Indie games blaze a trail beyond blockbusters

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PARIS/COLOGNE: Developer Jonathan Jacques-Belletete has taken a gamble on forthcoming game Hell is Us, hoping to ape the budget success of indie hit Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to tangle with industry heavyweights. “I’d had it up to here” with work on big-spending productions whose price tag can run into the hundreds of millions, the veteran … Read more

‘New realignments won’t dent Sino-Pak partnership’

ISLAMABAD: China and Pakistan on Thursday delivered a collective message that the current geostrategic developments and realignments are not going to have any negative fallout on their “iron-clad and all-weather strategic partnership.” The development came during the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who led his country at the Pakistan-China Strategic Dialogue and held … Read more

Folk singers lend chorus to climate crisis

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ISLAMABAD: When 18-year-old Sham Bai steps onto a dusty makeshift stage in rural Sindh, holding a traditional Tamburo and flanked by two fellow singers, it isn’t just music that fills the air, it’s a warning of a vanishing world. Her clear, steady voice rises over the crowd, not with celebration, but with sorrow. “We are … Read more

From wedding bells to studio beats

KARACHI: For most artists, marriage signals a brief pause from the spotlight but for Hasan Raheem, it has meant quite the opposite. Barely a week after tying the knot in a traditional Gilgiti ceremony, the singer has returned to Instagram with a flurry of cryptic teasers, hinting that a new album is already in the … Read more

Evacuation ordered as Sutlej swells

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Thursday ordered immediate evacuation of communities along the Sutlej River after a sharp rise in upstream water discharge and forecasts of further intensification in the coming days. Officials said that water flow at Harike Barrage surged to 111,461 cusecs at 10pm, triggering heavy downstream movement. Discharge at … Read more

Negligence drowns Abbottabad again

ABBOTTABAD: Failure to implement court orders has once again left Abbottabad city submerged during heavy monsoon rains. The delay in establishing an Encroachment Removal Cell, coupled with negligence by Cantonment Board, WASA, TMA, and other relevant institutions, has caused financial losses worth millions of rupees to residents. Advocate Zafar Iqbal has once again approached the … Read more