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Bangladeshi author Shahidul Zahir rarely chose his characters’ names off the top of his head. Specifically, his razakar characters – people who collaborated with the Pakistani army during the 1971 Liberation War – carry symbolic names. One name that leaps to mind is Moulana Abubakr, father of a camel ...

LONDON: After the grand coronation of King Charles III, he posed for official coronation portraits at Buckingham Palace and the picture are now out. Photographer Hugo Burnand got behind the camera for the historic snaps. On Monday, the Buckingham Palace released the first official portrait of King Charles. For ...

The Queen is set to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee in June with a four-day bank holiday weekend.The weekend, which will begin on Thursday 2 June and end on Sunday 5 June, will see several events take place involving members of the royal family.These include Trooping the Colour, a Service ...

#Pakistan News Italian freemason Giuseppe Mazzini, a member of the Carbonari – an informal network of secret revolutionary societies – formed a political union called Giovane Italia (Young Italy) in the 19th century to create a national republic. This revolutionary organization born in Italy begot the likes of Young ...

ROME (AP) — National Geographic magazine’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” has arrived in Italy as part of the West’s evacuation of Afghans following the Taliban takeover of the country, the Italian government said Thursday.The office of Premier Mario Draghi said Italy organized the evacuation of Sharbat Gulla after she ...

B L SarafTo commemorate the 75th year of Independence the Indian Council Of Historic Research- a Government body- has released a poster depicting portraits of those who played notable part in the freedom movement; like Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel, Rajindra Prassad, Ambedkar, Subash Bose, Vir Savarkar and others . ...

#Pakistan News Model-turned-movie stars have not been rare in Turkish cinema. After the theatrical period of cinema, Turkish filmmakers, who were yet cinema amateurs, began looking for young people who were extraordinarily good-looking to star in their movies to attract more moviegoers, who were not interested in artistic quality. ...

#Pakistan News Broadcasting TV series in more than 150 countries, Turkey is known as the second-largest exporter of TV series after the U.S. From 2000 onward, Turkish dramas have shown upward movement and have achieved wide prominence – they even got subtitles and were dubbed in other languages as ...

PESHAWAR: Known for his calligraphy and Mughal imagery, a master craftsman from northwestern Pakistan has recently turned to an ancient technique rarely used in portraiture to create an image of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. For decades, Syed Abid Shah from Peshawar has been practicing and developing straw ...

Bakhtawar Bhutto, daughter of the late (former) prime minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari got engaged to Dubai-based businessman Mahmood Choudhry in a small ceremony at Bilawal House in Karachi, Pakistan. And to honour the memory of her mother, 30-year-old Bakhtawar, Benazir’s eldest, had a large ...