Phenomenon of Muhammad Ali will live forever on June 6, 2016 On Friday, June 3, 2016, boxing legend Muhammad Ali left this world for his heavenly abode at the age of 74. Ali, one of the best-known figures of this century, was hospitalised for a respiratory ailment but could not recover. Ali suffered from Parkinson’s disease, because of the barrage of punches he faced during […]
Deepti Gupta: A gem of an actress on May 31, 2016Her expressions are so real. Her laughter, her sobs are so natural. When she converses with her co-actors, she does so in such spontaneous a manner that you do not feel as if you are watching someone act, but rather feel as if you are witnessing someone speaking live: very comfortably, very easily and without […]
Chief selector Inzamam announces 21 probables for England tour on May 25, 2016LAHORE: Pakistan cricket chief selector Inzamamul Haq on Wednesday announced 21 players who would attend a skills camp starting here from May 30 till June 5 to finalise the national squad against England. “The players have been announced in consultation with the other members of the selection committee,” Inzamam told reporters during a press conference […]
Prophets of doom on May 23, 2016Whipping the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is our favourite pastime these days. With reason or without reason, we just love to flay the PCB. PCB detractors know this can give them ‘fame’ they are looking for. Pakistan cricket has seen many ups and downs for the last couple of years. Whenever there are poor performances […]
Mein ne tou parha hi nahi tha. Kaise top karlia? on May 20, 2016Is it because of what we call “Kaheen nazar na lag jaaye” that studious students do not reveal their study strategies, or are they really too smart to attain the top position without studying hard? Yes! I am talking about the common attribute of whom we call “toppers”. Accost a topper and inquire him or […]
Drama serial Pehchaan: one of its own kind on May 10, 2016If you are sick and tired of the current Pakistani drama serials, with the themes revolving around family politics only, or if you do not wish to see a setting confined to a bedroom only, with the wife sitting before the mirror and the husband reading a newspaper while lying on the bed, then you […]
Mickey Arthur needs support to turn Pakistans fortunes around on May 9, 2016The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) last week finally let the cat out of the bag when it named Mickey Arthur of South Africa as new head coach of the Pakistan cricket team. Arthur succeeded former Test captain Waqar Younis who resigned from the post last month after Pakistan’s disastrous Asia Cup and ICC World Twenty20 […]
Mickey Arthur succeeds Waqar Younis as head coach on May 7, 2016 LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday let the cat out of the bag when it named Mickey Arthur of South Africa as new head coach of Pakistan cricket team. Arthur succeeded former captain Waqar Younis who resigned from the post last month after Pakistan’s disastrous Asia Cup and ICC World Twenty20 campaigns […]
Selectors drop Shahzad and Umar from probables list for England tour on May 3, 2016LAHORE: Pakistan cricket selectors, headed by former Test captain Inzamamul Haq, on Monday dropped opener Ahmad Shahzad and wicketkeeper-batsman Umar Akmal from a probables list named for a national camp for the upcoming tour of England. The duo, involved in a number of controversies, have been shown the door owing to their indiscipline and poor […]
Drama serial ‘Kohar’: Flopped and Forgotten on April 29, 2016Haseena Moin, a famous Pakistani playwright, happened to enter the drama industry in the ‘70s, and is still known for her popular drama serials such as Tanhaiyan, Ankahi, Dhoop Kinare etc. One of her drama serials, however, failed to be a top-notch like every other work of hers, and lost its way in some mist, […]