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David Hedison, the US actor best known for playing Felix Leiter opposite two James Bonds, has died at the age of 92. He first played 007’s CIA ally in 1973’s Live and Let Die, the ...
The first teaser for Saboor Aly’s upcoming drama, Naqab Zan is out and it seems like the actress will be playing the role of a sexual assault survivor. The teaser shows Saboor running in a wedding dress ...
Dil Ki Khair is another such Ali Sethi song featuring Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poetry provided by the Faiz Foundation, the music video for which came out over the weekend: The music video takes place at a ...
If you live in Pakistan, it’s very likely that you have booked a Careem for daily commutes or going out with friends. When you don’t feel like spending 15 minutes looking for parking, Careem is ...
The French army is to create a “red team” of sci-fi writers to imagine possible future threats. A new report by the Defence Innovation Agency (DIA) said the visionaries will “propose scenarios of disruption” that ...
Instagram introduced this change in a blog post, which is a notification process that will inform people if their account is at risk of being blocked. This notification will contain all those posts, comments, and ...
The 51-year-old became unwell in the 24th minute in the Liga 1 fixture in the National Arena, the club said. He was given a bottle of water and could be seen breathing heavily on the sidelines shortly ...
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday announced that Sri Lanka Cricket has sent reassurance that their security team will be visiting Pakistan in August. The development was announced on PCB’s official Twitter account: “The ...
After shaking hands and pausing for photos, as a large number of Pakistani-Americans gathered outside, Trump welcomed Khan into the White House. The Pakistani leader held a one-on-one meeting with the US head-of-state, wherein the latter ...
The controversy overshadowed an incredible night in the pool, where Briton Adam Peaty became the first to swim the 100m breaststroke in under 57 seconds and Australian teen Ariarne Titmus ended Katie Ledecky’s reign in ...
The intelligence ministry said the suspects had been collecting information in the nuclear, military and other sectors. US President Donald Trump has dismissed the Iranian allegations, saying they are “totally false”.Washington and Tehran are at ...
The PML-N leader, while talking to reporters in Islamabad, said that the opposition has decided to table the motion of no-confidence against Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjarani in the tomorrow’s session. “The opposition will hold a ...
The devastating judgement will add weight to claims that Busisiwe Mkwebane is involved in a dirty-tricks campaign to undermine President Cyril Ramaphosa and halt his campaign against high-level corruption, says the BBC’s Andrew Harding in ...
The prime suspect in TV anchor Mureed Abbas’ murder case, Atif Zaman, has reportedly said he has come to a point where even a death sentence does not bother him. The investigation officer, Atiqur Rehman, ...
Turkey has been in talks with the United States over the establishment of a safe zone across its border in northeast Syria, where the US supports the Kurdish YPG militia. Ankara sees the YPG as ...
Avengers: Endgame is set to pass Avatar this weekend to become the highest-grossing movie of all time. The weekend take of the Disney and Marvel Studios’ sequel should push it past the record held by ...
The star, who has appeared in numerous award-winning films, was in the city of Zhongshan when the incident happened. Video shared on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, shows a man approach the stage and ...
The American rapper has been held since being arrested on suspicion of assault on 3 July. A prosecutor now has until 25 July to decide whether to charge him, Stockholm District Court decided. One of ...
In order to better facilitate the pilgrims coming from far away places, the Saudi government has announced one million SIM cards and free internet facility as a gift for the Hajj pilgrims arriving at the King Abdulaziz ...
The Indian Space Research Organisation said that the Chandrayaan-2 launch is now rescheduled at 2:43pm on Monday. It said on Thursday that an expert committee identified the root cause of the previous technical snag and ...
Novak Djokovic’s epic five-set win over Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final on Sunday attracted a peak TV audience of 9.6 million on BBC 1.On a huge day for British sport, an average of six ...
State TV blamed the attack late on Saturday on “terrorists” without elaborating. The southeastern Sistan and Baluchistan province has been the scene of past clashes involving militants and drug smugglers. In February, an Al Qaeda-linked ...
he Wales international, 30, was left out of Real’s 3-1 pre-season defeat by Bayern Munich in Houston, USA. Speaking after the game, Zidane said: “We hope he leaves soon. It would be best for everyone. ...
Manny Pacquiao said he had “fun” as he became the oldest welterweight champion in history by beating WBA Super champion Keith Thurman in a split decision in Las Vegas. Thurman – previously undefeated – had ...
