KARACHI (Monitoring Desk): Pakistan’s unbeaten Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) star Ahmed Mujtaba improved his career record to 8-0 with a unanimous decision victory over Singapore’s Benedict Ang at ONE Championship — Asia’s biggest MMA promotion — at Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday. Like the seven opponents before him, Ang was no match for the Quetta-born’s deftRead More
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Squash: Did Jahangir Khan really win 555 in a row
Khan’s streak of 555 is credited as the longest unbeaten run in any sport. LONDON (AFP) – Pakistan squash legend Jahangir Khan is famed for winning 555 matches in a row, but a new book has cast doubt on the figure and says it might be much lower. In “Jahangir Khan 555”, authors Rod GilmourRead More
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: A boon for the economy, a bane for locals
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: A boon for the economy, a bane for locals ZOFEEN T. EBRAHIM — UPDATED May 12, 2016 01:45pm Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region is frequently in the news these days, but not necessarily for its mouth-watering cherries and dried apricots. The much touted US $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will pass through thisRead More
Amazing Pakistani Social Workers Dr Adib honored by American College of Surgeons
Dr Adeeb Rizvi KARACHI: Dr Adib Rizvi of Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) was on Saturday conferred with confer honorary fellowship of prestigious American College of Surgeons for his distinguished services in the field of surgical sciences, public services and also for pioneering the transplant movement in his country. Rizvi received the honourRead More
Pakistan’s Polish Patriot
NATALIA LASKOWSKA | S. M. HALI Air Commodore Władysław Turowicz -Photos by Tahir Jamal/White Star. Courtesy Pakistan Air Force Museum. ‘Our Man in Karachi’ Recently declassified files reveal how the Polish secret services tried to recruit a Pakistani hero as a spy by Natalia Laskowska Turowicz’s health was deteriorating. He knew he was a financialRead More
Boxer Amir Khan inaugurates water and power facilities in Thar
Amir Khan inaugurates facilities in Thar. ─ Photo by author. MITHI: Boxing champ Amir Khan visited Thar on Thursday where he announced the construction of a hospital equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and inaugurated water and power facilities for the drought-hit region. Amir Khan addresses a gathering during a visit to Thar. ─ Photo by author.Read More
Celebrated humanitarian Abdul Sattar Edhi passes away in Karachi
KARACHI: Celebrated humanitarian and Edhi Foundation Chairman Abdul Sattar Edhi passed away at the age of 88 in Karachi on Friday night. Edhi’s funeral prayers will be offered on Saturday after Zuhr prayers at the National Stadium, after which he will be laid to rest at Edhi village. Abdul Sattar Edhi sits in his officeRead More
It will be a symbol of God, and everybody who sees this will be worry-free. – Pervez Henry Gill
A Pakistani businessman who is building a 14-story cross in the heart of Pakistan’s largest city claims he got the idea when God came to him in a dream. Parvez Henry Gill, part of the small Christian minority in predominantly Muslim nation, is believes his 140-foot-tall cross will be a source of comfort and inspirationRead More
Tribute to Shaheen
Shaheens Sporting and Social Club Limited (Shaheens) is the brainchild of Kashif Bouns an Australian Football League official, prominent community leader and diversity advocate. Bouns recognized that the multicultural youth in Australia needed greater opportunities to connect with the wider Australian society. Shaheen is a word of Persian origin for the peregrine falcon; a birdRead More
Not the only Australian in Lahore
Report by Jon Prunty Welcome fellow readers of this paper. It is an honour to share my preconceptions and experiences of my 2010 visit to Pakistan with you, alongside the many other stories and events that appear here that colourfully portray Pakistan as a multifaceted inward and outward looking nation in the contemporary forefront ofRead More