Tag: BBC
Riz Ahmed to create Pakistani-British TV series ‘Englistan’ for BBC
News Desk | Riz Ahmed is looking to continue his Hollywood domination with his upcoming BBC series Englistan. The 35 year old British Pakistani actor...
Crimes on women: Third girl burned and raped in India
News Analysis | A teenage girl has been raped and burned alive in India, in the third such attack in a week in the country....
Stand Up, Speak Out
Farheen Ali Khan | “It’s summer. You have three months, you should take cooking classes,” my uncle uttered to me, while telling my brother to...
Bollywood’s Dark Secret: Voices that will uncover harassment in the industry
News Desk | Two of the Bollywood actresses Radhika Apte and Usha Jadhav have recounted their stories of harassment referred to as 'casting couch' in...
PTM: A Pashtun Spring..?
Murtaza Shibli | Manzoor Pashteen swears by his commitment and dedication to the cause of Pashtuns who have become victims of an endless war. In...
Adnan Malik wants entertainment industry to redefine ‘masculinity’
News Desk | Cake movie actor Adnan Malik in his latest interview to BBC Asian Network said there is a need to redefine the concept...
PTI nominates names for Caretaker PM
News Analysis | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has suggested the names of economist Ishrat Hussain and former Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani for the caretaker Prime Minister of the...
Is Mahira Khan a ‘smoker’?
News Desk | Mahira Khan landed in hot waters after another video of her, smoking during an event, surfaced online. The actress was filmed smoking,...
Director of ‘Cake’ honored at UK Asian Film Festival
News Desk | Asim Abbasi won the award for Best Director for his directorial debut ‘Cake' at the UK Asian Film Festival. The festival has...
Saeen Zahoor to release his new album soon
News Desk | Renowned Sufi singer Saeen Zahoor is all set to release his new album next month. The album consists of songs based on...
Will Chinese negotiations with Baloch militants help CPEC security?
News Analysis | China has been negotiating with Baloch militants for above five years to secure its $60 billion investment in the infrastructure development project...
Shah Rukh Khan declares he does not allow disrespect of women...
News Desk | Shah Rukh Khan says nobody has ever dared to misbehave with women on his sets. The actor engaged in a profound conversation...
Sonam Kapoor highlights reasons for silence on sexual harassment
News Desk | Sonam Kapoor identified three significant reasons why women fail to report sexual harassment against them in her recent interview. She recently gave...
Axact back in the limelight over fake degrees scandal
News Analysis | Pakistan based IT company Axact came back into the limelight after the BBC exposed a fake degrees scandal on Tuesday. The BBC...
BBC apologizes for wrong pictures of Shashi Kapoor
News Desk | BBC News at Ten has apologized for using the pictures of Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor in their honorary video clip for...
Mahira Khan counts herself lucky for never being harassed
News Desk | In an interview with BBC World News Mahira Khan says that it is just a matter of luck that she has never faced...
Afghan ‘green-eyed girl’ on her future
BBC News | An Afghan woman made famous by a 1985 National Geographic cover talks exclusively to the BBC of her hopes for a...
UK considers hate charges against Altaf Hussain
News Analysis | The UK has given indications that it may bring hate speech charges against the London-based Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain....
What Malala did on her first day at Oxford University?
News Analysis | Malala Yousafzai, a young human right activist from Pakistan, and the receiver of the Noble peace prize, on Monday, shared her first-day...
Masterchef UK 2017 winner Saliha Mahmood wants to produce “Khazana”
News Analysis | Saliha Mehmood, 29, a trainee doctor in gastroenterology and the winner of Masterchef UK 2017, is now venturing on to produce her...
Congratulations!! Momina Mustehsan among the world’s 100 influential women
News Desk | CONGRATULATIONS MOMINA MUSTEHSAN AND RESHAM KHAN Pakistani engineer, mathematician and musician @MominaMustehsan is on this year's #100Women list. Find out more here https://t.co/GJE6wfc3yo...
Corbyn criticizes Trump’s anti-Pakistan rants; a chance for Pakistan to lobby?
News Analysis | Britain's ace opposition leader, Jeremy Corbyn has come out in support of Pakistan's anti-terrorism drive and has urged the world to respect...
Connecting the dots: The London apartments since the 1990s
News Analysis | A BBC Urdu report disclosed that properties, the London apartments owned by the Sharif family in London’s upscale Park Lane neighborhood were purchased...
Mother of All Bombs: nothing more than a mere theatrical act...
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The BBC’s first-hand report from the remote site in the southern Afghanistan province of Nangarhar where the US dropped the Mother...
G7 sides with Russia: Unexpected setback to the US?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The G7 was meant to be an insipid forum that unfailingly followed the US diktat, but the worm is apparently turning....
Arrests of “Mossack Fonseca” Founders: World Wide Implications?
News Analysis The arrests of the founders and key officials of the controversial law firm, Mossack Fonseca, on Thursday is yet another reminder that the...
Damning BBC Urdu report on Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Claims...
BBC Urdu' s report hit prime time news yesterday with the revelation that the London Park Lane flats were purchased by the Sharif family in...
Chemical terrorist attack ‘huge concern’ says London fire chief
Ben Farmer Britain's most senior fire chief has warned that the potential for a terrorist chemical attack in the country is a "huge concern". Dany...
The 25 hottest TV shows around the world right now
There may finally be a way to rank TV shows across all platforms. Parrot Analytics has developed a tool to measure demand for shows,...
