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The Afghan Taliban have said they have ended their peace talks with United States and are set to sign the peace deal āAfter many ups and downs, the peace talks with the US have finally ...
LHC seeks reply from NAB on Maryam’s plea to remove name from no-fly list. The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday issued a notice to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) seeking a reply from the ...
China accepted a special request from Pakistan to allow a two-member special task force from the Pakistan Embassy in Beijing to enter Wuhan and meet students in different universities to get an update on their ...
The state bank of Pakistan shared the data regarding public debt that showed a 2.77% increase making the debt 32.6 trillion in only the first six months of the current fiscal year due to increase ...
As the biggest cricketing event is creeping closer, Peshawar Zalmi is all fired up with their new pukthoon themed anthem. This Sunday, Peshawar Zalmi dropped their 2020 anthem and it is fire! The song is ...
Mystery still surrounds the toxic gas leak in Keamari, which claimed at least one more life on Monday, bringing the death toll to seven as hospitals continued to receive patients. Federal and provincial authorities have ...
Sindh Governor Imran Ismail on Monday launched āBayteeā (daughter), a mobile phone application meant to empower the women by helping them become aware of their rights and providing them other facilities. The inauguration ceremony was ...
Sharia law is not recognised in UK, thousands of Muslim women are tricked into Sharia marriage not knowing its implications. Nasreen Akhtar wanted a divorce from her husband Mohammed Shabaz Khan. The couple married 22 ...
At least one policeman was martyred while two others were injured on Tuesday when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near a police mobile in Kulachi area of Dera Ismail Khan. District Police Officer ...
Members of a far-right group arrested in Germany were planning attacks on mosques, politicians and asylums seekers, local media report. The 12, allegedly belonging to Der harte Kern (The Hard Core), were detained on Friday. ...
Chinese health officials Monday urged patients who have recovered from the coronavirus to donate blood so that plasma can be extracted to treat others who are critically ill. Drugmakers are racing to develop a vaccine ...
A British lawmaker, known for raising voice for the oppressed people of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ&K), was deported from India after landing at New Delhiās Indira Gandhi International Airport on Monday. MP Debbie ...
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday termed the improved security situation of Pakistan as “absolutely remarkable”, noting that Islamabad, which looked like a “fortress” a few years back had now become a family ...
By the time this article was written, 7 people had been reportedly killed along with 21 injured. The explosion took place near the Quetta Press Club located on Shahrah-i-Adalat on Monday, confirmed the Balochistan government ...
The news that former Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan has escaped from the custody of Pakistan security agencies is true, Interior Minister Ijaz Shah confirmed on Monday. Responding to a question during an informal ...
As many as 1,287 persons, including 586 females, committed suicide in over last five years across the province. Data compiled by the Sindh police for a study about suicides in the province said that 681 ...
The Functional Committee of Human rights on Monday approves the expansion of the Zainab Alert Bill over the entire country. The bill previously only applied to Islamabad.Ā ButĀ asĀ ofĀ todayĀ itĀ willĀ beĀ applicableĀ allĀ overĀ theĀ country.Ā PPP Senator Quratulain Marri had objected to the ...
UAE issued a licence for a reactor at its Barakah nuclear power plant, the first in the Arab world, hailing it as a āhistoric momentā The UAE has a population of 10 million it has ...
A new CCTV footage showing New Delhi police beating up students in the library of Jamia Milia Islamia when it went on campus to stop protests against Indiaās controversial citizenship law on December 15 has ...
The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterresās reached out to India, offering mediation on the Kashmir issue. He stated he was “deeply concerned” and had “repeatedly stressed the importance of exercising maximum restraintā while talking ...
āIt is my belief that the people of Afghanistan have suffered more than any other human community and I pray from my heart that these peace talks are successful,ā said PM Imran The premier was ...
To all that had happened at the Solis Festival, Digink, an Islamabad based popular illustrations artist designed a sarcastic illustration in solidarity of those that were at the Solis event.Ā The artist ridiculed the faculty ...
Multan Sultan’s have been on the road to redemption for two long seasons, and maybe the time for their glory has arrived. Multan Sultan’s has the most experienced line up of them all. Their squad ...
Police found the body of an eight-year-old girl on Sunday who, they suspect, was sexually assaulted and murdered, District Police Officer (DPO) Shahid Ahmed said. The body was recovered from some bushes in Hangu district’s ...
