Browsing Category: Pakistan News

  • Top Drawer

    Keep up with the trend this season and shop from our selection of bucket bags The post Top Drawer appeared first on The Express Tribune. Source: Tribune News Original Post: Top Drawer

    October 3, 2017 | by Raheel
  • It Runs In The Family: Shumailah And Amara Bukhari

    Sister duo Shumailah and Amara Bukhari talk sisterhood. From what they were punished for most as children to all their antics while growing up, these sisters share it all What’s your first memory of each other? Shumailah: Amara was the cutest, heaviest baby in the house. I remember when anyone visited us; we siblings always …

    October 3, 2017 | by Raheel
  • SBP has downplayed massive threats to Pakistan’s economy: report

    KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) assessment of the economy is over-optimistic and is underestimating threats to the economy given recent increase in international oil price, depleting dollar reserves and pressures on currency and exports, a local brokerage house said on Monday. Last week, the central bank showed agreement with the government to achieve the …

    October 3, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Old tattoo to blame for woman’s cancer

    Doctors in Australia suspected that a woman had a type of cancer called lymphoma, but they were surprised when they enlarged the lymph node and found a black tattoo pigment from 15 years ago to which her immune system recently started reacting. The case was reported and released on Monday in the journal, Annals of Internal …

    October 3, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Nobel Literature Prize: controversy, fame and flops

    PARIS: Ahead of the announcement on Thursday of this year’s Nobel Literature Prize laureate, here is a look at some of the controversies down the years since the prestigious title was first awarded in 1901. The 1964 laureate French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, whose political philosophy was partly based on the criticism of institutions, was the first …

    October 3, 2017 | by Raheel
  • When women drive the story in Saudi Arabia

    All public spaces in Saudi Arabia enforce some level of gender segregation, down to the checkout lines at mall cafeterias. Sometimes they are divided into men’s and women’s sections, while others are designated “singles” (male) and “family.” On the night the surprise state news announcement that women would be allowed to drive pinged on millions …

    October 3, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Beyond ‘Cut, Burn and Poison’

    The post Beyond ‘Cut, Burn and Poison’ appeared first on The Express Tribune. Source: Tribune News Original Post: Beyond ‘Cut, Burn and Poison’

    October 3, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Mahira Khan returns to social media and fans are over the moon

    Mahira Khan is back, y’all! The starlet recently made her comeback on social media after keeping mum for quite some time amid the fuss about the leaked images with Ranbir Kapoor. Mahira and Ranbir share more than a casual friendship, claims Indian publication So obviously, we were anxiously waiting for her to get active again on …

    October 3, 2017 | by Raheel
  • American TV series ‘Scandal’ to cast Pakistani-American actor

    The final season of hit American television series Scandal is fast approaching and we can’t wait! The seventh season will introduce a new character named President Rashad who will be played by, none other than, Faran Tahir. He may not be considered a household name yet but he is definitely familiar to millions around the world. …

    October 3, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Twin suicide bombings hit Damascus police station, leaving at least 16 dead

    DAMASCUS: A double suicide bomb attack hit a police station in Syria’s capital Damascus on Monday, state media said, with a monitor saying at least 16 people were killed. Damascus has been largely insulated from the worst of the violence during the country’s brutal six-year war, but several bomb attacks have shaken the city. Top-secret manhunt …

    October 3, 2017 | by Raheel