Radio Pakistan will exclusively broadcast ball-to-ball running commentary during the upcoming cricket series between Pakistan and South Africa. The 1st test match between Pakistan and South Africa will begin at Johannesburg tomorrow (Friday). The series starts on Feb 1 and would consist of 3 Test matches‚ 5 one day international(s) and two T-20 games. The […]
KARACHI: BBC World Service has announced the upcoming launch of the first ever BBC Urdu TV programme, Sairbeen, which will be broadcast from Monday, 11 February on a private TV channel in Pakistan. The new BBC TV programme builds on the longstanding success of the flagship daily BBC Urdu radio programme brand, Sairbeen, which is […]
SUKKUR: A jirga held in Titroi village near here on Wednesday settled a dispute between two groups of the Magsi clan over murder of a woman declared kari and later murdered by her family. The jirga found one Karam Magsi guilty of being karo and imposed a fine of Rs1.1 million on him and his […]
By: MUHAMMAD ADEEL Everybody knows that YouTube has been banned in Pakistan due to some blasphemous content. The people still do not know if the popular video sharing site has been banned because of blasphemous content alone or whether that was just a pretext to get the site closed down. Now I wish to share […]
Karachi: A disheartened young lover committed suicide on Wednesday after the man of her dreams refused to marry her. Twenty-two-years Pooja hanged herself from a ceiling fan in her Mohabbat Nagar residence after an altercation with her parents, said Malir police. When Pooja’s mother did not see her for a few hours, she went to […]
Karachi: “My art is very urban. I reflect what I see. I love interacting with people. Whatever I do is Pakistan”. So began a lecture on art by the Karachi-based freelance artist, Moeen Faruqi, at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture (IVS) Wednesday afternoon. With the aid of slides of his paintings, Faruqi […]
KARACHI: Viewers will have a rare opportunity of watching two top class hosts — Dr Shaista and Nadia Khan — in Geo TV’s programme ‘Utho Jago Pakistan’ today (Thursday). Both Shaista and Nadia are undoubtedly the queens of morning shows, having a large number of fans across the world. Nadia will be Shaista’s guest in […]
By: Anil Datta Karachi: Shehrbano Saiyid, an enterprising Karachi-based young woman, independent documentary filmmaker and journalist, created history recently by organising and leading an eight-member women’s team which conquered three peaks in the Karrakoram range in the Gilgit-Baltistan region. Designated the Pakistan Women’s Expedition (PWE), the team climbed the Julio Sar (6035 metres), a virgin […]
LARKANA: A delegation of high commissioners and other diplomats of 19 countries based in Pakistan led by H.E. Rodolfo Martin Saravia, the ambassador of Argentina, visited Moenjodaro on Wednesday. They went round the Stupa, DK-area and visited the museum. Diplomats from France, Japan, Canada, the Maldives, Malaysia, Indonesia, Switzerland, Nepal, Bangladesh and other countries were […]
LONDON: Malala Yousufzai shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating girls’ education is to return to a hospital in Britain for surgery to reconstruct her skull. The 15-year-old was discharged from the hospital earlier this month to spend time with her family after her initial treatment phase. Her doctors said on Wednesday she […]
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday allowed a destitute woman from local shelter home to marry the man of her choice and directed the provincial social welfare department to generate funds for her marriage by contacting philanthropists and nongovernmental organisations. The woman, Zarwari, had fled home a year ago after her family planned to […]
Pakistan drops to 159th rank in press freedom index PARIS (Agencies): Reporters Without Borders on Wednesday launched a new indicator measuring global press freedom by aggregating the scores of its annual index, from perennial table-topping Finland to worst offenders Eritrea.”In view of the emergence of new technologies and the interdependence of governments and peoples, the […]
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