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) head Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday said he tried to bring all opposition parties together but they did not stand with him in his protest movement against the Imran Khan government. He ...
we watched the sun go down as we were walking / I’d spend the rest of my life just standing here talking / you would explain the current, as I just smile / hoping that ...
United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres praised Pakistan during a press conference alongside Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday evening and urged the world to step back and look at the country “through a ...
Atoms, the private footwear brand based in Brooklyn, New York, offers quarter sized shoes, and even allows its clientele to buy pairs of shoes in two different sizes. The brand was founded by the serial ...
Quetta Gladiators have been out for war ever since the PSL has started. Quetta gladiators is lead by the captain of the Pakistan National Team, Sarfaraz Ahmed. And perhaps that says a lot about the ...
The Foreign Office said on Saturday that it has established a hotline to facilitate contact with the stranded Pakistani students and community members in Chinaās coronavirus-hit Wuhan. The development came a day after the Islamabad ...
India has asked Turkey not to interfere in India’s internal affairs and rejected all references made by the Turkish President on Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan. India on Saturday criticised Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ...
Begum Shamim, former prime minister Nawaz Sharifās mother, has on Saturday departed for London to meet her ailing son. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb said Begum Shamim was advised not to travel in ...
The government has announced that the country would celebrate āSurprise Dayā on February 27 as a tribute to the retaliatory attack by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) after Indiaās botched Balakot airstrike. Who is Abhinandan ...
Days after the South Korean film Parasite won at Oscars, an Indian filmmaker has claimed that the movie is inspired by his film. P.L Thenappan, a Tamil film producer, also announced to file a case against the ...
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman should be tried for high treason under Article 6 of the Constitution on the basis of recent remarks made by the ...
AllĀ firesĀ burning in the Australian state ofĀ New South WalesĀ have been declared contained for the first time this season. The New South Wales Rural Fire Service called it “great news” after “a very traumatic, exhausting and anxious ...
Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday the army knows well that neither is he making money nor is he corrupt as he is working hard day and night and, therefore, he is not afraid ...
The Punjab government has established a 50-bed coronavirus quarantine at Rawalpindi Institute of Urology (RIU). Ā The Punjab health department in coordination with district administration has made a quarantine facility operational here at Rawalpindi Institute of ...
General (retd) Hulusi Akar, Minister of National Defence of the Republic of Turkey, called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), here on Friday. During the meeting, matters of mutual interest, ...
Music has defined love for us. The sweet and beautiful poetry interspersed with calming music has taught us what beauty really feels like. And we know you miss spending time with your lover after valentines ...
Peshawar is known for its culture and preservation of history. The Peshawar Zalmis are no different in the PSL. They play the game with a passion like no one else. They play for the city, ...
From buying roses for your lover to taking them out to a fancy dinner, we tend to spend excessive amounts of money on the people we love because we want to show that we love ...
The senate has criticised the governmentās new social media policy Friday – The governmentās new social media policy was criticised in the Senate, as lawmakers accused the government of bypassing the parliament in drafting the ...
On the eve of Valentineās Day, an enticing piece of street art depicting a girl firing a bunch of flowers into the air using a catapult appeared on the side of a house in Banksyās ...
So as the sun of Valentine’s rises, so do rise the most horrid and the most wholesome Valentine’s commercials. On this Valentine’s, lets go through all the cringe-worthy, cheesy and cute commercials that are on ...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is celebrating its first legal Valentineās Day, a day which has been forbidden in the country for decades. Previously, the day was deemed un-Islmaic with strict laws in place. Store ...
In 2019, the wildlife department filed a complaint against the Pakistani singer Rabi Pirzada after a video floated on social media in which she admitted to keeping reptiles in her home for the past five ...
This article contains information some readers might fight distressing.Ā Trigger warning: rape,Ā emotionalĀ abuse Like anyone else, I’ve made a lot of mistakes in life. And thats okay, what isn’t okay is that instead of owning up to ...
Sheharyar Mehsud, a senior leader of the banned TTP, was killed in a bomb attack in the Kunar province of Afghanistan on Wednesday. What happened? Officials confirmed the death of Sheharyar in a roadside bomb ...
According to an annual popularity index of world political leaders released by Gallup International in collaboration with Gallup Pakistan, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has emerged as the most popular Muslim leader in the world. ...
Thursday – During a meeting of the Joint Working Group on Trade and Investment, Pakistan and Turkey finalised two memorandums of understandings (MoUs) to increase the level of economic engagement and mobilise the untapped potential ...
