Rigging — a smoking gun
There will be much jubilation in the camp of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) at the news that an election tribunal on May 4 ordered by-elections in the Lahore National Assembly NA-125 constituency...
View ArticleAsian Senior Judo Championship: Pakistan set to depart for Kuwait on May 10
KARACHI: Pakistan will compete at the 2015 Asian Senior Judo Championship in Kuwait in hopes of attaining international exposure before participating at the Punjab Sports Festival International Judo...
View ArticleAndy Murray rewrites history with Munich win
MUNICH: Andy Murray won the first clay-court title of his career when he saw off Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber in a tough three-setter during Monday’s rain-delayed final of Munich’s ATP tournament....
View ArticleClik here to view.
The third Test: Windies wrap up five-wicket win on day three
BRIDGETOWN: West Indies defied the odds and a wearing pitch to complete a series-levelling five-wicket victory over England on the third day of the third and final Test on Sunday. Set a daunting target...
View ArticleTest rankings: Pakistan must beat Tigers to retain third spot
Pakistan gained greatly from England’s defeat to the West Indies in the third and final Test of the series that ended inside three days at Bridgetown, Barbados on Sunday. According to the latest...
View ArticleWGC World Match Play: Another title in McIlroy’s bag
SAN FRANCISCO: World number one Rory McIlroy added the WGC World Match Play Championship to his four majors with a 4&2 victory over US journeyman Gary Woodland in Sunday’s final. Northern Irishman...
View Article‘Australia a testing ground for 2016 qualifiers’
KARACHI: Pakistan hockey chief selector Islahuddin Siddiqui is viewing the ongoing Four-Nation International Challenge in Hobart as a prime opportunity to judge the players’ performance and select the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Juventus-Real Madrid poised for midfield battle in semi-final
Massimiliano Allegri’s men host defending champions Real Madrid for the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final at the Juventus Stadium in Turin after just being crowned champions of Italy...
View ArticleTension in Badin: Govt must withdraw ‘false’ cases against Zulfiqar Mirza,...
KARACHI: The government must withdraw ‘false’ cases against former Sindh home minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza, demanded his wife Dr Fehmida Mirza, the former National Assembly speaker and MNA from Badin. “I...
View ArticleGrowing crisis: 2015 will be a ‘bad year’ for human rights, fear activists
KARACHI: The year 2015 will be a bad year for human rights, much worse than 2014. This is what human rights activists and professors predicted at the office of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan...
View ArticleIn session: PPP minister upset speaker refused to allow resolution against...
KARACHI: Senior minister Nisar Khuhro was upset that Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani did not allow the resolution against the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief to be passed during Monday’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Contradictory claims: Accused dies in prison, leaving a question mark over...
KARACHI: Had the jail police presented Hussain Jokhio alias Mumtaz, an under-trail prisoner, on April 22 before the anti-terrorism court, there would have been an end to his story. That day, the court...
View ArticleExploiting the farmers: Police find over 100,000 wheat bags in warehouses
SUKKUR: The Sukkur police have seized over 100,000 empty wheat bags during raids on warehouses in Sukkur and Pano Aqil on Tuesday, arresting 15 suspects in the process. Following complaints made to...
View ArticleSharp words: PPP leaders go to court against Mirza
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has been requested to stop the former home minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza from making ‘derogatory’ remarks about the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairperson and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In fond memory: Remembering Sabeen, the person who made everyone laugh
KARACHI: When people remember Sabeen Mahmud, the first memory they recall is how she made everyone laugh. “She had a sense of who people are and how they will react to the things she will say,” said...
View ArticleConvict’s plea: SHC CJ seeks details of Shahid Hamid’s murder
KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) Chief Justice Faisal Arab has sought details of the case relating to 1997 murder of the then managing director of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) Shahid...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Saving lives: ‘A child dies in a road accident every four minutes’
KARACHI: Globally, a child dies in a road accident every four minutes, with around 95 per cent of these fatalities occurring in middle- and low-income countries. This was revealed by speakers at an...
View ArticleA world class university in Balochistan
Much of the good work by dedicated individuals, groups and institutions often gets buried under the rubble of bad news about Balochistan. There is also the fixation of the media and public...
View ArticleHydel generation: 1,000MW to be added, says official
PESHAWAR: Adviser to Prime Minister, Engineer Ameer Muqam on Wednesday said that 1,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity would be added to the national grid after completion of ongoing work on hydel power...
View ArticleThe case for Pakistani dramas
I’m not an ardent consumer of desi TV fiction though I’ve caught the odd episode of a few dramas on Zindagi — the Zee Network’s Indian channel dedicated to top-listed Pakistani content. What the...
View Article