The role is something that I am just waiting to dig my teeth into, says Anushka An international prosthetics expert will finalise her look in the film SHOWBIZ: If Anushka Sharma’s own production NH10 is anything to go by, gritty roles fit the actress like a glove. So it came as no surprise when it was revealed that Sharma has ...

Pre-negotiations, direct talks and implementation are the three steps of peace process To resume the process, Pakistan hosted first round of preparatory meeting on Monday and the second round is scheduled to be hosted by Kabul on January 18. AFGHANISTAN: Afghanistan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai who is leading his country in the preparatory discussions with Pakistan, U.S. and ...

TALIBAN: The stalled peace talks between the government of Afghanistan and Taliban are expected to resume soon in the wake of the quadrilateral meeting in Islamabad in which representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan, U.S. and China discussed a roadmap for ending the 15 years long conflict. Pakistan’s The Express Tribune news agency cites a top official as saying that direct talks between ...

Time is a river that flows from eternity to eternity. Days, months and years are bridges that help us cross that river from one bank to the other. Unlike milestones on a road, these bridges do not mark the length of the river. The finite cannot, after all, measure the infinite. A year is a calendar of a limited number ...

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Punjab organiser Chaudhry Sarwar says the PML-N government has failed to control rape and kidnap cases, claiming that Pakistan is among the 10 worst countries when it comes to rape cases. He issued a “fact sheet” on Monday on the rape and kidnap incidents, stating 14,850 kidnap cases involving women, children and girls were reported in Punjab ...

The Central Superior Services is an elite permanent bureaucratic authority, and the civil service that is responsible for running the civilian bureaucratic operations and government secretariats and directorates of the Cabinet of Pakistan. Civil Services are not only a profession, they are a huge responsibility, a lifestyle. The services/groups which include, Commerce & Trade, Customs & Excise Group, District Management Group, Foreign service of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...