Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Alia Bhatt looks drop-dead gorgeous in recent clicks

Alia Bhatt

Ace Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt sets Berlin ablaze as her upcoming film Gangubai Kathiawadi was premiered at the Berlin Film Festival recently ahead of the theatrical release. Alia turned to her Instagram to post a series of breathtaking pictures as she said goodbye to Berlin. In the snaps, the Kalank starlet was seen donning a … Read more

In the most recent selfies, Khloé Kardashian and her daughter True show off their passion for the camera

Khloé Kardashian

Khloé Kardashian and True Thompson are the internet’s most beautiful mother-daughter duo, as seen by their newest clicks. On Thursday, the 37-year-old Keeping Up with the Kardashians alum posted gorgeous photographs of herself and True, 312 on her Instagram account, leaving admirers speechless. True charmingly snuggled against her mother as she smiled for the camera … Read more

Pakistan demands justice for Samjhauta Express blasts victims

FO Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar

Pakistan has reiterated the demand for justice for the victims of the Samjhauta Express blasts, which had claimed the lives of 68 innocent passengers, including 44 Pakistani nationals. The Indian Charge d’Affaires in Islamabad was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was conveyed Pakistan’s severe disappointment at the Indian government’s callousness towards the … Read more

India court sentences 38 to death over 2008 bombings

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AHMEDABAD, India – An Indian court sentenced 38 people to death on Friday over a string of bomb blasts in 2008 that killed dozens in the city of Ahmedabad, in one of the country’s biggest mass death sentences. Coordinated attacks in western Gujarat state’s commercial hub in 2008 killed 56, launching shrapnel through markets, buses … Read more

Kanye West has stated that ‘Donda 2’ will not be available on Spotify or Apple Music

Kanye West, a US rapper, has confirmed that his eleventh studio album, Donda 2, will not be released on Apple Music, Amazon, Spotify, or YouTube. Kanye said on Instagram that Donda 2 will only be available on his own platform, the stem player. “Donda 2 will only be available on my own platform, the Stem … Read more

Mine blast kills five soldiers in Niger

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NIAMEY – An improvised explosive device has killed five Nigerien soldiers in the southwest of the Sahel country, the defence ministry said Thursday. An army patrol unit on Wednesday hit the device, killing the five soldiers and wounding two others, the ministry said in a statement read out on public radio. The blast occurred in … Read more

Zaid Ali delights fans with adorable pictures of his cute family

Zaid Ali with Yumnah and son

Zaid Ali T, arguably one of the most-watched vloggers in the Pakistani community at home and abroad, has treated fans with adorable pictures of his little family as they pose for the camera. Taking to Instagram, the YouTube sensation posted a photo with his wife Yumnah and son Izyan, all dressed in traditional black clothes … Read more

Six African countries to get own mRNA jab production

WHO

GENEVA – Six African countries have been chosen to establish their own mRNA vaccine production, the World Health Organization said Friday, with the continent largely shut out of access to Covid jabs. Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia were selected as the first recipients of technology from the WHO’s global mRNA vaccine hub, in a … Read more

Ukraine and separatists trade claims of new shelling

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KYIV – The Ukrainian military and their Russian-backed separatist foes traded allegations of fresh ceasefire breaches on Friday, a day after the shelling of a kindergarten sent international tensions soaring. The Ukrainian joint command centre for the eastern front said the rebels had violated the ceasefire 20 times between midnight and 9.00 am while the … Read more

Smeda holds consultative session for upcoming budget

Smeda

LAHORE: The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda) has initiated a series of consultative sessions with stakeholders for compiling recommendations for federal budget 2022/23, a statement said on Thursday. After completing a session with the chambers of commerce and industry of the country, an online session with the trade and industrial associations was held … Read more

Refugees in Greece face hunger, homelessness despite status

Refugees in Greece

ATHENS – Two minutes into a Greek jobs fair interview, Hashim, a 21-year-old Afghan refugee, is offered work as a waiter at a swanky Corfu hotel. It’s his ticket out of the grim migrant camp he has called home for the past year, but there’s a caveat: he has to cut his ponytail. “Health and … Read more

Court delayed indictment of Shehbaz & Hamza Shehbaz in money laundering case

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A Lahore court on Friday delayed the indictment of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz in a money laundering case. A special court presided by Ijaz Awan issued the written order over the hearing of a case against Sharif and his son for their alleged involvement in the sugar … Read more

India repatriates 12 Pakistani prisoners

India Pakistan

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday repatriated 12 Pakistani prisoners who had completed their respective jail sentences, said the Ministry of External Affairs spokesman Arindam Bagchi. Hoping for an early release of Indian fishermen from Pakistan, the spokesman said that the Indian government’s persistent efforts had secured the repatriation of 20 Indian fishermen from Pakistan’s custody … Read more

Madhuri Dixit thinks digital medium has a big role in bringing women stories to fore

Madhuri Dixit

Legendary Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit, who is all set to make her OTT debut with Netflix series The Fame Game, talked about the female-centric films in today’s era and how women are getting a variety of roles. In an interview, the Hum Aapke Hain Kaun star said it’s a great time and era for women … Read more

Found clues in TV journalist Ather’s murder case: Karachi police chief

KARACHI: Additional Inspector General Karachi Ghulam Nabi Memon on Friday said police had found some information about murderers of TV journalist Ather Mateen Ahmed and soon they would apprehend them. The Karachi police chief said he was sorry to hear about the journalist’s death. He said the police would try their best to arrest the … Read more

Netizens laud Yami Gautam for her solid performance in ‘A Thursday’

A Thursday Yami Gautam

Actress Yami Gautam starrer A Thursday is undoubtedly a suspenseful and intense drama punctuated with exciting thrills as it was released on Disney Plus Hotstar yesterday (February 17). The film, featuring Yami Gautam, Neha Dhupia and Dimple Kapadia, has received thumbs-up and good reviews from netizens regarding the cast, storyline, etc. The Sanam Re star … Read more

Ghee, flour mill owners likely to increase prices after govt petrol bombs: Sherry

Human rights organisations

PPP Senator Sherry Rehman has said that due to unprecedented petrol bombs, ghee and flour mill owners have also announced that prices would increase drastically in the country. Rehman took to Twitter on Friday and said, “Due to unprecedented #PetrolBombs, ghee and flour mill owners have announced that prices will increase drastically, with a ghee … Read more

Istanbul skyline row erupts over new build near iconic mosque

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ISTANBUL – The soaring minarets of the 16th-century Suleymaniye mosque paint the postcard image of Istanbul, but that is now blighted by rickety wooden scaffolding at a nearby construction site, sparking fury on social media. The latest row over Istanbul’s skyline has seen opponents of the new building attack botched restoration work and calls for … Read more