Mirza Shahzad Akbar, a top Pakistani politician who meets with UK government officials, lent support to sacked CNN reporter One of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s closest advisors has apologised after endorsing a TV journalist who said the world ‘needs a new Hitler’ amid clashes between Israel and Hamas. Mirza Shahzad Akbar, Mr Khan’s right-hand … Read more
Mirza Shahzad Akbar, a top Pakistani politician who meets with UK government officials, lent support to sacked CNN reporter One of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s closest advisors has apologised after endorsing a TV journalist who said the world ‘needs a new Hitler’ amid clashes between Israel and Hamas. Mirza Shahzad Akbar, Mr Khan’s right-hand … Read more
A new blow-by-blow account of the raid that got Osama bin Laden and the harrowing decision to go in reveals new details of how President Barack Obama finally got firm evidence the terror mastermind had been killed in a U.S. operation. ‘Congratulations, you killed Osama bin Laden,’ Pakistani military chief of staff Gen. Ashfaq Kayani … Read more
A new blow-by-blow account of the raid that got Osama bin Laden and the harrowing decision to go in reveals new details of how President Barack Obama finally got firm evidence the terror mastermind had been killed in a U.S. operation. ‘Congratulations, you killed Osama bin Laden,’ Pakistani military chief of staff Gen. Ashfaq Kayani … Read more
Pakistani singer who accused pop star of groping her and sparked country’s #MeToo movement faces three years in jail for ‘criminal defamation’ Meesha Shafi, 39, claimed Ali Zafar, 40, groped her at recording studio in 2017 Zafar stringently denies the claims that he inappropriately touched Shafi Launched criminal defamation charge due to ‘irreparable’ damage to … Read more
As the dust from that neutron bomb of an interview begins to settle, and the full extent of the fallout becomes clear, it seems Megxit has become even more divisive than Brexit. To her many (predominately young) fans, ‘Meghan’s truth’ is gospel, a heartbreaking tale of loneliness and victimisation. They are grateful to her — … Read more
Sheikh’s father, originally from the Punjab Province of Pakistan settled in Wanstead East London in 1968 and established a wholesale clothing company. Sheikh attended the Forest School, a public school founded in 1834, whose pupils included the future England cricket captain, Nasser Hussain and the film director Peter Greenaway. Sheikh became the school chess champion … Read more
Boohoo sweatshop shame: Fashion chain sells clothes made by Pakistani workers earning just 29p an hour, investigators claim Workers in the factory in Faisalabad claim they are earning £47 a month Pakistan’s minimum wage for 17,500 rupees to the 10,000 paid in the factory There are also allegations that workers in Leicester are paid £3.50 … Read more
Boohoo sweatshop shame: Fashion chain sells clothes made by Pakistani workers earning just 29p an hour, investigators claim Workers in the factory in Faisalabad claim they are earning £47 a month Pakistan’s minimum wage for 17,500 rupees to the 10,000 paid in the factory There are also allegations that workers in Leicester are paid £3.50 … Read more
The Pakistani zoo which once housed the ‘world’s loneliest elephant’ Kaavan has now closed for good after the last of its animals were taken to shelters overseas. Marghazar Zoo, in the capital Islamabad, shut its doors on Wednesday following the departure of Bubloo and Suzie, two Himalayan brown bears who had been kept in captivity … Read more