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What About Lahore?

April 2, 2016 BY Faraz Talat

Recognition of humanity There’s long been an unsaid agreement that a death toll in the East is simply a number that tickertapes across the bottom of the news screen. It is…

Missing the nuclear summit

April 2, 2016 BY Editorial

And the lack of a foreign minister A lot of hue and cry has been raised in the West regarding the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear programme, the number of Pakistan’s nuclear…

No convenience without inconvenience

April 2, 2016 BY Editor's Mail

Infrastructure development has a cost that its people have to pay in order to get the fruitful results in the future. People belonging to different segments of life are complaining these days…

Rain torrents kill 65 in KP, GB, FATA

6 hours ago BY Staff Report

At least 65 people were killed and more than 100 others injured as heavy rains lashed parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Sunday, officials and rescuers…

Pakistan and China are all weather friends: governor

8 hours ago BY APP

Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan has said that Pakistan and China are time-tested and all weather friends. He was talking to a high-level delegation from the Chinese regions of Xinjian and Uyghur.…

IHC passes stay orders on CDA operation against china cutting at Rawal Dam

9 hours ago BY APP

The Islamabad High Court extended stay order on Capital Development Authority (CDA) operation against the alleged china cutting land of 419 kanals located near Rawal Dam. A single-judge bench of Justice Mohsin…

Pakistan and China are all weather friends: governor

8 hours ago BY APP

Haram meat seized, accused arrested in Muzaffargarh

9 hours ago BY INP

The livestock department seized a huge quantity of Haram meat and arrested an accused here on Sunday. On a tip-off regarding transportation of dead meat, a team of livestock department along with…

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LMM 2016: Not mind blowing… better

9 hours ago BY Annam Lodhi

As Lahore welcomes spring, Al-Hamrah was host to the Lahore Music Meet (LMM) 2016 amid tight security measures. Barbed wires encircled the entrance while loud music played inside presenting a bizarre scene,…

INTERVIEW: Terrorism will, eventually, be defeated –Dr Rasul Bakhsh Rais

March 26, 2016 BY Shahab Jafry

There is collective will now The Brussels attack has raised questions that confront not just politicians but also academics and political scientists. It is the confirmation of the newest extension in the war against terrorism – its active, sudden and piercing entry into Europe. The Americans were already bombing IS at the time of the Paris attack, along with a number of other countries. Then the French joined in too, promising to end the terrorist organisation once and for all. But the Russians and the Iranians were also hel .....
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Wanted name “PML-Q” like last time, but Chaudhrys didn’t let us, says Mustafa Kamal

March 26, 2016 BY Khabaristan Today

Karachi – Our New Party Correspondent: Speaking at a press conference after the official naming of his party, former Karachi Nazim Mustafa Kamal said that Pak Sarzameen Party was actually the second choice for the name of his party. “I wanted for my patriotic party to be named after the party that got us our motherland,” he said. “But the Muslim League has many factions. What to name our faction? So I thought what better faction to name our party after than the founder of the nation? So, PML-Q was our first choice.” “Plus, it was .....
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Hafeez, Akmal and Shahid Afridi sabotaged my captaincy, alleges Shahid Afridi

March 26, 2016 BY Khabaristan Today

Mohali – Our Ghatya Players Correspondent: Speaking after the defeat of the national cricket team in the World T20 Cup, Pakistan team captain Shahid Afridi exposed a conspiracy by some of the players who were playing badly only in order to sabotage his captaincy. Speaking out against the Gang of Five, as it is being called, Afridi said that the match performance of Hafeez, Akmal, Shehzad, Malik and Shahid Afridi were so shabby that it is not possible they were not doing it on purpose. “Did you even see the performance of Ahmed Shehzad,” .....
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Brilliant student who had exposed Malala drama by analysing hospital photos fails again to get admission in medical college

March 26, 2016 BY Khabaristan Today

Lahore – Our Bigots Correspondent: In a shocking denial of justice, brilliant Sheikhupura-based science prodigy Shehzad Bhatti was denied entry into any of the Punjab’s government medical colleges even on the third consecutive attempt. “It is very clear what is going on here. The government, in an effort to please its international masters, is deliberately trying to subvert my education because of my earlier discoveries,” he said. Bhatti, 20, was referring to his detailed rebuttal of the claims that Malala Yousafzai was shot by analys .....
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It’s just cricket…

March 26, 2016 BY The Tube

“Nationalism does nothing but teach you to hate people you never met, and to take pride in accomplishments you had no part in.” Don’t get this the wrong way. I’m not one of those bleeding heart liberals who are unbearable to watch an India-Pakistan cricket match with, the sort who confuse any celebration of one’s national team with militant jingoism. Because even though I’m an extremely emphatic proponent of peace between the two countries, I “bleed green” when the two giants square off against each other on the cricket .....
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A new kind of fame

March 26, 2016 BY The Tube

Reality television saw the beginning of an era that had individuals who were famous because they were famous. A tautology, yes, but one that powered a generation of stars in the west. In Pakistan, reality TV came in the shape of crime re-enactment and talent shows. Not the following people around category, so the genre didn’t produce any stars here. Social media changed that. With Zaid AliT racking up an impressive following of more than four million people, someone who hasn’t been on mainstream media to begin with was now more popular th .....
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Europe under attack – again

March 26, 2016 BY Rabbia Nasir

Muslims of the world, please wake up The Brussels attack this week has been termed as “another low by terrorists in the service of hatred and violence,” by Donald Tusk, President of the European Council. Such refuting statements have emerged from all corners of the globe, including war-torn areas like Afghanistan and representatives of the poverty-struck areas in the form of African Union. However, there is one group that proudly endorses this attack, and we all know who that group really is. Yes, You-Know-Who or ISIS issued a sta .....
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Implications of Brussels

March 26, 2016 BY Umer Ali

Before and after It was a fine Tuesday morning in Brussels as the roads, metros and airport were thronged by bustling crowds. A bomb blast, shortly followed by another one, shook the Brussels Airport. Just when authorities were responding to the attack, they were informed of another explosion at Maalbeek Metro Station. The suicide attacks killed 31 people while wounding another 270. ISIS took responsibility of the attack and warned of many more to come. Two persons who blew themselves up at the airport were identified as Ibrahim el-Bakr .....
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How Europe is nurturing its own Islamic State?

March 26, 2016 BY Umair Jamal

By isolating Muslim migrant societies, Europe is giving rise to an indigenous Islamic State Europe continues to be at the receiving end of terrorism. The recent terrorist attacks in Brussels were the latest tragedy which resulted in the deaths of dozens of innocent people. While the Islamic state and other terrorist groups have vowed to carry out more attacks in Europe, the Middle East remains in a perilous condition. However, the question which should be asked is that how this rapidly deteriorating security situation in Europe .....
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A hope – Revival of quality theatre

March 26, 2016 BY Tania Qureshi

Let’s make a habit out of promoting culture [gallery columns="1" ids="503799,503800,503801,503802,503803,503804,503805,503806,503807,503808"] Among the echoing gigantic walls of the Lahore Fort, the regal marble pavilion of Hazuri Bagh and the grandiose Badshahi Mosque, was staged a theatre festival in which the stories of the past were relived. The tales hidden in those plastered walls and that very garden were staged somehow in most of the theatrical performances. The mysticism of Waris Shah, the plight of the famous dancer Nooran, .....
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