“I don’t believe the four Congresswomen are capable of loving our Country,” Trump tweeted of ethnic-minority first-term Democrats Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley. “They should apologise to America (and Israel) for ...
Footage posted on social media showed the men, all in white T-shirts, violently attacking people on platforms and inside train carriages. At least 36 people were injured in the violence, local media report. The mob attack ...
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is planning to remove the services of the president of Pakistan and the provincial governors from the Civil Service of Pakistan to allow the incumbents to join political activities soon after ...
Four elders of a tribal family, all aged in their 60s according to local media reports, were attacked by around a dozen stick-wielding villagers outside their home late on Saturday. “It is linked to some ...
The PML-N leader was due to address a protest rally in the city, but announced that the convoy had been cut off. “My rally has been stopped by police. The miles long rally has been ...
Independent candidates secured the most number of seats followed by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in the first-ever provincial elections held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s merged tribal districts, according to unofficial Form-47 resultspublished by the Election Commission of Pakistan ...
Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari notified the withdrawal on Twitter late Sunday night with an image of the revised notification. “The incorrect notification withdrawn — as I had said this morning it was never ...
Ousted Prime Minister’s daughter, Maryam Nawaz, sat down with with Voice Of America (VOA) Urdu to talk about the current political climate of the country. Here’s a look at everything she just said.
A top official of Huawei, a leading Chinese smartphone giant, has recently announced that it will invest $100 million in Pakistan this year. The investment will be utilized to upgrade the technical support center of ...
The House of Commons Science and Technology committee added there should be no further trials of the tech until relevant regulations were in place. It raised accuracy and bias concerns And it warned that police ...
“As a consequence of suspension, ICC funding to Zimbabwe Cricket (the national governing body) will be frozen and representative teams from Zimbabwe will not be allowed to participate in any ICC events,” the International Cricket ...
“Till the last moment, our World Cup squad was not final and clear. There is a big problem that senior players try to linger on in their careers and there is no one to tell ...
Ms Omar is a US citizen who emigrated from Somalia with her family after fleeing the country’s civil war. The chants, which came after Mr Trump criticised Ms Omar and three other congresswomen, were widely ...
Mr Spacey, 59, was accused of groping an 18-year-old man at a bar in 2016 But indecent assault and battery charges were dropped on Wednesday after the accuser refused to testify about a missing phone, ...
The stickers show a black cross superimposed on a rainbow flag. The weekly publication – which has a circulation of around 110,000 – openly supports the conservative governing Law and Justice party (PiS). The move ...
At the moment, Instagram users see a running total of people who have liked a post. In the trial, users will see a user name “and others” below posts. Instagrammers can still view the number ...
De Ligt, who had also been linked with Manchester United, Barcelona and Paris St-Germain, has signed a five-year contract with the Serie A side. Juventus said the fee was “payable in five financial years” with “additional ...
The assault comes amid a series of peace talks between Washington and the Taliban that both sides say are making progress, but which so far have yielded no reduction in violence in the gruelling Afghan ...
Justice Isa is mandated to give his response on the show cause notice within 14 days. Sindh High Court Judge Justice KK Agha is also served a show-cause notice for owning undeclared properties abroad. Both ...
In the petition by Malik, he stated that PML-N leaders Maryam Nawaz and Shehbaz Sharif should face action for displaying the controversial video. The judge said that the two PML-N leaders should face action for ...
Chaos had ensued outside the Chief Minister House earlier today when police resorted to the use of water cannons to disperse protesters who had gathered to demand an increase in wages for nursing staff and ...
His remarks followed an “emotionally charged” press conference by Shehbaz Sharif to condemn the arrest by NAB of PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. “Today’s conference wasn’t about Abbasi’s arrest or The Mail’s story. The real reason is the entire ...
Police said the 41-year-old suspect broke into the Kyoto Animation studio on Thursday morning and sprayed petrol before igniting it. The suspect has been detained and was taken to hospital with injuries. Japan’s Prime Minister ...
The 10 one-hour episodes have been ordered for HBO Max, the upcoming streaming service from WarnerMedia. Details on the cast and release date have yet to be announced. The original series starring Blake Lively, about ...
Well, he’s back with an even bigger plan! The singer took to Facebook to announce that he will be making his way across Europe where he’ll cover 12,000 km in 22 days on a bike. ...
