Scotland secedes from Britain, at least online
LONDON: Five months after Scotland voted against independence from the rest of the United Kingdom, the Scottish government has seceded — at least online. The devolved government in Edinburgh has...
View Article11 Peshawar school attack survivors shifted to Karachi hospital for treatment
KARACHI: As many as eleven people, who had been injured in the Peshawar school attack, were shifted to the Aga Khan Hospital in Karachi on Wednesday for further treatment. Those shifted include a...
View ArticleWaqar confident of team bouncing back
Pakistan desperately need a win against the West Indies to keep up their chances of a quarter-final place
View ArticleGolden Kela Awards to peel off Bollywood’s worst
NEW DELHI: Filmmaker Sajid Khan’s 2014 film Humshakals is leading the seventh annual Golden Kela Awards with five nominations, while Prabhudheva’s Action Jackson has bagged four nominations. The awards...
View ArticleNo need to go overseas in search of films: Urwa
LAHORE: Urwa Hocane is flying high after the success of her debut film Na Maloom Afraad. In an interview with Roznama Express, the actor, of Na Maloom Afraad fame, spoke about how artistes don’t need...
View ArticleI lost friends over Kim: Kanye West
Love didn’t come easy for Yeezy. The rapper-designer explains that Kardashian’s disrepute as a reality TV star made fashion people cautious and distrustful of her, and, by association, West; bringing...
View ArticleRivo Mobile launched
KARACHI: Advance Telecom has at its annual partners’ convention announced the launch of Rivo Mobile. It is set to fill every gap that consumers currently face when it comes to choices of handsets and...
View ArticleCorporate corner: Sindh govt signs MoU with Vestas
KARACHI: The future of wind energy in the Sindh province received yet another boost, as Vestas Wind Systems signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on wind power development in the...
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Target achieved: Transporters withdraw strike call as traffic police promise...
KARACHI: The Karachi Transport Ittehad (KTI) called off their strike on Thursday after the traffic police announced that public transporters will not be fined for the next 10 days. The transporters’...
View ArticleCurrency: Rupee stable against dollar
KARACHI: The rupee remained stable at 101/101.2 against the dollar in the inter-bank market on Thursday compared to Wednesday’s close of 101/101.2. The currency market has stabilised over the past few...
View ArticleSelf-defence training: Mama Parsi students learn how to use guns
KARACHI: The students and teachers of Mama Parsi school know how to react in case of a terrorist attack as they have learned how to use a gun and been trained on basic self-defence. Following the...
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KU staff ‘steal’ laptops meant for students
KARACHI: Suspected Karachi University (KU) staffers made off with dozens of laptops meant for distribution among the students under Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s National Programme for the Provision...
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Book launch: Mumtaz Saeed lives on with new book on democracy
KARACHI: ‘You live beyond your life through your book.’ This phrase could not have been more apt than at the Arts Council on Wednesday evening when the late writer, Syed Mumtaz Saeed, was warmly...
View ArticleHepatitis-B: Health secretary, CS to file comments in vaccine case
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has issued pre-admission notices to the provincial chief secretary (CS), health secretary, the director-general for health services, and the project manager of the...
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The Washington follies
On the evening of February 18, it was the turn of the federal capital Islamabad to receive the attention of suicide bombers. Three people died at an imambargah on Kuri Road. The banned group Jundullah...
View ArticleMQM demands justice for worker killed
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Rabita Committee condemned the killing of its worker, Danish Kaleem, and demanded the government arrest his killers. The victim, 25, was employed at the...
View ArticleIs Prince Harry eyeing a ‘hook up’ with Emma Watson?
It seems Prince Harry has been bewitched by Harry Potter star Emma Watson. Australia’s Woman’s Day magazine has claimed that the notorious bachelor Prince Harry has found love with gorgeous Harry...
View ArticleFor the sake of peace: 100 new members inducted in the Youth Parliament
KARACHI: At a time when the country seems to be crippled with the effects of terrorism and deteriorating law and order situation, the Youth Parliament took upon itself to offer a ray of hope. An event,...
View ArticleContingency plans: Security heightened at imambargahs, mosques for Friday...
PESHAWAR: Security was heightened at imambargahs and mosques in the provincial metropolis on Friday after last week’s deadly attack on Imamia Mosque in Hayatabad and Qasar-e-Sakina Imambargah in...
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If a Pakistani went to Mars…
Reginald Foulds is ready to go on a one-way trip to Mars. His dream may be a step closer as he is amongst the final 100 candidates chosen by Mars One, a private organisation that is planning on sending...
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