Author: Zaynah Maroof
This Saturday, I went to Lahore Eat in anticipation of a food-filled evening, and came back with a full stomach and lots of opinions. The food festival took place over the weekend and lasted three ...
Tehreek-i-Labbaik leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi is among 26 charged for violent protests initiated by TLP in reference to Asia Bibi last year A total of 26 suspects were issued copies of the challan after an ...
Sacked employees of PMDC met with Maulana Fazlur Rehman to discuss the role JUI-F could play in preventing the PMC ordinance from getting approved After the PMDC was dissolved on October 19 upon the promulgation ...
The Rawalpindi police have arrested a man charged with raping and filming a 13 year old boy for four days The criminal was first arrested after an FIR was lodged on the complaint of the ...
While Karachi is being invaded by swarms of desert locusts, Sindh’s Agriculture Minister tells citizens not to worry and make locust biryani and karahi instead On Sunday afternoon photos and videos of locusts were shared ...
An internal inquiry at GCU has revealed improbable payments amounting to Rs 638M were made to ‘ghost’ foreign faculty members from 2003 to 2013 According to sources, the GCU Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences ...
Pakistani filmmaker Jami breaks the silence in an in-depth interview explaining the sexual harassment incident that he was a victim of and everything that followed Jami sat down with Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar from Gulf ...
Ukhano addressed the harassment allegations against him in a ‘documentary’ which attempts to show him as a victor and victim both. The video, which Ukhano himself has called a ‘documentary’, to address harassment and rape ...
A video has surfaced in which Prime Minister Imran Khan can be heard telling Chief Spokesperson Firdous Awan to “sit down, lest there be a casualty” PM Imran Khan is seen travelling with a group ...
A Pakistani bus driver’s response to an Indian journalist on Kartarpur Corridor is one that is causing waves in the Sikh community across the border. The Indian reporter who goes by the name Ravinder Singh ...
A 70 year old American national pulled a surprising stunt at Islamabad airport this Monday morning. The elderly woman now confirmed as Murray Maude was discovered to be residing in Pakistan illegally. She had also ...
In a press interview pertaining to his plans on travelling to Pakistan for the opening ceremony of Kartarpur Corridor, famous Bollywood actor Sunny Deol shared a small laugh with the Indian reporters as he confirmed ...
Sikh pilgrims have started to arrive in Lahore to visit Baba Guru Nanak’s shrine in Kartarpur, a historic moment in Pak-India relations Foreign diplomats as well as Sunny Deol will be attending the ceremony. Indian ...
Here is what you need to know about the decades old Ayodhya dispute. How it started It is believed that in 1528, the Babri Masjid was built in Ayodhya by Mir Baqi, the commander of ...
World renowned Collins dictionary has declared Climate Strike as the Word of the Year for 2019 Climate strikes became a global movement as protests took place all around the world advocating for action on climate ...
Ex PM Nawaz Sharif has agreed to travel abroad for medical treatment on the advice of doctors and family The Sharif family source told a private news agency on Thursday that the former PML-N leader ...
The WWE will be hosting Saudi Arabia’s first ever female wrestling match tomorrow in the capital city WWE first signed an agreement to host wrestling matches in the princely state for a total of 10 ...
A man caused havoc in a Parisian cinema hall showing Joker in an attempt to use the controversial phrase as a distraction from his ulterior motives During the film, the culprit, who was accompanied by ...
Did you know that watching an adrenaline-inducing horror movie is equivalent to more than an hour on the treadmill? Yes, you read right- watching 90 minutes of a horror movie can burn up to 113 ...
A woman documented an incident witnessed outside LGS 39 Main, of a driver seemingly molesting a young girl in the parking lot The post was reshared on Instagram by user Khadijah Shah, and has caught ...
I’ll admit, I visited this restaurant when it was unbearingly hot outside, so it’s definitely been a while since I went there. But I’ve been craving good pasta so much recently that I can’t help ...
In a surprising move on a usually quiet Sunday, President Dr. Arif Alvi decided to dissolve the PMDC and establish a new organisation called Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) to take its place Here’s what you ...
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan was an Islamic reformist, an educationist, a philosopher, and a poet. Above all, he is considered to be one of the founding fathers of Pakistan. On his 202nd birthday, let’s take ...
The elegant powder blue kurti Kate Middleton arrived at Islamabad airbase ‘Nur Khan’ wearing a gradient powder blue kurti bearing similarity to Diana’s pastel blue kurta from her visit to Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital ...
