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'General Zia was real startled'

'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.''Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.' IMAGE: Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri and her husband Hardeep Singh Puri, currently India's minister of......

Benazir's daughter: Meet Pakistan's first lady

Quite the spitting image of her late mother, both in looks and bearing, Aseefa Bhutto Zardari joins a long line of Pakistani first ladies. Aseefa Bhutto Zardari was just 14 years old when her......

Shenanigans Surface In Pakistan Military

Recent disclosures allege large scale corruption, nepotism and kickbacks by Pakistan air chief Air Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar Sidhuin housing land deals in Islamabad and in buying of new aircraft,......

Why Pakistan Government Spared Mani Shankar Aiyar

It was only a matter of hours before I would be declared persona non grata; all my work would turn to ashes, and I would be revealed as a typical untrustworthy Indian.I steeled myself for the axe......

Why Rajiv Gandhi Decided On Nuclear Weapons

The idea of weaponization got a fillip from an unexpected quarter.In the last week of October 1985, Rajiv met US President Ronald Reagan.Reagan told Rajiv, 'Pakistan has already made a bomb.'When......

The Best South Songs of 2023

No film gets by without an adequately popular song album. Even though there is a growing misconception about the kind of songs and music that get people interested, with a tendency to focus more on......

'Women in Pakistan feel like they are being watched'

'There's this presence, a sense of patrolling and surveillance. And it's not coming from a place of safety.''It's coming from a place of 'You don't belong here'.''It's a malevolent force, the......

Mission Majnu Review: I Spy Silly

If you want to make your enemy look like a threat, at least make them formidable, sighs Sukanya Verma. We've watched no love lost between India and Pakistan's diplomatic equation through......

'If you have too many girls, that's a problem'

'If you don't have children, that's also a problem.''There's no right way to live because everybody has an opinion about your personal life, and how you should live.''You have to listen to them,......

Om Puri: A career in 30 pictures

Om Puri passed away into the ages on January 6. The actor has worked in over 300 movies, over several languages. He has also worked in many Hollywood movies, in prominent roles. Here's......

How Indo-Pak cricket thrived in Musharraf's rule

IMAGE: Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf shakes hands with Virender Sehwag. Photograph: Reuters Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, the architect of the Kargil War in......

'Akhtar's career would have ended had Dalmiya not helped'

Shoaib Akhtar's career would have ended in 2000-01 if Dalmiya had not helped: Former PCB chief IMAGE: Controversial Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar. Photograph: Tom Shaw/Getty Images A......

Pakistan struggling to pick team for Davis Cup tie against India

IMAGE: Qureshi withdrew after the tie was on Tuesday moved out of Islamabad. Photograph: Reuters The Pakistan Tennis Federation is struggling to pick a team for the upcoming Davis Cup tie against......

Surprising facts about Buttler, Ashwin and Mankading

Jos Buttler has been 'Mankaded' twice Ravichandran Ashwin hit the 'Bull's Eye' in his second attempt after an aborted one seven years back IMAGE: Sachithra Senanayake of Sri Lanka appeals to the......

How good a cricketer was Imran Khan?

'Imran had the misfortune to be in an age when there was a surfeit of mighty all-rounders.''Indians would not put him on a par with Kapil Dev or Vinoo Mankad,' points out Uddalok Bhattacharya.......

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