U.S. ‘Economic D-Day’ Targets More Than Just Iranian Oil
The United States threatened sanctions for any country or entity that engages with Iran’s gold, digital assets, aviation, shipping and tech industries. Here’s why that matters.
Sadaf Kanwal pens heartfelt birthday note for husband Shahroz Sabzwari
Model Sadaf Kanwal wished her husband, actor Shahroz Sabzwari, a happy birthday, looking back at their relationship through a series of pictures. Posting a photo dump on her Instagram account, Sadaf wished Sabzwari, whom she has been married to for six years, writing, “Alhamdulillah for the blessing of you. Happy birthday to the most beautiful heart … Read more
‘Shade, breeze and a charpai’
MULTAN: On a sweltering summer afternoon in Chah Inaamwala, a small village near Multan, 68-year-old Baba Shafi pulls his woven charpai beneath the shade of a large mango tree outside his home, seeking relief from the relentless heat. Unable to afford an air conditioner because of high electricity bills and a limited income, Baba Shafi … Read more
Shahnawaz Zaidi on two marriages, personal growth and learning to let go
Actor reflects on mistakes of his first marriage, changes that helped make his second a happier one After nearly five decades of marriage across two relationships, actor and artist Shahnawaz Zaidi has opened up about what went wrong in his first marriage and the changes he made to build a happier second one. In a … Read more
A professorship is a promise, publicly made
. The writer is Provost, University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore. He can be contacted at s.m.asghar.zaidi@gmail.com Somewhere in Pakistan this week, a university scholar will be made a professor by a piece of paper. The registrar’s office will issue a notification. The pay scale will move up. Colleagues will bring sweets to the … Read more
Forbes Suspends Shook Research Rankings as It Investigates $6 Million Payment
[The magazine, which is reviewing a payment from the founder of Shook Research to its former top editor, also canceled a summit in Las Vegas scheduled for October.
USA vs. Canada
Our Canada bureau chief tells us how the countries got into a trade war and how people north of the border are experiencing the rift.
Trump administration plans to revoke visas of foreigners seeking asylum
State Dept coordinating with DHS to revoke visas of visitors who later seek asylum to stay in US The State Department said earlier this month that under the Trump administration, it had revoked more than 175,000 visas of foreign nationals.. PHOTO: FILE President Donald Trump’s administration said on Monday it planned to revoke the non-immigrant … Read more
Judge Says Sale of Titanic Artifacts Cannot Go Forward for Now
The salvage company that has been awarded the rights to recover, but not sell, items that sunk with the ship, has proposed selling 100 of them.
A sixty-year-old book that still questions Pakistan
. Recently, I was invited to speak at a programme on Dr Jameel Jalibi’s landmark work, Pakistani Culture: The Question of National Culture. Revisiting the book reminded me that some books belong to their time, while others continue to interrogate every generation that follows. Jalibi’s work, first published in 1964, is firmly in the latter … Read more