Award-winning US songwriter Billy Steinberg, who wrote several top hit songs including Madonna’s “Like a Virgin,” died Monday at age 75, according to media reports. Steinberg wrote some of the biggest pop hits of the 1980s and 1990s and was behind songs performed by singers from Whitney Houston and Celine Dion to Madonna and Cyndi […]
An affecting tale of a boy navigating a young offender institution, directed by one of the stars of Netflix drama “Adolescence”, explores the roots of what leads troubled young men astray. “Animol”, which had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in the Perspectives section, follows 15-year-old Troy as he finds solace behind bars […]
Dwayne Johnson has shared a heartfelt tribute to veteran actor Danny DeVito as he marks the completion of DeVito’s filming on the upcoming Jumanji 3, reflecting on their time together and his deep respect for the Hollywood legend. Johnson took to social media to celebrate the milestone, posting photos from the set featuring himself, DeVito, […]
In order to strengthen earthquake monitoring in the country’s northern belt, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has installed a new seismic broadband observatory in Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, to enhance real-time detection and detailed analysis of low-intensity tremors. The new installation has been set up to improve surveillance of seismic activity in the Hunza region and […]
The Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued a detailed written judgment on a petition seeking the return of funds deposited as surety by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case. A three-member full bench headed by Chief Justice Aalia Neelum released the eight-page verdict, directing the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to […]
Charismatic US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr. and twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, has died at age 84, his family said in a statement on Tuesday. “Our father was a servant leader – not […]
Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia concluded the first of two days of US-mediated peace talks in Geneva on Tuesday, with US President Donald Trump pressing Kyiv to act fast to reach a deal to end the four-year conflict. Ahead of the negotiations in Switzerland, Russia carried out airstrikes overnight across swathes of Ukraine, severely damaging […]
Rapid growth in the human population has sharply increased demand for global resources, including water, food, housing, and fuel for industry. To expand cultivation and build roads, houses and other infrastructure, pressure on land has intensified. As a result, forests are being cleared for agricultural and other commercial purposes. This deforestation precipitates soil erosion; silting […]
Having attended a workshop titled ‘Sindh, Pakistan and Quaid-e-Azam’, organised by Sindh Archives, I returned with a quiet sense of happiness and renewed confidence. In our academic gatherings we usually speak of history with pride. However, what encouraged me this time was seeing that the preservation of our documentary heritage is not being treated as […]
Gen Z has created quite a whirlwind over the past couple of months, putting its foot down and announcing that it has just about ‘had enough’ of the old. As a member of this fascinating bunch, I’m incredibly proud of its irreverence, tech-savviness, and proclivity for political resistance. Unfortunately, these traits only represent a surface-level […]