Anusha Novlani is an emerging visual artist based in Karachi She combines traditional and contemporary mediums to create versatile visual art that accurately depicts our society’s shortcomings. Is there a particular theme in your artwork? ...
World Food Day is celebrated internationally on the 16th of October, and is seen as an annual call for awareness and action on behalf of the poor and hungry people around the globe-but how does ...
The Visit The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, namely Prince William and Kate Middleton, arrived in Pakistan on October 14 2019 on their first visit to the country. Their stay here is to span over ...
Ushna took to Twitter last night to rant about a pizza delivery guy who refused to step into her house at 2:30 am in the presence of a raging pet pitbull The Balaa star had ...
The US will blacklist 28 Chinese entities that are allegedly involved in the abuse and rights violations of Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang region The ostracized organizations include video surveillance company Hikvision, ...
The National Assembly has passed the Zainab Alert Bill in order to set up an agency that will report and work on missing children cases The Bill will allow Zainab Alert, Response and Recovery Agency ...
Indian authorities say the travel advisory on Indian-Occupied Kashmir will be lifted on Thursday, more than two months after the lockdown on the region after revoking its special status Thousands of tourists, pilgrims, and workers ...
The Sindh High Court has ordered provincial authorities to set up women rescue police centres in every branch of the province, and to discharge the endorsed amount of Rs.145 million for safe houses for women ...
Salma Zubair from Gulistan-e-Jauhar is a widow who sells food on a street near her house Salma lost her husband to a road accident some time ago, who remained in the ICU for some time ...
With an international career lasting less than five years in which he became one of the top ten chess players in the world, Mir Sultan Khan’s story is one not known by most Born in ...
The recently arrested suspect for the rape and murder of four boys in Chunian, Kasur revealed he had been molested as a minor Upon confessing to his illicit crimes, Sohail Shehzada also disclosed during interrogation ...
A team of Taliban members is currently calling on regional powers around the world after US Taliban peace talks halted last month, and their representative, Suhail Shaheen, has said they will be visiting Islamabad to ...
Two of the suspects arrested are confirmed to have been police officers The six suspects for the gang rape case from Karachi appeared in court on Tuesday, and were handed over to the police to ...
Amara Sikander is an established visual artist and graphic designer who also engages in street photography. A multi-talented individual, she has an untamable spirit that shines through her work, which can be found on Instagram. ...
Ex-PFF (Pakistan Football Federation) Chief Faisal Saleh Hayat told officials from the Punjab Football Association that the FIFA-appointed committee was ‘controversial, biased, and agenda-driven’. This is the first time he has spoken against the committee, ...
India’s red meat exports have been falling, which is good news for Pakistan. Their exports to Gulf countries are reported to have dropped by 30%, which opens a space for Pakistan in the Middle Eastern ...
The Governor of The State Bank of Pakistan has reason to believe that the latest IMF loan programme will be the last, as the recent structural reforms being carried out with IMF’s help have enabled ...
18 International airlines have been ordered by The Aviation Division to stop using plastic cutlery and packaging during flights. “We have given directives to airlines that they cannot use plastic cutlery in the flights as ...
India has ordered elections to take place in Indian Occupied Kashmir after nearly two months of illegally revoking J&K’s special status. The elections held will be for a council government, which is the second tier ...
After being rescheduled due to heavy downpour in Karachi, the first ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka is finally taking place, becoming the first ODI match played in the city after a decade long gap. ...
The Rawalpindi District Police organised a march in solidarity with Kashmir and condemnation of India’s annexation of IOK. Led by City Police Officer, Muhammad Faisal Rana, the rally started at Murree Road and concluded at ...
PM Imran Khan made the announcement on a telephone call with the National Disaster Management Authority chairman, Lt. Gen Mohammad Afzal, while on his trip to the US for the UNGA. The NDMA chief informed ...
6 people died from rain-related events in Karachi on Friday, the fourth consecutive day of heavy downpour in the city. Two of the victims were brothers, aged 11 and 14, who were electrocuted in their ...
The Walk will be taking place on Sunday 29th September, 5 pm at Liberty Chowk. The organisers of the Walk are Umang Pakistan, who run a mental health helpline in Pakistan. Umang has organised this ...
The Balochistan high court election tribunal has declared Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri’s as void and ordered a re-election in the NA-265 (Quetta II) constituency. The tribunal has not announced a date for the re-election, ...
The restoration of One Day International matches taking place in Pakistan is a significant development in the country’s involvement with international cricket. “History will be made on Friday when Karachi will host the first ODI,” ...
