Four years after he stepped down as Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf claims he's ready to head back home. ...
03:59 PM, Jun 01, 2012
While the world continues to raise a toast to contemporary Pakistani authors, the latest author to enter the literary marathon is a genius of sorts who translates Urdu tomes and works on his own tales of fiction with equal ease. Here is an extract from his latest book 'Between Clay and Dust'. In an old ruined city, emptied of most of its inhabitants, Ustad Ramzi, a famous wrestler past his...
04:12 PM, Apr 24, 2012
Once upon a time, the region that is now modern day Pakistan was South Asia's prime trading hub. Be it during the time of the ...
12:58 PM, Apr 15, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistani author Musharraf Ali Farooqi's latest novel Between Clay and Dust opens inside the grimy walls of an akhara which clan leader and head pahalwan Ustad Ramzi protects with fierce pride. In another part of the unnamed city's shaded alleyways is the 'kotha' of courtesan Gohar Jan renowned for her art and courted by the rich and famous. The destiny of the two artistes lies intertwined with each...
11:45 PM, Apr 13, 2012
New Delhi: How do you start a serious discussion on contemporary literature with a Pakistani author who taught Argentine tango to Canadians in Toronto, flipped pizzas and worked at an assembly line to make a living while translating Urdu fantasy fiction to English in his spare time? You don't. You let him regale you with hilarious anecdotes from his tango teaching days as he tries to make light of his...
11:05 PM, Apr 12, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on Monday said former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, a "proclaimed offender" in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case, could not be given another opportunity for further hearing as he failed to appear before the court and surrender. Chaudhry made the remarks when a three-judge bench led by him resumed hearing a petitioned filed by slain former premier Bhutto's ex-protocol officer Chaudhry Muhammad Aslam, who has...
08:24 PM, Apr 09, 2012
Islamabad: While the world continues to raise a toast to contemporary Pakistani authors, the latest author to enter the literary marathon is a genius of sorts who translates Urdu tomes and works on his own tales of fiction with equal ease. Musharraf Ali Farooqi caught everyone's attention with translations of Urdu classics "The Adventures of Amir Hamza" and the first book of a projected 24-volume magical fantasy epic, "Hoshruba". His...
04:59 PM, Apr 08, 2012
Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari will invite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit Pakistan by the end of this year during his meeting in New Delhi on Sunday. This was stated by Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit on the eve of Zardari's day-long visit to India during which he will hold talks with Singh at the PM's Race Course Road residence which will be followed by lunch. "President Zardari...
05:45 PM, Apr 07, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani authorities on Tuesday pasted a summons at ex-President Pervez Musharraf's farmhouse that directed him to return from self-exile and appear in Supreme Court on March 22 in connection with the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, days after the government sought an Interpol Red Corner notice for his arrest. The summons, which was issued in the wake of a petition seeking the registration of a second FIR for Bhutto's December...
08:36 AM, Mar 07, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday directed authorities to paste a notice at the residence of former President Pervez Musharraf seeking his response to a petition for registering a second FIR regarding the assassination of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry issued the order during the hearing of a petition by Bhutto's former protocol officer Aslam Chaudhry, who wants a second FIR to be...
02:41 PM, Mar 05, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Ministry has written to France-based Interpol for a Red Corner Notice against former President Pervez Musharraf for his arrest and extradition to the country, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Sunday. "We have sent a request to Interpol for the arrest of Pervez Musharraf," Malik told journalists during an interaction at the National Press Club. He, however, furnished no other details. The request was sent to Interpol...
10:48 PM, Mar 04, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan has approached France-based Interpol for a Red Corner notice against former President Pervez Musharraf, seeking his arrest and extradition to the country over his alleged involvement in the assassination of ex-Premier Benazir Bhutto. The Interior Ministry has forwarded the request to the Interpol Secretariat through the global police organisation's representative in Pakistan, the Dawn newspaper reported on Sunday, quoted sources. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) senior prosecutor, Chaudhry Zulfiqar...
02:49 PM, Mar 04, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's embattled Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will appear before Supreme Court on Monday to face contempt charges that could decide his fate and plunge the country into a fresh political turmoil over his refusal to reopen graft cases against the President. Dealing a major blow to Gilani, 59, Pakistan's apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on Friday had rejected his appeal against framing of contempt charges...
08:24 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said he will resign if the Supreme Court convicts him in a contempt of court case for not acting against President Asif Ali Zardari, Geo News reported on Sunday. Speaking to an Arab news channel, Gilani also said the cases against Zardari are politically motivated and the President enjoys immunity in the country and abroad. Gilani has refused to write to the...
07:44 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Islamabad/Lahore: Insisting that his government does not want a confrontation with the judiciary, Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday said he will respect decisions made by the Supreme Court, which is set to charge him with contempt for failing to act on its order to reopen graft cases against the President. The Prime Minister's remarks came amid reports that the ruling PPP's top leadership has decided to contest the...
05:18 PM, Feb 03, 2012
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