Author Archives: Dunya

‘Sex and the City’ third time

Actress Sarah Jessica Parker hinted talks were underway for a third ‘Sex and the City’ movie, while appearing at the premiere of her new television series ‘Divorce’ on Tuesday. “I described it as being not on the table but in the warming drawer,” Parker said in New York, where she was joined on the blue carpet by former ‘Sex and ...

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Tom Hanks enjoys playing ‘smartest guy in the room’

Actor Tom Hanks said the real draw for him to reprise his role as fictional symbologist Robert Langdon in the film adaptation of Dan Brown’s thriller “Inferno” was the chance to be “the smartest guy in the room.” “You give me the right amount of verbiage and just enough time to do the right amount of research, and I can ...

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Trump supports India against Pakistan

Donald Trump sympathises with India in its recent escalation of tensions with Pakistan and supports skilled immigration, an adviser said on Friday, portraying the U.S. presidential hopeful as a friend of India and Indian Americans. Trump, a real estate billionaire, has earned a reputation of hostility towards minorities with proposals such as “extreme vetting” of potential immigrants and building a ...

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Jaffar Express blasts, 5 dead

Two coordinated blasts targeting railway tracks hit near the Rawalpindi-bound Jaffar Express Friday, killing at least five people and leaving 17 others injured, railway officials said. All the injured have been shifted to Quetta where an emergency has been declared at all state-run hospitals. Ten people who were injured where shifted to Combined Military Hospital via helicopter. Hospital sources described ...

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Asia Bibi’s appeal, hearing on Oct 13

The accused in blasphemy case has been granted a fresh chance to escape the gallows after the Supreme Court confirmed Friday it will hear Asia Bibi’s appeal against her execution next week. “The Supreme Court of Pakistan under the chair of Justice Saqib Nisar will hear Asia Bibi’s appeal against her death sentence on Thursday, October 13 in the Supreme ...

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COAS briefed on operational preparedness

Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif visited Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) Headquarters, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement. COAS was given detailed briefing by DG Rangers, Maj Gen Umar Farooq Burki about operational preparedness of the force. Talking to the officers and soldiers of Punjab Rangers, Gen Raheel Sharif appreciated the high state of morale, operational preparedness and vigil being ...

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Offshore Kings

The Panama Papers may be the largest data leak regarding offshore companies, but it is not the first. Offshore Leaks and Swiss Leaks were the first in this case. The nature of these revelations was different. Yet they all have had one common denominator: namely that numerous members of Middle Eastern royal families were mentioned in the previously secret data. ...

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Big blow to BCCI

Indian Supreme Court on Friday disallowed BCCI from releasing funds to 12 state associations unless Lodha panel reforms are implemented.   Supreme Court says state associations will not get funds unless BCCI body passes resolution to implement justice Lodha committee reforms. BCCI in its response said it wasn’t running away from reforms to which the Court replied that the board ...

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India will seal border by 2018

Indian Interior Minister Rajnath Singh said country will completely seal the border with Pakistan by end of next year. The decision was taken at a security review meeting chaired by Interior Minister Rajnath Singh in northwestern Jaisalmer city. Addressing a press conference after the meet, Singh said the plan is part of an extensive effort to monitor the country’s security ...

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China forex fall more than expected

China‘s foreign exchange reserves fell for a third straight month in September and by slightly more than markets had expected, suggesting fresh capital outflows from the world’s second-largest economy. Forex reserves fell nearly $19 billion to $3.166 trillion, from $3.185 trillion in August, central bank data showed on Friday. Economists had expected reserves to ease to $3.18 trillion, after dropping ...

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