Behind the scenes: How Pakistanis geared up for 2012. Pakistan has started preparations for the 2012 Olympics with a renewed vigour and intensity. The cities of Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi are amongst those that are lending their streets for these activities which are being sponsored by the Karachi...

Madeeha Syed gets through high security for a backstage peek at the most elusive recording studio in town. I  drive several miles out of the main centre of the city, cross a bridge into an area dominated by warehouses and industrial mills and arrive at a venue marked only by a tiny sign. The only thing...

So the latest news from the Prime Minister’s garden is that professional hunters have been called in to catch or takeout, if necessary, the elusive leopard that breached a tight cauldron of security and crossed over from the woods into the PM house. The prime minster’s spokesman claimed ‘it was...