Author: News Desk
All of the coronavirus cells currently infecting people worldwide can fit almost entirely in a teaspoon, according to TV mathematician Matt Parker. Despite the staggering number of coronavirus cases worldwide— 53 million— the microscopic size ...
What WHO is saying: The World Health Organization has declared educational institutions as a significant source of coronavirus transmission in the general population. WHO has expressed concern about the government’s failure to decide about school ...
The U.S military has been buying data on people’s everyday movements, which has been mined from popular apps on their phone. One of the sources of data is an extremely popular Muslim prayer app, Muslim ...
What happened: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has emerged as the single largest party in the elections for the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly by securing 10 seats. Meanwhile Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) which scored three seats and ...
What happened: Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) has ended its Faizabad march/dhara in Islamabad shortly after a midnight announcement by its leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi. This announcement was made after the government negotiated with the leadership of ...
Player’s Unknown Battleground (PUBG Mobile) announced, via twitter, that they will be launching Urdu language voice packs for Pakistani players. The voice packs will make the gaming experience better for players as they will be ...
Dozens of police officers have been injured in violent clashes with Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) supporters, at Faizabad. The TLP protest against blasphemous caricatures published in France has continued for the second consecutive day, today. Videos ...
The police have revealed that the body of an 8 year old was found in a garbage can in Monimpura, Lahore on Sunday. The police have revealed that the body of an 8 year old ...
The government has declared that it will promulgate an ordinance to set up special courts in order to fast track rape cases. The ordinance will also suggest steps for the protection of witnesses and the ...
A student of grade 9 was raped by extended family members on Saturday, according to a complaint filed with the Umerkot district police. The victim’s family stated that her uncles, Ali Hassan Bajeer and Faiz ...
On the evening of the 15th of November Pakistani music lovers discovered a verified Instagram account for Spotify Pakistan. The account has no posts yet, and Spotify has not officially commented on their potential entry ...
What happened: It is a well-established fact that Indian right-wing extremists tend to go a bit overboard when it comes to supporting their form of patriotism. In doing so, they sometimes lose sight of reality ...
What is revenge bedtime procrastination: Revenge bedtime procrastination is a term coined by the Chinese internet, and it represents the increasing phenomenon of people who intentionally refuse to go to bed early in order to ...
What happened: On Friday, Police arrested more than 150 workers of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) in order to prevent them from participating in a protest march against France today. According to media reports, police have arrested ...
Ting Mong are the Cambodian version of scarecrows, they are made to resemble humans, more than the regular scarecrows that can be found in other countries, in an effort to trick evil spirits into believing ...
What happened: On Friday, Indian and Pakistani armed forces exchanged fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir after Indian army resorted to “indiscriminate and unprovoked” shelling, targeting mainly the civilian ...
Statistics obtained from the different organisations like the Police, Law, and Justice Commission of Pakistan, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Women’s Foundation, and provincial welfare agencies show that a minimum of 11 rape cases are ...
What happened: The deputy inspector-general (DIG) of police for Larkana, Nasir Aftab told media, that the main suspect who was arrested following the Kashmore gang-rape, Rafiq Malik, was shot dead by an accomplice as police ...
Background: Two weeks ago, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that “Gilgit-Baltistan is going to become Pakistan’s fifth province”. PM Khan was speaking at an Independence Day parade in Gilgit-Baltistan on 1st November. It also marks ...
Two men have invented a novel way of getting through Sao Paolo’s traffic choked streets. Much to the delight of Harry Potter fans, Vinícius Sanctus and Alessandro Russo, have invented motorised broomsticks that look remarkably ...
What happened: On Friday The Counter-Terrorism Department has arrested most wanted terrorists of Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan after an alleged shootout near Manghopir Road, Karachi. According to the CTD officials, two most wanted terrorists of SMP are ...
The Pakistan Super League (PSL) is on track to resume from tomorrow, the 14th of November. Earlier this year, in March, the series was forced to halt midway due to the coronavirus pandemic. The play ...
What happened: Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth passed away on Thursday at the age of 59, days after contracting the coronavirus and being shifted to a private hospital in Islamabad. A ...
What happened: Lieutenant General Muhammad Afzal, the chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), has tested positive for the coronavirus, said the authority’s spokesperson. According to the NDMA spokesperson, Lt Gen Afzal has isolated ...
Usman and Yasmin Masih were gunned down by one of their muslim neighbours on the 9th of November, outside their home in Kathore Kalan, in Gujranwala district. Both Usman Masih and his mother, Yasmin Masih, ...
