Exclusive: China seeks greater role in Afghanistan with peace talk push China has proposed setting up a forum to restart stalled peace talks between Afghanistan and Taliban insurgents, the latest sign Beijing wants more of a say in its troubled neighbor’s affairs as it frets about its own Islamist militant threat. Documents seen by Reuters […]
Pakistan court issues arrest warrants for protest leaders Khan, Qadri Pakistani opposition leaders reacted with outrage on Thursday after a court issued arrest warrants for a top politician and a firebrand cleric who led protests in the capital of Islamabad aiming to topple the government. An anti-terrorism court issued the arrest warrants for opposition leader […]
Pakistan prime minister pledges support for new Afghan president Looking to overcome years of mistrust and hostility between their two nations, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the new Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, promised on Saturday to boost security and trade ties. The two neighbors have accused each other in the past of harboring anti-government […]
Pink Floyd top British album charts for first time since 1995 LONDON: British progressive rock group Pink Floyd topped the album charts for the first time in nearly 20 years on Sunday with The Endless River, the Official Charts Company said. The newly-released album, which the band says will be their last, became the third […]
Islamabad’s very own chocolate café ISLAMABAD: The N Street Chocolate Café opened in Islamabad amid much enthusiasm and appreciation in F7. With a board up narrating the inception of N Street worldwide, “On their honeymoon trip to Belgium, sweeping through the midst of the chocolate like pavements in Brussels, a newly married couple fell in […]
Coke Studio Episode 6 review: Remember the titans There comes a point when even those who’re considered some of the biggest icons of Pakistan’s music industry and who’ve been around for 25 or so years, get star struck. Their eyes light up and their voice is full of awe and excitement as the Strings duo, […]
Abhishek Bachchan wants Farah Khan to make ‘Happy New Year’ sequel After Happy New Year took the box office by storm, it only makes sense that all involved would want to capitalise on the success. Abhishek Bachchan, who played the role of the outrageous and alcoholic tapori Nandu Bhide in the film seems to be […]
Thunderous Bashar Momin ends with a change of heart Last week marked the ending of what was billed as the most expensive serial on Pakistani television—Bashar Momin. Anyone watching the show could not have failed to see the influence of Turkish dramas, but like most feats of reverse engineering, it produced mixed results. Directed by […]
Modi’s mythologies Suffering from jaundice several decades ago, sick to death of the constant imbibing of sugarcane juice and bored out of my skull, my eyes fell on an interesting volume on my parents’ bookshelf: Some blunders in Indian historical research by a P.N Oak. It started off innocently enough, with assertions about how the […]
Mantra of change IT makes sense to say that one form of political excess breeds another. Imran Khan should have known that he was trying the patience of the government with his demagoguery and a breaking point was bound to be reached. He has only himself to blame for the non-bailable warrants of arrest issued […]
