Section: Pakistan Today (Pakistan)
A white supremacist in Turkey
One of the latest discoveries people have made is that New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinta Adern is a nice person, who condoled with the victims and said As-salaam Alaikum, not to mention calling the attacker who killed 50 people at mosque in Christchurch, a ‘terrorist’. What seems to have escaped notice that she formed the government in...
Another MiG jet of Indian air force crashes in Rajasthan
In another incident, MiG 27 UPG aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed Sunday morning, Indian news channel India TV reported. The incident was reported from Godana near Sheoganj in Sirohi, while the aircraft was on a routine mission from Jodhpur in Rajasthan. Fate of the pilot was unknown. Any injuries or casualties into the incident were...
Manafort won’t lose his python jacket in the trial
In the end, Paul Manafort gets to keep the python jacket and the ostrich vest, CNN reported on Friday. The FBI and the Justice Department never actually took possession of the two most memorable artifacts from the former Trump campaign chairman’s fraud trial last summer. The FBI, in searching Manafort’s home and other possessions, had...
Facebook blocks more accounts over influence campaigns
Facebook on Tuesday said it shut down more than 2,600 fake accounts linked to Iran, Russia, Macedonia and Kosovo aiming to influence political sentiment in various parts of the world. It was the latest effort by the leading social network to shut down “inauthentic” accounts on Facebook and Instagram seeking to influence politics in the US and...
Injured Ronaldo limps off in Portugal qualifier
Portugal paid the price for poor finishing after their captain and top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo was forced off the pitch with an apparent hamstring problem during their Euro 2020 Group B qualifier against Serbia on Monday. A 1-1 home draw, which followed a 0-0 stalemate against Ukraine on Friday, left European champions Portugal on two points and...
Pakistan among top 20 gainers on World Happiness Index
Pakistan has jumped eight spots on the World Happiness Index this year and is among the top 20 gainers. Pakistan, which ranked 75 last year, secured the 67th place on the United Nation’s latest World Happiness Report that gauged 156 countries based on six indicators: income per capita, life expectancy, social support, freedom, generosity...
Ronaldo joins Portugal camp for Euro 2020 qualifiers
LISBON: Cristiano Ronaldo rejoined his Portugal team-mates on Tuesday ahead of the start of Euro 2020 qualifying this week following a nine-month absence from the national team. The 34-year-old Juventus forward was recalled by Portugal coach Fernando Santos for games at home to Ukraine and Serbia, having not played for his country since the 2018...
Bencic sweeps into Indian Wells semi-final against Kerber
CALIFORNIA: Resurgent Swiss Belinda Bencic toppled another top-10 player Thursday, downing fifth-ranked Karolina Pliskova to set up an Indian Wells WTA final against Angelique Kerber. Bencic, a former world number seven whose ranking slumped as injuries stalled her career, showed no sign of a let-down after her fourth-round victory over world...
Illness ends Serena’s Indian Wells bid, Halep advances
INDIAN WELLS: Serena Williams’s first tournament since the Australian Open came to an abrupt end on Sunday as the ailing 23-time Grand Slam champion retired from her third-round WTA match against Garbine Muguruza at Indian Wells. Muguruza was leading 6-3, 1-0 when Williams called it a day in the battle of former world number ones because of...
The question of the South Asian ‘matriarchate’
– Book review – Widows and Daughters: Gender, Kinship and Power in South Asia by Anna Suvorova On Friday simultaneous ‘Aurat Marches’ took place in major cities all over the country to mark the International Day for Women. This becomes the second time in as many years that the march has been held to commemorate Women’s Day – a display...