T/W: Rape, Assault What happened: On Thursday, Sindh police arrested a suspect accused in the gang-rape and torture of a four-year-old minor girl and her mother in the Kashmore While talking to media reporters, Kashmore ...
What happened: Police cracked a case of extortion and murder of an eight-year-old in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Culprit made two spelling mistakes in a ransom note. He misspelled the word “police” ...
What happened: After years of delays caused by red tape, cutbacks and opposition from religious and political factions, the first government-funded mosque in Athens since 1833 opened its doors to worshipers. Opposition from the Greek ...
Jon Rahm, a Spanish pro golfer, made a stunning hole in one shot on Tuesday. In a practice session for the Masters Tournament, which is starting today, Jon Rahm was able to hit a spectacular ...
What happened: The Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed a female director for the first time. Human resources executive Alia Zafar has been included among four new PCB directors. The others are finance executive Javed Kurieshi, ...
What happened: The fiasco started after PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday posted a screenshot on the Twitter of an article by The Washington Post titled “Trump’s defeat is a blow for the world’s demagogues ...
On Saturday, whole South Asian community celebrated the victory of Kamala Harris as US Vice President elect. She would be the first woman of black and Indian descent to hold the VP office. But no ...
What happened: On Monday National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser called a crucial meeting of the parliamentary leaders in the National Assembly and the Senate for a briefing by “military officials on the current issues of ...
Maria Iqbal Tarana is a Former Chairperson of Commission for Women Status Jammu Kashmir and currently leading a youth forum for AJK. What happened: Maria Tarana recently uploaded a video on her twitter timeline in ...
Background: A two-member bench comprising Justice KK Agha and Justice Amjad Ali Sahito heard the case of Arzoo’s abduction, forced conversion and marriage of a 44-year-old man, Syed Azhar Ali in Karachi. What happened: On ...
What happened: PTI senior leader Jahangir Tareen returned to the country after spending seven months in London, he was accompanied with his son,Ali Tareen. Why he left: Tareen, a confidant of PM Imran Khan and ...
What happened: Bangladesh has opened its first school dedicated solely to transgender in the capital city Dhaka. They will be taught Islamic values and vocational subjects. Who’s funding it: Funding for the madrassa comes from ...
What happened: Tens of thousands of Muslims, from Pakistan to Lebanon to the Palestinian territories, poured out of prayer services to join anti-France protests last Friday. In Pakistan these anti-French protests were mainly organized by ...
As we’re moving towards the end results of the world’s most important election; US election, everything seems surreal. 2020 has been a tough year but to keep our mind off the detrimental news social media ...
Amaar Farooki is a musician who has made a promising career in singing. Farooki is a New York based artist who has recently released a new single; Inside, which resonates with the listeners’ state of ...
On Wednesday, a security guard seriously injured a bank manager accusing him of blasphemy. The guard’s actions were later applauded by locals who greeted him with slogans including, “Behead those who insult the Prophet”. The ...
Explosion occurred at a seminary in Peshawar’s Dir Colony this morning. According to reports, at least seven people were killed and more than 70 injured it is also being reported that majority of injured people ...
People gathered at Plaza Italia square in Santiago to celebrate the biggest victory of in the history of Chile. A plebiscite was held to back the idea of a new charter that will replace one ...
What Happened: On Friday, Geo.Tv issued a report about their senior reporter, Ali Imran Syed who went missing. According to Geo.Tv’s report, Imran left his home between 7pm and 8pm after telling his family he ...
What is FATF: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is a policy making body for the global money laundering and terrorist financing. This inter-governmental body sets international standards that aim to prevent these illegal activities ...
T/W: Assault A week ago, a harassment incident allegedly took place in the Institute of Business Administration at Karachi University. According to reports, a non teaching staff member was allegedly harassed by another staff member ...
Background: Baloch Students have been marching for 11 days for restoration of reserve seats scholarships reserved for them by the government. Balochistan already has limited educational institutions and that’s why many student move to metropolitan ...
Facebook as a social media app has expanded itself into every sphere of life dramatically. From political mobilization to cultural sensitivity, facebook has impacted our way of seeing and interpreting everything. There are two extremes ...
What Happened: Coca-Cola, a beverage company recently made an advertisement in which a popular song “Neray Aah” was used. There’s nothing wrong with the advertisement per se, just some good old intellectual property theft. Background: In ...
As the world is going through a series of crisis, it is almost impossible to find a silver lining or a ray of hope to move forward. Even the news we consume these days make ...
