Pakistan
India’s first talkie ‘Alam Ara’ and Jinnah’s role in it
Alam Ara is a fantasy set piece around typical royal intrigue with a lost-and-found subplot thrown in.
15 August 2015
Dil ko churanay wali: In memory of pop legend Nazia Hassan
Dubbed the 'Queen of Pop', Nazia Hassan's contribution to music was immense and she changed the map of the industry for other women.
13 August 2015
Cuts for a cause: This hair donation drive helps cancer patients smile again
Around 30 young girls come for a small hair donation drive titled 'Hair to Help' at the KMC Sports Complex arranged by Pakistan Youth Forum (PYF).
10 August 2015
Pakistan child sex abuse: Seven arrested in Punjab
Seven people have been arrested in eastern Pakistan on suspicion of involvement in a child sexual abuse and extortion scandal.
10 August 2015
BCB to send security team to Pakistan for women's tour
The Bangladesh Cricket Board is likely to send a security team to Pakistan next week for a proposed tour of the women's team later this year.
5 August 2015
Pakistan cricketer Wasim Akram 'escapes gun attack'
Former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram's car has been fired at in Karachi, the country's commercial capital. He escaped unhurt.
5 August 2015
Pakistan executes man for killing child
Pakistan executes Shafqat Hussain, convicted of killing a child in 2004, despite appeals from international human rights groups.
4 August 2015
Pakistan releases 163 Indian fishermen in goodwill gesture
Pakistan on Sunday released 163 Indian fishermen held for violating its territorial waters as a goodwill gesture amid tensions over the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir and an attack on a police station.
2 August 2015
Pakistani Bajrangi Bhaijaans want to reunite Indian woman with family
Alike Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Pakistani activists launches fresh campaign to unite a hearing and speech impaired Indian woman who has been stranded in the neighbouring country for at least 15 years.
1 August 2015
Illegal foreign workers get 3 more months to leave Oman without fine
Oman extends an amnesty for illegal foreign workers to leave the country without being fined till the end of October.
30 July 2015
Pak army releases pics to 'prove' Indian drone claim
Pakistan Army's media arm releases several photos and videos that purportedly show the drone was launched from the Indian side for a spying mission.
28 July 2015
Political tension puts India-Pakistan series in doubt
Anurag Thakur, the BCCI secretary, says that any bilateral series between India and Pakistan was unlikely until the political relationship between the two countries was stable.
27 July 2015
Prolific Younis deserves seat among batting greats: Wasim Akram
Pakistan’s pace bowling legend Wasim Akram says Younis Khan deserves place amongst pantheon of greats in Test cricket,
27 July 2015
Gurdaspur attack: 10 killed in Indian police station siege
Gunmen in army uniform kill five people including a policeman in what is suspected to be a terror attack in Indian state of Punjab bordering Pakistan.
27 July 2015
Nasir Hossain of Bangladesh chipping in consistently
Bangladesh’s lively allrounder Nasir Hossain has been a busy cricketer off late, chipping in with wickets and runs lower down the order during most of the ODI matches played this year.
20 July 2015
Shakib Al Hasan has most ODI wickets at Bangladesh
With Shakib Al Hasan contributing with the bat and ball consistently in recent times, Bangladesh recorded the fourth-most ODI wins with ten victories in 2015, and the third best win/loss ratio behind Australia and New Zealand.
19 July 2015
Tigers' win over Proteas silences skeptics: Gavaskar
Indian cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar has said that Bangladesh’s “splendid win” over South Africa in the three-match One-day series “should silence all the skeptics who were calling their earlier performances against Pakistan and India a flash in the pan.”
19 July 2015
Hafeez banned from bowling for 12 months
Pakistan allrounder Mohammad Hafeez has been banned from bowling in international cricket for 12 months after his action was found to be illegal for a second time since November 2014.
17 July 2015
Pakistan summons Indian envoy after 'spy drone' shot down
Pakistan summon Indian ambassador after a "spy drone" was shot down in disputed Kashmir.
16 July 2015
Shakib still number 1, Bangladesh safe at 7
Bangladesh continues its recent fine run of form in ODI cricket with an inaugural home series victory over South Africa on July 15 to make it four successive home series wins.
16 July 2015