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Legend Of Sadequain Coming to Islamabad on Nov 25 »

Legend Of Sadequain Coming to Islamabad on Nov 25

Sadequain – the artist, calligrapher, poet and thinker who passed away at 57, in 1987, is returning to Islamabad through his monumental and legendary works.

Migrant workers sent home $325bn in 2010: WB »

Migrant workers sent home $325bn in 2010: WB

WASHINGTON: Migrants are continuing to send sizable sums of money to their home countries despite the economic downturn, with 2010 remittances totaling some 325 billion dollars, a World Bank report said. The five countries receiving the greatest amount of money were India, China, Mexico, the Philippines and France. India topped with $55 billion in remittance [...]

Secret underground art show thrills New York »

Secret underground art show thrills New York

NEW YORK: It’s the hottest, most talked about art show in New York — and almost no one even knows where it is. With a huge space and 103 of the hippest contemporary artists participating, “The Underbelly Project” sounds like a powerhouse production at the Met or MoMA. But while the Big Apple may have [...]

Islamabad’s apathy towards stranded Pakistanis in BD decried »

Islamabad’s apathy towards stranded Pakistanis in BD decried

Some 39 years after the break-up of the country, Pakistanis continue to languish in 66 camps across Bangladesh. What is unfortunate, however, is the fact that the government has abandoned their citizens who fought to the last against the secessionist forces in the then East Pakistan. This was the general consensus of the speakers at [...]

Imran Khan’s revolutionary road — I »

Imran Khan’s revolutionary road — I

In his autobiography, All Round View, he wrote of his promise to his mother to never bring home ‘a foreign wife’. Yet, he married English heiress Jemima Goldsmith..

Musharraf disappointed Obama not visiting Pakistan »

Musharraf disappointed Obama not visiting Pakistan

WASHINGTON: Former president Pervez Musharraf on Friday voiced disappointment that US President Barack Obama was not stopping in his country on the sidelines of his maiden visit to India. “I would take it as a disappointment, yes, indeed,” Musharraf told MSNBC television. Musharraf also criticized Obama for not speaking about Kashmir, saying: “It doesn’t resonate [...]

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