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It has long been a source of debate why there are so few Asian players in English football and none at the top level — until now. Zesh Rehman, whose parents are from Pakistan, is the first British Asian to command a regular place in the top flight. The Fulham defender broke into Chris Coleman’s [...]

AMIR Khan glanced at his dad and then his manager as he sought the right words for the answer to the question that could shape the rest of his life. Four years from now he could be an Olympic gold medallist or a multi-millionaire. Which would he prefer? We were sitting in a suite at [...]

A United States-based non-profit organisation has named Pakistani and Bangladeshi journalists for its media awards for population reporting, but rejected Indian applications because they lacked merit. Pakistan’s Dawn journalist, Ms Zubeida Mustafa will receive the 25th Annual Global Media Awards for excellence in population reporting from the King of Morocco on December 5 in the [...]

Shoaib Akhtar does not want to be lonely on the fastest strip in the world — the Western Australia Cricket Association ground at Perth where Pakistan and Australia are slated for a Test clash on December 16. And Australia’s pace ace Brett Lee is the one he wants as company. The New South Welshman has [...]

In pursuit of the formula for peace on Earth, our producer met up with a bright, energetic immigrant, who also happens to be co-founder of the ‘We Are All Brooklyn’ community group. A prosperous entrepreneur, this person is now in the business of making dreams come true. Larry Clamage brings us the story of a [...]

Following a rare initiative involving an international health agency, an airline and the administration of a hospital in Karachi, a kidney was flown in from Europe and transplanted into an 18-year-old Pakistani, Uzma, in the early hours of Sunday. A patient of end-stage renal disease, Uzma had been on dialysis for the last more than [...]

I am a physically handicapped person because of my legs but facing all odds of life with courage and dignity. When I was of 2 years of age, I got a leg injury. I was not born physically handicapped. Some thing went wrong during my 12 years long treatment. After that I could not recover. [...]

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education have named Akbar S. Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies and professor of international relations at American University, the 2004 District of Columbia Professor of the Year. Mr Ahmed is the former high commissioner of Pakistan to [...]

Salman Butt overcame a bout of cramps to hammer an unbeaten maiden century as Pakistan beat India by six wickets in a thrilling day-night match at Eden Gardens in Calcutta on Saturday. The left-handed opener, 20, smashed 13 fours in his aggressive 108 not out to help Pakistan surpass a big Indian total of 292 [...]

The curves of her body are softly delineated in black ink; her head rests on a knee as the detailed lines of her hair spill down a leg. Copper plating used for her lips and wide eyes shifts the viewers’ focus to her expression, confronting them with a conflicting starkness of emotion. Pakistan-born artist Zulfiqar [...]