By Zahra Salahuddin When it comes to music in Pakistan, it has always felt like the Dragon coaster ride at Sindbad, Karachi. One doesn’t e...
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Pakistani officials displeased at Homeland’s portrayal of Pakistan
Receiving much criticism regarding the portrayal of Pakistan from the local audience, Showtime’s espionage show Homeland has now also mana...
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'Modern Family' star Sofia Vergara engaged to Joe Manganiello
LOS ANGELES: Modern Family star Sofia Vergara – America's best paid TV actress – and Joe Manganiello of True Blood fame plan to tie t...
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Luise Rainer, first to win consecutive acting Oscars, dies
LONDON: Luise Rainer, a star of cinema's golden era who won back-to-back Oscars but then walked away from a glittering Hollywood career...
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'Star Wars' most anticipated 2015 film
LOS ANGELES: The upcoming instalment of the Star Wars franchise tops moviegoers' lists of most anticipated films of 2015, ticket selle...
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Bollywood tragedy: A ‘reel’ loss story
At one point in the history of Hindi cinema they ruled over tinsel town with their acting prowess, popularity and/or good looks. Over the y...
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Uzair Baloch arrested in Dubai, confirms Pakistani consulate
KARACHI: The Pakistani consulate in Dubai confirmed on Monday that Uzair Baloch, a notorious leader of the Lyari gang war, has been arreste...
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Not every Afghan living in Pakistan is a refugee, says UNHCR
KARACHI: Not every Afghan living in Pakistan is a refugee, says representative for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR...
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Surcharge on petrol, diesel under consideration
ISLAMABAD: With crude price falling below $57 a barrel in the Middle East, the government is considering imposing a special surcharge on so...
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50pc of arms licences fake, assembly told
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Monday was informed that 50 per cent of 1.8 million arms licences issued in the province were fake. Punjab ...
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Girl sent back to India-held Kashmir
MUZAFFARABAD: The Pakistani authorities repatriated on Monday a 12-year-old girl belonging to India-held Kashmir, three days after she st...
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PM summons meeting to review progress on National Action Plan
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has summoned an important meeting on Tuesday to review progress on the National Action Plan (NAP) to...
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Sindh protests to centre over gas price mechanism
ISLAMABAD: Challenging the centre’s legal and constitutional powers, Sindh has protested over changes in consumer price mechanism and di...
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Monument honours lives lost in battle 266 years ago
The battles of the Second Anglo Sikh war (1848-49) are considered the last form of resistance mounted by Sikh Khalsa forces against the arm...
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Multi-billion rupee mangrove forest land grab: the sequel
KARACHI: On Dec 16, a three-member bench of the Supreme Court extended a stay it had issued on Nov 26 on any transaction pertaining to 530 ...
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PTI local chapter losing embittered members to PML-N
RAWALPINDI: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) appears to be cashing in on rifts in rival Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) dis...
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Attempt to blow up train foiled in Quetta
QUETTA: Police defused two bombs at the main railway track running through the Sariab area on Saturday night, apparently planted to blow ...
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Drama stresses need to promote national unity
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) arranged a stage play Hum aik Hain in connection with the 138th birth anniversary of Quaid-i-...
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Civil society now looks to parliament over Lal Masjid
ISLAMABAD: Though a local court issued non-bailable arrest warrants of Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz on Friday, the protesting civil...
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Army starts groundwork for setting up courts
ISLAMABAD: The military top brass began on Thursday
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LPG consumers yet to get relief
LAHORE: The marketing companies
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PAT stresses police reforms
LAHORE: The Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) has come up
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President urges angry Baloch youths to work for progress
ZIARAT: President Mamnoon Hussain has appealed to Baloch youths to join hands with the government for progress and prosperity of the countr...
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ANP rejects technical panel on security
PESHAWAR: The Awami National Party on Thursday rejected the technical committee formed by the provincial government on security and demande...
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Military courts not aimed at victimising rivals: Rafique
LAHORE: Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique has said that special trial courts headed by military officers, likely to be set up as part ...
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Bilawal unlikely to attend Benazir’s death anniversary
LAHORE/KARACHI/LARKANA: For the first time since the assassination of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto in 2007, her son and party chairman, ...