Is Mountain Dew and their neon green colours to gaming what PACMAN was to arcades? Dew has further solidified its integration within the esports community in Pakistan with its latest global campaign with PUBG mobile. ...
Cabinet Committee for Legislation Affairs has approved the proposed draft of the law under which CPEC Authority chairman and other officers will have immunity from investigations of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Federal Investigation ...
BACKGROUND: It is not a common knowledge that Pakistan, before and even after independence, accommodate a plenty of Freemason lodges. Freemasonry is now banned in Pakistan, but it thrived under British rule. THE LODGES: The basic unit ...
What Happened: Authorities have sealed the office of Jammu’s oldest English newspaper publisher, Kashmir Times. The paper’s executive editor Anuradha Bhasin took to twitter saying “Estates Deptt locked our office without any due process of ...
What is Happening: Hundreds of Pakistanis stranded have been stranded at Dubai airport over the past few days due to non-compliance with new travel norms. Indian and Pakistani airlines have started flying back Dubai tourists ...
Saturday, 17 Oct, one day after PDM rally, PM Imran Khan replied to Nawaz Sharif’s speech. What happened: While addressing the Tiger Force convention in Islamabad, PM Imran Khan called out former PM Nawaz Sharif ...
Background: In the beginning of this month, Dr. Adil Khan,a clerk of Jamia Farooqia Karachi, was murdered by unidentifiedassaulters. According to police reports anonymous riders shot fire on Dr.Adil’s car while he was near a ...
What’s the news: Pakistan has been included in the list of a select few countries to which the Italian government has opened up more than 30,000 work visas for the year 2020-21. Why it matters: ...
What happened: Two regular sessions were summoned by President Dr Arif Alvi today as opposition led an anti-government rally under the umbrella of Pakistan Democratic Movement in Gujranwala. These sessions were summoned by the president’s ...
Failing our Legends: Extremist defaced Abdus Salam Poster What happened: A bunch of students from an organization which goes by the title of State Youth Parliament defaced Dr. Abdus Salam picture in Gujranwala. The whole ...
What has happened: Mohsin Dawar, Pashtun Tehreek Movement MNA has been disinvited from PDM demonstration happening in Gujranwala. According to reports many political parties including PML-N and JUI-F have shared their reservation about PTM representatives ...
Yesterday the Punjab government granted permission to opposition political parties for holding a rally at Gujranwala’s Jinnah Stadium on Friday, October 16. This is going to be the first public demonstration of the Pakistan Democratic ...
While the media has been banned from airing news about the motorway incident, many other cases of harassment are coming forward and making headlines. On Thursday alone, news broke that a 2 year old girl, ...
Advocate Nadeem Sarwar filed a petition in the Lahore High Court against the increase in 94 medicines. The Federal Government has allowed pharmaceutical companies to increase the prices of life-saving drugs. The petitioner said, “the ...
The additional SHO of the Gulistan-e-Jauhar police station was shot dead during an exchange of fire with robbers on Friday, according to the police spokesperson. The four robbers were reportedly fleeing the crime scene after ...
According to Geo News, Prime Minister Imran Khan has blamed Hollywood movies for the rise of vulgarity. This is the second time PM has blamed the foreign entertainment industry for promoting obscenity. In April, Prime ...
According to police, a preliminary autopsy conducted on Friday indicated an eight-year-old boy identified as Haris, was found dead near the Karachi industrial area. A sub-inspector resident of Shafiq Colony alerted the authorities on the ...
Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari has dismissed claims suggesting that the Federal Investigation Agency had registered cases against journalists and rights activists under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016. In a series of ...
Chinese authorities have demolished thousands of mosques in Xianjing, according to the report of the Australian think tank published on Friday. In just three years time period, thousands of mosques have been damaged or destroyed. ...
Commentators on social media came out in support of Manzoor Pashteen chief of Pashtun Tahffuz movement after a controversial advert by Nashpati called Pashteen an extremist. The video by Nashpati Prime was made against racism ...
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl leader and Deputy Chairman of Senate Abdul Ghafoor Haideri had said that Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa invited the JUI-F delegation for a meeting before last year Azadi march, where he insisted ...
On Thursday, in a village near Sehwan, Jamshoro district, a woman was shot dead by her father-in-law for honour. Sehwan SHO Muhammad Ali Khaskheli said Gulsher Channa killed his 24-years-old daughter-in-law Faiza because he suspected ...
Trainee Sub-Inspector Fahad Iftikhar Virk submitted his resignation after being abused by Lahore Capital City Police Officer CCPO Umer Sheikh for speaking in English, The Current news reported on Thursday. According to the copy of ...
