Hints and tips:
...Imran Mahmood is in the vanguard of Anglo-Asian writers (along with Abir Mukherjee and Vaseem Khan), and Finding Sophie (Raven, £14.99) is written with his customary skill....
...Thousands of supporters were detained and a number of prominent PTI leaders, such as former ministers Shireen Mazari and Fawad Chaudhry, quit after being repeatedly arrested....
...These included Fawad Chaudhry and Shireen Mazari, both former PTI ministers. Mazari announced her retirement on Tuesday after being arrested four times this month....
...Eventually, our campaign will spread across Pakistan till such time that elections are held,” said Fawad Chaudhry, a PTI leader. “The police came with prison vans to arrest our people....
...World-weary detective Harry Hole, now struck off the force and living in Los Angeles, is up against a highly intelligent psychopath cutting a bloody swath through Oslo....
...Fawad Chaudhry, a senior PTI member and former information minister in Khan’s government, wrote in a tweet: “Seems CEC (Chief Election Commissioner) relied on Tarot cards for this decision instead of merits...
...The Lost Man of Bombayby Vaseem Khan, Hodder £16.99 In 1950s Mumbai, the frozen body of an Anglo-Saxon man is found in the Himalayan foothills, swiftly named “The Ice Man”....
...London mayor Sadiq Khan said the report was “incredibly sad, one of the darkest days in the Met Police’s history”....
...On Monday afternoon, sitting information minister Fawad Chaudhry said Khan had nominated former Supreme Court justice Gulzar Ahmed to act as a caretaker prime minister....
...Vaseem Khan’s friction-free ascent to pole position in historical crime is consolidated by The Lost Man of Bombay (Hodder & Stoughton £16.99, 384 pages)....
...So it’s fitting that tonight Khan is here to teach us a simple dance routine and give us an insight into what the Indian film industry is really like....
...And a lot of women — you know, like Noor Inayat Khan and Odette Hallowes and Violette Szabo — did extraordinary and daring and very brave things during that time in the service of their country....
...The best detectives refuse to die — even after their creators have done so. Two key examples?...
...A spokesperson for the bank confirmed that it had reached a settlement with Khan and his wife, as well as the private detective firm Investigo, for having had them followed through the streets of Zurich....
...Last week, Imran Khan’s security adviser told the Financial Times that Joe Biden had not bothered to phone Pakistan’s prime minister....
...But eventually there is a breakthrough, although Doreen Lawrence, ably backed by solicitor Imran Khan (Adil Ray), can be forgiven for keeping her enthusiasm in check....
...Last year Tidjane Thiam was ousted as chief executive after the bank hired private detectives to spy on his colleague and next-door neighbour Iqbal Khan....
...James Raphael, a detective superintendent in charge of the trials, says street violence in the targeted areas has fallen by 13 per cent since they began in June compared with previous years....
...Khan’s distinctive new protagonist, Persis Wadia — India’s first female police detective — is clearly here to stay....
...But last year he fell out with Mr Thiam in a personal dispute that culminated in a confrontation between Mr Khan and detectives hired by Credit Suisse to monitor him after he had resigned....
...In Khan’s narrative, a mass shooting in a mosque near Ottawa becomes a very pressing matter for Pakistani-Canadian detective Esa Khattak and his partner Sgt Rachel Getty, particularly with the influence...
...A row at a party, a breakdown in professional relationships and a confrontation with private detectives....
...Mr Thiam’s clash with Iqbal Khan, who has left CS for crosstown rival, UBS, peaked last month when Mr Khan was tailed by CS-appointed private detectives, suspicious he was plotting to hire former colleagues...
...This week, details emerged of a bitter row between Mr Khan, 43, and Mr Thiam, 57, triggered by a confrontation in central Zurich between the private banking prodigy and detectives Credit Suisse had hired...
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