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News for Thursday, 22 Dec 2011

Grammys to honour late Steve Jobs for contribution to music

The Grammys will pay special tribute to late Apple founder Steve Jobs, Brazil’s Tom Jobim - of [Girl from Ipanema’ fame - and US singer Diana Ross at the upcoming...

Ajoka’s ‘Amrika Chalo’: comic take on Pak-US ties

Ajoka opened its new play ‘Amrika Chalo’ (‘Destination America’) at Al Hamra on Thursday evening much to the delight of theatre lovers. After a long time Ajoka has performed a...

Ali Abbas displays work at Ejaz Art Gallery

Ali Abbas opened his exhibition of sketches in sepia, colour, and black and white at the Ejaz Art Gallery at 5:30 pm on Thursday. The exhibition was visited by many...

Banished

Pakistani starlet Veena Malik, who has stirred a storm in Pakistan by posing nude for a magazine cover, is now facing the whip of Indian Muslim bodies as well. The...

Arab observers head to Syria

Syrian troops on Thursday pursued an offensive in a region where activists reported the deadliest assault in a nine-month-old crackdown on unrest, as the vanguard of an Arab League team...

US must mull all options on Iran: Bill Clinton

Former US president Bill Clinton said in a television interview that President Barack Obama should not rule out military action on Iran, but there might be other ways "to skin...

Rough ride for anti-corruption bill in Indian parliament

The Indian government submitted two key bills to parliament Thursday, including anti-corruption legislation that risks triggering a repeat of mass protests that rocked the country in August. The proposed law...

A third of all South Asians made to pay bribes

More than one in three south Asians say they were forced to bribe officials in the last year, mainly for services they were legally entitled to, an international anti-graft watchdog...

Fatah, Hamas leaders debate PLO reform

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal were on Thursday to discuss reforming the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in a bid to allow the Islamist movement to join....

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