Nelson Mandela is known around the world as a freedom fighter who inspired millions to fight for self-determination. However, many people do not know the struggles Mandela had to face during his lifetime. Here are ...
During the hearing, Additional Session Judge Amjad Ali Shah also summoned Zafar to the court on August 8 in order for Shafi’s legal team to cross-examine him after his statement was recorded earlier this month. ...
The company that owns these shops says all cotton, linen and polyester they sell will be organic, sustainable or recycled. Zara has 64 UK stores, and its parent company has 7,490 shops worldwide. Reacting to ...
Dame Helen Mirren and Sir Lenny Henry have signed an open letter calling on the next prime minister to reinstate free TV licences for all over-75s. Angela Rippon, Len Goodman and Gogglebox’s June Bernicoff have ...
The project was reported to have ceased late last year but rumours that it remained active persisted. “We have terminated Project Dragonfly,” Google executive Karan Bhatia told the US Senate Judiciary Committee. Buzzfeed, which reported ...
According to a local cyber-security researcher, most adults in the country of seven million people are likely to have had some data compromised. Bulgarian authorities have arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of involvement in ...
Futurist entrepreneur Elon Musk revealed that his secretive Neuralink startup is making progress on an interface linking brains with computers and said they hope to begin testing on people next year. Musk has long contended ...
Mason Greenwood, 17, opened the scoring from close range after two minutes. Marcus Rashford added another before half-time, when manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made 11 changes. Phil Jones’ powerful header made it three, and Anthony ...
Stokes was found not guilty of affray following a street brawl during a night out in Bristol in 2017. The all-rounder was banned and fined by the England and Wales Cricket Board after accepting a ...
“I think it is time to step down, I will complete my term that ends on July 30,” said Haq, who was addressing the media for the first time after Pakistan’s disappointing World Cup campaign. ...
The victims, who were eating at a restaurant when gunmen opened fire, were reportedly Turkey’s deputy consul in the city and an Iraqi civilian. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the “heinous attack”. No-one has ...
Trump, who didn’t name Saeed, said: “After a ten-year search, the so-called ‘mastermind’ of the Mumbai Terror attacks has been arrested in Pakistan. Great pressure has been exerted over the last two years to find ...
Guzmán, 62, was found guilty of 10 charges, including drug trafficking and money laundering, by a federal court in New York in February. He escaped a Mexican jail through a tunnel in 2015, but was ...
The move loosens a deadlock that has gripped the country, following nationwide mass protests that began against Bashir in December but then continued after a military council ousted him on April 11. The unrest has ...
If anyone believed that he would backstep consequent to the countrywide strikes by Pakistan’s business and trading fraternity, Khan said, they should that he would do no such thing. Addressing an event organised by the ...
The ICJ found that India’s submission pertaining to the acquittal and release of Kulbhushan Jadhav could not be upheld. According to the ICJ, the conviction and sentence of Kulbhushan Jadhav were not to be regarded ...
The ruling party has linking critical coverage by the press to potential “treason” in its latest broadside against the country’s beleaguered media. The official account of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) fired off over two dozen tweets ...
A sessions court in Lahore issued a notice to journalist Sami Ibrahim with regards to a defamation suit filed by Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry. On July 5, Chaudhry filed a defamation suit ...
Shaan Shahid has something to say about the number of Eid releases we’re getting this year. It all started when a psyched Faysal Qureshi tweeted about his excitement about what’s in store for us all ...
Zahid Ahmed has been pushing himself in his dramas and Main Na Janoo is no different. The actor will be playing an ex-air force pilot who becomes blind which according to him, “is the biggest ...
Tanya Gersh said that Mr Anglin had published 30 articles on the Daily Stormer website about her, some of which had included contact information. She and her family had then received more than 700 harassing ...
Bianca Devins was killed in Utica, New York, on Sunday morning. The images were posted on Brandon Clark’s account on messaging app Discord, where other users told police. They also appeared on his Instagram account ...
The 43-year-old has played just three tournaments – two of them majors – since winning the Masters in April. Woods, who ended an 11-year major drought at Augusta, is playing less golf to ease the ...
United States President Donald Trump said he wants his administration to “take a look” into whether Google has been working with the Chinese government — an allegation swiftly denied by the US internet giant. Trump ...
Khan claims the bout in Riyadh on 8 November is “signed off and done” following his stoppage win over Australia’s Billy Dib in the Middle East on Friday. But Pacquiao’s spokesperson Fred Sternberg told BBC ...