From an unerring codification of female characters stamped between the great pillars of the MughalsĀ to recalling the tragedies encompassed by the folklores of Sassi Panu or Heer Ranjha on ancient divans, South-Asian women, particularly the ...
Police discovered the 12-year-old skeletal remains of a woman from a garbage heap in Karachi’s Gulshan-i-Iqbal area on Thursday. How did the mother die? According to SSP East Tanveer Alam, the remains were identified to ...
Four out of five Pakistani students that caught coronovirus in china have fully recovered. They were recently discharged from the hospital. Assistant on Prime Minister on health confirmed in a twitter post. He mentioned that ...
Karbala witnessed its second snowfall in a century on Tuesday. The locals were delighted to see the beautiful scenes. The old and young alike were jubilant as they experienced snow for the first time in ...
With only 6 days left in PSL to start, Lahore Qalandars are training hard on the field to make their mark in the Pakistan Super League this year. It has been a disappointing few seasons ...
According to the anti-graft watchdog, Bilawal has 25 per cent shares in the private firm Opal-225, a joint venture of Zardari Group that belongs to his father Asif Ali Zardari. PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari ...
US diplomat Alice Wells says that the arrest of Jamatud Dawa leader and FATF blacklisted terrorist Hafiz Saeed and his aide Malak Zafar iqbal is a “step forward” for Pakistan. A day earlier, the anti ...
Lal Masjid has once again been cordoned off by law enforcement Wednesday evening after the deadline given to former cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz, his family and students to vacate the premises expired. Officials from the ...
The federal government has approved a set of rules to regulate social media in the country, under which social media companies will be obliged to disclose any information or data to a designated investigation agency, ...
Messaging appĀ WhatsAppĀ hasĀ hit 2 billion users, the company said in a blog post Wednesday.Ā “We know that the more we connect, the more we have to protect,” the post said. “As we conduct more of our ...
Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Overseas Pakistanis Zulfikar Bukhari said Wednesday the government was setting up a quarantine centre at the Islamabad International Airport to effectively handle and screen the people coming from abroad. The ...
China has launched an app that allows people to check whether they have been at risk of catching the coronavirus. The ‘close contact detector’ tells users if they have been near a person who has ...
The UN health agency on Tuesday announced that āCOVID-19ā will be the official name of the deadly virus from China, saying the disease represented a āvery grave threatā for the world but there was a ārealistic ...
A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) trainer aircraft crashed on Wednesday while on a routine training mission near Takht Bhai in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mardan district, the PAF said in a statement. A spokesperson for the PAF ...
Biryani sales in India’s capital New Delhi soared after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered a devastating loss in a key state election to the Aam Admi Party (AAP), reported The Economic Times on ...
A man in southwest China doused himself with petrol and tied firecrackers around his waist because authorities cancelled his birthday banquet as a precaution against spreading the coronavirus. The Chongqing resident, a 59-year-old surnamed Wang, ...
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US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells says she was inspired by the award-winning Pakistani female peacekeepers serving in war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The US diplomat, ...
A Lahore anti-terrorism court convicted Jamatud Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed in two terror-financing cases on Wednesday. He was slapped with a prison sentence of five and a half years and a fine of Rs15,000 in ...
On Sunday, artwork painted on the outer walls of the Karachi Press Club, was covered with posters and slogans inviting people to participate in the chehlum (religious observance) of Qassem Soleimani, an Iranian major generalĀ killedĀ in ...
Karachi Kings are ready to set off into another journey to glory. Karachi Kings have never been the worst team to play at PSL, but they haven’t been the best either. Despite their performance, they ...
The city police will issue special cards to residents living in the vicinity of Gaddafi Stadium to ensure their uninterrupted mobility during the matches of the upcoming PSL cricket tournament. The decision was taken at ...
The US State Department is seeking funds from Congress to resume its military education and training facilities for Pakistan, says a document released on Tuesday. In its budget requests for the fiscal year 2021, the ...
A court in Chitral on Tuesday ordered the arrest of a local leader of the ruling PTI for spreading fake news through social media about the coronavirus spread and thus creating panic. District and Sessions ...
Earlier this month, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) called for regulating web television and over-the-top (OTT) content services in the country. However, recent reports suggest that the Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights has ...
Over 100 US service members have been diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injuries in the wake of the January 8Ā Iranian missile attackĀ on the al Asad military base in Iraq, according to a US official with ...
On Asma Jahangirās second death anniversary, we take a moment to remember the fearless woman who fought tirelessly for the rights of minorities. Jahangir was a pro-democracy activist and was jailed in 1983 for participating ...
