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Ramadan 2016 Guide – Best Sehri and Iftar deals in Islamabad

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A list of the top Iftar and Sehri around Islamabad this Ramadan, what they charge and their menus Delicious iftari and sehri is something everyone looks forward to especially after 16-hour fast. Of course, there is nothing like homemade iftaari by ammi, but different restaurants in Islamabad are offering some great Ramadan meal deals. Try these great deals out and give a break to your moms, wives, sisters from cooking. To make things convenient for you, Islamabad Scene has compiled a list of best iftar and sehri deals around the city. From traditional Pakistani favourites to exotic delights, to continental cuisines, the iftars and sehris in Islamabad are as diverse as the city itself. Check out the deals below and make best of this Ramadan. Sehri and Iftar deals at these new restaurants Looking for something different? Try out Ramadan deals at these new restaurants in Islamabad: 1. Table Talk Table Talk Islam...

The Sharifs’ sixer

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  Syed Talat Hussain -  Monday, December 07, 2015   The writer is former executive editor of The News and a senior journalist with Geo TV. Confident yet insecure. Well-established yet floundering. Unchallenged yet hobbled. In control yet struggling. The marvellous contradictions of the Sharifs are both amusing and worrying. Amusing because they yield comical sights like federal ministers’ childish in-fights over petty personal matters; worrying because the existential challenges confronting Pakistan require the federal and Punjab governments to inject immediate sense and long-term purpose into its functioning rather than act like a lost souls in lost woods protected merely by good luck and happy accidents. The Sharifs’ contradictions are not products of structural issues: a weak majority, a coup-plotting army, a motivated and ambitious judiciary, a feisty opposition with capacity to turn the tables. There is no economic meltdown looming large on the hori...

Election Day: The Battle in Pakistan & Washington to Stop Imran Khan

Shirin Sadeghi Independent TV & Radio Host, ex-BBC & Al Jazeera When the mighty do not fall, they are felled, but Imran Khan is still going strong despite serious injuries this week at a campaign rally. He's come a long way since  I first interviewed him in 2011 : he's the most important person in Pakistan right now and the biggest election in his country's history is all about him. Unlike in the United States, campaigning in Pakistan has time limits and the brief period of campaigning ended Thursday at midnight with a massive Islamabad rally for Khan followed by a smaller rally for his main opponent: Mian Nawaz Sharif, the two-time former Prime Minister and head of the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) party. Sharif, sweating under the grand lights of his stage, with a combover lightly flapping in the night's breeze, and his microphone being held for him by a hand other than his, was -- as his campaign has been -- focused on Khan. Kha...