“Is there any humanity that you print half-naked women and put them on big billboards?” Punjab minister said

ISLAMABAD: Amid scores of public complaints against the telecast of an objectionable and indecent advertisement of contraceptive on TV channels, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) in a letter addressed to all private electronic media licence holders and the Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) has asked to immediately review the advertisement. It may be mentioned that…

BERLIN: A magazine photograph that depicts Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-left challenger making a vulgar gesture stirred sharp criticism from his political rivals, 10 days before the German election.The photograph, on the front page of Friday's edition of the Sueddeutsche Zeitung Magazine, shows Peer Steinbrueck making a gesture with his middle finger in response to a…

MUMBAI: The gang rape and death of a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi this month has sparked debates on many things from an Indian society centered on the well being of men to the tendency of Bollywood films to portray women largely as mothers or sex objects. Now, some of that criticism is sticking to…

TEHRAN: U.S. allegations that Iran plotted to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Washington are a “mischievous” attempt to fuel tension between Tehran and Riyadh, a senior Iranian official said on Wednesday. U.S. authorities said on Tuesday they had broken up a plot by two men linked to Iran's security agencies to kill the Saudi envoy,…