Despite a massive effort from the Bharatiya Janata Party āĀ 5,000 campaign events, rallies by ministers and Members of Parliament, a high-pitched online campaign to polarise the electorate ā the Aam Aadmi Party is all set ...
From his dormitory inĀ the locked-down Chinese city of Wuhan, PhD student Hassan spoke to his father in Pakistan for the last time on Thursday (Feb 6), as the 80-year-old begged him to come home. The ...
Prominent transgender social activist and political worker, Nayyab Ali, was recently presented with the coveted International Activist of the Year award for her work. Ali was among four nominated by Amnesty International, Frontline Defenders, and ...
A cat, sick of the annoying mouse living in his home, devises a plot to take him out with a trap loaded with cheese. The mouse, wise to his plan, safely removes the snack and ...
As the season of PSL begins, so begins the reign of Islamabad United. If you’ve seen any season of PSL, you’d know that Islamabad United is the most dominant team in the league. Islamabad has ...
He woke up at 3 AM. The T.V was still blaring and random infomercials were playing. The McDonalds from last night lay on the side of the table in front of him, the Coke still ...
Birds of Prey, starring Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn works as damage control after the horrid disaster that was Suicide Squad. The story unfurls with Harley Quinn dealing with her break up with the villainous ...
Indiaās kabaddi governing body (AKFI), Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and government on Monday disowned their kabaddi team featuring in the Kabaddi World Cup (circle style) being held in Pakistan. An AKFI press release says, “AKFI ...
The IMF mission has expressed concerns over coronavirus impact on Pakistanās economy as spillover effect of slowing down of Chinese economy might negatively affect Islamabadās GDP growth endeavours for the current fiscal year. However, Pakistani ...
Adam may have lost the Oscars, but he has finally entered an elite league of male actors. Adam Driver was one of the favorite nominees of the Best Actor award along with the winner, Joaquin ...
TheĀ 92nd Academy AwardsĀ drew an average of 23.6 million viewers for ABC on Sunday — a new low for Hollywood’s biggest night.The awards show saw a decrease of 20% from last year’s show, which brought inĀ 29.6 ...
BBC Studiosā Science Unit will team with environmental activistĀ Greta ThunbergĀ for a documentary series focusing on the young activistās international campaign. The commercial arm of the British broadcaster announced the project at the BBC Showcase trade ...
You can’t go out changing the world when your own house is on fire. In recent events, Shireen Mazari has been called out by the international lobby on her credibility when speaking about human rights ...
SamsungĀ revealed a newĀ foldable smartphoneĀ in an ad during theĀ OscarsĀ on Sunday night. The new foldable wasn’t given a name during the ad, but it is rumored to be called the “Galaxy Z Flip.” The company will announce ...
Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided to introduce another Rs. 15 billion relief package to counter the rampant inflation in the country. As per PM Office, the premier chaired multiple important meetings in this regard. ...
Toyotaās sub-brand, Lexus, has announced the six finalists for the 2020 Design Award. NUST graduate, Aqsa Ajmal, has also made it to the top 6 for designing a sewing machine for the visually impaired. This ...
This is the third case of a child being sexually abused to emerge from the district this month. The Azakhel police said that per the first information report (FIR) filed by the victimās father, the ...
Pakistan Army’s media wing said on Monday, Indian forces’ unprovoked firing of mortars injured 10 civilians ā including children and women ā at Jandrot and Nikial sectors along the Line of Control (LoC). In its ...
Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi held consultative meetings with the Kashmiri leadership wherein he reiterated that Kashmir would continue to remain the cornerstone of Pakistanās foreign policy. The meetings were in fact the ...
The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration on Sunday reached an agreement with deposed Lal Masjid Khateeb Maulana Abdul Aziz after three days of negotiations, allowing him to stay in the mosque as long he did ...
Last night was arguably the most satisfying Oscars in a long time. From Parasite historically winning best picture, Juaqin Pheonix winning best actor for his magnificent performance in Joker, to RenĆ©e Zellweger winning for Judy Garland’s ...
The number of deaths from ChinaĀ“s new coronavirus epidemic jumped to 902 on Monday after the hardest-hit province of Hubei reported 91 new fatalities. In its daily update, HubeiĀ“s health commission also confirmed another 2,618 ...
For the first time ever in the history of English cricket, three Muslim were part of the playing eleven. Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid were part of the playing eleven with Lancashire pacer Saqib Mahmood ...
