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RAWALPINDI: Bangladesh is pinning its hopes on all-rounder and former lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan to «do something special» against pace-heavy Pakistan in the opening test of the two-match series, starting Wednesday. "(Shakib) played this game for so long, so he knows his role," Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said on the eve of the first test match at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. «He knows how to prepare himself, so I am not thinking about his political career and I hope he will do something special in this series. He's a professional cricketer and we all treat him as a cricketer, to be very honest.»

Collective Behaviour, the show spans three-and-a-half decades of her practice. The artist, who reflects on colonial histories of the subcontinent, and draws inspiration from miniature traditions and manuscripts, was in the news recently for vandalism of her work in the US. “At 3 am on July 8, a man with a hammer decapitated an 18-foot sculpture of a woman at the University of Houston.

Bangladesh will travel to Pakistan ahead of schedule to hold practice sessions in Lahore before their two-test bilateral series, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said late on Saturday. Ongoing political turmoil in Bangladesh has disrupted the team's training, local media reported. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country following weeks of protests, with an interim government led by Muhammad Yunus taking charge. The Bangladesh Cricket Board did not immediately reply to a request for comment on reports practice session has been disrupted by the unrest.

dal poori in Mauritius, but one which is very different from the original, and which is rooted in East Africa," he says. These kinds of culinary adaptations became more marked just after the partition of India in 1947—an unprecedented migration of people in history. In May 2020, The Partition Museum, Amritsar, spent a week highlighting food memories related to this.

anti-terrorism court here on Monday charged top Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in a case involving the burning down of a police station during the May 9 violence last year. Qureshi, 68, who was brought to Kot Lakhpat jail here from Adiala jail in Rawalpindi under tight security, has several cases related to May 9 violence, including arson, filed against him at the Shadman police station. The court had summoned Qureshi to initiate indictment proceedings against him and ordered the prosecution to present witnesses in the next hearing scheduled for July 22. Qureshi, who was produced before ATC Judge Khalid Arshad, however, denied the charges.

Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board wants the BCCI to provide written proof of the Indian government's denial of permission in case the team refuses to come here for next year's Champions Trophy citing a travel ban on security grounds, a PCB source has said. The host Board also wants the matter to be sorted as soon as possible, given that the tournament is scheduled in February-March. While the ICC annual conference will be held in Colombo on July 19 doesn't have any discussion on 'Hybrid Model' about India playing their games in the UAE on its agenda, the global body as usual has earmarked additional fund in case it becomes a two-country tournament. «If the India government declines permission, it has to be in writing and it is mandatory on the BCCI to provide that letter to the ICC now,» the PCB source working closely with organizing committee told PTI.

PTI quoted an ICC board member as saying.Pakistan will host the ICC event from 19 February to 9 March, while 10 March has been kept as a reserve day for the final ICC event.With details pouring in, India has been placed in Group A with Pakistan, Bangladesh, and New Zealand, while Australia, South Africa, England, and Afghanistan are in Group B.Earlier, PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi – invited to watch the T20 World Cup final in Barbados – had submitted a 15-match schedule with all of India's games kept in Lahore for security and logistical reasons, added the PTI report."The PCB has submitted the draft of the 15-match ICC Champions Trophy. Seven games in Lahore, three in Karachi and five in Rawalpindi," PTI's ICC source said."The opening match will be held in Karachi with two semifinals in Karachi and Rawalpindi, final in Lahore.

Sports Tak on 6 July, the Men in Blue will not travel to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy that will begin from 19 February to 9 March.“While the details of the tournament have not yet been discussed, it is highly unlikely that the Indian team will travel to Pakistan. Ultimately, the decision rests with the Indian government.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Anti-Human Trafficking Circle made the arrest on Sunday of the person identified as Azhar.

shab-e-hijr—in their ghazals. Brooklyn-via-Lahore singer and composer Arooj Aftab channels this rich semiotic tradition (among others) on her fourth solo album Night Reign, a loose concept album about the night and all it symbolises—love, longing, solitude, intimacy, and a little Bacchanalian excess. Gently finger-plucked guitar, shimmering harp, percussive bass and nimble electric piano runs come together in a spectral folk-jazz filigree, with Aftab’s sumptuous contralto soaring to fill the spaces in between, shading the night in broad brushstrokes of heartbreak and ecstasy.