IHC Awaits Results On Drug Abuse In Schools The Islamabad High Court had summoned Islamabad Deputy Commissioner to discuss the case related to increasing drug usage in schools in the capital. The Commissioner was ordered ...
A young woman passed away after falling from the fourth floor of Bahria University in Islamabad, according to police and hospital staff. 23 year old Haleema Amin was an undergrad student in her second semester ...
India has reportedly deployed warships, submarines, maritime patrol aircraft and fighter jets to keep track of a major naval exercise by Pakistan in the North Arabian Sea, which will include missile and rocket firings as ...
Bill & Melinda Gates of the Gates Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Pakistan for its Ehsas initiative on poverty alleviation, under which it will provide Pakistan an amount of 200 million ...
This is the second such case to come from a KPK institution where they have taken back a culture-fuelled ban. The administration of Baccha Khan University’s Charsadda Campus reversed the prudish decision to ban ‘coupling’ ...
After being the first to represent Pakistan at the Cannes Film Festival last year, Mahira will also be the first to represent the country at Paris Fashion Week 2019. The fashionable actress will be attending ...
The leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (among others) are reportedly involved in India’s ‘biggest’ ever ‘quid pro quo sex scandal’, according to Times of India. The scandal made headlines when a ‘honeytrap probe’ was launched ...
As many as 579 Pakistani prisoners have been released from the jails of Saudi Arabia ever since Saudi Prince Muhammad Bin Salman’s visit to Islamabad earlier this year, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ...
The real estate capitalist and his son, Ali Riaz, will attend a hearing at an anti-corruption court on October 15, regarding a land fraud case. This development comes after the pair missed the scheduled hearing ...
The famous film actress Meera underwent surgery on Wednesday at a private hospital in Dubai, according to her husband, Captain Naveed Pervaiz. The Pakistani star’s health declined last week and was hospitalized in order to ...
The renowned designer is taking a 50 piece collection to London and will be showcasing it at the Savile Club in Mayfair. 30 years into the business, Shamaeel is known for her regal aesthetic and ...
A notice found at Block 6 of Machiyara Residency, Clifton forbids non-Muslims from coming in to purchase or rent property in the area. The images tweeted this morning by Sikandar Ali Hullio show the sign ...
An Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-21 crashed near the Gwalior Air Force Base in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday. According to Indian media reports, the aircraft had been on a routine training mission. Both pilots managed to eject safely. This is ...
The actor was awarded Best Actor for his lead role in ‘Laal Kabootar’ at the Washington DC South Asian Film Festival. Directed by Kamal Khan and produced by Harvard graduates Hania and Kamil Chima, the ...
The Accountability Court has furthered the physical remand of Maryam Nawaz and her cousin Yousuf Abbas for the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case by eight more days, according to Geo News. The two were first arrested ...
US President Donald Trump is behind another controversy over India and Pakistan by asserting that the Indian leader was “very aggressive” in his remarks about Pakistan there and that he had not expected him to ...
National Health Services representative, Dr. Zafar Mirza, says Punjab holds the record for most dengue cases as the number of afflicted people in the country increases. “There are 11,783 dengue patients at present in the ...
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, during which he highlighted the need for a solution through dialogue rather than war between Pakistan and India. In his ...
Fom September 6 to September 13, the government’s borrowings increased by Rs443.5 billion to Rs899 billion. The amount obtained (Rs455.8bn) is almost equal to the initial amount borrowed the week before, from July 1 to ...
The Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani has said that the provincial government will award Rs 100, 000 to anyone who ‘films and identifies people discarding garbage’ on Karachi streets. Ghani gave the media two mobile ...
Academy Award-winning Pakistani director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy premiered her most recent animated film Sitara: Let Girls Dream in New York on September 23rd, 2019. The film’s executive producers include Gloria Steinem, the iconic women’s rights activist, and ...
The age of technology has granted us some brilliant digital artists, some of them local. After seeing their creativity pop up in our Instagram feeds, we decided more people needed to appreciate them. Here are ...
The Board of Directors of the National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) approved 10 projects on Monday for disaster risk reduction costing Rs4.9 billion, including a grant of Rs3.6bn. According to an official statement, these ...
A total fine of Rs. 50,000 was enforced on Careem this Monday, on the basis of ‘faulty service’ provided and ‘mental agony’ caused to a customer. Advocate Mehmood Ahmed Khan had filed complained to the ...
A story surfaced in a local Urdu newspaper claiming the arrest of two men for transporting 185 kg worth of dead frogs that were to be sold in restaurants in Lahore. Pictures of the men ...