Gayle was accused by former media group Fairfax, which at the time was the publisher of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, of exposing his penis and indecently propositioning the woman in a dressing ...
Torrential monsoon rains swept away homes and triggered landslides across South Asia, affecting millions of people and claiming at least 180 lives, officials said. The monsoon is crucial for irrigation and groundwater supplies in the ...
More than two billion people lack access to healthy food, putting them at risk of health problems — and many of them live in North America or Europe, the United Nations said on Monday, urging ...
Ramez Azimi, director of the Samaa station in the city of Ghazni, the capital of eastern Ghazni province, said he received phone calls as well as written warning notes purportedly from the Taliban commander. Zabihullah ...
He lashed out at what he described as a “media lynching”, saying the energy he had spent defending himself had hampered his work as minister. An investigative website said he had spent large sums of ...
The SC heard today the video scandal case of judge Arshad Malik, who was removed from post last week upon Islamabad High Court’s request. The SC had taken up the case for hearing on July ...
The Punjab government on Tuesday challenged in the Supreme Court a Lahore High Court (LHC) decision to grant bail to Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi, who was booked for launching violent protests against ...
CPJ’s Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award, previously known as the Burton Benjami Memorial Award, was renamed in 2017 to honour a veteran journalist and former board member who died in 2016. “The award is presented ...
The opposition parties in the National Assembly also decided to hold a general convention on the same day outside the Mausoleum of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Central leaders of the opposition parties will address the ...
Georgette Mulheir has been chief executive of the charity since 2011. The author set up the foundation in 2005 and donates some royalties to it to help children in orphanages and similar institutions around the ...
Spider-Man: Far From Home is celebrating another weekend at No. 1, but non-franchise fare continues to struggle at the box office. Fresh studio-released counterprograming such as the horror movie Crawland the action-comedy Stuber barely made ...
Bruce was only appointed in January and did not actually take over for another month, guiding the Owls to a 12th-place finish in the Championship. The Magpies held talks with Bruce, 58, on Saturday and ...
She told news outlet RNZ that she was “incredibly proud” of the team. On social media many said New Zealand’s Black Caps had lost the game but “won our hearts”. New Zealand lost on a ...
If the Europeans and the Americans don’t want to carry out their duties… we will decrease our commitments and… reverse the conditions to four years ago,” agency spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said, quoted by IRNA state ...
“If you are not happy, if you are complaining all the time, you can leave,” he told a heated news conference outside the White House. On Sunday Mr Trump called on the women, who are ...
China claims self-ruled and democratic Taiwan as its own and has never renounced the use of force to bring it under Beijing’s control. China regularly calls Taiwan the most sensitive issue in its relations with ...
Three people were arrested, two of them near Forli airport. Neo-Nazi propaganda was also seized, in the raids. The raids were part of an investigation into Italian far-right help for Russian-backed separatist forces in eastern ...
The top investigation officer in the Mureed Abbas murder case, wherein accused Atif Zaman shot dead the TV anchor and his friend, Khizar Hayat, has recommended the issue by probed by the National Accountability Bureau ...
A cloudburst led to rain and thunder and resulting flash floods caused wide-scale destruction in the valley’s Lesswa area, the Director Operations of the state disaster management authority Saeed-ur-Rehman said. At least 24 people are ...
The miners were trapped on Sunday when poisonous gas accumulated in the mine that is thousands of feet deep. The Minister of Mines and Minerals Development Balochistan, Shafqat Fayyaz, said that the authorities were “trying ...
“You must [sue] me and sue me in a London [court] […] And in that court, I will [produce evidence] of every TT (telegraphic transfer) made by you; how kick backs were sent from here; ...
Dr Corbato introduced the basic security measure while developing methods that let more people use a computer at the same time. He developed a technique, called time-sharing, that divided up the processing power of a ...
The Qatari Emir also proposed to outsource the up-gradation process of airports. A government official has said that a lot of meetings have been taking place regarding the conversion of airports and the proposal offered ...
According to reports from media outlets, the government will present the draft for the e-commerce policy in the cabinet meeting for consideration. The reports further reveal that the new policy contains the proposal to develop ...
Shah Rukh Khan has climbed onto the Netflix bandwagon. The actor will be co-producing a show for the streaming service along with Gaurav Verma and Red Chillies Entertainment; it will be directed by Patrick Graham ...
