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  • Jimmy Shergill looking forward to work with Pakistan film industry

    Jimmy Shergill has said that Hindi and Punjabi films have a huge audience from Pakistan - especially in Canada. It's been a super busy year for the Bollywood actor. With over 50 Hindi and Punjabi films under his belt, Shergill has proven himself as the versatile actor he always dreamt of being, even if it took him 17 years. While he loves to do Punjabi films, Shergill says that his bread ...

  • Discarded Pak batsman Mohd Yousuf eyes coaching future

    Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf has said he hopes to serve the country in a coaching role as he distances himself as an active cricketer. Yousuf, 38, who is out-of-favour for the national team since the UAE series against South Africa in 2010, made efforts to revive his international career but they bore no fruit. Last year in April, Yousuf, who has scored 7,530 Test and 9,720 ODI runs for ...

  • Coke Ad Hawks Pop Peace to India Pakistan

    Massive corporations like Coca-Cola have a primary goal: Sell their products to make money. Sometimes, if they're lucky, that goal aligns with another endeavor: Make peace. A new three-minute advertisement released by the beverage company this week aims to do both. Coca-Cola filmed the advertisement in two locations: Pakistan and India, South Asia's nuclear-armed neighbors mired in ...

  • Kashmiris in London protest against the killing of their leader in Pakistan

    Protesters from the Kashmir National Party (KNP) demonstrated in front of the Pakistan High Commission in London against the recent killing of their leader Arif Shahid in Pakistan. "It was a targeted killing and the purpose was to get rid of Arif Shahid because of the struggle he was pursuing. He was a thorough nationalist and many people admire his struggle. He becomes a martyr in the freedom ...

  • Ex-PCB chairman Tauqir demands imposition of ad-hoc on board

    Former chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Lieutenant General (retired) Tauqir Zia, along a few former and current players and administrators, have serious reservations on the mechanism adopted by the PCB, and is demanding the imposition of ad-hoc on the board. The Daily Times quoted Tauqir as saying that ad-hoc for at least three months is the need of the hour to fix ...

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The Tailor of Panama

Pierce Brosnan is best known today for playing James Bond, the world's most famous British superspy, in the last three installments of that long-running series. In John Boorman's The Tailor of Panama, he again plays a British spy, but not one you'd expect. His Andy Osnard, who at the beginning of the film is sent to Panama in exile, is a devious, callous, crude, greedy, sex-obsessed, self- ... ...

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  • Talks with Taliban only option for Pakistan Nawaz Sharif

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif, has told newly elected lawmakers that Pakistan has no other option apart from negotiating with the Taliban in the interest of peace. The Express Tribune quoted Nawaz, as saying that the Taliban invitation for dialogue should be taken seriously. Nawaz said the bullet is not a solution, adding they want to use each and every option ...

  • Nawaz Sharif promises positive change in Pakistan within 100 days

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has vowed his government would continue its work for the betterment of the people and would bring about positive change in the first 100 days of his government. The Daily Times quoted Nawaz, as saying that the PML-N was all set to rid the country of all sorts of problems and crises, including energy shortage and terrorism, despite meagre ...

  • APHC calls for complete shutdown to commemorate death anniversary of Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Farooq

    The All Hurriyat Conference called for a complete shutdown and a protest march in Kashmir on Tuesday to commemorate the death anniversary of prominent separatist leader Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Farooq. Riyaz Ahmed, a local resident, said: "On this date, when Mirwaiz Molvi Farooq was assassinated. At that time he was the Chairman of the Hurriyat conference when he was killed. So, to honour him we ...

  • Pakistanis defeated misguided minority in general elections says Kayani

    Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said that the people of Pakistan have defied and defeated unfounded dictates of an insignificant and misguided minority in the general elections. The Daily Times quoted Kayani, as saying that in the recently conducted general elections, the nation has amply demonstrated that it can withstand any challenge. Kayani said that as a nation, their ...

  • Zardari holds national international conspiracies responsible for PPPs defeat in polls

    Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has claimed that "conspiracies" hatched by national and international institutions led to the Pakistan Peoples Party's defeat in the general elections. The News quoted Zardari, as saying that the PPP could have won 40-45 seats in the Punjab. He added that his party would play the role of opposition with full vigour. Zardari said he could not take part in ...

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