Islamabad: New edition of Adbiyat, the quarterly literary publication of Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) has been published. The literary publication was unveiled on Tuesday at the Academy. Speaking on the occasion, PAL Chairman Junaid Akhlaq said the academy is trying its best to produce literary books which reflect the collective thoughts of Pakistani nation. The 119th volume of Adbiyat …
by Ali Azam It is very rare to randomly pick a title and enjoy it all the way through without rolling your eyes. Mitch Albom’s The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto is one such book. It’s the writer’s ability to drag the reader into the realm of magic without incepting any notion of surrealism, especially for cynical critics. The best …
Renowned Pakistani poet, Himayat Ali Shair passed away in Toronto, Canada on Tuesday. He was 93. According to reports, the poet suffered from cardiac arrest in the morning. Shair was born on 14 July, 1926, in Aurangabad, India and moved to Karachi after Partition. He then pursued an MA in Urdu at the Sindh University, Jamshoro, to start his writing …
Pankhurst was a leading British women’s rights activist, who led the movement to win the right for women to vote. Emmeline Goulden was born on 14 July 1858 in Manchester into a family with a tradition of radical politics. In 1879, she married Richard Pankhurst, a lawyer, and supporter of the women’s suffrage movement. He was the author of …
LONDON (Reuters) – Serena Williams remained tantalisingly one short of a record-equalling 24 Grand Slam singles titles as Simona Halep thrashed the off-key American in a one-sided Wimbledon final on Saturday. Halep began the week halting American 15-year-old Coco Gauff’s dream run and will end it at the Champions Ball after dismantling seven-times winner Williams 6-2 6-2 with an inspired …
LONDON (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic again proved the toughest nut for Roger Federer to crack, repelling all the Swiss threw at him in an epic duel to win a fifth Wimbledon The indefatigable 32-year-old withstood almost five hours of Federer brilliance, dredging his tank of mental and physical fortitude to prevail 7-6(5) 1-6 7-6(4) 4-6 13-12(3) in the first Wimbledon …
Family members, political activists march on KKH for justice; threaten to extend protest to other parts of GB if prisoners not freed Herald Correspondent HUNZA: Scores of protesters marched on Karakorum Highway (KKH) in Aliabad, the main town of Hunza on Sunday demanding release of political and environmental activists who have been languishing in jails for the last eight …
Over 20,000 tourists and spectators enjoyed the three-day Shandur festival that ended on Tuesday amid dance, music, and paragliding show By Karim Ullah CHITRAL, July 9: Chitral retained its title and won trophy sixth consecutive time beating Gilgit-Baltistan by 6-5 goals after the sensational contest on the final match on Tuesday. The three-day mega annual cultural-cum-sports event ended amid …
Tajikistan has opened a criminal investigation after 14 prison inmates died of food poisoning while being transferred from Tajikistan’s northern Sogd region to prisons in Dushanbe, Norak, and Yovon in southern Tajikistan on July 7. “During transportation, one of the prisoners shared three pieces of bread with another 15 inmates in Varzab Valley,” the Justice Ministry said in a …
The recent opening up of trophy hunting, at very high prices for very few permits, of the markhor mountain goat has led to advantages for the villagers, and better protection for the animal, in Gilgit-Baltistan By Zofeen T. Ebrahim The good news is that the trophy hunting programme for markhor, the wild goat that is Pakistan’s national animal, has led to an …
