White Lies

It was quite a kerfuffle in the parliament the other day, but nothing that hasn't been seen before. Not just in Pakistan but also...

White Lies

'tis the season of the wedding industry haul and boy, are they not shy of demanding their pound of flesh. Amongst the absolute top tier...

White Lies

Federal Finance Secretary Waqar Masud is set to replace the outgoing governor of the State Bank of Pakistan. Masud has been a bit of a...

White Lies

A glasnost in the making? National security adviser Nasir Janjua was all accommodative towards the journalists recently in Islamabad and held forth on the counter-terror...

Today’s White Lies

They are two of NAB's biggest hauls in the Punjab. One is a steel mill, the other a real estate concern. But raked in...

A little white lie

Dr Mujahid Kamran, VC of the Punjab University, is finally on his way out. The former intrepid IJT member was, ironically, the one responsible for...

White Lies

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court's decision to adjourn the proceedings of the Panamagate case till January, the PTI's legion of trolls have...

White Lies

After the Board spent a bit of a stash on his heart operation, the chairman of the PCB, Shehryar Khan, is back. Despite repeated...

White Lies

Boris Johnson, as we know, was in town and wanted to meet Imran Khan, we are told. Well, our man in Bani Gala is...

White Lies

The PTI says that the visit of the Turkish president was orchestrated by the prime minister to gain legitimacy at a time when his...

White Lies

Dr Eshrat-ul-Ebad, who played a pretty mean guitar and a meaner still (rumoured) drill, left office after a full fourteen years, the longest stunt...

White Lies

The London event organised by the team of the Lahore-based literary festival was being described as a resounding success. Turned out to be a...

Today’s White Lies

Sheikh Rasheed made a daring escape away because the police could get him. Right out of the movies. Social media was abuzz about the getaway,...

White Lies

What goes around comes around with a 15-month sentence, it would appear. The Mazhar Mehmood a.k.a the Fake Shaikh, is set to go to the...

White Lies

A bit of an embarrassment for Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, when it became clear that the award for Best Finance Minister of South Asia,...

White Lies

There was a trend of late in Lahore's fashionable restaurant district of a BYOB arrangement. If you were to bring your own poison, the...

White Lies

Well, as usual numbers don't mean anything to the local TV channels. So, if a channel was fond of Imran Khan (no points for guessing...