His latest apology was to the people of New Zealand for one of the most outrageous sporting flukes that contributed to England winning the Cricket World Cup at the expense of the country of his ...
Specifically pointing out Bitcoin and Libra, Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, the billionaire president insisted that not only are these cryptocurrencies extremely unpredictable, they are bound to encourage “unlawful behavior” if not regulated correctly. “I am not ...
Many people see Twitch as the go-to place to show off their gaming talents. The practice of live streaming, or broadcasting your play session in real time, is what the website is known for. Beyond ...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been investigating allegations that political consultancy Cambridge Analytica improperly obtained the data of up to 87 million Facebook users. The settlement was approved by the FTC in a 3-2 ...
“I’ve never played in daylight before!” joked Young, who went on stage first, adding: “It’s great to see everybody.” The event, which was originally billed as part of the Barclaycard presents BST series, went ahead ...
Earlier this year, Solange cancelled a planned performance at America’s Coachella music festival, citing “major production delays”. Who knows what the show would have entailed – although many expected it to rival her sister Beyonce’s ...
Several animal rights activists and fans were disappointed with the actor’s post, questioning why a wild animal is being kept in captivity. The actor immediately took to Instagram to clarify that Simba, the lion, was ...
Novak Djokovic tightened the Grand Slam gap and extended his winning streak against Roger Federer, edging his rival for the Wimbledon title on Sunday by winning the first ever fifth-set tiebreaker in the tournament final. ...
Simona Halep says controlling her nerves and forgetting about who she was playing enabled her to play the match of her life and win Wimbledon. The Romanian’s 56-minute 6-2 6-2 demolition of Serena Williams earned ...
England made World Cup history on Sunday as they brilliantly defeated New Zealand in the final which went to a super over after the two sides tied at 241 runs at Lord’s on Sunday. With ...
Some of the more than 10,000 people marching in Sha Tin called for genuinely democratic voting in the former British colony. A handful called for an independent Hong Kong. Protests that began in opposition to ...
The declaration — made on the eve of France’s Bastille Day national celebrations that feature a military parade down Paris’s Champs-Elysees — mirrors an initiative in the US championed by President Donald Trump. Macron told ...
The appeal comes nearly two weeks after more than 50 people were killed in an air strike on a holding facility in the Libyan capital Tripoli. The victims were mostly Africans attempting to reach Europe ...
He claimed the women “originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe”, before suggesting they “go back”. He then said Speaker “Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out ...
A massive fire broke out in a garment factory in Karachi’s SITE area on Sunday morning which continued to burn into the evening as firemen struggled to reach the point of origin, officials said. According ...
The Metropolitan Police confirmed to The News and Geo that the MQM leader appeared at a police station on the scheduled date of return to answer his bail and was asked to return at a ...
Earlier, PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb, termed the report “baseless” and a “propaganda campaign”. The article, written by investigative journalist David Rose and quoting investigators and a “confidential investigation report”, claims that the money “stolen” by ...
The ministry, as per Radio Pakistan, has asked pilgrims to use the Android apps for information. Haj flight operation from Pakistan started on July 4. For the first time, Saudi immigration staff conducted immigration process ...
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In the final part of Khatarnaak Baatein With Raza Rumi; Hamza and Raza discuss what does future have in store for Pakistan and what things need to be focused at. Check out part 2 here, ...
In this episode we discuss about: – Censorship in Pakistan – The state in which our bureaucracy is – “Kaun chala raha hai Pakistan?” Check out part one right here!
Raza Rumi and Hamza discuss the hot mess that is Pakistani politics.
Billionaire Richard Branson’s space-tourism venture, Virgin Galactic, plans to go public by the end of this year as part of a deal with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) created by venture-capital firms Social Capital ...
To further this project a consortium has been established which include six information and technology universities of Pakistan. Those universities include Comsats University Islamabad, National University of Science and Technology (NUST), University of Engineering Technology ...
The Walkie-Talkie app let two people who had accepted an invitation send and receive short audio messages. But Apple said it had been “made aware” of a flaw that “could allow somebody to listen through ...
Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut is in no mood to back off after her spat with a journalist during a launch event for her upcoming film JudgeMentall Hai Kya. Kangana had become embroiled in another controversy ...
The social media giant has launched Creator Shows, which are filmed in a vertical format. Schwarzenegger’s show is called Rules of Success and features him giving motivational advice. More series will premiere this summer from ...
