"Aur laro unsay, jab tak na rahay baqi fitna aur hukum rahay Allah ka." (Fight them, slay them, until they are eliminated and God's order prevails) - Al-Quran.Thus reads the cover of a recently published booklet, ironically going by the name of 'The Red Book,' prepared by the Sindh police as a motivational guide for the force..........detail

Tne very first monsoon downpour brought life in one of the world's largest cities to a grinding halt, exposing the incompetence of Karachi's civic agencies. Within a few hours, the country's economic nerve centre was flooded, power lines were down and transport came to a virtual halt, creating havoc in the city........detail

It is an honour to have the Pakistanis as our guests." "We are privileged to have been given the opportunity to host Pakistan." "Friends for life…" When was the last time Pakistanis travelling to the west - and that too en masse - heard such accolades? Was there ever a time when an entire town, 14000 strong - man, women and child alike. . ..detail

Should Pakistan recognise Israel? On the face of it, that doesn't seem like a trick question. Israel came into existence in 1948, a year after Pakistan. It's been there for 55 years, and it ain't going nowhere. What point would there be in denying that reality?...detail

In this exclusive for Newsline, miniature painter and fashion photographer, Usman Saeed, paints and transforms veteran model Aaminah Haq into five distinctive and coherent entities, as a tribute to the fashion philosophies of a few of Pakistan's most inspiring and imaginative fashion designers.....detail

He commissioned his first painting when he was 10 years old and bought his first Sadequain when he was 19. He speaks fluent Mandarin, is culturally obsessed with China, Japan, Italy, India and all things Sindhi. He has a formidable collection of Pakistani art, colonial images of the subcontinent, shawls, carpets, sea shells and a library spilling over with 40,000 books.......detail