30 arrested over attack on Hindu temple in Pakistan

Pakistani police have arrested over 30 people, most of them belonging to a radical Islamist party, after a Hindu temple was vandalised and set on fire by a mob protesting its renovation in......

Pakistan to deport National Geographic's 'Afghan Girl'

A Pakistani court on Friday ordered the deportation of Sharbat Gula, National Geographic’s famed green-eyed ‘Afghan Girl’ immortalised in a 1985 haunting picture on the......

'Taliban planned to abduct Indian diplomats'

Two deserters from a paramilitary force arrested for terror links have told Pakistani investigators that Taliban had specific plans to abduct Indian diplomats, including the high commissioner, to......

'Promoting Musharraf as Army chief was a mistake'

The Kargil 'misadventure' planned by General Pervez Musharraf was known to only two top commanders close to the Army chief, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has claimed. Sharif insisted he had......

Review: Bioscopewala is a sweet film

'A movie to bring back memories of your innocent, carefree, childhood,' says Prasanna Zore. Debutant director Deb Medhekar's Bioscopewala, a contemporary adaptation of Tagore's Kabuliwala, is a......

WC Qualifier: Afghanistan beat West Indies

IMAGE: Mujeeb Ur Rahman celebrates the wicket of Chris Gayle. Photograph: ICC/Twitter Afghanistan kept their hopes alive for a place in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 when they defeated the West......

Kashmir's women cricketers pitch for equality -- in burqas and hijabs

IMAGE: Insha wants to live independent and without any fear. Photograph: PTI Her hijab firmly in place, she slings her bat across her shoulders and rides her Scooty to college and practice,......

Pak cricketer dies on pitch after getting hit on chest

All sports activities in the city of Sukkur in Pakistan’s Sindh province were suspended for three days after a promising young cricketer, Zulfiqar Bhatti, died after being hit on the chest by......