Prime Minister Imran Khan, while talking to the high panel on financial accountability, transparency, and Integrity, urged the international community to take adequate steps to stop the illicit flow of money. He said that the ...
Narowal police arrested Shahid Rafiq Madani, president of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Jalali group for sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy at a seminary. According to the FIR, the petitioner is the child’s father, who claimed that his son ...
On Wednesday, an accountability court in Islamabad rejected former President Zardari’s request to dismiss cases against him. The court instead ruled that the former president be indicted in three corruption cases. The three references included ...
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, Prime Minister Imran Khan will virtually address a high-level panel of the United Nations on International Financial Accountability, Transparency, and Integrity, today. The event is being organized to present ...
According to the State Bank of Pakistan, the rupee remained stable against the dollar at PKR 166.22 in the inter-bank market. On May 12, 2019, after an agreement with the International Monetary Fund for a loan, ...
As Karachi faces a flooding disaster on an unprecedented scale, there are numerous tales of tragedy and suffering across the city, with countless citizens complaining of water invading and ruining their homes, power outages, traffic ...
In a stunning story, 40-year-old Christopher Havens from the United States, a murder-convict serving his 25-year sentence, taught himself mathematics in prison and grew skilled enough that he solved an ancient mathematical problem that has ...
A team of researchers from University College London (UCL) have developed the fastest ever internet connection in history. With a data transmission speed of 178 terabits per second, it can download the entirety of Netflix’s ...
Technology led man to split the atom and touch-down on the moon and now it has allowed man to track the whereabouts of unknowing sea creatures in the middle of the ocean. A website by ...
The musical industry of Pakistan is an enigma. On one hand, there are massive companies and corporations such as Coke Studio and ARY Musik are indisputably doing a decent job in reviving the musical industry ...
An avid video-gamer, Waqas Mansoor, better known as @therustyart on Instagram, has recently been experimenting with GTA-inspired art with Pakistani politicians and international TV show actors. Team ProperGaanda reached out to him to better understand ...
The recent cases of animal-cruelty have made one thing undeniably clear – animal rights in Pakistan are practically non-existent. Despite this, however, many organizations continue to work against the oppression of the voiceless. One such ...
Eid means shopping – a lot of it. The big day is only a few days away, and brands across Pakistan are offering their wares. For your convenience, we have organised a list of all ...
If there’s one good thing arising from the coronavirus pandemic, it is increased awareness and appreciation of the integral role healthcare workers play in Pakistani society. Aware that doctors and nurses were fighting on the ...
It is only a matter of time until gyms finally reopen and men and women are back to pushing heavy weights above their heads – blood pumping through their veins and faces glistening with sweat. ...
One of the most stigmatized groups in Pakistan is the deaf community. Slowly, however, the deaf community’s struggles to make a significant impact on society are starting to bear fruit. One such deaf individual who ...
In a country faced with numerous legal injustices, perhaps the biggest hurdle to bringing about equality of the law is the lack of political awareness of one’s rights. Realizing this, a Lahore-based student-led organization – ...
The harrowing story of Sohail Yafat unveils the failures of the Pakistani judicial system. When unable to conclude who the suspect is, or when the suspect is too powerful to pursue, the Pakistani judiciary targets ...
As Pakistan grapples with various humanitarian problems, a feeling of awareness is growing among the youth that they have a responsibility in steering their nation away from decline. At the moment, three entirely youth-run organizations ...
In a country increasingly in need of youth innovation, many young entrepreneurs have taken steps to bring about a change in various industries. But few have had a journey as exciting as the Karachi-based Mashriq ...
The youth has been bullied and robbed by police in Pakistan for as long as the police has existed. While many police officers serve honestly in protecting the citizens of the country, many young people ...
As enrolled and former students share incidents of alleged harassment by teachers, a former student of KIPs Lahore reached out to ProperGaanda to bring to attention the actions of a former teacher who is now ...
In Dehradun city of Uttarkhand state, a woman along with her two newborn twins has died due to hospitals’ refusal of treatment on suspicion of the coronavirus. Reportedly, she had visited four hospitals who had ...
The Federal Government on Friday provided its budget for FY20-21, amidst the coronavirus ciris. The budget was presented by the Minister of Industries, Mr. Hammad Azhar and Prime Minister Imran Khan was also present during ...
Federal Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain announced that Pakistan’s first covid-19 testing kit has been approved for usage reports Naya Daur, He took to Twitter to announce the commendable achievement of Pakistani ...
