Taliban leadership approves initial peace talks with Afghan government
ISLAMABAD: Afghan Taliban’s top leadership has approved “preliminary peace talks” with the Afghan government, a former top Taliban commander, who is aware of the process, said on Sunday. “The Taliban...
View ArticleInter-School Scrabble Championship: Karachi holds second biggest event in the...
KARACHI: The Pakistan Scrabble Association (PSA) featured a record number of 726 players in the 2015 Horlicks Inter-School Scrabble Championship at the Marriot Hotel, Karachi yesterday. According to...
View ArticleEnglish Premier League: Limping Tottenham require Kane yet again
LONDON: Harry Kane wrote another chapter in his storybook season as the Tottenham striker rescued a 2-2 draw with the last kick of a pulsating London derby against West Ham on Sunday. Mauricio...
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New IS video shows Kurdish fighters in cages
BAGHDAD: The Islamic State released a new video on Sunday purporting to show captured Kurdish peshmerga fighters paraded through Iraqi streets in cages. The video shows 21 captives presented as 16...
View Article5 Tochi scouts injured
PESHAWAR: Five Tochi scouts were injured when their vehicle overturned in the Spin Tangi area of Bannu on Sunday. An official of the Domail police said that car carrying the scouts was en route to the...
View ArticleNational debate concludes at AWKUM
PESHAWAR: The two-day long national debate on the role of media concluded at Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM) on Sunday. The event was attended by numerous renowned journalists, analysts,...
View ArticleHeinous crime: Three-year old raped in Bannu
BANNU: A three-year old boy was allegedly raped in Sokari Hafizan area of Bannu Cantonment on Monday. The boy’s father, a resident of Sokari Karim Khan, told the Cantonment Police that he was visiting...
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Tipping the scale of fashion retail
LAHORE: The finale is usually the sharp end of any fashion showcase but it was the sharped up who drew attention on the second and last day of the biannual Telenor Fashion Weekend. Dated February 21...
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A ‘Sumystical’ night of Qawwali music
KARACHI: Music enthusiasts were treated to an exhilarating music performance by Hamza Akram and his troupe at the The Second Floor (T2F) on Saturday. The event titled ‘Mee Raqsam ‘featured Hamza...
View ArticleZhalay Sarhadi’s filmy moment
KARACHI: Zhalay Sarhadi, who will soon be seen in the crime-caper film Jalaibee, believes that the future of the Pakistani film industry is very bright, reported Roznama Express. “It is not necessary...
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Oscillating between fashion hits and misses
The most glamorous night of the year saw Hollywood’s finest surpass expectations as they arrived on the red carpet. Amid the neutral tones, which dominated this season, the colour red seemed to be a...
View ArticleHow stress can make you poorer
LONDON: Stress can make people with high level of anxiety poorer by denting their confidence to compete, suggests a new study. The findings suggest that stress can even be a cause of social inequality...
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Ex-Maldives president dragged to court to face terror charges
MALDIVES: A court in the Maldives on Monday refused bail to former president Mohamed Nasheed after he was arrested on terrorism charges and denied access to his lawyers, his party said. Police forcibly...
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Quick energy boosters
Sick of being tired? As the summer prevails we tend to be more sluggish during the day. We keep on wondering how to restore our energy for our day and also some extra to spare. The following tips will...
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Norway’s next peace vigil targets Oslo mosque
OSLO: Hundreds of Norwegians plan to join a peace vigil outside an Oslo mosque on Saturday, a week after Muslims and Jews united outside a synagogue there following fatal shootings in Denmark. “We are...
View ArticleWhy do religious clerics get away with sexual abuse?
A 75-year-old Muslim cleric was arrested on charges of criminal sexual abuse but was let go on a $250,000 bail.
View Article2022 World Cup: FIFA task force recommends winter date
DOHA: A FIFA World Cup task force on Tuesday recommended the 2022 World Cup in Qatar be shortened and held in November-December to avoid the scorching summer temperatures. “There is one solution,...
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Student arrested for sexual assault while attempting to recreate scene from...
A University of Illinois at Chicago(UIC) student leader has been charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year-old female student in what prosecutors say was a re-enactment of scenes from the film “Fifty...
View ArticlePakistan banish past demons ahead of Kuwait clash
KARACHI: Pakistan’s top-ranked tennis player Aqeel Khan shrugged off concerns regarding the possibility of a repeat of the country’s last unsavoury experience of playing on a neutral venue, as the team...
View ArticleSaudi court jails al bin Laden associate, Qaeda recruiters: newspaper
DUBAI: A Saudi court has jailed at least 13 men on counts including the recruitment of al Qaeda militants for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States and sheltering Osama bin Laden in...
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