Aijaz Zaka Syed A couple of years ago, when rising Bollywood star Emraan Hashmi complained of facing religious discrimination at the hands of a housing society in Mumbai, he had invited instant derision and ridicule. Known as the ‘serial kisser’ for his onscreen shenanigans, Hashmi was accused of hunting for cheap publicity. Wagging tongues fell silent only when Shabana Azmi, one of India’s finest actresses ...

  In his write up titled ‘The Sensible Course’ appearing in The News dated June 13, 2012, Amir Zia discusses about growing chasm between two uneasy allies and the US losing patience because of Pakistan’s refusal to eliminate sanctuaries of Haqqani network in North Waziristan (NW). That was the time when Pak-US relations were at its lowest ebb because of closure of supply lines and American leaders were ...

Maimuna Ashraf Finally a decided decision has explicitly declared, NATO supply has been resumed since the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was ‘sorry’ for the loss of life in a botched air raid.  This sorry is being issued after seven months of the demise of twenty-four Pakistani soldiers, who lost their lives as a result of NATO attack on Pakistani military check post. The US [caption id="att ...