Tag: Men

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian men have extramarital sex because of "wives who neglect their responsibilities" to their husbands, a Malaysian lawmaker told Parliament Thursday, outraging women's groups.
"Husbands driving home after work see things that are sexually arousing and go to their wives to ease their urges," said independent lawmaker Ibrahim Ali, according to online portal Malaysiakini.
"But when they come home to their wives, they will say,'wait, I'm cooking,' or 'wait,

KARACHI - At least two men were reportedly gunned down in separate incidents in the city on Monday.
SITE-A police said a 35-year-old man was shot dead by unidentified armed persons near the Habib Chowrangi in SITE area. Abdul Ghaffar, son of Taur Khan, was crossing the road when he the assailants sprayed him with bullets and managed to escape.
The victim, a resident of Bawani Chali, SITE was rushed to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead on

LAHORE - The Pakistan cricket team on Friday morning reached the country and were accorded warm welcome after figuring in the World Cup 2011 semi-finals. Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi, Younus Khan and Asad Shafique touched the port city of Karachi and the remaining players were received by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and PCB chairman Ijaz Butt at the Lahore airport.
Misbah ul Haq, Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Kamran Akmal, Umer Akmal, Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmad Shahzad,

KARACHI - Shahid Afridi's men should be given a heroes' welcome when they touch down in Pakistan despite their loss to India in the World Cup semi-finals, urged a number of former players on Thursday. A few years ago, Pakistan cricketers would have expected anger and backlash following a defeat by their traditional foes but former captain Javed Miandad said the class of 2011 should be lauded as they had exceeded expectations.
"We need to support this team and appreciate their

SYDNEY - Record company EMI on Thursday lost their appeal against a ruling that Australian band Men at Work's iconic 1980s smash hit "Down Under" ripped off "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree". Last year, Australia's Federal Court found the famous flute riff on 'Down Under' was lifted from the folk tune 'Kookaburra,' penned by Melbourne teacher Marion Sinclair more than 75 years ago for a Girl Guides competition.
The result left Kookaburra's copyright owners, Larrikin Music,

NEW YORK - A fifth season of 'Mad Men,' the US series retro-set in the 1960s New York advertising world, has been confirmed but will not be broadcast before March 2012, the AMC network said Tuesday.
The news from AMC, which has broadcast the series every summer for four years, drew some disappointed reactions from fans looking forward to seeing Don Draper - the hero played by Jon Hamm - in new shows a few months from now. AMC confirmed Tuesday it has ordered the fifth season from

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the appeals of 10 men sentenced to death in an attack on former president Pervez Musharraf.
During the hearing, the appellants' counsel Colonel Ikram said that he was not heard at any forum, a private TV reported.
Moreover, during the proceeding, Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said certain public representatives were openly disrespecting the courts' rulings.
However, the judiciary would continue to make

It has been nearly four years since Steve Schirripa's bullet-riddled bodyplunged through an elaborate model train set on "The Sopranos," his character the victim of a hit put out by a rival crime boss. This week he begins delving into actual contract killings in a new true-crime series on the Investigation Discovery cable channel.
"Nothing Personal," beginning on Wednesday, investigates hitmen and the people who hire them. Each of the six scheduled episodes explores the

LAHORE - The Tinsel town rumour mill is buzzing that Charlie Sheen may be offered his old job back on 'Two and a Half Men'. As unlikely as that scenario may seem the Hollywood Hills are alive with the sound of compromise between the show's wayward star and the suits behind the scenes. The rumour was launched by an online story and also NBC News reporter Jeff Rossen posting the following to Twitter: "Sources close to Charlie Sheen tell NBC News, CBS has offered him his job back.

KARACHI - An Awami National Party (ANP) general secretary and a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activist among five were killed and four others injured in separate incidents across the city on Monday. ANP-Sindh District West General Secretary Hanif Khan was attacked in the Metroville area. Sixty one-year-old Khan was shot in the street while he was on his way to a mosque. He was critically injured and rushed to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) where he succumbed to his

KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) police arrested two impostors and brought them before a judicial magistrate who sent them to jail until March 30.
Muhammad Ali alias Manan and his accomplice Ishtiaq had reportedly been selling illegal electricity connections in Orangi Town by pretending to be KESC employees. The KESC police arrested the impostors on Wednesday while they were tampering with the meter of a customer who was working in collaboration with KESC's

ISLAMABAD - Despite Supreme Court orders barring contractual employment of retired officers in government departments, 10 officials who were appointed on a contractual basis after retirement in the Planning Commission of Pakistan (PCP) under the government of former president Pervez Musharraf are still employed, some at senior positions.
A senior official said on condition of anonymity that six of the officers in question were working at senior positions as advisers and

Sesame Street does a parody of the hit television series 'Mad Men'. Though of course the children would have no idea what Mad Men is about (hopefully) as it is definitely not age appropriate, but I suppose it was purely for the parent's entertainment. The clip shows Mr. Don Draper and his colleagues working on an advertisement campaign and they go through a series of emotions during it. Just as the characters on the original show do - anger, sadness, happiness mixed together in two

LOS ANGELES - Fashion fans are in a frenzy as Hollywood counts down to the Oscars, with designers and jewelers vying to provide the gorgeous gowns and fabulous gems on the red carpet next Sunday night. Often referred to as the most famous runway in the world, the Academy Awards show offers fashion houses an unparalleled opportunity to showcase their most spectacular creations to hundreds of millions of television viewers worldwide.
The priceless publicity, and unspoken celebrity

GWADAR - At least two security personnel embraced martyrdom and five received injuries when remote-controlled bomb planted on a bicycle exploded in Jannat Bazaar area of Gwadar on Tuesday. The FC convoy was targeted on the Gwadar Seaport Road.
Soon after the incident, the police cordoned off the area and started a search operation. The eyewitnesses reported that some unknown miscreants resorted to indiscriminate firing after the explosion.

KARACHI - With the sky still red and sun yet to rise above the horizon; birds singing and crows cawing; around a dozen boys and girls, carrying school bags on their shoulders, start their long walk on a narrow path passing through white sand dunes, surrounded by desert plants.
Wearing tattered slippers and clothes; weak physique and faces pale due to malnutrition; their eyes glitter with excitement on the journey of seven kilometres in the vast Achhro Thar (White Desert). For

QUETTA - Two personnel of Frontier Corps (FC) were killed and another wounded in an armed attack and a land mine explosion while an 8-inch diameter pipeline, supplying gas to Uch Power Plant, was blown up in Suhbatpur on Monday.
According to sources, unidentified armed men attacked a check post of FC with heavy weapons in Barkhan. As a result, one security personnel, identified as Aitzaz Khan, died on the spot while Saeed Ahmed received serious wounds. The attackers escaped from