ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, Rana Tanveer Hussain, hailed the international recognition of Pakistani olive oil as a landmark achievement aligned with the ministry’s vision of agricultural self-sufficiency. According to a press statement released on Tuesday, the minister referred to the news of Loralai Olives — a premium olive oil brand…
Scarlett Johansson won praise from veteran filmmaker Wes Anderson as she nervously prepared to unveil her debut feature as a director at the Cannes film festival on Tuesday, reported AFP. Actors behind the camera are something of a trend in Cannes this year, with Twilight star Kristen Stewart and British actor Harris Dickinson both unveiling…
LONDON: Lilo & Stitch is the latest Disney animation to get a live-action remake, with the medium allowing a closer look at the main characters’ relationships, its makers say. Like its predecessor, the new film, which begins its cinema rollout on Wednesday, tells the story of a young Hawaiian girl called Lilo, played by newcomer…
KARACHI: For too long, the literary gaze on South Asia’s summers, especially through diaspora pens writing for white audiences, has leaned on sepia tropes: mangoes and melas, the year-long appeal of chai, ceiling fans whirring above midday siestas, and monsoon promises murmured by young lovers over sticks of kulfi. That version of summer still lives…
Javed Akhtar is once again under fire for a controversial take. In a video uploaded by ABP on YouTube, the Indian screenwriter and lyricist said in a speech, “I receive hostility from extremists on both sides. But this is the right way, since if even one side stopped hating me, I would be worried that…
PARIS: French police have recovered by chance the long-lost bust of the American singer Jim Morrison that once adorned the grave of the iconic frontman of The Doors, 37 years after it was stolen from a Paris cemetery. The sculpture, missing since 1988, was found during a search tied to a fraud case led by…
After a few years of waiting, Taylor Swift’s anticipated re-recording, Reputation (Taylor’s Version), might finally be seeing the light. On Monday, the lead single Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor’s Version) was featured in the opening scene of a new episode of The Handmaid’s Tale, reported Variety. While Swift has yet to make an…
During an interview on Zabardast with Wasi Shah, singer-turned-politician Jawad Ahmad addressed his long-standing qualms about the normalised use of profanity in society. Recalling a simple time, he began “In the home where I was raised, it was an unimaginable thing to curse – on both the maternal and paternal sides.” Jawad mentioned that both…
King Charles, Queen Camilla face painful past during latest outing King Charles and Queen Camilla sparked intrigue with their latest move as they visited to a site tied to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal split. The 76-year-old monarch and Queen, 77, went through the past memory visited Canada House on Tuesday to mark 100…
Billie Eilish shares exciting news with fans who missed her latest Tour Billie Eilish surprised fans by announcing her return to the stage for Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour. The nine-time Grammy award winner, who released her third studio album Hit Me Hard and Hard Soft last year, embarked on a world tour from…