Were we surprised that The Lion King’s Hindi dub reveal featured SRK so prominently? Yes, even James Earl Jones didn’t get this kinda spotlight. But Shaan was upset and for a bigger reason, questioning the ...
The American was just too powerful for the Czech in a 6-1 6-2 win that set up a final against Romania’s Simona Halep.Williams, 37, said she tried to “tap into that younger Serena” in a ...
“My innings as PCB chairman, in real terms, is going to start now as [some] important decisions regarding new team management, national selection committee and others are set to be taken within a few weeks ...
Eoin Morgan´s side ended Australia´s bid to retain the World Cup in ruthless fashion at Edgbaston, dismissing their old rivals for 223 and then powering to victory in 32.1 overs thanks to Jason Roy´s blistering ...
Hunt, who is battling Boris Johnson to become Britain’s next leader, raised the murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the jailing of activists in China and Vietnam, and the murder of reporters in Mexico. ...
Gale-force winds, heavy rain and hailstorms lashed Halkidiki, near the city of Thessaloniki. A Czech couple died when their caravan was blown away, and two Romanians and two Russians also died. A seventh body was ...
The resolution, which passed by a narrow margin, mandates a comprehensive written report into the human rights situation in the country. It will focus on reports of extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances. The ...
An estimated one million mostly Muslim ethnic minorities are held in internment camps in the northwest region of Xinjiang — a system that Beijing defends as necessary to counter religious extremism and terrorism. The UN ...
The family members of a young boy and girl took out a protest rally in Hyderabad on Thursday evening after the two siblings — who had gone missing from the city’s GOR Colony area on ...
SSP Investigation South Tariq Dharejo said on Thursday that the suspect Atif Zaman has admitted before the police that he planned to kill as many as five people after the investors demanded their money back ...
“Remittances for the past fiscal year came in much higher at 9.7 percent annual growth and totaled $21.8 billion for the year,” Prime Minister Imran Khan said in a tweet. The prime minister thanked the ...
The accident occured when when a bus carrying passengers overturned near the Bahtar Interchange on the Peshawar-Islamabad motorway. Police said that the accident occurred in the early hours while it was raining. SP Pothohar Syed ...
Ressa, who was named a Time Magazine “Person of the Year” in 2018 for her journalism, faces several criminal charges along with her website Rappler, in what press freedom advocates have branded an act of ...
Outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May had offered her support to Kim Darroch after it was revealed he described the Trump administration as “inept”. But the man tipped to replace her in Downing Street this month, ...
According to police, the alleged child rapist, identified as Zeeshan, was taken into custody a day earlier. A first information report (FIR) had been filed against him on behalf of the minor boy’s father, Muhammad ...
The district and additional session judge issued the arrest warrant for Noor Akbar, a sub-inspector (SI) of police and the investigative officer in the Qandeel Baloch murder case for not showing up, during a hearing ...
“Tahir Ahsan, the president of Sindh Bank, was arrested in the fake accounts case from Karachi,” according to a brief statement issued by the anti-graft body. Other suspects, namely Syed Nadeem Altaf — who is ...
“After careful reflection I have decided to no longer move forward with my scheduled concert at Jeddah World Fest. While I want nothing more than to bring my show to fans in Saudi Arabia, after ...
Forbes estimates the 29-year-old singer made $185m (£148m) in pre-tax earnings in the year beginning 1 June 2018. Swift last topped Forbes’ Celebrity 100 in 2016, when her pre-tax earnings were calculated to be $170m ...
The prime minister, who was addressing a press conference at the Governor House in Karachi, said, “I appeal to everyone. It’s time to change our mindset. The segments of the society who don’t pay taxes ...
The USA beat the Netherlands 2-0 in Sunday’s final in France to win the competition for a fourth time and retain the title they won in 2015. Floats and an open-top bus took the players, ...
Virat Kohli admitted India had paid the price for “45 minutes of bad cricket” as the heart-broken skipper surveyed the wreckage of his side’s stunning World Cup exit. Kohli’s team crashed to an unexpected 18-run ...
Federer beat Kei Nishikori 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-4 for his 100th match win at the All England Club, while Nadal beat Sam Querrey 7-5 6-2 6-2. In 2008, Nadal won 9-7 in the fifth set ...
“I still hope you remain,” she said, warning the British authorities to “sort its side of things on Brexit”. Mrs von der Leyen was speaking at a European Parliament hearing ahead of a vote on ...
