At least six Al Qaeda commanders were killed during the recent US drone attack in the Dattakhel area of North Waziristan tribal region, a report published in The Newsquoted leadership of the group as saying. The head of the Al Qaeda victory committee, Sanafi al-Nasr, who is based in Syria, confirmed via a social networking site…

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday heard a petition filed against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s allegedly disrespectful behaviour towards judiciary and retired judges. Hearing the petition filed by Maulvi Iqbal Haider, Justice Noorul Haq Qureshi of the IHC inquired whether a similar petition was being heard in the Supreme Court (SC)….

KARACHI: At least 19 members of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) Rabita Committee were indefinitely suspended owing to a “lack of responsibility” in their duties. A statement on the party’s website said that party chief Altaf Hussain had telephoned the party’s headquarters “Nine Zero” in Karachi on Sunday morning and found that the Rabita Committee’s…

KARACHI: Unidentified armed men set ablaze the offices of WorldCall, a major cable operator, in Clifton on Saturday, causing abrupt closure of the Geo News transmission in several parts of the city. The police said they were not sure about the motive behind the attack. They said they were investigating the incident and recording statements…

BANNU: It is being argued in some circles in Islamabad that the model of the 2009 military operation in Swat to liberate the mountainous valley from Taliban is being followed in North Waziristan by Pakistan army’s offensive codenamed Zarb-e-Azb. However, a thorough assessment reveals huge differences between the two offensives, with discrimination at the root…

Ahead of Youm-e-Ali, security has been beefed throughout the country with a ban on pillion riding, and partial closure of cellular services has been instituted in multiple cities for Sunday, Express News reported. According to details, respective provincial governments have imposed a ban on pillion riding in eight cities and instituted a partial shut down of mobile…

Fibre quality internet connectivity over satellite is soon going to be available to majority of population on the earth, including Pakistan. The service – that is planned for a commercial launch in coming few months – will operate through world’s first ever Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites that are capable of offering fibre like internet…

In order to maintain quality and to tackle the high traffic of messages, this is what the company says, Ufone has decided to discontinue some of their SMS bundles during Eid, from 28th of July to 30th. During this specified period, Rs. 1.55 excluding taxes per SMS will be charged from the subscribers. Ufone came up…

Warid 4G LTE service coming to end users in shape of an official launch after upcoming Eid. The company announced the timeline via an email that was sent from its Director Customer Services to high end data users in both prepaid and postpaid categories promising yet again to bring high speed data service in September…

Cellular mobile phone users in Pakistan reached 139.20 million at the end of May 2014, said latest stats published by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority. Market situation remained almost the same as previous months with Mobilink leading the market with 38.44 million subscribers and Telenor standing at second slot with 36.31 million subscribers. Zong, which recently took…

Low cost smartphones have played a pivotal role in preparing Pakistan for 3G. But the handsets market is set to evolve even more in 2014 and beyond. Marylou Andrew reports.   The 3G and 4G spectrum auction finally took place in April after many delays, and all the mobile network operators (MNOs) have managed to…

Sonam Kapoor unveiled the first theatrical trailer of her movie Khoobsurat, which is Disney India’s first Indian movie. A remake of 1980 Hrishikesh Mukherjee gem by the same name, Khoobsurat has evolved by becoming princelier in its approach. In fact, it has a good blend of Disney’s brand of fairy tales with a Prince Charming…

Farah Jehanzeb passed away today at the age of 45 following cancer treatment. Farah Jahenzeb was an outstanding chef who hosted many cooking shows on different channels. She was very popular among women and children both. When she suddenly disappeared from TV everyone was wondering where she was but very few people knew that she…

The opportunity to interview Jacqueline Fernandez came quite unexpectedly: the call came out of the blue and I barely had time to conduct research on the Bollywood actress. What I did know was that she started off as a fashion model, wore the Miss Sri Lanka Universe crown, debuted in Bollywood as Jasmine in Aladdin,…

After sharing some first looks through film posters, the Khoobsurat team has treated us with a motion poster, which shows some sizzling chemistry between Bollywood’s quintessential fashionista Sonam Kapoor and Pakistani heartthrob Fawad Khan who makes his Bollywood debut with this remake of an ’80s film of the same name. In the upcoming Bollywood romantic comedy, Fawad…

Pakistan’s top model and actress, Humaima Malik has become the talk of the town with her upcoming Bollywood debut, Raja Natwarlal. With her striking looks and slender figure draped in a shimmering red sari, Humaima seems to have nailed the Bollywood heroine charm. But that alone is not what’s got the crowd swooning. The svelte star…