On 5 August 2019, the Indian Government abolished the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir- an area that has been the subject of dispute between India, Pakistan, and China since 1947. The special status ...
Parents in Lahore gathered at Liberty Roundabout on Saturday in a demonstration against the government and private schools who are not carrying out orders by the Supreme Court about the fee issue. The protestors were ...
Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) MNA’s were released from jail in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Haripur district this Saturday, according to sources. This development comes after two days from the two lawmakers being granted bail by the Peshawar ...
Around 40% of all cases of forced marriages of British citizens, including men and women, are linked to Pakistan. Both countries are expected to work together and bring a stop to this practice. British-Pakistanis top ...
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice Javed Iqbal said the bureau filed 600 corruption references in various accountability courts during the last 22 months. “The figures of complaints, inquiries and investigations are almost double ...
Zartaj Gul, Pakistan’s Climate Minister, was invited to attend the Climate March in Islamabad on Friday. The Minister surprised everyone though, when she took credit for organising the march itself. Ofcourse, the Climate March was ...
In some countries, the march has just begun. In many others, throngs of people have dispersed as their spirit echoed through the streets. Let’s take a look at some of the best slogans and more ...
Loulwa bint Mohammed Al Fareeh, a 3rd grader in Saudi Arabia, has Treacher Collins Syndrome (TCS), a genetic disorder characterized by deformities affecting the ears, eyes, cheekbones, and chin. The young schoolgirl completed the rest of her school ...
Climate March is happening on a global and national scale today on 20th September- and more than 30 cities in Pakistan are participating. With the debouch starting in the afternoon in bigger cities like Lahore, ...
Modi is expected to head to the US on his official tour and reach Houston by tomorrow. After the announcement of his official trip the hashtag #HowdyModi started to circulate on social media. And as ...
This is the name of the petition started by Caitlin and Ella McEwan, two sisters aged 7 and 9, calling on McDonald’s and Burger King to cease production of plastic toys with happy meals after ...
Larkana police have arrested two of Nimrita Kumari’s classfellows for suspected murder of the deceased BDS student. The police informed media outlets that the students were brought in on Wednesday after tracing call data from ...
Following the discovery of three young boys’ remains in Kasur, PM Imran Khan has issued a statement assuring civilians that the local police force’s inefficiency in preventing the murder and suspected rape of the missing ...
Rohail Hyatt is making a comeback to Coke Studio after parting ways in 2014; the music producer has delivered six successful seasons before, so people have high hopes for season 12. Many were upset when ...
Prime Minister Imran Khan has left for a two day visit to Saudi Arabia before his visit to New York to attend the UN General Assembly session. The PM intends to take up increasingly pressing ...
A powerful truck bomb went off near a hospital in Southern Afghanistan this morning, killing around 20 civilians and wounding 95 others. The Taliban have taken accountability for the attack in Qalat, the capital of ...
Umair Khan’s rendition of Pakistani superheroes is trending on Twitter and for good reason- the artist is giving Pakistan its very own squadron of extremely diverse and aesthetically pleasing superheroes. The series features five characters ...
Facebook has finalized its charter for its Oversight Board, which is being set up to adjudicate appeals about whether to leave up or take down specific content independently of Zuckerberg or the rest of the Facebook ...
Pakistani models, Mushk Kaleem and Alicia Khan, will be walking for Italian designer Stella Jean at Milan Fashion Week on September 21. The designer had visited Pakistan earlier this year, where she had met with ...
The winning team will attend the Global Startup Weekend Women by Techstars in March 2020, where other winners from all across the world will also be representing their respective countries. The event in Karachi was ...
Salahuddin Ayubi, who had gone viral online in a video of him allegedly robbing an ATM, had died in police custody a day after his arrest; his father Muhammad Afzaal had claimed he had undergone ...
Three of the four children’s remains have been discovered almost three months after their kidnapping, near Chunian bypass. Muhammad Imran, aged 12, Ali Husnain, aged 8, Salman, aged 9, and Faizan, aged 8, went missing ...
Actor Riz Ahmed and actress Jameela Jamil have withdrawn from the Goalkeepers Event, in which PM Narendra Modi will receive an award by Bill Gates. The Gates Foundation, run by Bill and Melinda Gates, is ...
The FIR registered on September 13 calls out 11 university students who raised slogans against Imran Khan during his rally in the PoK region. Station House Officer Ansar Shajad Khan revealed one of the students ...
Government officials, religious scholars and civilians gathered to speak against underage marriages in a convention organised by the Center for Communication Programmes Pakistan, in collaboration with civil society organisations. They subsequently committed to the United ...
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