General Musharraf has galvanized the opposition with his sacking of Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. The furore over the dismissal of the country's top judge for alleged misconduct has exposed the fissure that had widened in the preceding years, fuelling outrage against General Musharraf and the military...............detail

Tribesmen, led by pro-Taliban militants, evicted Uzbek fighters from Wana in South Waziristan after clashes between the two sides continued for over a month, and their military commander, Maulvi Nazeer Ahmad, claimed victory on April 20. Attention quickly shifted to the adjoining North Waziristan tribal region,.......detail

UNTIL the middle of April, with rumours rife that former prime minister Khaleda Zia was willing to go into exile while her chief rival, Sheikh Hasina Wajed, was stranded abroad, it seemed as if the military-backed interim administration in Bangladesh was willing to follow in the footsteps of General Pervez Musharraf............detail

Lace, net, cotton, georgette, silk, satin...you name it and they use it. Lahoreís designer duo Nickie and Nina amalgamate all these fabrics with their varied textures into their new summer collection. Catering to the woman of today, the duo fuses traditional Sindhi embroidery ..........detail

At 25, with 18 Test and 137 one-day internationals under his belt, Shoaib Malik is the third youngest captain to lead Pakistan in the team's history. But his selection is not altogether a surprise choice for this sensitive position after the team's controversial stint in the West Indies. .........detail

The web of censorships has haunted this nation since the day it was born. The government, religious extremists, sundry political parties have all tried, at various intervals, to control, curtail and manipulate public opinion and dissent. But there is another age-old form of censorship that has been endemic in our society ............detail