With his velvety, soulful and ethereal voice, marked by a slight quaver, Talat Mahmood was well suited for the elegant poetic compositions that are the bedrock of Hindi film music, and rose to great ...

The home secretary has said she rejects suggestions that making live facial recognition available to all police forces in England and Wales contributes to a "Big Brother" society. Shabana Mahmood told ...

Shabana Mahmood has proved to be one of this government’s few outstanding ministerial successes. In a cabinet remarkably short of effective communicators, she has been plain-spoken and seems more ...

Shabana Mahmood will set out her overhaul of policing today, aiming to tackle "unpunished" everyday crime and get officers from their desks to the streets. The home secretary is expected to make a ...

Started editorial work. Photographs regularly printed in all major Pakistani newspapers and magazines from 1989 onwards. Publications include DAWN, The News, Herald, Newsline, Fashion Collection, ...

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Veteran actor Talat Hussain has passed away in Karachi after a prolonged illness. Talat Hussain was one of the pioneer voices of Radio Pakistan and a legendary actor of television and cinema. He was ...

There is an "epidemic of everyday crime", the home secretary says, such as shoplifting and phone theft. It reminds Shabana Mahmood of the years when she worked on the till in her parents' corner shop, ...

The home secretary has announced a blueprint for reforming what she called the "broken" policing model in England and Wales. Shabana Mahmood confirmed the shake-up will create a new National Police ...

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Among major changes planned by home secretary are abolishing most forces in England and Wales and creating a national crime agency After a stream of policy announcements over several months, Shabana ...