Arts / EntertainmentLondon reigns as world’s divorce capital
LONDON- Las Vegas may be the best place for marriage but London is known as divorce capital of the world -- and a Malaysian beauty queen's bid for a big money split in court on Friday is on
Oct 18, 2014
Arts / EntertainmentMichael Jackson tops Forbes list of highest-earning dead celebrities
NEW YORK -Five years after his death, singer Michael Jackson is generating a fortune and is the top-earning dead celebrity, raking in an estimated $140 million in the past year for his estate, For
Oct 16, 2014
BusinessPakistan’s Islamic banking push faces industry gaps -study
Pakistan's central bank has released a study of Islamic banking, the first of its kind in the country, which shows latent demand for sharia-compliant finance but many obstacles such as small branch
Oct 14, 2014
ForeignAfghanistan’s Karzai slams U.S., Pakistan in farewell speech
KABUL-Outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday blamed the United States for his country's long war, a final swipe at the country that helped bring him to power 13 years ago but towards wh
Sep 23, 2014
NATIONALBaloch separatists demand ‘Scotland Referendum’
Baloch separatist leaders on Friday called on Pakistan to follow in Britain’s footsteps by holding a referendum similar to Scotland’s on granting independence to the province.Scots r
Sep 20, 2014
NATIONALPM Sharif threatens to clear protesters camped in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD -Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, weakened by weeks of demonstrations calling for him to resign, threatened on Wednesday to clear a protest camp established more than a month ago outside gov
Sep 17, 2014
NATIONALExhausted protesters want to go home, organisers won’t let them
ISLAMABAD-Arshad Shah, a protester, feels trapped: worn out after weeks of street demonstrations against the government, he wants to go home but protest organisers will not let him.Like many o
Sep 12, 2014
Arts / EntertainmentFawad Khan: I’d want to stay away from TV right now
For now, all of Fawad Khan‘s energy is concentrated towards making a career in filmdom, says the Pakistan’s actor-singer who is making his Bollywood foray with “Khoobsurat”. He enjoys a huge fan<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/09/01/fawad-khan-id-want-to-stay-away-from-tv-right-now/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Sep 1, 2014
Arts / EntertainmentHello Kitty on space mission
TOKYO- Hello Kitty has been sent on her first space mission, as Japan’s global icon of cute celebrates its 40th birthday in extraterrestrial fashion. A Kitty figure is now circling the Earth<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/08/16/hello-kitty-on-space-mission/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Aug 16, 2014
ForeignIranian mathematician becomes first woman to win top maths prize
SEOUL- Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman to be awarded the Fields Medal, mathematics’ equivalent to the Nobel Prize. The professor at Stanford University in California was among four Fields<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/08/13/iranian-mathematician-becomes-first-woman-to-win-top-maths-prize/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Aug 13, 2014
ForeignChina city bans ‘Islamic’ clothing, beards on public buses
Karamay, a city in China’s mainly-Muslim Xinjiang region, has banned “large beards” and ‘Islamic’ clothing from public buses, reports the state-owned Karamay Daily.The ban covers “lar
Aug 6, 2014
Foreign16 killed in Damascus shelling: NGO
BEIRUT- At least 16 people, including two children, were killed when rebels shelled many districts of the Syrian capital overnight, a monitoring group said on Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/08/06/16-killed-in-damascus-shelling-ngo/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Aug 6, 2014