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  • 12 killed 25 injured as in twin mosque blasts in Pakistan

    At least 12 people were killed and 25 others injured when twin blasts hit two mosques in Malakand town in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Friday afternoon, reported Xinhua citing local media. Both blasts took place almost simultaneously at about 2 p.m. local time in Bazdara Bala area of Malakand. Local paramilitary troops confirmed that the first blast happened before Friday prayer and ...

  • Kabul looking for tripartite mechanism with India and Pakistan

    Afghanistan's Ambassador to India Shaida M. Abdali has said his copuntry is keen on creating a tripartite mechanism with India and Pakistan that would enhance cooperation between the three nations in the short and long term. Speaking ahead of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's visit to India next week, Abdali said the proposed mechanism could also include a tripartite no-war pact. President ...

  • UK police launches investigation into Pak MQM chiefs separating Karachi comments

    The London police are investigating complaints against UK-based Pakistani politician, Altaf Hussain, to see if he has violated UK law. Hussain, leader of the MQM party that controls Karachi, addressed supporters from London last Sunday after Pakistan's general elections. In response to accusations of electoral fraud, he is alleged to have threatened his accusers with violence, reports the ...

  • Pakistani PM to free 51 Indian fishermen as goodwill gesture

    Islamabad, May 17 (Xinhua-ANI): Pakistan interim Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has decided to release 51 Indian fishermen on humanitarian grounds in a goodwill gesture, the prime minister's office said Friday. These prisoners have already served their sentences, the office said in a statement. The prime minister expressed the hope that the Indian government will reciprocate the gesture ...

  • Pak election commission to begin thumbprint verification for votes in two weeks

    The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will begin the process of verifying votes by matching thumbprints with the NADRA database within two weeks, an official has said. The Express Tribune quoted ECP Secretary Ishtiaque Ahmed as saying, that following an appeal by the poll supervisory body, NADRA had agreed to boost the capacity of its verification system. The system has been introduced in ...


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Ikiru [DVD]

Ikiru [DVD]

Inspired by both Tolstoys The Death of Ivan Ilych and thoughts about his own mortality, Akira Kurosawas evocative and deeply moving Ikiru is about a middle-aged man whose learning that he has six months to live triggers in him the painful realization that he has not been living his life. For the past 30 years, he has worked as a section chief in the public affairs office of the government ... ...

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  • APML to launch movement to fight against political victimisation of Musharraf

    Former Pakistan military chief and president, Pervez Musharraf, has decided to launch a 'peoples' movement in order to clear his name and stay politically relevant as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz comes to power next week. The movement called Tehreek-e-Muhibban-e-Pervez Musharraf (TMPM) will fight against political victimisation of Musharraf and his supporters, and will make efforts to get ...

  • Nawaz Sharifs PML-N invites JUI-F to join govt. in Centre

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has invited Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) to join its government at the Centre while turning down the latter's offer to form a coalition government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where its rival Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has emerged as the largest party in May 11 polls. PML-N's central leader Shahbaz Sharif extended the offer to JUI-F chief Fazlur Rahman. ...

  • Imran Khan to be discharged from hospital next week

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan will be discharged from Shaukat Khanum Cancer Memorial Hospital next week. Doctors said Khan is recovering at a quick pace and is all set to be discharged, adding that they are expecting him to make a complete recovery in the next few weeks, reports the Daily Times. Khan was injured on May 7 during his party's election campaign at Ghalib Market ...

  • Lahore court initiates judicial inquiry into Sarabjit Singhs murder case

    The Lahore High Court has initiated judicial inquiry into the killing of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh by his fellow prisoners in Kot Lakhpat jail and has appointed Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi as the inquiry judge. According to a report in The Express Tribune, Justice Naqvi is expected to start his inquiry from Friday. Punjab caretaker chief minister Najam Sethi had earlier sent a ...

  • Pak media says correct combination key to success in cricket

    The Pakistani media has said that the key to the success of the team lies in getting the correct combination for the team before they head into serious cricket, including the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy. According to The Dawn, in the recent past, the lack of a fast bowling all-rounder has at times made it difficult for the team to find the right balance, adding that although a unbalanced spin ...

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