Archives for April 7, 2016
Panama will form commission to review financial practices
REUTERS:Panama President Juan Carlos Varela delivers a speech to the nation after a meeting with various ambassadors to Panama at the Foreign Affairs building in Panama City April 6, 2016.…
Pathankot attack probe: India seeks FBI’s help to track cyber footprints
ISLAMABAD:India has decided to approach investigation agencies in other countries, including the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), to probe the Pathankot airbase attack. According to Indian news channel CNN-IBN,…
Islamic State nets millions from antiquities: Russia
UNITED NATIONS: Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq are netting between $150 million and $200 million a year from illicit trade in plundered antiquities, Russia’s ambassador to the United…
Panama Papers: PM orders judicial probe into charges against family
ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ordered on Tuesday a judicial investigation into the Panama Papers allegations of the Sharif family’s ownership of offshore companies and assets. In a rare televised address…
As PTI hints at rally, govt moves to convert area
ISLAMABAD:We do not accept the judicial commission…D-Chowk springs to mind, said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Wednesday. Separately, the PTI announced that it would hold a rally on…
Pakistan launches much-awaited operation in South Punjab
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army launched on Wednesday the much-awaited targeted operation against militant outfits in Southern Punjab, days after the deadliest attack in Lahore’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal park. The military’s media wing Inter-Services…
Drew Barrymore to file for divorce
On April 1, news broke that Drew Barrymore and her husband, Will Kopelman, were getting divorced after nearly four years of marriage, reported Reuters. And while the news stunned many,…
Imtiaz Ali’s short film provides new take on sex-workers
Imtiaz Ali’s new short film India Tomorrow provides a refreshing perspective on the lives of sex-workers. The film revolving around a prostitute giving her client advice about the stock market,…
Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi on what makes him the common man’s artist
LAHORE:Apart from the loneliness of highways, the other constant companions of Pakistani truck drivers are the lilting tunes of none of other than folk icon Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi. His contemporaries…
Sarfraz has a brilliant cricketing mind, says Azhar Ali
Pakistan ODI captain Azhar Ali on Wednesday said newly-sworn in T20I captain Sarfraz Ahmed has a brilliant cricketing mind and will deliver good results. “Sarfraz is a good friend of…