The trains, the diamonds, the plunging necklines; we pick out the most memorable looks of the night Award season kicked off with the Golden Globes, an evening that celebrates achievements in television and film – and that makes for one busy red carpet. The stars were dressed to impress and some deserve an accolade for their sartorial choices alone. Read ...
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Deadlock Persists over Issues of CPEC Implementation
ISLAMABAD: AMIR WASIM: The country’s political leadership extended support to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project on Sunday, but remained deadlocked over details and its way forward. As a multi-party conference (MPC) convened by the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) concluded in the evening, it was clear that differences over the implementation of the flagship programme continued to persist. Representatives of over ...
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India now in ‘Big Three’ of Porn Consumption
The verdict is out. Ban or no ban, India is watching more porn than ever this year as it knocks out Canada to grab third position – after the US and Britain – in visiting one of the world’s largest adult websites Pornhub. In its annual review of how people around the world watch porn,Pornhub found that while the US added ...
Read More »The Mystery of Red-Mosque
AYESHA SIDDIQA: The liberal civil society in Islamabad and the rest of Pakistan, and even the Pakistani diaspora abroad, tend to get very upset with the continued presence of Abdul Aziz in the heart of the capital. There are some activists who have even made a career out of flagging the Lal Masjid issue. The emphasis of the argument is that ...
Read More »مدارس کی مالی امداد میں سعودیہ، ایران سب سے آگے : ہارون رشید
حکومت پاکستان کے اعداد و شمار کے مطابق سعودی عرب اور ایران دو ایسے ممالک ہیں جو ملک میں دینی مدارس کی تعداد کے اعتبار سے سب سے زیادہ مالی معاونت کر رہے ہیں۔ بی بی سی کو ملنے والے یہ سرکاری اعداد و شمار ملک بھر کے تقریباً 300 مدارس کے متعلق ہیں۔ ان کے مطابق سعودی عرب پاکستان ...
Read More »4-way Meeting Set to Discuss Roadmap for Peace Negotiations
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad is poised to present a list of “reconcilable” Afghan Taliban at a quadrilateral meeting that will prepare a roadmap for the revival of peace talks in Islamabad on Monday, said an official. Representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States and China would lay the groundwork for the reconciliation process, aimed at ending nearly four decades of conflict in ...
Read More »Seven Afghans Kidnapped in Pakistan’s Baluchistan Province
PAKISTAN: Seven Afghans have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in restive Baluchistan province of Pakistan. Reports suggest that guns were fired in Taftan area of Chagai District near the border with Iran which left two Afghans wounded on Sunday evening. Following the gun battle, seven Afghans were taken to an undisclosed location, said Taftan Assistant Commissioner Murad Kasi. Health condition ...
Read More »Putin says he Wants Global Cooperation against Terrorism
MOSCOW: Russia wants to fight terrorism jointly with the rest of the world, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Monday, while again accusing the West of exacerbating international crises that had contributed to it. “We are faced with common threats, and we still want all countries, both in Europe and the whole world, to join their efforts ...
Read More »Women On Wheels Hit the Road in Lahore
LAHORE: About 150 women motorcyclists after completing training with the collaboration of Special Monitoring Unit on Law & Order and City Traffic Police participated in the Women on Wheels (WoW) rally in Lahore. Women participants of Women on Wheels (WOW) raise their helmets at the start of a rally launching the Women on Wheels campaign in Lahore.─AFP The rally, a ...
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