Has this awards season felt long to you? Despite the fact that theĀ 92nd annual Academy AwardsĀ take place three weeks earlier than normal, they couldnāt announce this year Oscar winners fast enough. Itās finally time to ...
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader Maulana Fazl ur Rehman on Sunday announced that he will launch a campaign against the PTI-led government by holding public gatherings in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad in the coming days. The ...
As many as 2,093 cases of human rights violations were reported to the police between Jan 31, 2019 and Jan 31, 2020 and 2,115 suspects were arrested, police data shared with the media recently said. ...
The forbidden treachery, the disgrace, the quixotic visionary, and the disappointment is what aĀ universityĀ dropoutĀ isĀ commonlyĀ referredĀ toĀ as. From phuppos murmuring how useless you are to uncles giving you life advice in hopes to knock some sense into you, ...
Apple has been fined 25 million euros (Ā£21m, $27m) for deliberately slowing down older iPhone models without making it clear to consumers. The fine was imposed by France’s competition and fraud watchdog DGCCRF, which said ...
The Islamabad police have surrounded the Laal Masjid in Sector G-6 after Maulana Abdul Aziz, who headed the mosque at the time of the 2007 Lal Masjid siege, reentered the mosque. Taking advantage of the ...
Authorities have handed over a 200-year-old temple located in Zhob, Balochistan back to the Hindu community after a more than 70-year gap.Ā A school had been established in the temple 30 years ago, which has ...
The PTI has suspended the general secretary of its Lahore chapter over a poster that had featured an insulting remark targeting Hindus.Ā Mian Akram Usman had sponsored some posters for Kashmir Day, which had featured ...
Inflation in Pakistan during January 2020 was the highest recorded since December 2010, according to research by United Kingdom-based financial forecasting and advisory group Economist Intelligence Unit. As per Geo News report, the research further ...
Sanne tossed and turned in her cramped bed, trying to sink into her ungiving mattress; sleep was an elusive and unattainable dream. She watched as the dusty Hello Kitty lamp casts an eerie light on ...
There is a comfort in knowing that someone shares the same wounds as you do and a calm in singing that pain away or rapping it to the people who are still hoping for a ...
AĀ pirĀ ā or ‘faith-healer’ ā allegedly raped a woman who had gone to him for hepatitis treatment here in the city’s Chak 356/WB village, a police official said Thursday. According toĀ Lodhran SHO Ameer Ahmed, the survivor ...
A resolution calling for the public hanging of offenders convicted for sexually abusing and murdering children was passed in the National Assembly on Friday with a majority of votes. The session was presided over by ...
Former spokesman of the Pakistani Taliban, Ehsanullah Ehsan claimed on Thursday he has escaped from the custody of the Pakistani security authorities along with his family, including a wife, son and a daughter.Ā Ehsan, whose ...
A woman who lives in Kadapada village of Ganjam district in Odisha was born with 12 fingers and 19 toes. She is doing the rounds on the social media as she is all set to ...
The National Assembly was informed on Thursday that the federal government has to return external loans worth US$ 28.2 billion by the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23. Responding to a question by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawazās (PML-N) ...
A man has been charged after a five-year-old girl was allegedly raped on the premises of the US embassy in Delhi. The 25-year-old was arrested at the high-security mission in the Indian capital on Sunday ...
The United States has killed the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), President Donald Trump said. Qasim al-Raymi, who has led the jihadist group since 2015, was killed in a US operation in ...
The coronavirus crisis in China is deepening as the number of people infected by the virus has reached 31,000 and a doctor who was punished after raising alarm about the outbreak died from the pathogen ...
Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested a man who allegedly beat his daughter, after a video of the incident went viral on social media, prompting higher authorities to take its notice. A police spokesperson ...
AstronautĀ Ā Christina Koch made the return trip from the International Space Station (ISS) early on Thursday, along withĀ ESAĀ Ā astronaut Luca Parmitano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov. The three boarded a Soyuz capsule docked at the ISS at ...
Daniyal Zafar dropped So Long, Goodbye this week and it seems like he has tickled the tastebuds of the millennial audiences. The song speaks of letting go of desire for those you love. Danny Zee ...
An aspiring social media star who forced a plane to make an emergency landing after joking that he could have the deadly coronavirus says he was trying to get a viral video and has apologized ...
A Chinese newborn has been diagnosed with the new coronavirus just 30 hours after birth, the youngest case recorded so far, state media said. The baby was born on 2 February in Wuhan, the epicentre ...