While the government of Pakistan has closed all educational institutions, the university students are still grinding to meet deadlines and move onto the next semester. Matric and Intermediate students were promoted into next classes without ...
Law enforcement officers of the Lahore police are being accused of mishandling her case, as well as aiding the perpetrators to help bury it. “The police officials arrested some people but helped them get released ...
Sajid Soomro, a professor at Sajid Ali Khan University was arrested under blasphemy charges by the local police on Wednesday. He was arrested from his home in Ali Murad Mohalla, Khairpur. “Dozens of police officials ...
As the number of cases in Pakistan continue to rise, it is of the utmost importance that each member of our cricket team takes this matter seriously. Three players, including the Pakistani skipper Babar Azam, ...
The death toll of people killed in the Lyari building collapse on Tuesday has reached up to 19 people, with many more injured. Rescue workers have pulled 13 more bodies from the rubble, and state ...
Local police arrested several guests attending a Valima function in Faisalabad for violating coronavirus restrictions, but released them shortly afterwards after an MPA lashed out at them, according to a report by Express Tribune. What ...
In a letter addressed to Punjab Health Minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid, the WHO said that Pakistan does not meet any of the prerequisites for easing the restrictions initially imposed to contain the coronavirus, and should ...
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) CEO Air Marshal Arshad Malik revealed in a meeting with Imran Khan that his company has been making a loss of Rs. 6 billion every month since the start of the ...
HUM TV workers have reportedly been forced to continue working in a coronavirus-infested building in Karachi. The building was previously sealed off due to an infected person in the finance team, which led to the ...
As the Black Lives Matter movement spread across social media last week, Bollywood stars also began to chime in. However, it was not long before fans started questioning the stars for their selective activism and ...
Retired Pakistani fast-bowler Shoaib Akhtar reveals that he was falsely accused of rape back in 2005. The cause of this was supposedly a teammate’s ‘misunderstanding’ with a girl on their tour of Australia. Akhtar stated ...
Pictures and videos of Zakir Majeed’s mother and Hassan Baloch’s sister are making rounds on social media. The baloch women, with pictures of their loved ones in hands demand justice from the state for their ...
According to the Sindh Environment Protection Agency, the coronavirus lockdown has greatly improved the air quality in Karachi. 76 samples collected from 6 districts in Karachi revealed that the lockdown had caused an improvement of ...
In the nation’s capital Islamabad, citizens worry that if they test positive for COVID-19, the government will “pick them up” and take them to some unspecified location. Hence, the efforts of the National Institute of ...
Afsaneh, a Pakistani clothing brand by Naseem enterprises and trading pvt limited has allegedly laid off around 50 employees due to the stressful economic condition in April 2020. Employees claim that neither managerial staff nor ...
The PCG on Sunday seized drugs and illegal arms in an anti-narcotics operation in the Gwadar district and arrested three suspects. A spokesperson stated that the PCG had received information about the smuggling, which led ...
On Sunday, the Prime Minister approved a large number of investigations to be carried out through accountability organizations against the “sugar cartel”, who have allegedly been scamming the country out of multiple billions of rupees ...
As the number of coronavirus cases across the country rises, the number of beds available in hospitals dramatically falls. With an already dysfunctional healthcare system, Pakistan prepares for the worst as coronavirus peak seems imminent. ...
Airbus, the manufacturer of A320 aircraft, has said that the AIT (accident information transmission) on Pakistan International Airlines flight PK-8303, which crashed in Karachi on May 22, has been approved for release by the Pakistan ...
The President of Russia has declared a state of emergency after it was discovered that 20,000 tonnes of diesel oil have spilled into the Ambarnaya river in the Arctic Circle, reports BBC. According to reports, ...
The George Floyd murder occurred when Derek Chauvin, a white policeman suffocated him with a knee on his neck for approximately nine minutes. Despite protests by Floyd that he couldn’t breathe, Chauvin refused to take ...
As the world’s second-largest economy is slowly reopening, so are the smog-churning factories of the industrialized nation. From the new data released by the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (Crea), it can ...
Prominent leaders of the music industry have shown their support for the #BlackLivesMatter movement and stated that they will pause business for a day, to show solidarity and support against George Floyd’s murder. Music executives ...
Huma Khan, sister of Uzma Khan who was also allegedly attacked alongside her sister has released a statement to the Lahore Court. She has stated, on oath: “I understand my welfare and upcoming future. No ...
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officers, alongside police officials have surrounded PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif’s house in Lahore after he missed the third hearing in a row with NAB. This hearing was regarding money laundering and ...
