Hina Khwaja Bayat, considered one of the pillars of the Pakistani entertainment industry, feels there is a preconceived notion about her country worldwide, and hopes that India and Pakistan soon learn to live like “good neighbours”. During her 20 years in the media industry, she pioneered ground-breaking shows like “Baatain Mulaqaatain”, “Uljhan Suljhan” and “Geo […]
The United Nation Children’s Fund (Unicef) reported on Friday that at least 115 children had lost their lives in Yemen since March 26, with some 172 children injured as a result of the ongoing conflict. According to the organisation, 64 of these children were killed in aerial bombardments, 26 by mines, 19 by gunshots, three […]
American doctors were shocked to find that an Indian computer science PhD student from Hyderabad who underwent brain surgery had an embryonic “evil twin” instead of a tumour in her head. The 26-year-old Yamini Karanam had jokingly called her “evil twin sister who’s been torturing me for 26 years”. According to NBC, Karanam, who was […]
Washington, April 23 (IANS) The White House said on Thursday that a US counter-terrorism operation in January killed two hostages, one American and an Italian, held by Al Qaeda in the border region of Pakistan and Afghanistan, Xinhua news agency reported. “It is with tremendous sorrow that we recently concluded that a US government counter-terrorism […]
Tripoli, April 23 (IANS/AKI) Masked gunmen on Thursday shot dead television journalist Muftah al-Qatrani in Libya’s eastern port city of Bengasi, the interior ministry said. The gunmen burst into al-Qatrani’s office and shot him in the head. Al-Qatrani, director of private production company al-Anwar, was covering clashes between Islamist militiamen and pro-government forces in violence-wracked […]
Washington, April 21 (IANS) Two Indians – SughaVazhvu Healthcare founder and CEO Zeena Johar and journalist-author Rahul Pandita – have been named 2015 Yale World Fellows by the prestigious Ivy League university. With the addition of Pandita and Johar, the global Yale World Fellows network now includes 17 Indian Fellows, more than any other country […]
Dhaka, April 21 (IANS) The Bangladesh Election Commission has decided to deploy the army from April 26 to 29 in Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation areas to check any untoward incident during the upcoming city polls. Election Commissioner Mohammad Shahnewaz made the announcement at a press briefing here on Tuesday, Xinhua reported. Chief Election Commissioner […]
Islamabad, April 21 (IANS) Seventeen condemned prisoners were executed in various jails in Pakistan on Tuesday, which marks the higgest number of executions in the country since the moratorium on capital punishment was lifted. In Central Jail in Gujranwala, three convicts were hanged. In Faisalabad also, three convicts were executed for mudrders they had committed. […]
Pakistan and China would together fight terrorism to root it out, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday addressing a joint sitting of parliament’s both houses, which was convened to honour visiting Chinese President XI Jinping. “Our joint efforts against terrorism have succeeded so far but we need to intensify our efforts,” Sharif said. […]
As yet another black man died, this time in police custody, unleashing a fresh wave of protests asking whether black lives matter, a media report spoke of some 1.5 million missing black men in the United States. For every 100 black women not in jail, there are only 83 black men, the New York Times […]