Pervez Musharraf laid to rest in Karachi

Pakistan's former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf was on Tuesday laid to rest with military honours in an army graveyard in Karachi in the presence of his relatives and several retired and......

Disastrous Decisions, Achievements: Pervez Musharraf's Mixed Legacy

Learning perhaps from the Kargil debacle, Musharraf tried hard to evolve as a statesman in his dealings with India, recalls Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RA&W. IMAGE: Former......

Dawood Ibrahim in Karachi, got married again, reveals nephew

Alishah Parkar, son of Haseena Parkar, and Dawood Ibrahim's nephew, has made sensational claims before the National Investigation Agency stating that the fugitive underworld gangster has remarried......

What Pakistan Army Reshuffle Means

The timing of these transfers, while being projected as routine, is significant in both strategic and political terms, asserts Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and......

Amitabh@50: Stories you didn't know about the star

Rasheed Kidwai unearths little-known stories from the Dadasaheb Phalke awardee's past as Amitabh Bachchan celebrates 50 years in the movies this month. The long, fascinating and illustrious......

2016: A year at the movies when India thumped Hindi

'2016 was the age of convenience for Hindi movies; of down pat effrontery and planned feeling triumphing over attempts to discern something complexly beautiful,' says Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Ae Dil......

'Fanatic Muslims damage the image of Islam far more than any cartoon'

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities. Several celebrities took to Twitter to condemn the terrorist attack on the offices of French magazine Charlie Hebdo in......

Shabana Azmi never says never!

Journalist-turned-filmmaker Khalid Mohamed's Tehzeeb released to mixed reviews and a not-so-encouraging audience response on December 5. Touted as a tribute to Ingmar Bergman's 1978 classic Autumn......

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......

PCB won't allow Asia Cup cancellation to accommodate IPL

Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ehsan Mani has asserted that the PCB will not agree to cancelling the Asia Cup, scheduled in the UAE in September, to make room for the Indian Premier League, which......

WT20: 'This Pakistan team lacks pride and passion'

IMAGE: Pakistan's Sharjeel Khan (second from right) celebrates with teammates after taking a catch to dismiss New Zealand's Colin Munro. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Former pacer Shoaib Akhtar......

After politics, it's cricket time for Pakistan

IMAGE: Pakistan's captain Shahid Afridi and other teammates during warm up against Sri Lanka at Eden Garden in Kolkata. Photograph: PTI Photos. Their arrival itself was mired in drama and a......

Seven Pak athletes banned for failing dope test

Seven Pakistan track and field athletes have been banned for two years each after failing dope tests in the national championships in Islamabad last month. The secretary of the Pakistan Amateur......