Year Review: Pakistani Women in 2015

2015 has been quite the year for women in Pakistan. Gender equality took the main stage as one leading lady after the other wowed...

My naked and unambiguous threat was taken out of context, says Imran Khan

Islamabad – Our Angry Khan Correspondent: Speaking to reporters from his estate in Bani Gala, Islamabad, PTI Chairman Imran Khan told reporters yesterday that...

Nat-Geo documentary: Fascinating political animal migrates across continents every two years in search of...

Lahore – Our Wild Correspondent: In a new documentary by National Geographic, researchers track a strange political animal that treks all the way from...

PTI appeals to ECP for right to Easy Load some of Lodhran lead to...

Lodhran – Our Dhandhli Correspondent: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has filed a formal appeal in the Election Commission of Pakistan to be able to Easy...

Kidding?

Imran Khan's speech at the 3rd convocation of Namal University was standard graduation day fare; work hard, work for your country, the works. The...

The lovely Ms Fakhri

Nargis Fakhri, the fetching Pakistani-Czech model-actress has been Mobilink's brand ambassador since some time now. But her TV ads didn't manage to achieve quite...

The year that was

And the one ahead        The incumbent government came into power through the general elections conducted in May 2013 and Mian Nawaz Sharif was elected prime...

Terrorism: How far will we succeed in 2016?

Considering how far we have come   The start of 2015 was a year of action for Pakistan with regards to counter-terrorism. The National Action Plan...

The future of Pakistan’s relations along the borders

Who else should we approach in the coming year?   2015 has been a topsy-turvy year for Pakistan’s relationships with its neighbours, namely Afghanistan, India and...

The civil-military discord

Over the edge again?   Civil-military relations in Pakistan have a long history of discord, delusion, disagreement and intrigue. However, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was lucky...

Implications of the US-Iran deal

And its spillover onto the rest of the world    The nuclear deal with Iran has been a resoundingly important theme in the primary debates of...

The stunning Bajirao Mastani

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film is a class apart   Going to a film with several big names attached to it, there is always a fear of...

Gulabi Bagh gateway and Dai Anga’s tomb

Opportunity cost of the Orange Line     This monument is one of the Protected Heritage Monuments by the Archaeology Department of Punjab under the Archaeological Sites...

Akbari Gate’s twining streets!

And the tales they have to tell     Akbari Gate of the Walled City was named after the Mughal King Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar, who was the...

Mobilink, Warid, Telenor, Ufone and Zong to merge to form one big, really awful...

Islamabad – Our Telefun Correspondent: In a major corporate development, the nation's five cellular companies have announced their decision to merge into one big,...

Govt to privatise Mushahid Ullah Khan

Islamabad – Our Faux Pas Correspondent: The government on Saturday formally announced the decision to privatise former Minister Mushahid Ullah Khan. “We are inviting Expressions...

Struggling Indian actor finally realises lifelong dream of meeting Sahir Lodhi

Dubai – Our Show-Off Correspondent: The little-known Indian film actor named Shah Rukh Khan realised his lifelong dream yesterday when he finally met his...