On Monday, a sessions court granted pre-arrest bail to two daughters and one relative of property tycoon, Malik Riaz, in actor Uzma Khan’s house storming and harassment case. Daughters of Malik Riaz, Amber Malik and ...
Militiamen warring against Islamic State in Najaf, Iraq are burying coronavirus victims, following the Muslim and Christian burial rituals. Paramedic Sarmad Ibrahim, who previously treated fellow Shi’ite Muslim militiamen fighting the Islamic State, claimed, “ ...
The Punjab Government has officially permitted the opening of all markets, bazaars and businesses five days a week with longer working hours. The decision comes despite recent reports from Punjab’s primary and secondary health department ...
In recent news, a 17 year old boy named Jibran Khan was brutally murdered in Quetta at the hands of man named Hubair Khan Kakar. Sources suggest that Hubair was drugged and drunk when he ...
Karachi Civil Hospital was attacked by a mob of 70 people on Friday night who were chanting slogans ‘There is no corona’. They claimed that the virus doesn’t exists and it’s only a conspiracy hatched ...
A Pashtun man was lynched to death along with three others sustaining severe injuries in Hazara Town area of Quetta. They were attacked by an enraged mob comprising 300 men over a monetary dispute. The ...
A young man named Jibran was killed in Quetta near the Askari Petrol Pump on the airport road. He was stabbed in the throat and was taken to the hospital but due to a lot ...
More than 900 children under the age of 10 have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province. Most of them are from poor families where social distancing is impossible at home, ...
The number of coronavirus cases Pakistan is currently reporting each day is more than Italy and Spain – the countries affected the most by the fatal virus after United States. According to Pakistan’s health authorities, ...
Waqar Younis, the former coach and captain of Pakistan’s cricket team, has clarified that his official Twitter account was hacked when a porn video was liked from his account. He announced that since it was ...
Malik Riaz’s daughter Pashmina Malik who was named in the FIR in Uzma Khan case has allegedly left Pakistan. The actor’s legal counsel took to twitter to inform about this. Uzma Khan addressed a press conference Thursday in ...
Model and actress Uzma Khan accused business tycoon Malik Riaz’s daughters of forcibly barging into her house with twelve armed men and violently attacking her. She has submitted a preliminary application to the police for ...
A herd of customers in a grocery store were infuriated to see a woman shopping without a face mask; they yelled at her until she walked off with her cart full of groceries. The heated ...
Farvardin Daliri built a laughing 750kg sculpture, to bring his community joy. “It’s a work of love,” he told Guardian Australia. An Australian man has used his time in quarantine to create a 750kg sculpture ...
While coronavirus leads to layoffs and cutoffs in the textile industry, workers protest for higher wages at factory supplying global fashion brands. Last week Karachi, Sindh’s police allegedly opened fire on hundreds of unarmed workers ...
Video giant attributes automatic deletion of criticisms to an error in its systems. Upon receiving censorship complaints, YouTube is investigating the automatic deletion of comments criticising the Chinese Communist party. The company claimed that the ...
Almost 11 TV stations aired an identical propaganda piece written and produced by Amazon’s PR team. Local news stations across the U.S. aired the same segments that praise Amazon’s role in reaching necessary groceries and ...
The Jawani Phir Nahi Aani actress Uzma Khan took to social media to share how she has beenharassed and threatened in the past few days. Her statement is in response to a video that has been doing rounds ...
Sheikh Rasheed, Federal Minister for Railways, likened the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javaid Bajwa’s qualities to that of former president Gen Zia-ul-Haq. During an interview with journalists Ajmal Jami and Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami ...
Farjad Hussain, a young activist working against the illegal occupation of lands, was killed on 25th May in Nalter valley of Gilgit-Baltistan. Farjad used to run the famous food joint “Mamtu De Hunza” in Lahore. ...
On Tuesday night, unidentified gunmen opened fire on two policemen in Islamabad’s Chowrangi No. 26 area of Turnol. The policemen were respectively identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Mohsin Zafar and Head Constable Sajjad, whose funeral ...
On Monday, Denmark re-opened its borders to couples separated from their partners during the COVID-19 lockdown.Cross-border couples residing within the Nordic countries or Germany are now free to visit Denmark. What are the rules? Current ...
A recent tweet by US President Donald Trump has been tagged with a fact-check label for the first time. As US President Trump tweeted: “There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything ...
On Tuesday, Edhi Foundation’s Head Faisal Edhi said that families of 19 plane crash victims had “forcefully” taken away bodies from an Edhi mortuary, without awaiting DNA testing of the corpses. During media correspondence, he ...
