Afghan journalists pray for asylum, ‘not Pakistan’!
Journalist Alyssa Jan is sitting in Kabul at her paternal grandfather’s aunt’s place. She arrived in the dead of the night from Baghlan on August 14 – ironically the day marked and celebrated as Pakistan’s Independence, a country she blames for snatching the joy of Afghanistan, in her lifetime. On this night marking her neighboring […]
Short of 100, Dilip Kumar makes dramatic exit at 98, with three lucky 7s
Years of pretense at political acrimony build up by cyclical political dispensations notwithstanding; many momentous moments in the past have triggered collective response of joys and tragedies between India and Pakistan. When hostilities were pushed to the wayside giving freeway to joyous sail-boats in much merriment or times when both felt plunged into the throes […]
Enmity between Johnson and Johnson’s scissors
With G7 Summit underway, world leaders from seven wealthiest democracies gathered on the seaside town of Cornwall in Britain. As cameras zoomed in on each of distinguished leaders, it dawned upon me for the umpteenth time, that some of us humans still haven’t been completely and delightfully dazzled by the two arms of one of […]
The Creator of Pak’s bold woman characters on Television, was a timid woman: Moneeza Hashmi
Moneeza Hashmi, a broadcaster, television producer, media consultant, and former general manager of Pakistan Television (PTV); the youngest daughter of the Illustrious Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, is the chairperson of the board of Governors of the Lahore Arts Council, the first woman to be so. A ‘Pride of Performance’ Awardee by the President of […]
A Tribute: Pakistan’s Haseena Moin’s matchless legacy of Television Dramas
In mid-1970s a convent educated Sukrita Khanna admonished the darkening silhouette of Dhauladhar snow peaks cautioning -‘No wind maangtaa (want) – for the next hour, Ok!’ She paced the cozy room reciting ‘alif, bey, pe …’ alongside praying the winds wouldn’t alter the angle of the tall antenna. The fireplace was flickering flames, under a […]
‘Hamid Ansari – Incarcerated in Pak Jail’
‘Love can move mountains’, if Hamid Ansari’s true to life story couldn’t prove this adage, surely, it must be false and concocted. Consider India, Pakistan and Afghanistan as egoistic mountains that actually moved to relent to a story of an Indian man possessed. In this 376-page fast paced book- “Hamid – The story of my […]
Captured IAF Wing Commander back home
Wagah-Attari (Amritsar) March 1, 2019- IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, captured by Pakistan after an aerial combat, arrived in India via the Wagah-Attari Joint Check Post ( JCP) between India and Pakistan on Friday 1st March 2019. He was received by a team of Indian Air Force officials and whisked off soon after landing […]
Amid tensions, Indo-Pak love, flourishes in Punjab
VP, Punjab CM lay foundation stone for Kartarpur corridor
Dera Baba Nanak (Gurdaspur): As India and Pakistan relations take a nose-dive every day, an ironic bonhomie, which is characteristic to the relations between the two neighbours, was witnessed today as Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Monday laid the foundation stone for the Kartarpur corridor, which will […]
In Pak for Imran Khan’s swearing in, Sidhu bats skilfully with media
Amritsar, Aug 17: “I will go to Pakistan via Wagah, take a flight for Islamabad today at 2 PM.” Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu announced this morning at a Press Conference at the launch of Air Asia flights from Amritsar to Kuala Lumpur connecting the holy city to 18 destinations via Malaysia’s capital. Then on dot, […]
Pakistan’s PM-in-making urged to honour promise of Hamid’s release in December
Hamid Ansari: Indian Prisoner in Pakistan
AMRITSAR: Even as Hamid Nehal Ansari’s Indian family is heartbroken following the rejection of remission of his jail term in Pakistan, Fauzia Ansari only prays for the state of Pakistan and its newly would be Prime Minister Imran Khan of the victorious Pakistan’s Tehreek-E-Insaaf party, to honour their promise of releasing her son on the […]
