SLOUGH, ENGLAND: If you thought that musicals were a niche market, one weekend of Wicked in all its pink and green glory will have trampled that tragic, misguided little notion to death one dollar at a time. Hundreds of million times over, in fact, if the current $162.4 million box office figures are any indication. … Read more

ISLAMABAD: Senators on Monday strongly denounced a brutal incident of honour killing in Balochistan, where a man and a woman were reportedly shot dead. While debating a motion moved by Senator Zarqa Suharwardy Taimur to highlight the need for policy-level intervention by the government to eliminate gender discrimination and promote women’s participation in economic activities … Read more

We spend 4 hours and 37 minutes on our phones each day, checking them around 58 times, on average. We like to tell ourselves it’s to socialise, for work, or to read the news. As per DW, most of us are addicted, and we know it. How prevalent is smartphone addiction? Study after study confirms … Read more

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan raised concerns over India’s violations of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) during a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the UN Headquarters on Monday. Dar emphasised that India’s actions posed a serious threat to regional stability and urged the UN … Read more

KARACHI: Subplots take various shapes in fiction, with romance usually being a top contender in most media forms. Without an additional layer adding flavour to a film or show, the art piece is denied an introspective exploration of this complex phenomenon we call “humanity”. One of our favourite supplements is the found family—a trope safely … Read more

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has initiated contempt proceedings against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his entire cabinet for disregarding its order to provide reasons for not assisting a US court hearing the case of incarcerated neuroscientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui. “As the government has not reverted with the reasons despite being directed to do … Read more

I’m James Gunn. I’m the writer and director of ‘Superman.’ So in this scene, we have David Corenswet as Clark Kent slash Superman and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane. They are dating. And Lois calls out Clark for writing interviews with himself to put in the newspaper. And he says, well, you could interview me … Read more

QUETTA: At least 14 suspects have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the brutal public killing of a man and a woman in Balochistan, authorities said on Monday, a day after a video of the execution went viral on social media. Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti confirmed the arrests of 11 people in a … Read more