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by Alamgir Wazir ā nephew of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader and MNA Ali Wazir ā seeking bail in a sedition case against him. ...
Katy Perry, one of the most popular pop artists in the world and current goodwill ambassador for United Nations childrenās organisation UNICEF, will be made the Ambassador for the Asian Charity on Tuesday by Prince ...
The future of 2,400 students at the University of Mianwali (UoM) is uncertain after it was revealed that the institute does not exist in the Higher Education Commissionās (HEC) list of accredited institutes. In September ...
The French military on Wednesday conferred medals on the Pakistan Army Aviation pilots whoĀ rescuedĀ a French mountaineer from the Nanga Parbat, the worldās ninth highest peak, in a daring late-night rescue mission in 2018. Rear Admiral ...
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that polio virus is spreading in the country from Afghanistan and that special arrangements are being made to monitor cross-border movement of people from the neighbouring country. āSpecial arrangements ...
As the Senior Officials Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation starts in Jeddah on Feb 9 (Sunday) to make preparations for the OICās Council of Foreign Ministers, a diplomatic source said on Wednesday that ...
United States presidential candidate and Democratic member of the US Senate, Bernie Sanders, on Wednesday earned lots of praise on social media from users across the world after he released a campaign message in the ...
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi has said that he would do anything to stop the release of Sarmad Khoosatās upcoming film Zindagi Tamsha. He said āthe film will release over my dead body.ā ...
Trump’s SOTU has appalled everyone in the US, so many people have called him out on not just his lies but also his appalling behaviour afterwards. Nods of disappointment and sighs by senators were seen ...
Two officials in China have been removed from their posts after a teenager with cerebral palsy died when his father – and sole carer – was quarantined for suspected coronavirus. Yan Cheng, 16, was found ...
A doctor of Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in Jhang beat up one of the nurses for not allowing him to take pictures of her. An FIR has been registered against the doctor for the attack. In ...
The wife of the prime minister of Lesotho is to be charged with murdering his previous wife. First Lady Maesaiah Thabane handed herself in to be questioned by police in the southern African mountain kingdom. ...
President Donald Trump addressed Congress Tuesday night for his State of the Union address. Madam Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and my fellow citizens: Whether we ...
The UN health agency on Tuesday warned cancer cases would rise by 81 per cent in low- and middle-income countries by 2040 because of a lack of investment in prevention and care. The Geneva-based World ...
The lockdown imposed in occupied Kashmir on August 5, 2019 by the Indian government has hit 185 days, with the the security and communication clampdown now in its sixth month. With international pressure mounting to ...
Millions more people have been ordered to stay indoors as China battles to curb theĀ spread of a new coronavirusĀ that authorities said on Wednesday has already killed nearly 500 people. With more than 24,000 cases in ...
Fred Guttenberg, a gun control activist whose daughter died during the 2018 Parkland school mass shooting, was ejected from the gallery during President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday. GuttenbergĀ tweeted his thanksĀ to House Speaker ...
A government inquiry committee has recommended that the governor ask Vice-Chancellor of the Bannu University of Science and Technology Prof Abid Ali Shah to choose between resignation and sacking over an inappropriate dance video. The ...
A ban on selling new petrol, diesel or hybrid cars in the UK will be brought forward from 2040 to 2035 at the latest, under government plans. The change comes after experts said 2040 would ...
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that the “unprecedented length” of restrictions imposed in occupied Kashmir have “fully exposed the fiction of India’s democracy and its scant regard for basic human norms,”Ā Radio PakistanĀ reported. As ...
In a rare admission of fault, China recognized “shortcomings and deficiencies” in its response to the coronavirus outbreak that is ravaging China and spreading around the world. The Wuhan coronavirus, officially known as 2019-nCoV, has ...
Mass arrests, torture and abduction have latched onto the subcontinent ever since the partition. Sufferance is a badge all our forefathers wore, and so do we. We live in a part of the earth where ...
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the federal cabinet is going to meet today and is expected to raise gas tariffs by 5% to 15% for different consumers. According to reports, the Oil and Gas ...
Despite multiple screenings before the Central Board of Film Censors (CBFC), the future of Khoosat Filmsā postponed film, Zindagi Tamasha is still unclear. Originally scheduled to release on January 24, the filmās release has been ...
It is said, that most of us mistake survival with growth. Pakistan, has survived, but the growth is debatable. Perhaps when they say this soil smells like the blood of our martyrs, they refer to ...
