While relations between nuclear-armed neighbors Pakistan and India are tense off pitch, some fans and cricket greats hope the Champions Trophy will bring the nations closer.

Come Wednesday, Indians will be cheering for a Pakistan win against Australia in the Group A clash of the Champions Trophy in South Africa, a victory that could also propel India to the semi-finals.  Read more... (521 words, 1 image, estimated 2:05 mins reading time)

Minister for Ports and Shipping Senator Babar Khan Ghauri during his review visit to the site of the ‘Port Grand Food Court’ under Napier Mole Bridge has announced Asia’s largest and most modern food street to be built at a cost of Rs1 billion and spread over nine acres. It would be inaugurated by the end of November this year in Karachi.
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It cost just three rupees. Squashed between a doughy naan and seasoned with a splash of green chutney of dubious provenance, the ‘samosa-naan’ was sold for three bucks a pop at my college. With the triple dose of carbs – potatoes, pastry and naan – it was obviously filling. Less obvious is how satisfying the concoction was: the naan’s rubbery dough, the crushed but still crisp samosa shell, the spicy potatoes with little bursts of flavor in the form of anardana (dried pomegranate seeds) and dhaniya (coriander) seeds, the tart chutney. Is talk of textural complexity too pretentious for what is essentially a meal of necessity? I say no.  Read more... (943 words, 1 image, estimated 3:46 mins reading time)

This year shabe qadr has been followed by Jumatul wida. Lailat al-Qader, (Night of Power), commemorates the night when Holy Quran was first revealed to the Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) through the angel Gabriel. It falls on the 27th night of the holy month of Ramadan, which will end this week with the festival of Eid ul-Fitr. The nation will also observe Jumatul Wida, the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, with traditional religious zeal and reverence today. Millions of fasting people will offer Friday prayers at mosques and prayer grounds.  Read more... (333 words, 3 images, estimated 1:20 mins reading time)

During a talk show on Express TV federal minister for population welfare Dr. Firdaus Ashiq Awan has played the role of ‘Maula Jutt’ and literally bulldoze poor PML-Q parliamentarian Kashmala Tariq. Dr. Firdaus has used language which I was ashamed to hear being a woman myself. It should not be the caliber of a woman and a parliamentarian to talk such rubbish against anyone whether in parliament or any public platform. Self respect and dignity should always be there with a woman whenever she gets engaged in some kind of discussions but she forget all manners and started abusing until the end of program.  Read more... (228 words, 4 images, estimated 55 secs reading time)

All the claims of government to provide commodities to every one at low price during the Holy Month of Ramadan have ended in a smoke. The slogan of PPP ‘Roti, Kapra aur Makan’ itself became a joke now as people are finding deaths cheaper than flour. Bilawal Bhutto has recently yelled at his speech that who ever lacks food we will provide, whoever wants clothes we will deliver and all that but he is quite happy with the lifestyle he is leading abroad as well as his father. Where is the Roti, Kapra, Makan? The government had turned the poor into beggars. Long un ending queues while fasting is humiliation of people and Khori Garden incident is enough to demand an even and fair supply of food items at all shops and stores on subsidized rates.  Read more... (536 words, 10 images, estimated 2:09 mins reading time)

You’re up even before the cock crows and the faint light of dawn is still very distant. But in spite of the ungodly hour, the entire household is up and about, and the house is vibrating with the sounds of clattering dishes and the wafting aroma of fried eggs, oily parathas, delicious Khajla, pheeni and steaming tea. That’s sehri for you in Ramadan. During the Holy month of Ramadan confectioners were busy preparing oriental delicacies such as “Khajla” and “Pheni”, small pancakes and vermicelli soaked in milk with sugar.  Read more... (155 words, 1 image, estimated 37 secs reading time)

The instant you walk through the BVS school’s entrance gate, you realise there’s something delightfully anachronistic about the place. There are trees as aged as the stonework, towering over the boundary wall facing Abdullah Haroon Road (formerly known as Victoria Road). The building is Spartan yet eye-catching in character – like a Greek god. You lift your head to appreciate the façade and read ‘Bai Virbaiji Soparivala Parsi High School Established in 1859’. A little below it is inscribed the date of its construction, ‘1905’.  Read more... (759 words, 1 image, estimated 3:02 mins reading time)

The Youth Parliament Pakistan, a PILDAT initiative to inculcate the culture and values of democracy in youth of Pakistan, has now initiated its induction process for the third consecutive term.  Read more... (378 words, 1 image, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

I can’t aggregate words to describe what this image says. It is a Martyr Certificate, Sanad e Shahdat awarded by Tahreek e Taliban to Mr. Haji Sheer Ahmed Shaheed who was martyred during the insurgency in South Waziristan in September 2004.

What kind if interpretation of Islam is done by the TTP?