Archives for June 11, 2016
Obama approves more aggressive Taliban fight
WASHINGTON DC: President Barack Obama has ordered the US military to tackle the resurgent Taliban more directly — in tandem with Afghan allies, officials said Friday, ratcheting up a 15-year…
North Korean leader caught smoking during anti-smoking drive
SEOUL: A North Korean anti-smoking campaign has apparently failed to persuade young leader Kim Jong-Un to quit, despite his late father’s warning that “a cigarette is like a gun aiming…
Muhammad Ali cheered in Louisville as world says goodbye
LOUISEVILLE: Thousands of people on Friday cheered and threw roses in the streets of Muhammad Ali’s hometown Louisville as they bade farewell to the boxing legend and civil rights hero…
Is Shahbaz running the show ‘unofficially’ in PM’s absence?
ISLAMABAD: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is ‘unofficially’ at the helm of affairs at the Centre in a bid to iron out serious differences between federal ministers over running the…
PTI decides to reclaim ‘batsman’ symbol from rival
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), in principle, decided on Friday to challenge the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to allocate the symbol of ‘batsman’ to its splinter group PTI-Nazriati. However,…
Finance Bill, 2016 : Our budget proposals ignored, say senators
ISLAMABAD: Discussing the Finance Bill, 2016, the lawmakers in the Senate on Friday lamented that the federal government has been continually sidelining their recommendations during the budget-making process. They dubbed…
Feared fatwa after playing homosexual in Kapoor & Sons: Fawad Khan
We all know Fawad Khan took a major risk when he played a homosexual in Kapoor & Sons, but we did not know some of the actors fears regarding the…
Forever young: For Sonam, age is just a number
MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Sonam Kapoor, who turned 31 on Thursday, shared she is not ashamed to reveal her age. Talking further, the Khoobsurat actor added 2016 has been a rocking…
End of an era: Black Sabbath announces last-ever show
KARACHI: Legendary rock band Black Sabbath has marked the 2016 tour as its last ever. The group’s farewell US tour shows will take place on November 8 in Tulsa, Oklahoma,…
Is Pakistan better than England? Yousuf knows how to find out
Former Pakistan captain Muhammad Yousuf has a wonderful solution to the problem of deciding which team is better as the Men in Green get ready to take on England in…