The recent image could be the only existential evidence of a planet’s birth in interstellar space, according to study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics. AB Aurigae – a star found some 520 light years from ...
Hackers release the first public jailbreak for Apple’s iOS operating system that they claim works on all iOS devices. A hacker who worked on the jailbreak mentions that it works by capitalizing on a vulnerability ...
Even if greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions were reduced, rates of climate change in the Earth’s sea could be seven times higher than current degrees by the second half of this century, says new research. Varied ...
Masoom Ali, a Police constable, shot teenager Sami-ur-Rehman on his chest, as he resisted the rape attempt in Kasur, Punjab on Sunday. On Monday, the local police hastened to arrest their colleague constable Masoom Ali ...
In response to member states lifting restrictions too soon, the World Health Organization’s emergency head, Dr. Mike Ryan predicted an “immediate second peak.” He also said, “ we cannot make assumptions that just because the ...
A cafe in Daejeon, South Korea has hired a robot barista responsible for recording and serving orders to implement the South Korean government’s distancing protocols. As customers lean in to grab their drinks from the ...
Tensions between China and the United States stir as Beijing is compelled to account for its alleged inaction against the novel coronavirus pandemic. Whilst supporting the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) war against the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
India has once again claimed to have taken into custody a “Pakistani spy pigeon” who allegedly had a ring carrying a phone number, reports The Express Tribune. Quoting NDTV’s report, the pigeon was logged as ...
On Monday, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health, Dr Zafar Mirza, warned that ‘strict lockdowns’ could be reimposed across the country as the number of coronavirus cases showed an upward trend; he also ...
Prints for Pandemic Relief is an online fundraiser that aims to sell art to fight COVID-19 in Pakistan. This new initiative is inspired by New York’s Pictures for Elmhusrt. The fundraiser aims to sell art ...
Provincial Minister for Punjab School Education Murad Raas ordered M.D Punjab textbook board to ban the mathematics book series from Sunrise Publications. He says it has offensive and irreligious content mentioned in it. A Mathematics ...
In a recent interview, analyst Orya Maqbool Jaan claimed that in a dream Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) recommended General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s name as Pakistan’s army chief, reports Naya Daur. The analyst said that a professor ...
China recorded no new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland for May 22, the first time it had seen no daily rise in the number of cases since the pandemic began in the central city ...
One of the two survivors of the PIA plane crash has described his escape from the burning plane after it came down during a second attempt at a landing. “All I could see around was smoke and ...
As health authorities conducted the highest number of coronavirus tests in a single day, they anticipate a 15-20 per cent rise in daily cases over the next week across the country due to lifting of ...
A Pakistan Internatonal Airlines (PIA) aircraft has crashed in a residential area near the Karachi Airport, Geo News reported. The crash was confirmed by the PIA spokesperson Abdul Sattar and he added that the flight, A-320, was ...
A video of a cleric getting his head and beard shaved has gone viral on social media. The video shows people in a neighbourhood in Lahore shaving the head and beard of a local cleric. ...
Amina remains one of the youngest survivors of a terror attack targeting Kabul’s maternity ward last week. As gunmen opened fire on maternity wards, there were 24 fatalities in the attack, 16 of whom were ...
Run-down funeral home owners find it difficult to digest that the coronavirus outbreak has led to a “horrific” increase in demand for their services. Reuters investigated 18 funeral houses across Mexico’s capital city. Their findings ...
The German automobile giant, Volkswagen has rescinded their Golf car ad from social media and apologised for it’s the racism undertones. Following the advertisement’s withdrawal from their official Instagram page, the car giant assured that ...
Human Rights groups embrace official amnesty but demand the ease of abortion laws and an end to life imprisonment. Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, granted a personal amnesty for the release of 50 women jailed for ...
A €100 ticket scoops ‘incredible’ 1921 still life oil painting by Spanish master, reports The Guardian. Claudia Borgogno summed up her amazement in one word: incredible An accountant by profession, her son bought her a ...
The eastern Indian city of Kolkata has been devastated by a powerful cyclone which has killed at least 84 people across India and Bangladesh, reports BBC. Coronavirus restrictions have been hampering emergency and relief efforts. ...
A disk galaxy in the early universe, just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang, somehow formed during a time of chaotic cosmic conditions. According to previous estimations, disk galaxies should take 6 billion years ...
Johnson & Johnson will continue to sell its talc-based Johnson’s Baby Powder in the UK and the rest of the world, despite stopping sales in the US and Canada and allegations that the powder causes ...
