Imran Khan is more than just a cricketing ladykiller who was married to Goldsmith heiress Jemima Khan. He now dedicates his life to politics and is passionate about Pakistan and the war on terror — so isn’t it time people took him seriously?... more
On Tuesday in London, a revered Muslim scholar will announce a fatwa against suicide bombing in the name of Islam. Here, Allegra Mostyn-Owen talks exclusively to Dr Tahir ul-Qadri as he outlines his historic vision... more
President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan, widower of the assassinated Benazir Bhutto, visits Downing Street today at a crucial point in British relations with his country... more
Pakistan's Taliban chief claimed responsibility for a deadly assault on a police academy in Lahore - and threatened attacks on Washington that would "amaze everyone in the world"... more
The Islamist extremist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba was immediately identified as the prime suspect in the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team... more
The attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team coach in Lahore marks another tragic example of terrorism affecting the sporting world. Here, we take a look at other occasions on which sport has been hit by terrorist attacks... more
Last Friday I went to my nephew's funeral. He had been diagnosed with a brain tumour eight weeks earlier. He was 26 - a brilliant young man, a high-flyer at the Treasury, whose peripatetic childhood meant he was just as much at home in Addis Ababa as he was in Whitechapel... more
David Mellor struggles to understand the football transfer system, despairs at the return of Joey Barton, and opens fire on the IOC, ICC, BOA and Secretary of State for Sport ... more
Sofia Coppola's boyfriend is lead singer and they won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album this year. Now, Phoenix tell Nosheen Iqbal, they are set to conquer London
Move over, Mahiki. Nightclub entrepreneurs Charlie Gilkes and Duncan Stirling are soon to launch a new Eighties-inspired club in Chelsea, in honour of Lady Thatcher
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