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Madam Noor Jehan's 14th death anniversary observed
Fourteenth death anniversary of famous singer 'Melody Queen' Noor Jehan was observed on Tuesday. Born as Allah Wasai on September 2...
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Forbes says Adam Sandler 2014's most overpaid actor
NEW YORK: Comedian Adam Sandler topped Forbes' list of Hollywood's most overpaid actors for a second consecutive year, nudging out ...
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Director Tim Burton and actor Helena Bonham Carter split up: People
NEW YORK: Movie director Tim Burton and British actor Helena Bonham Carter have separated after 13 years together, People magazine said on ...
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'PK' – The most important film to watch in 2014
If I were to judge PK based purely on its merits as a film, I would give it a score of 3.5/5. It’s good, but not great. The strong premise...
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Malik Ishaq on two-week judicial remand
MULTAN: A special court on Wednesday remanded leader of banned outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Malik Ishaq in judicial custody for two weeks in a ...
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'3 Bahadur' will be groundbreaking: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
The First Look of Waadi Animations' 3 Bahadur will have you craving more and luckily all those involved in the film are committed to p...
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Days of terrorists are numbered, says PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in his address to the nation after midnight said the days of terrorists were numbered in Pakistan a...
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Govt told to ensure functioning of hepatitis control centres
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday directed the provincial authorities to ensure the smooth and proper functioning of the hepatit...
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Civil society consortium formed for peace
KARACHI: Looking to bring peace to Karachi in present times of unrest, 20 concerned members of civil society and over 25 partner organisati...
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Woman ‘refused compensation’ moves court against Qadri
LAHORE: A female life member of Dr Tahirul Qadri’s Tehreek-i-Minhajul Quran has approached the sessions court for registration of a crimi...
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Opposition stages walkout over PM’s Senate absence
ISLAMABAD: The opposition’s protest over the continued absence of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and ministers from Senate on Wednesday forced...
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Visually impaired persons: Judge seeks report on action against guilty cops
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday observed that disabled people were an integral part of society and manhandling of visually impai...
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Zardari’s acquittal challenged in IHC
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) challenged in the Islamabad High Court on Wednesday the acquittal of PPP co-chairperson...
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Schools to be named after APS students
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Tuesday announced government educational institutions in the province would...
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Protesters ask JI to condemn terrorism
KARACHI: Dozens of activists from civil society organisations on Tuesday staged a joint protest demonstration outside the Karachi office ...
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JI, PTI top ‘internal democracy’ chart
ISLAMABAD: When ‘internal democracy’ among the political parties in parliament is compared, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) ...
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New Year celebrations banned
KARACHI: In the wake of the Peshawar school tragedy, a ban has been imposed on New Year celebration programmes and parties organised at hot...
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MWM slams suspension of condemned prisoners’ execution
KARACHI: Central secretary general of the Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen Allama Raja Nasir Abbas has slammed suspension of condemned convicts’...
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PA adopts resolution on underage marriage
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday unanimously adopted three resolutions, including the one demanding effective legislation to preven...
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Illegal arms be licensed or bought by govt: Siraj
MULTAN: Jamaat-i-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq has said the government should offer licenses to the people having illegal arms or purchase such...
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CAA plans $9.6m radar system overhaul
KARACHI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will spend $9.6 million to purchase a new radar system from a Spanish company in order to upg...
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Journey of Pakistan’s sexual harassment law captured in documentary
ISLAMABAD: “A large number of women face sexual harassment at work and leave their jobs rather than complaining about it. Women should speak...
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‘No act of terror can serve Islam’
WASHINGTON: Muslim organisations in the United States have rejected efforts by the Taliban and other extremist groups to hide behind Isla...
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Seminary expels sons of Marriott attack accused
TOBA TEK SINGH: The two sons of the man accused of having carried out the Islamabad Marriott Hotel attack were expelled from a Kamalia town...
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Distraught man claims daughter being ‘held’ in Jamia Hafsa
ISLAMABAD: An old, distraught father joined the civil society’s campaign against Maulana Abdul Aziz of Lal Masjid on Monday, but for a diff...
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