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It seems Bollywood’s powerhouse performers, Varun Dhawan and Ranveer Singh, have picked up the gauntlet to do a task which even industry veterans cannot dream to fulfill — the duo is in talks to star in the reloaded version of legendary film ‘Andaz Apna Apna’. The movie, which built a cult following over the years, has been to date one of the most popular films Bollywood ever produced. The directors of the 1994 hit have reportedly approached the two youngsters to revive the magic once superstars such as Amir Khan and Salman Khan created. The producers have their sights set upon the two as they have been purported to be great friends in real life and their friendship can be a crucial factor in making the film as entertaining as the old version. If the news is to be believed, fans are certainly in for a treat after so many years.

Three people, including two brothers, were gunned down by unknown assailants in the Orangi Town area of the metropolis on Thursday night, police said. The law enforcement personnel said that the initial investigations suggest that the deceased were killed due to personal enmity, however, all other factors are being taken into consideration in the probe. The deceased were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where they were pronounced dead on arrival. Police said that the deceased used to sit in a room constructed at a hilltop where today after an initial brawl were killed by their associates. The investigators suspect the case to be linked with land grabbing.

Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had removed hundreds of Russia-initiated accounts, which it judged to be involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior on its platforms, including some linked to state-owned news agency Sputnik. In a separate statement, Sputnik attacked the social network for a decision it said was political and amounted to censorship of seven Facebook pages belonging to its news hubs in neighboring countries. Facebook's head of cybersecurity policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, said in a blog post it had unearthed two separate operations which originated in Russia, with one active in multiple countries across eastern Europe and the other specific to Ukraine. The social media company said it had taken down about 364 Facebook pages and accounts operating in Baltic Sea states, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and parts of Europe, and that the pages were linked to employees of Sputnik. “Despite their misrepresentations of their identities, we found that these pages and acc...

Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. Though the two activities are closely related, literary critics are not always, and have not always been, theorists. Whether or not literary criticism should be considered a separate field of inquiry from literary theory, or conversely from book reviewing, is a matter of some controversy. For example, the Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism draws no distinction between literary theory and literary criticism, and almost always uses the terms together to describe the same concept. Some critics consider literary criticism a practical application of literary theory, because criticism always deals directly with particular literary works, while theory may be more general or abstract. Literary criticism is often published in essay or book form. Academic literary critics teach in literature departments and publish in academic jo...

According to the Henley Passport Index Pakistani passport has been ranked as the fifth worst passport for international travel. The Henley Passport Index, which is a ranking of all the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa, placed Pakistan on 102nd position. Pakistani passport holders have visa-free access to 33 countries. The Pakistani passport is better than only four other countries: Somalia, Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. Japan retained the top spot as the world's most powerful passport. The Asian nation has come out on top in the index, which is revised quarterly, for the second time in a row. South Korea edged up the ranking from October's index to join Singapore on second position after offering access to 189 jurisdictions, thanks to a new visa-on-arrival agreement with India. Among Asian countries, China jumped almost 20 places in just two years, from 85th in 2017 to 69th this year. European ...

Nowadays, a good number of Pakistani novelists are writing in English and some of them have got worldwide reorganization for their work, here are some good novels of Pakistani writers published in 2018. 1- Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie:  The suspenseful and heartbreaking story of an immigrant family driven to pit love against loyalty, with devastating consequences Isma is free. After years of watching out for her younger siblings in the wake of their mother’s death, she’s accepted an invitation from a mentor in America that allows her to resume a dream long deferred. But she can’t stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in London, or their brother, Parvaiz, who’s disappeared in pursuit of his own dream, to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knew. When he resurfaces half a globe away, Isma’s worst fears are confirmed. Then Eamonn enters the sisters’ lives. Son of a powerful political figure, he has his own birthrigh...

Professor Edward Said is regarded as one of the best literary critics of the world, especially his criticism on Westerners manipulating Eastern traditions to demonize people of Orient was of remarkable consideration. Apart from literary critic he was also a political activist and raised political issues related to the Arab world. This profile is taken from Encyclopedia Britannica (Online Version). Edward Said, in full Edward Wadie Said, sometimes Edward William Said, (born November 1, 1935, Jerusalem—died September 25, 2003, New York, New York, U.S.), Palestinian American academic, political activist, and literary critic who examined literature in light of social and cultural politics and was an outspoken proponent of the political rights of the Palestinian people and the creation of an independent Palestinian state. Said’s father, Wadie (William) Ibrahim, was a wealthy businessman who had lived some time in the United States and apparently, at some point, took U.S. citizenship....