Tag: Controversy
Parliamentary technicalities lurking as controversy deepens
Parliamentary technicalities appear to be the major reason for a weeks-long confrontation between the PPP-led proponents and PML-F-led opponents of the Sindh People Local...
Pistorius controversy ignites Paralympics
South Africa's Oscar Pistorius is to meet the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) after he lost his first T44 200m race in nine years and...
British channel’s history of Islam sparks flood of complaints
A British public-service television broadcaster, Channel 4, is at the centre of a storm over a programme it broadcast on the history of Islam....
This Bolt may strike again
A much anticipated weekend beckons. After a sensational and controversy-laden, with mostly China at the receiving end of the latter, the London Olympic Games...
British controversy overshadows Games prep
An ugly selection controversy surrounding a British entrant into the Olympic Taekwondo competition has been dominating the news ahead of the London Games. Olympic...
Work begins on controversial Japan nuclear restart
Japan started work to put nuclear reactors back online Saturday, despite public distrust of the technology after last year's meltdowns at Fukushima, the world's...
A controversy and a triumph
Controversy dogged the Pakistan Davis Cup team on its campaign against Lebanon recently. According to news reports and insider information, the ITF has written...
Misbah saddened by Kaneria controversy
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq said he was saddened by seeing international colleague Danish Kaneria named in a spot-fixing case which led to the imprisonment...
Pakistani artists not welcome in India
Pakistani’s artistes in India, be it Salma Agha in the 1980s or Zeba Bakhtiar in the 90s, or Meera, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and...
‘My children speak Hindi, what do I do?’
Shanzay Ali, a mother of three, is upset over the changes she detects in her children’s everyday language. She says her children, Faizan, 8,...
Another controversy
Cricket between Pakistan and England seems to be jinxed. No series goes by without controversy, bitterness, accusations and counter-accusations. This year again the first...
The (shallow) Atlantic!
In all the silly controversy over The Atlantic-National Journal article, one underlying United States unease has gone unnoticed, a deeply satisfying fact for me...
Sri Lanka team attack, fixing controversy worst of my term: Butt
After completing his three-year term, the former chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board Ijaz Butt seemed a satisfied man and said that he discharged...
Anti-Terrorism Bill controversy may deepen
The clouds of controversy hovering over the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill 2010, are likely to thicken further after the government proposed fresh amendments in the...
Schumacher back at the centre of controversy
Even at 42, with more titles and race wins than anyone else, Michael Schumacher cannot drive away from controversy. It dogs him wherever he...
Controversy over attack on Pakistani couple in NJ
Initial investigation carried out by the New Jersey police says that Nazish Noorani, a Pakistani woman who was shot dead in the quiet Pakistani-dominated...
PNCA exgibition sparks controversy
The latest scandal at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) was caused by an exhibition which was deemed contrary to its mandate....