At a young age of 16, Muhammad Shaheer Niazi has managed to achieve greatness in the field of physics. His research came to light through his participation in the International Young Physicist Tournament in Russia in ...
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will give relief to its prisoners by offering them hi-tea on Eid day, reports Dawn. “Keeping its past tradition alive, the NAB has arranged hi-tea for all detained suspects and they will ...
The total number of confirmed cases worldwide has passed five million, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker. The exact number is 5,000,038. However, it needs to be noted that differing testing rates and definitions, underreporting, ...
On Monday night, US Democrat Nancy Pelosi called Trump “morbidly obese” when discussing his decision to take hydroxychloroquine to sheath off COVID-19 concerns. Speaking to a CNN correspondent, she asserted that she would “rather he ...
About three decades ago the patriarchal society in northern Kenya changed drastically. Almost 30 years ago, Rebecca Lolosoli founded a village as a safe haven for 15 women, who survived sexual assault and rape by ...
Lahore High Court has directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to decide over banning popular online game PUBG in Pakistan, reported ARY News. According to details, a division bench of the LHC headed by Justice ...
A 15 year old boy was raped at a mosque in Gujrat during the 10-day-long Aitekaaf observed in Ramzan. Rape culture in Madrassas In December 2019, a Manshera-based madrassa cleric, Shamsuddin, had raped a 10-year-old boy ...
BOL TV is under fire for promoting sectarianism on national television during its Ramzan transmission. The host Kiran Naz of a Ramzan transmission, discussed religious issues on her show, which resulted in an aggressive debate ...
According to a report by Dawn, Justice Gulzar expressed his confusion on why the government is spending so much on coronavirus while hearing the suo motu case regarding measures taken to deal with the coronavirus ...
Gunmen opened fire on worshippers offering evening prayers at a mosque north of the Afghan capital Tuesday, killing at least seven people and wounding 12, a local police chief said. The gunmen fled the area ...
Sometimes, it is the little things that make the difference and balance the scale; and more often than not, smaller things are an indicator of bigger underlying issues. While Instagram is the go-to platform for ...
The top-flight South Korean foot club FC Seoul has apologised after fans accused them of using sex dolls in the stands. FC Seoul insisted they were “premium mannequins” rather than sex dolls – but did ...
The Turkish drama, Dirilis Ertugrul in Urdu dub, has been the subject of many debates. Many actors of the Pakistani entertainment fraternity have made their displeasure with the airing of the drama clear. Jumping on the bandwagon, ...
Singapore-based Pakistani filmmaker Shehzad Hameed Ahmad’s has won two Silver awards at the prestigious World Media Festival 2020 at Hamburg, Germany for his documentary series on Afghanistan. The documentary has also won two awards at ...
United States President Donald Trump recognised the services of 10-year-old Laila, an American of Pakistani origin, during a ceremony held to honour “coronavirus heroes”. According to US Embassy in Pakistan’s Twitter account, Laila distributed 100 ...
A minor, 10 year old boy was found strangled after alleged sexual assault in an under-construction plaza in the Nawab Town area on Sunday. According to what the police said the boy and his cousin ...
Two teenage girls have been murdered in a so-called “honour killing” in north-west Pakistan following a video circulated on the internet. They are said to have been shot dead by family members earlier this week ...
Pakistan will soon start production of the antiviral drug remdesivir, which has shown promise in treating the novel coronavirus, the country’s top health official and a pharmaceutical company’s chief executive announced on Friday. Production should ...
Sun has gone into lockdown, which could cause freezing weather, earthquakes and famine, scientists say. The sun is currently in a period of “solar minimum,” meaning activity on its surface has fallen dramatically. Experts believe ...
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey told employees in an email that they would be allowed to work from home indefinitely, even after COVID-19 shutdowns end. Dorsey also said Twitter’s offices wouldn’t be reopened until September at ...
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that because the country cannot afford an indefinite lockdown, the nation would have to learn to live with the pandemic. At a press briefing along with some cabinet ...
With the idea that guests may feel lonely eating at a restaurant that can only reach 50% capacity – the maximum mandated by Virginia’s social distancing regulations – the restaurant, Inn at little Washington will ...
It is being reported that a group of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) members allegedly attacked a Shia procession held to mark Youm-e-Ali outside an Imambargah in Karachi’s Liaquatabad area on Thursday night. Journalist Fawad Hasan shared ...
Nearly a quarter of a billion people across 47 African countries will catch coronavirus over the next year, but the result will be fewer severe cases and deaths than in the US and Europe, new ...
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