UN experts and rights groups say China is holding about one million Uighurs and other Muslims in detention camps. China claims that Uighurs are being educated in “vocational training centres” designed to combat extremism. The ...
It follows a case brought on behalf of seven individuals who had been blocked by the president. Officials using social media accounts were not allowed to silence people who disagreed with them, the judge said. ...
The influencer, Fie Laursen, posted the note on Instagram, where she has more than 336,000 followers. It remained online for two days before her family managed to take it down. The family confirmed in an ...
Dubbed Agent Smith, the malware replaces popular apps with fake ones and tricks the users, serving them advertisements according to cybersecurity researchers. Most of the victims are in India with more than 15 million users ...
A delegation from the Entertainment Journalists’ Guild of India warned producer Ekta Kapoor that they would be boycotting the actress in the aftermath of her heated argument with an entertainment journalist at a press conference ...
Hamza Ghaznavi from ProperGaanda explains Pakistan’s political blunders, and mind you, there have been more than a few! Lets take a trip down memory road and see the mistakes our state has made.
Meet the new Afridi in town; the youngest bowler to take a four wicket haul at the Worldcup stage. Even though Pakistan didn’t perform up-to-par during the ICC World Cup 2019, the team showcased new ...
“Aj kal market mein larkay underqualified aa rahay hain” Our team decided to take a deep-dive into the world of Rishta aunties and see how this effects the society at large. What we found out ...
Launched in 1978, the list now includes more than 1,100 sites of “cultural and natural heritage … considered to be of outstanding value to humanity.” This year’s additions can be found around the world, include ...
10 July 2019 Twitter is updating its hate-speech rules to ban posts that use dehumanizing terms against religious groups Over time, the ban would be extended to cover to some other groups, it said. But ...
10 July 2019 Serena Williams beats Alison Riske to reach semi-finals of Wimbledon 2019 The 23-time Grand Slam champion beat Riske 6-4 4-6 6-3 to set up a last four meetings with Czech Barbora Strycova, ...
10 July 2019 Spanish-language songs make up half of YouTube’s Top 10 for the year so far, led by Daddy Yankee’s Con Calma The site reaches more than 1.9 billion people every month, more than ...
10 July 2019 Donald Trump called the British ambassador to the United States “a very stupid guy,” “I don’t know the Ambassador but have been told he is a pompous fool,” Trump wrote in a ...
10 July 2019 Bol News anchorperson Mureed Abbas was killed in Karachi Police officials said, citing initial details, that he was killed during a fight over a personal dispute in Khayaban-e-Bukhari area. South DIG Sharjeel ...
Take a look into the life of Fatima Jinnah and she was treated after her brother’s death. On Fatima Jinnah’s death anniversary, we decided to take a look at the incredible life and death of ...
Many have given their life for freedom in Kashmir but why does Burhan Wani’s death stands out? On his death anniversary, we take a look at why Burhan Wani’s life and death inspired a whole ...
Pakistan ranks number nine in the list of top ten countries with the lowest access to clean drinking water. In case that doesn’t highlight the gravity of the situation enough, 21 million out of our ...
The other day, while brainstorming some topics to cover, we all started to reminisce about our school years. A couple of us were in the English debates circuit, which became the center of our reminiscing ...
For the longest time, people in Pakistan have considered divorce to be synonymous to failure. Failure of the individual (usually the woman), a lack of values/ tarbeeyat, and in some cases even failure on the ...
A rape and child labor case has been filed against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MPA Mian Tahir Jamil, his wife Bano, and their two sons Afaq and Saad, for allegedly subjecting a 14-year-old domestic worker ...
What is Slack? Slack, an acronym for “Searchable Log of All Conversation and Knowledge,” is an American cloud-based set of online services and software tools. It can replace email and texting for your team, and keep ...
With the release of the new film Baaji, we decided take a look at the Osama Khalid Butt. How did he rise to fame? He is a talented actor, writer and choreographer and might I say one of ...
Disclaimer: These views belong to our social media audience and do not represent views of ProperGaanda itself. One of Pakistanis favorite cuisines for dining out is undoubtedly Chinese food. It seems like nearly every other ...
Rameela Ayesha, a graphic designer based in Lahore, has accused Journal Post, an international news media website, for not paying their employees. According to Rameela, she joined Journal Post right after graduating from University as ...