Variety that, “In 'Heeramandi 2,' the women now come from Lahore to the film world. They leave Lahore after the partition and most of them settle in the Mumbai film industry or Kolkata film industry.

PTI.ALSO READ:‘It was our fault…': Pakistan violated peace agreement with India in 1999, says former Pak PM Nawaz SharifWahida is a resident of Nagaon district in Assam and was arrested in 2023 along with her son while illegally entering Pakistan from Afghanistan via the Chaman border.She told the authorities in Pakistan that an Indian travel agent had deceived her, due to which she reached Pakistan. "After the death of my husband in 2022, I decided to take my son to Canada.

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif accepted that his country violated the 1999 Lahore Declaration, which he signed with his Indian counterpart Atal Bihari Vajpayee. "On May 28, 1998, Pakistan carried out five nuclear tests. After that, Vajpayee Saheb came here and made an agreement with us.

Nawaz Sharif has admitted that his country “violated" a peace agreement with India in 1999.This disclosure came as Sharif assumed the Pakistan Muslim League's (Nawaz) presidency, six years after being disqualified by the country's Supreme Court.“On May 28, 1998, Pakistan carried out five nuclear tests. After that Vajpayee Saheb came here and agreed with us. But we violated that agreement...

Pakistan over violence against foreign students in Bishkek reveals a sentiment of mistrust that is thwarting Islamabad's efforts to improve ties with the Central Asian nation by playing the religion card. The Kyrgyz government has not only lodged protests with Pakistani authorities but also issued a statement blaming the Pakistani media for spreading rumours.

Why are the May 9 protests, which occurred in 2023, an important event with implications for civil-military relations in Pakistan? Even though the military remains the final arbiter in Pakistan to determine the course of politics, the May 9 protests have made it more difficult and challenging than ever for it to manage the guided democracy. The anguish and sentiment of people against the instrumental role of the military have raised questions about its legitimacy. The recent conference held by DG-ISPR included the agenda of reiterating the fact to PTI to apologise to primarily military and the nation for a comeback in the politics of Pakistan. Among a list of agendas, the prime was the PTI challenge in the conference to construct a narrative of PTI as an anarchical, foreign sources driven and anti-national force in Pakistan. In response, the PTI spokesperson Raoof Hassan has called it “full of contradictions, devoid of rationale”. These efforts to reestablish the military image go back to the power tussle between PTI chief Imran Khan and the military leadership in Pakistan.

I don’t know if Sanjay Leela Bhansali has been to Heera Mandi, but I have. This olden-day bazaar and red-light district of Lahore is the subject of a Netflix show by him. It is set decades before my visit.

Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's recent remarks regarding Pakistan have ignited a fresh political controversy, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accusing the Congress of having a soft stance towards India's neighbor. In an interview with 'Chill Pill,' Aiyar suggested that India should «respect» Pakistan due to its possession of nuclear weapons. He emphasized the importance of engaging in dialogue with the neighboring country. «They are also a sovereign country (Pakistan). They are a respected nation. You can talk tough with them (Pakistan). But start the dialogue. You are walking with a gun which yielded you nothing. Tensions are escalating. And if a mad person comes there, what will happen to the nation? They have an atom bomb. We also possess the atomic bomb. But if a mad person detonates our bomb at Lahore station, so within eight seconds, eight moments, its radioactivity will reach Amritsar,» Aiyar said in the video going viral on social media.

Sam Pitroda sparked controversy with his 'African' remark, party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Friday courted a fresh stir by saying, “Pakistan is a respected nation that also possesses an atom bomb." The clip of Aiyar's remark in an interview with Chill Pill went viral on social media. “They are also a sovereign country (Pakistan). They are a respected nation.

Preity Zinta has started shooting for Rajkumar Santoshi's upcoming directorial venture "Lahore 1947". Also starring Sunny Deol, the details of the plot of the period drama have been kept under wraps. Produced by Aamir Khan, 'Lahore 1947' will feature music by A R Rahman and lyrics by Javed Akhtar. Zinta, whose last Hindi film was 2018's «Bhaiaji Superhit» also co-starring Deol, shared an update about the movie in an Instagram post on Tuesday.

Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's killer Amir Sarfaraz shot dead in Pak's Lahore Hooda had also attended the last rites of Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur who died in 2022. On Sunday, a group of unidentified gunmen shot bullets into Tamba's chest in Sanat Nagar, Lahore. The assailants came on a motorcycle to Tamba's residence and started gunfire.