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Sharif may buy Indian power

Pakistan Prime Minister-in waiting Nawaz Sharif is seriously considering importing electricity from India to tackle Pakistan’s extreme power shortfall, sources said.

Sharif’s oath on ’98 N-test anniversary?

PML(N) chief Nawaz Sharif wants to take the oath of office as Pakistan Prime Minister for the third time on May 28, the 15th anniversary of the country’s nuclear tests in 1998 under his stewardship.

Imran and PPP far behind

The Nawaz Sharif-led PML(N) was well ahead of other parties, according to an initial count of votes after millions voted in the general election in Pakistan on Saturday. However, AFP reported that Mr Sharif had declared victory for his party.

Pak fumes at Sanaullah death, anti-India protests held

The Pakistanis were on Thursday enraged to know about the death of prisoner Sanaullah in Chandigarh, after battling for life in a hospital for a few days.

Imran Khan survives fall

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan on Tuesday survived a dangerous fall from about 20 feet as he was being lifted to the top of the stage to address an election rally in Lahore.

Sarabjit killers: Nothing to lose

The killers of Sarabjit Singh in Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore said they killed him because they were already on death row and had nothing to lose.

Pak prosecutor in 26/11, Bhutto cases is killed

Two motorcycle-borne gunmen on Friday killed the Pakistan government’s main prosecutor in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case and the Benazir Bhutto assassination case involving former military ruler Pervez

Pak court bans Musharraf from polls for life

A Pakistani court on Tuesday imposed a lifetime ban on former military ruler Pervez Musharraf contesting elections, saying he had violated the Constitution twice, in 1999 and 2007, which disqualified

The headlines said it all. The Man Booker International Prize had been awarded to Lydia Davis, the American author. But most Indian newspapers in English announced it as “U.R. Ananthamurthy loses out on Man Booker”. You could almost hear the collective sigh of millions of disappointed Indians.

Today, India’s prime actors who are making a bid for international visibility — in roles, major or minor — are amassing reams of publicity and flashbulb attention from the paparazzi. Amitabh Bachchan, despite a brief part in The Great Gatsby, stirred up news headlines and tumult at the extravaganza’s premiere in New York, and then on the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet. Irrfan Khan and Tabu have received an unconditional thumbs-up from the Oscar-celebrated Ang Lee after Life of Pi, Anil Kapoor is a known factor in international enclaves after Slumdog Millionaire, a cameo in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, as well as the TV series 24.