Top Indian players would not visit Pakistan: Sunil Gavaskar
Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar said that top Indian players would reject the idea of visiting Pakistan for a tour after what happened with Sri Lanka in 2009. Gavaskar also said Zimbabwe’s tour of...
View ArticleThe roar of the crowd
LAHORE: The stats do not lie — Pakistan are the only team to have never lost a T20I at home. Ok so they may not tell the truth either. But that doesn’t matter. Pakistan’s frustrating problems once...
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Nine students injured after Multan school roof collapses
MULTAN: At least 39 students on Saturday were trapped under the rubble when the roof of a private school collapsed in Multan’s Muzaffargarh road area, Express News reported. Rescue 1122 officials...
View ArticleTwenty20 win was icing on the cake, says Waqar Younis
LAHORE: Pakistan celebrated on Saturday the return of international cricket to the country, with head coach Waqar Younis saying a Twenty20 win was the “icing on the cake.” Friday’s Twenty20 game...
View ArticleAkshay Kumar to launch ‘pocket-friendly’ clothing line
MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar will soon be launching his own clothing range on an online home shopping TV channel he co-owns with Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra. Read: Akshay Kumar starts...
View Article‘World War Z’ sequel set for June 2017
LOS ANGELES: The sequel of Brad Pitt’s 2013 apocalyptic action horror film World War Z will release on June 9, 2017, Paramount Pictures has announced. Read: #ThrowbackThursday: Celebrities’ blast from...
View ArticleIslamic State says it could buy nuclear weapon from Pakistan within a year
In the latest issue of its propaganda magazine, Dabiq, the Islamic State (IS) has suggested that the terrorist group is expanding so rapidly that it will buy its first nuclear weapon from Pakistan...
View ArticleSan Diego school serves halal food after students go hungry
SANDIEGO: A San Diego school added “halal” food to its weekly menu after receiving complaints from Muslim parents who found their children to be going hungry. The moves comes as part of a pilot...
View ArticleMina Hasan launches new label
KARACHI: Mina Hasan has launched a new label Alisha for Mina Hassan in collaboration with her daughter and partner Alisha Hashmi. The label’s latest collection is now available in stores. It will...
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‘Sarkata Insaan’ director sharpens his axe again
KARACHI: During the late 1980s, Robert Zemeckis’ film Who Framed Roger Rabbit proved to be a turning point for Hollywood. The movie successfully merged 2D animation into a live-action series. Drawing...
View Article‘Sooryavansham has a personal connection’
MUMBAI: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, whose film Sooryavansham has completed 16 years since its release, feels the movie has a personal connect with many. The film is a 1999 drama that revolves around a...
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Italy hails best Cannes turnout in two decades
ROME: Italy is hailing its best turnout of homegrown cinema at Cannes in 20 years as a sign of new life in an industry that had lost lustre since the days when Rome was dubbed ‘Hollywood on the Tiber’....
View ArticleConfessions of a one-man band
LOS ANGELES: Experts from the University of Michigan have said that they had found an unfinished personal memoir of celebrated filmmaker Orson Welles, Efe news agency reported on Friday. The draft was...
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Don’t let the heat ruin your treat
Temperatures are rising and the unreliability of the electricity supply isn’t helping, as refrigerators stay off for a good part of the day due to power outages. All this combines to create the perfect...
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Not a better choice: US pushes for expensive shale gas extraction
ISLAMABAD: Politics over energy supplies and trade is increasingly influencing relations between nations around the world and Pakistan is no exception. The United States has given a new suggestion,...
View ArticleBiscuit battle: Exploring the Nan Khatai business
KARACHI: Sometimes, it takes ages to come up with an idea that consumes even longer to evolve into an eventual masterpiece. On other occasions, they are right there in front of you. In what has become...
View ArticlePromoting religious tourism: An untapped market
LONDON: Hajj is a fundamental Islamic ritual with global outreach and though a religious ritual, it has direct and indirect relevance to a variety of businesses like airlines and tour management,...
View ArticleCheap imports make poultry industry’s survival difficult
KARACHI: Protein is an essential component of human diet and is regarded a vital element by leading physicians. In a country where malnutrition is a common ailment, there is an increasing focus on...
View ArticleVote fraud probe: ECP facing difficulties in securing record of ballot papers
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday told the special commission probing rigging in the May 2013 general elections, that it was trying to procuring records relating to the use...
View ArticleUN to give posthumous awards to 5 Pakistani peacekeepers
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations will honour the sacrifices of five Pakistani soldiers, among over 100 peacekeepers who laid down their lives while serving the cause of peace around the world in 2014...
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