Kevin Costner to star in new Superman

Actor Kevin Costner has been signed for the father role to Clark Kent in the new Superman movie. The Academy Award winner will play Jonathan Kent, who raises Kent as his own son and helps him understand what he is meant to do in the world as Superman. "Kevin will be able to communicate the quiet strength of this rural American man who raised the greatest super hero of all time," director Zack Snyder...

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Nargis lost out twice in Top Model Hunt

Pakistani actress Nargis Fakhri was actually shown the door on the reality show America's Top Model when she put her pretty foot in her mouth. The team behind Ranbir Kapoor's Rockstar may be trying hard to keep their 'find' Nargis Fakhri under wraps. But she has already had her run in with reality TV after she was dumped twice. The 27-year-old model had participated in America's Next Top Model in...

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Aishwarya & Abhishek to perform in Ladies & Gentlemen

Mr. and Mrs Bachchan will soon be back together with Rajkumar Santoshi’s romantic comedy, Ladies & Gentlemen, which flags off in July. Aishwarya said, “I met Rajji a week ago and he told me that he wanted to lock a chunk for his film. Abhishek and I are his dream pair, he’s always wanted us for this film.” Ladies & Gentlemen will be the star couple’s ninth film together. Their last film...

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Pak student to get Frank Capra Award

A young Pakistani boy has won laurels for his short film in the international film market. Heal, a short film that has never been shown in Pakistan, written and directed by Mian Adnan Ahmad, will be honoured with the ‘Frank Capra Award’ at a film festival in Fallbrook California next month. Frank Capra Award is the festival’s highest award given to the film that best uplifts the human spirit,...

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Indian actor jailed for rape

Mumbai: Bollywood actor jailed by an Indian court for seven years for raping his maid which has sent shockwaves through the film industry. Shiney Ahuja was convicted of rape, criminal intimidation and wrongful confinement of his maid in June 2009, a local court ruled, despite the victim withdrawing her allegation of rape. Judge PM Chouhan, finding Ahuja guilty, relied on the original complaint lodged...

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Katrina and Priyanka set to clash in ‘Krrish 3’

Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra are dying to cast the two bombshells together in a film. Filmaker Shristhi Behl wanted to cast Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra together in her indian version of ‘Bride Wars’ and also director Anurag Basu`s was keen on casting these two Bollywood actress in ‘Barfee’. However that did not work out but according to the recent reports Kat has been added to the cast...

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Samsung cuts price for Galaxy Tab WiFi version

Samsung Electronics Co. will launch a WiFi-only version of the Galaxy Tab in the domestic market, which is one-third cheaper than its predecessor, the company said. Samsung Electronics started to receive pre-orders for the WiFi-only Galaxy Tab at the price of 600,000 won ($536) this week through its online Web site and retail shops in Korea. It did not disclose the launch date. The WiFi-only version has the identical specifications as the Galaxy Tab tablet computer except that it lacks connectivity...

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Warid launches ‘Fantasy Cricket’

Warid introduces another unique value added service that brings Warid customers more closely to live cricket experience. Subscribers can now create and manage their own cricket team, trade world class players and win rewards by simply dialing 1200. Fantasy Cricket is based on International Cricket series events including Test Matches, ODIs and T20s. The game offers lots of attractive prizes to game...

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Ufone launches Android handsets at unbelievable prices

Islamabad: A leading mobile company has launched three amazingly packed android phones which will allow the people of the country to get wowed with the device experience before anyone else in the continent. Android phones are the new big thing in the handset arena and have created a storm in the global telecom community. These handsets which include the Image, Verve & IDEOS, have arrived in...

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SAMENA credited Pakistan’s USF globally

Pervez Iftikhar, CEO, USF PAK Islamabad: SAMENA Telecommunications Council has announced that Universal Service Fund Company (USF) of Pakistan has become the world’s foremost USF institutions to join its multi-regional membership of operators, technology companies, regulatory authorities, and government institutions. USF, estabalished by the government of Pakistan to expand basic telephony and...

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Law & official secrets

A.G. NooraniThe law on official secrets has the same parent as the proposal for a privacy law. The panic that grips ministers, politicians and other public figures, whenever the press exposes their misdeeds, drives them to demand enactment of a privacy law and enforcement of the Official Secrets Act.In 1911, Britain enacted the Official Secrets Act. The Indian Official Secrets Act, 1923 was its faithful...

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PAL brings to light legendary Punjabi poet

Islamabad: Maulvi Ghulam Rasool Alampuri, one of renowned poets of Punjabi language in his poetry covers a variety of subject relating to religion, Sufism and spiritual love, said Muhammad Mansha Yad presiding over a seminar arranged by Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) last week.Sahibzada Masood Ahmed was the chief guest on the occasion while Dr Gohar Noshai, Dr Arshad Mehmood Nashaad, Mir Tanha Yousafi and Abdaal Bela also attended the seminar.Muhammad Mansha Yad appreciating PAL’s project entitled,...

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Miniature paintings depict social desire for male child

Islamabad: Life of a woman is not a bed of roses in our male chauvinist society before marriage. She continued to suffer right after the marriage too under social and family pressure, when choosing the gender of first baby is concerned, as every husband wants a son from his spouse, rebuffing the notion that all is in the hands of Almighty. This ill practice penetrating in Pakistan’s social milieu over the years no matter the husband belongs to lower class or the upper this practice is still on....

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Little Beaconites stun audience with their talent

Islamabad: Students of the Beaconhouse School System, Kindergarten Branch, F-8/2, mesmerized their parents at the Annual Parents Day. The campus was decorated with colorful balloons and adornments. The guests were received at the gate by a schoolgirl dressed as a fairy. She gave scrolls of the program to the incoming guests. The program started at the given time after the arrival of the chief guest,...

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USAID celebrates women’s Day

Nasir Mahmood Kharl Islamabad: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) celebrated International Women’s Day by hosting a panel discussion to provide inspiration, motivation, excitement, connection and opportunity to the women entrepreneurs in Pakistan. The theme of the event was ‘Stepping into Success’, which highlighted the role and significance of women micro entrepreneurs,...

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Habib Jalib death anniversary observed

Lahore: Revolutionary poet Habib Jalib’s 18th death anniversary has observed to pay homage Jalib who was one of the most celebrated 20th century Pakistani Urdu poets. He was a faithful democrat who opposed martial law, totalitarianism and state oppression. He was a member of the Communist Party Pakistan (CPP), and later joined the National Awami Party (NAP) when the CPP was banned countrywide. Jalib...

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Gul Ahmed lawn launch: a step towards ‘Lawn’ fashion show

Karachi: The launch of Gul Ahmed lawn at the Gul Ahmed stores marks its stunning collection all over Pakistan. It is considered to be one of the biggest annual lawn launches. Every year women wait for this particular lawn launch, and why wouldn’t they? This year the Gul Ahmed lawn catalogue was one of the most impressive catalogues from Gul Ahmed by far. The prints as always were very versatile;...

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NCA hosts ‘Bikaoo Maal’

Lahore: An exhibition by Shazia Mirza, titled ‘Bikaoo Maal’, was held at the Zahoor ul Akhlaq gallery in NCA. The exhibition featured object assemblage conceived as her fine arts thesis, which she presented at The State University of New York. The artist made the concept of wearable accessories while thinking about the situation in Pakistan during her studies abroad. She now teaches at NCA’s Ceramic Design Department. Shazia invested her energy to make hundreds of mixed media trinkets, jewellery...

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