ICC Awards: Hasan Ali named emerging player, makes ODI team of the year By: Web Desk on January 18, 2018Pakistan national cricket team pacer Hasan Ali bagged ICC emerging player of year 2017 prize at International Cricket Council (ICC) awards on Thursday, while also making his place along with top-order batsman Babar Azam in One-Day International (ODI) team of the year. Hasan – who topped ICC ODI bowling rankings in little less than a […]
#Justice4ModelTown trends top on Twitter as PAT, aides protest at Mall Road By: Web Desk on January 17, 2018LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) among other prominent political parties from across the country took centre-stage on Wednesday at Mall Road to protest against 2014 Model Town killings. PAT chairman Tahirul Qadri, who spoke first to the attendees, reiterated his demands of justice […]
Then and now: Kids of sporting legends By: Web Desk on January 17, 2018Miguel Tyson: Miguel is the son of legendary heavyweight boxer and world champion Mike Tyson. Tyson has already made it clear that he wants his son to be his boxing heir and the two have been seen sparring on numerous occasions, but Miguel is still in his mid-teens and it is not yet clear if […]
Twitter reacts to legendary footballer Ronaldinho’s retirement By: Web Desk on January 17, 2018The Brazilian World Cup winner and 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho has officially retired from football, his brother confirmed on Tuesday. Ronaldinho – who is known as the ‘King of Freestyle’ for his um-matched ability on the ball –had his humble beginnings in Brazil’s club Gremio. Later, he was signed by French […]
For months, a father of sexually abused girls has been seeking justice. Will the govt act? By: Afzal Sayal on January 16, 2018LAHORE: Khurram Shehzad Masih, a resident of Haji Pura area in district Sialkot and father of three sexually abused minor girls, has been staying on a footpath outside Lahore Press Club along with his daughters for 3 months after spending 4 months on roads in Islamabad seeking justice from the authorities. Talking to Daily Times, Masih said that his […]
What’s wrong with Real Madrid? By: Yeshel Asif on January 15, 2018Pablo Fornals’ 87th-minute winner against Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday is the latest in the long list of debacle headlines the club has been subjected to this season. On the contrary, Barcelona turned things around at Anoeta – after going 2 goals down early in the first half – to win an entertaining […]
‘Anti-Pakistan’: 6 lesser-known Pakistani movies and state’s mistrust of culture By: Hamza Rao on January 14, 2018“I wish more Mussalmans would enter into this realm of the film industry, and I shall always be glad to do all I can to help it,” wrote Jinnah in a recently discovered letter found in the collection of Mohammad Masud, an 80-year-old political activist who frequently wrote to leaders. The letter dates back to […]
Social media trolls think I lied about abduction attempt: Taha Siddiqui By: Farhan Janjua on January 13, 2018LAHORE: Taha Siddiqui, the journalist who recently escaped an attempted abduction by approximately a dozen armed men has responded to the trolls on social media who had been questioning the authenticity of the incident by saying he doesn’t care about the cynics on social media because the trolling seems to be a part of the […]
Who’s Khawar Farid Maneka and why Bushra took divorce from him By: Web Desk on January 10, 2018Khawar Farid Maneka is a Customs officer who has recently come into the eye of the public as his ex-wife Bushra Riaz Wattoo was linked with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan. Media reports claimed that the two have recently tied the knot. Although there hasn’t been a confirmation as yet from any of the […]
#ChaeVsCoffee: Which group are you? By: Hamza Rao on January 9, 2018There are two types of people in the world: those who like coffee and those who prefer tea (chae). For some reasons, both of the groups are engaged in the war of words on Twitter. Though people have their own different morning rituals, it is almost impossible for many of us living in the subcontinent to start our mornings […]