Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Sarfraz Dogar on Thursday cautioned prominent rights activist and lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir that she could face contempt proceedings over allegedly referring to him as a “dictator”. The verbal altercation took place during the hearing of a petition to remove Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Mahrung Baloch’s name from […]
The Lahore High Court (LHC) has sought arguments from the federal government on the objections raised by the court’s Registrar Office on a plea filed by Hassan Niazi, a nephew of former prime minister Imran Khan, who was convicted to ten years in prison in a May 9 case. Hassan, who was tried by a […]
Hamas accused the United States on Thursday of complicity in Israel’s deadly attack on its negotiators in Qatar, lambasting Israel for seeking to kill off Gaza truce talks as Doha buried the dead. Tuesday’s unprecedented Israeli strikes on a Gulf state sent shockwaves through a region long shielded from conflicts and halted already floundering Gaza […]
Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Muhammad Yousaf on Thursday said the recently approved Hajj and Umrah (Regulation) Act 2024 would be strictly enforced to ensure that no one misuses the sacred pilgrimage, including sending beggars under the guise of pilgrims. Addressing the pre-launch ceremony of the third Pakistan Hajj and Umrah Exhibition 2025, the minister […]
Azad Jammu and Kashmir Supreme Court (AJKSC) Chief Justice Raja Saeed Akram Khan on Thursday expressed solidarity with the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) for their unparalleled sacrifices in the struggle for self-determination. The chief justice was addressing the opening ceremony of AJKSC golden jubilee celebrations in Muzaffarabad on Thursday. Marking […]
The new biopic ‘Swiped,’ starring British actor Lily James as dating app Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd, takes the audience back to Silicon Valley in the early 2010s, before swiping left or right had anything to do with match-making. Directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg, the film follows Wolfe Herd’s journey through a male-dominated tech industry, […]
When Adam Scott filmed ‘Severance’ for Apple TV+, he and fellow cast members were unsure how viewers would respond to a streaming series built around brain chips, a room full of goats and waffle parties. The psychological thriller, the most-nominated show at Sunday’s Emmy Awards, tells the story of office workers who undergo a surgery […]
The IVS Film Festival 2025, now in its third iteration, is organised by the Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture. It will run from 12th to 14th September 2025. The screenings, workshops and talks will take place on the 13th & 14th September. Attendees are encouraged to arrive on the 12th if they wish […]
Colin Farrell plunges into an intoxicating fever dream among the high-stakes baccarat tables of Macau casinos with ‘Ballad of a Small Player,’ a rare major Western film shot on location in Asia’s gambling capital. The surreal, dark and twisty drama co-stars Tilda Swinton as an investigator in pursuit of Farrell’s velvet-suited conman and gambling addict. […]
Former American singer Todd Shea, who embraced Islam and is now known as Raja Muhammad Khan, on Wednesday rejected social media claims of negligence in the bear attack on singer Quratulain Balouch while she was camping in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Deosai National Park earlier this week. Addressing a press conference at the National Press Club, Shea said […]