Now this is the difficult part, convincing a room of people to set their sadness aside for a night and bring out whatever joy remains underneath. In a world that has so much grief to ...
The National Institutes of Health has stopped its HVTN 702 trial, of more than 5,000 people in South Africa, as it found the jab did not prevent HIV. Experts expressed “deep disappointment” but added the ...
A religious leader in Indonesia was arrested for selling methamphetamine to students, claiming it was halal or permissible under Islamic law. Ahmad Marzuki, from Madura, Northeast Java, sold the substance to his pupils at an ...
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday expressed his regret on being unable to attend theĀ Kuala Lumpur Summit, held in Malaysia in December of last year, adding that there was a misconception among some countries that ...
People have started making memes while some began calling coronavirus an āazaabā (punishment) on the chinese for ripping Muslim women off of their abayas (head scarves) a long time ago. People failed to show humility ...
A manās penis was chopped off after he attempted to rape a woman in Punjabās Jaranwala, police said. The FIR was registered on the complaint of the survivorās father at the Jaranwala City police station. ...
A Pakistani student who returned to Karachi from China was placed in isolation at a local hospital after possible symptoms of novel coronavirus. According to Express Tribune, Shahzaib Rahujo, reached his village, Nangerji, near Khairpur ...
Ayesha Ayaz, a student of class 4 from Swat in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, has become Pakistanās youngest female athlete to win a gold medal in Taekwondo. The nine-year-old won her latest laurels in the sport at ...
Five Turkish soldiers and one civilian personnel were killed inĀ SyriaĀ on Sunday, Turkey’s first fatalities as a result of direct confrontation between the countries since the start of Syria’s civil war in 2011. Nine other troops ...
A rickshaw driver hired to provide pick-and-drop services to a schoolgirl allegedly raped her on the way home in the city’s Tatle Ali area, police confirmed on Monday, adding that the suspect had been arrested. ...
A 45-year-old man committed suicide by setting himself on fire in Karachi’s Orangi Town on Monday evening, according to Pakistan Bazaar police and rescue sources. Police officials, quoting eyewitnesses, said that the victim took out ...
Pakistanās first-ever Female Engagement Team (FET) deployed in Congo with the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission has been awarded the UN Medal. The 15 female Majors and Captains of the FET received honorary medals at ...
As reported by The Express Tribune, 20-year-old Sumail HassanĀ SyedĀ has been listed as one of the top-earning players with around $3.6 million earnings to date. Hassan made history in 2015 when he helped hisĀ team,Ā Evil Geniusesā,Ā claim theĀ Defense ...
One of the strangest and yet normal things in life is the experience of death. Life’s single most certainty has the capacity to so drastically and irreparably change a person and their lives, oftentimes leaving ...
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Dr Zafar Mirza said on Monday that Pakistan has acquired medical kits that perform specific diagnosis for the coronavirus, adding that till now, ...
Fears over the coronavirus triggered a sharp fall in Chinese shares when the market reopened after the Lunar New Year holiday. The Shanghai Composite index closed nearly 8% lower, its biggest daily drop for more ...
A teacher and his student have contracted court marriage a week after they were both expelled from their college after an ‘improper’ video of them was posted to TikTok. According to The Express Tribune, Rafqat ...
Pakistan is planning to sign an agreement with Turkey allowing Pakistanis to easily acquire Turkish nationality. The agreement will also allow Turkish citizens to do the same. The bilateral dual nationality agreement was first discussed ...
Friday, January 31st 2020 was a historic day. At 11pm, the United Kingdom left the European Union thereby officially fulfilling the outcome of the 2016 referendum. However, ‘Brexit’ day doesn’t mean that Brexit is officially ...
A doctor from Jhelum has been recognised for volunteering to treat patients suffering from coronavirus in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak. Taking to Twitter, the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan stated: ...
The Islamabad High Court on Monday granted post-arrest bail to activists who had beenĀ detainedĀ for protesting against theĀ arrestĀ of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the plea and granted bail ...
Several Android and iPhone devices which only support outdated operating systems were no longer be able to run WhatsApp from February 1. If it is currently active on your iOS 8 device, you were only ...
Two flights carrying passengers from China arrived in Islamabad on Monday as government resumed flight operations to the virus-hit country. A day after the World Health Organisation declared the epidemic a global health emergency, Pakistan ...
The Aurat March released the Urdu version of a Chilean protest song a few days ago that takes aim at the patriarchal system and highlights atrocities committed against women around the world. Created by Valparaiso ...
