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......

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......

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......

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......

Salgaocar outplay Mohd Sporting

After meeting stiff resistance in the barren first half, Salgaocar outplayed Mohammedan Sporting to score a comprehensive 3-0 win in a National Football League (NFL) match at Nehru Stadium in......

Mumbai's tail-enders stage fightback

Mumbai's lower-order batsmen effected a fine fightback, enabling the side to reach 248 in their first innings against Railways in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A'match at the Karnail Singh stadium......