Sharif set to form govt, Imran-backed candidate jumps ship

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), which is all set to form the coalition government in Pakistan along with the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), on Sunday managed to secure the support of the......

Nawaz Sharif invites rival parties to form joint govt in Pakistan

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif Friday called for a unity government as the cash-strapped Pakistan appeared to be heading towards a hung parliament, with independent candidates backed by jailed......

Facing defeat in parliament, Pak PM Imran Khan calls special cabinet meet

Pakistan's embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday summoned a special session of the federal cabinet amidst reports that two ministers belonging to the ruling coalition partner Muttahida......

What makes 'Lady Al Qaeda' Aafia Siddiqui special for terrorists

Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani neuroscientist serving more than an 80-year sentence in the US, has once again come into the limelight after her release was sought by the British hostage-taker at a......

TOP 20 Indian Movies of the Decade

Sreehari Nair presents his Top 20 movies of the decade. The story of Indian Cinema in this decade pivots around the Nirbhaya Case of 2012. The sheer brutality of that incident coupled with the......

The Best Indian Films of 2018

Sreehari Nair picks his top 10 movies of 2018. There are no 'progressive' films on this list because, as I see it, for a film-maker with a good college education or a decent liberal arts education,......

PIX: Madana, Karishma at Star Parivaar Awards

Television awards night! The Star Parivaar Awards saw television stars looking very stylish.   Mandana Karimi.   Naagin 3's Karishma Tanna.   Megha Chakraborty from Krishna Chali......

'What Nawaz did to the ladies was not in good taste'

'He needed to speak to the women he wrote about. 'You can’t just write your version of the honest truth in a relationship. 'Two people are involved and they both need to be aware of what......

2024 ICC T20 World Cup Squads

The ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup will feature a record number of teams, with 20 different sides represented in a tournament co-hosted by the USA and West Indies between June 1-29.......

T20 World Cup: All-rounder Saad Bin Zafar to lead Canada

IMAGE: Canada announced a 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup. Photograph: Kind courtesy Saad Zafar/Instagram Canada will make its maiden appearance in the Men's T20 World Cup with all-rounder......

Gayle, Harbhajan, Afridi among star-studded marquee players

IMAGE: Chris Gayle will ply his trade for Mississauga Panthers. Photograph: Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters The player draft for the much-awaited Global T20 Canada 2023 was held in a hybrid-form on......

World T20: Pakistan in must-win game against red-hot Kiwis

IMAGE: Pakistan's players in team meeting during their training session. Photograph: PCB Twitter. Pakistan will be desperately looking to ensure the painful defeat to India becomes a distant past......

Eight Pak athletes fail dope test, face ban

Pakistan athletics have been rocked by fresh charges of doping after eight top athletes failed tests at the National Championship held in Islamabad last month. The Pakistan Athletics Federation......