K-P, top court told
ISLAMABAD: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has told the Supreme Court that two detained men under the notorious missing persons’ category died of cardiac problems last year. One of the suspects,...
View ArticleAudit trail: PTI accounts to be scrutinised by the ECP
ISLAMABAD: A full bench of the Election Commission of Pakistan on Tuesday ordered scrutiny of the audit reports of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), submitted by the party to the ECP. A report on the...
View ArticleNine murder convicts sent to gallows
LAHORE: Nine murder convicts were hanged on Wednesday in jails across the country, Express News reported. The hangings took place a day after 12 convicts were sent to gallows, the largest number of...
View ArticlePML-N leader shot dead in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) leader Haji Sardar Mohmand was shot dead on Wednesday in Peshawar, Express News reported. Unidentified assailants opened fire on the PML-N member in...
View ArticleHelping hand: We cannot leave MQM in the lurch, says Zardari
KARACHI: While political circles are abuzz with the talk of the Nine-Zero raid, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has decided to make a coalition partnership with the Muttahida...
View ArticleWajihuddin’s report: Office-bearers not dismissed, says PTI
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday denied reports that all the PTI office-bearers were dismissed in line with the recommendation of a report, compiled by an investigation...
View ArticleShafqat’s execution halted for 30 days
ISLAMABAD: A last-minute heartrending appeal by the family has been heard. The hanging of Shafqat Hussain, a young man convicted of murder, was halted hours before he was to be executed at dawn on...
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