Rise in China fatalities follows first death outside the country – in the Philippines. The death toll inĀ ChinaĀ from the deadlyĀ coronavirusĀ outbreak that originated in theĀ central city of Wuhan, rose to at least 361 on Monday, as ...
Several news websites claimed that Youtube Licence has become mandatory and the fee of the Youtube License is around 5.0 million for all digital content creators, in case your content deals with topics of current ...
Coronavirus has the world on edge. With the virus having spread to a dozen different countries and the World Health Organisation declaring a global coronavirus emergency, should Pakistani’s be worried about the mysterious virus hitting ...
What the team of ProperGaanda discovered after interviewing women of different ages and different professions is that for everyone there’s a different definition of beauty. For some, beauty has varied throughout time, various cultures and ...
While Lahore Music Meet (LMM) is Pakistan’s biggest music festival, there’s so much more to it than just music. The two-day event will kick off this weekend on February 1 at Alhamra Art Council and ...
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A Pakistani student, who arrived in Karachi on Thursday from the coronavirus-hit city of Wuhan in China, has been admitted for monitoring to an isolation ward of a private hospital in the port city. A ...
We’re all guilty of wanting to get out of Pakistan, but there’s this one person – can we even call him a person? – who actually wanted to come to Pakistan. Go figure. So, he ...
Omair Anjum and Mohammad Shah created the House band Fake Shamans from their mutual love of the underground music scene. What makes Fake Shamans interesting is not only the niche music they’re creating, it also has a ...
A Tezgam fire victim spoke to Geo News on Thursday, stating that Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid had “gave us assurances and left us [victims] alone”.Ā Yousuf, the victim, said he suffered injuries to ...
A Pakistani-American police officer has been selected to head the New York Police Departmentās volunteer force. Nasir Saleem, a 30-year-old veteran of the New York police, became the first Pakistani and Muslim to be appointed ...
Within the past 24 hours, the World Health Organisation declared a global coronavirus emergency as the death toll in China jumped up to 213. Since the outbreak of the novel strain of coronavirus, the world ...
A US Air Force veteran was knocked off his feet after learning his watch is worth up to $700,000 A US Air Force veteran purchased a Rolex for $345 while he was stationed in Thailand ...
While addressing the National Assembly session on Thursday, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader MNA Mohsin Dawar has questioned as to who is running the country. āDefence Minister Pervez Khattak had offered negotiations with PTM, and ...
There has been no increase in salary of Prime Minister Imran Khan and reports circulating in this regard are āfabricated and baselessā, a spokesperson for the PMās office said Thursday. The spokesperson said in a ...
Pakistan on Friday halted flights to and from China with immediate effect, a civil aviation official said, as the death toll from a coronavirus outbreak spreading in China mounted and the World Health Organisation called ...
China marked its most fatal day yet during the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak Thursday as the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the virus a global health emergency. Chinese authorities reported more than 40 deaths Thursday, all of ...
The first consignment of primers (reagents) ā donated by Japan to Pakistan and aimed at detecting the novel coronavirus ā are expected to reach the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Islamabad on Friday. The ...
Lawyers for a woman, E Jean Carroll, who accuses President Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s are asking for a DNA sample, seeking to determine whether his genetic material is on a dress ...
The Indian government’s Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 seeks to amend the definition of illegal immigrants for Hindu, Sikh, Parsi, Buddhist and Christian immigrants from India’s neighbouring countries. Since the announcement of this act, protests have ...
Pakistan has long been known as one of the most dangerous countries in the world but as of recently, the country has been trying hard to shake off that image. Image of being a terrorism ...
India on Thursday reported its first case of the novel coronavirus in Kerala, the government said in a statement. The patient, a student of the Wuhan University, is stable and in isolation at a hospital, ...
Senator Bernie Sanders has vowed to undo the “racist” immigration policies of President Donald Trump if his presidential bid is successful, while a new poll shows him racing into a significant lead in the New ...
Interior Minister Ijaz Shah, while commenting on the recentĀ arrestsĀ of various leaders of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), said that those who break the country’s laws will be punished accordingly. In an interview withĀ BBC Urdu, Shah ...
Six armed policemen, and three men in plain clothes picked up Mohsin Abdali from his home in Mughalpura around 4 am in the morning. They did not state any charge, or the reason why he ...
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Faris Shafi has spoken for us again. Faris Shafi is the most explicitly bold rap artist of Pakistan, and for that he will be remembered forever. His bravery is a monument and has set precedence ...