LOS ANGELES: Veteran US folk singer Richie Havens, who shot to stardom with his distinctive style at the iconic 1969: Woodstock music festival, died at 72, his agent said. Havens’ frenzied rhythmic strumming and searing vocal delivery on “Freedom/Motherless Child” mesmerized the ...

CALIFORNIA GN - Daniel Day-Lewis is one of only three Brits to appear in Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. The three-times Oscar-winning actor, who has both British and Irish citizenship, was joined on the list by the Duchess of Cambridge and novelist Hilary Mantel. Many ...

MADRID/LOS ANGELES (AFP) Sara Montiel, the first Spanish actress to make it in Hollywood and best known for her roles in international blockbusters such as “Vera Cruz”, died at home in Madrid aged 85, her family said. Meanwhile, US actress Annette Funicello, who first gained fame as a ...

In an expanding entertainment industry few artists have been able to set a standard for themselves and then come up to expectation every time. With a diversity of style and a dynamic screen presence Sania Saeed has set the bar all too high for others to reach. The woman who has often been termed as ...

KHARTOUM  - Sudan mourned on Sunday the death of musical icon Mohammed Wardi, a former prisoner who spent years in self-imposed exile but who died on home soil after seeing his beloved nation divided. "M Osman Wardi, Sudan's lead singer, passed away Sunday evening in Khartoum," the official ...

KARACHI - Fabtex, a leading export house catering to printed & solid fabrics having worked with leading design studios worldwide, are now positioning themselves in the domestic fabric industry in Pakistan. With a vision to set new standards of quality and durability, Fabtex is launched its ...

Asad I.A. KhanLAHROE – NESPAK started its journey 38 years ago, and there was no looking back in terms of growth and development. It offers a broad spectrum of services in the realm of engineering consultancy ranging from energy to environment as well as information technology. NESPAK has ...

KHAN GARH - Nawabzada Muhammad Nasrullah Khans death anniversary will be marked on Monday (today) in Khan Garh as eight years have elapsed since the political leaders death. Nawabzada Muhammad Nasrullah Khan s/o Khan Bahadar Nawabzada Muhammad Saifullah Khan was born in Khan Garh city on November ...

NEW YORK - Ladies and gentleman, a glamour icon is born, the prestigious Foreign Policy magazine said of Pakistans new 34-year-old Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, who just completed a peace mission to India. Shes young, stylish, sharp and pretty, and Indians are falling for her, Robert Zeliger ...

KARACHI (PR) - Governor Sindh Dr Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan conferred the prestigious Presidential Award for Pride of Performance to Ms Masarrat Misbah on behalf of President Asif All Zardari during an impressive ceremony held at the Governor House on Pakistan Day. Through this honourable award, Ms ...

MANILA (Reuters) - Former Philippine President Corazon Aquino, heroine of the 1986 people power movement, was laid to rest on Wednesday after an eight-hour funeral procession that had to inch its way past hundreds of thousands of mourners. Holding umbrellas against the pouring rain and chanting ...