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  • Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf says no enmity with Taliban

    The coming provincial government was ready to hold talks with the outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants, Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) senior leader has said. Pervez Khattak, who is soon-to-be Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said that they have no enmity with the Taliban. The PTI central Secretary General said the Taliban were also Pakistanis and requested the ...

  • Chinese man held in PoK over Koran desecration

    A Chinese man has been taken into protective custody in Pakistan administered Kashmir after he was accused of desecrating the Koran. The man, named only as Mr. Lee, works for a Chinese consortium that is building a dam in Kashmir. A police official was quoted by the BBC, as saying that Mr.Lee was held to prevent him from being lynched by an angry mob. Allegations of blasphemy are taken very ...

  • English officials to purely oversee anticipated India-Pak fixture at Champions Trophy

    The anticipated India vs Pakistan fixture of the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy, to take place at Edgbaston on June 15, is set to be purely overseen by English match officials, according to the International Cricketing Council (ICC). A list released by the ICC has seen former England wicket-keeper Ian Gould and Richard Kettleborough appointed as the on-field umpires with Nigel Llong monitoring ...

  • 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 ...


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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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  • 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 ...

  • 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. ...

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