After narrowly escaping a series of assassination attempts, General Musharraf got some much-needed respite when he won a protracted constitutional battle legitimising his rule. A vote of confidence by the Parliament allows him to stay on as President for the next four years.............detail

   
 

More than eight months after the hunt began, his enemies found him in a hole dug into the floor of a hut, not very many miles from the village where he was born. They were about to throw a grenade into the hole, which is apparently standard operating procedure for whenever the occupying forces find someone hiding,.........detail

   
 

The official Pakistani mind is made up of some of the toughest chemical substances known to man. And transforming this mind or educating it, as any pedagogue even remotely familiar with the problem will tell you, ranks high among the list of human mysteries whose code has yet to be broken. ......detail

   
 

In the afternoon of May 14, 2000, a young woman named Fakhra was horribly disfigured for life. According to the statement she gave police, Fakhra was taking a nap with her five-year-old son when there was a knock on the front door to her flat. When she opened it and saw a man standing there, she frantically tried to push the door shut......detail

   
 

The winter wardrobe in Pakistan generally revolves around various varieties of shawls. Not anymore. Rubina Calzoom, the designer behind Calzoom, now introduces a luxurious winter line which will have Lahore's cool fashionistas wrapped in style. Following the latest in western cuts, colours and trends,......detail

   
 

Q: Have you ever thought of casting your father in your movies?

A: That's an unusual question - no one has ever asked me that before! I've thought of it very often. In fact, many times there have been roles that I've thought would be perfect for him and I've pestered him to do them.........detail

 


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