An advertisement by the Pakistan Army offered sanitation jobs for Christians only, and received a lot of criticism on social media for being discriminatory. It has now been removed The ad stated that the job ...
The result for the this year should be coming out in another month or two. Schools teachers, principals and students are waiting for the results anxiously. Every student wants to see his or her name ...
Pakistan has been unable to eradicate Polio within it’s boarders. Only 3 countries in the world, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan, have not been able to stop the spread of polio. With the suspension of polio ...
In the beginning on Main Boulevard Defence exists an up and coming Ice Cream parlour that has been able to create a space for itself in a short time. Ever since they’ve opened their Main ...
Pakistan is extremely involved in the United Nations’ Peacekeeping Missions. In less than 18 months, Pakistan has gone from zero female military participation in peacekeeping operations to a monumental 15%, crossing the target that was ...
Trigger Warning: Sexual Harassment, Rape, Violence Activists belonging to Habib University, a liberal arts college in Karachi, have taken to Social Media to highlight why victims of sexual violence choose to stay silent. The activists, ...
Let’s start of with some quick stats: Around 22.8 million children aged 5-16 are not in school in Pakistan. Out of these 22.8 million, more than 12.5 million children are involved in child labor in ...
A fight without glory – and in many cases, a tragic end. The plethora of different approaches taken to alleviate suffering of the LGBTQ+ communities within South Asia has necessitated the need for the community ...
Disclaimer: These views belong to our social media audience and do not represent views of ProperGaanda itself. Even though Pakistanis love their chai, coffee has become more common-especially by the working population. You even have ...
Can a few milestones undo years of discrimination? We have seen firsthand how much discrimination the transgender community has faced in Pakistan over the years. While, recent laws and social campaigns are empowering the trans ...
The progress of the developed world to a large extent depends upon the research culture that is instilled in students in their tertiary education. They are taught to examine, isolate, understand, correlate and solve problems ...
Is startup culture just a buzzword? With the job market changing steadily and the increase in the number of people who prefer to be self-employed, the word start-up has almost become a buzzword. But startups ...
Disclaimer: These views belong to our social media audience and do not represent views of ProperGaanda itself. After the success of our previous articles, we decided to go back to what got us started on ...
The disappearance of Flight 370 has been dubbed one of the greatest and most expensive aviation mysteries of all time. The lack of information surrounding the plane’s disappearance has sparked much curiosity over the years. ...
As most of you are aware, Sudan has been going through a political crisis. The internet was cut off after security forces violently dispersed protesters camping in central Khartoum. That blockage finally ended yesterday, but ...
A surprising turn of events showed that Ariel really cannot clean stains! Bisma Maroof, Pakistan’s Cricket team captain, had to miss the latest match because she was too busy trying to get the stain out ...
While going through today’s news, we saw a story about a Lioness who died after going through a stillbirth at a zoo in Dera Ghazi Khan. While going through the report, you see that there ...
On Sunday, during a session chaired by National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri, the federal minister Umar Ayub suggested that using the word ‘selected’ for Prime Minister Imran Khan should be prohibited. Qasim Suri agreed. ...
Police officials have arrested a person posing as an online taxi driver in Karachi. The accused used a fake identification (ID) and profile, and was caught after he harassed a ‘passenger’, who reported him for ...
Between 1970 and 2014, Earth lost nearly 60% of its mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. The saddest part of this is that almost all of this loss is due to human activity. The rate ...
These are views of our social media audience and do not represent views of ProperGaanda itself. After our piece on the best desserts to get in Lahore, we decided to go after one of everyone’s ...
Tensions were high before Pakistan faced off against South Africa at Lord’s after the crushing defeat we faced against India in the previous World Cup Match. But the boys in green certainly upheld our expectations ...
As someone who is an avid consumer of digital content, I was intrigued when I heard about Teeli’s upcoming webseries Summer Love on the radio during the drive home from work. But it wasn’t until ...
While Captain Sarfraz has been dealing with the brunt of all the hate after Pakistan’s inconsistent performance at the ICC World Cup, one person took it too far by harassing him, all the while recording ...
These are views of our social media audience and do not represent views of ProperGaanda itself. After yesterday’s piece, we decided to take a different direction. For round 3, we decided to be a little ...
Sanjay Bhatt was convicted in a murder case dating back to 1989, when he arrested more than 150 people during rioting. One of them later died in hospital after being released. The man’s family alleged ...
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