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Shoaib Akhtar and Abdul Razzaq, two titans of the cricket world, have played for Pakistan on every stage and made the country proud. But, if you’ve ever wondered how Shoaib Akhtar managed to come out ...
What happened: The Switzerland parliament released a bombshell report, which exposed Swiss-based tech company Crypto AG. This company was actually a front for the CIA and German secret service and have been providing crucial information ...
What happened: A video of a woman slapping a guard outside Dolmen Mall, in Karachi has gone viral on social media. The woman involved in this incident has not yet been identified. Spoiled brat spotted, ...
What happened: A businessman who donated $2.5 million wants a refund from a pro-Trump group which claimed to find evidence of fraud in the US election. Donor was disappointed with the group’s incompetence and inability ...
Today’s Google Doodle pays tribute to one of the greatest modern Urdu language writers, Bano Qudsia. Affectionately known as Bano Aapa, her work as a novelist and playwright earned her great acclaim. Her most famous ...
What happened: On Friday, Pakistan participated in the 47th session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Niamey, Niger. Major contribution: Speaking at the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM), Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood ...
What happened: A heart wrenching video of an Umerkot shepherd telling his son to give up on his studies due to financial constraints recently went viral, and it prompted the Mehran University of Engineering and ...
What happened: In an effort to increase the participation of women entrepreneurs in the trade of goods and services the Ministry of commerce will be building a national database of these entrepreneurs. The Ministry of ...
What happened: Prime Minister Imran Khan categorically said the government would not give permission to the opposition to hold its rallies in Multan and other cities. “The coronavirus is spreading dangerously, therefore the opposition should ...
Smog season is upon us. And it has already made the air quality so bad that on some days the air quality in Lahore, especially, crossed unhealthy to become actually hazardous. So, if you want ...
What happened: In order to provide the residents of Islamabad with safe entertainment during this pandemic the Capital Development Authority (CDA) is planning on building an open air cinema in the federal capital. CDA officials ...
What happened: Tom Moyer, Apple’s head of global security, has been indicted in a bribery scandal revolving around trading ipads for concealed carry gun permits. Two Santa Clara police officers are also involved in this ...
What happened: 3, 113 cases of the novel coronavirus have been reported in the last 24 hours. This is the third day in a row that Pakistan has recorded more than 3, 000 infections, according ...
Pakistan is set to witness its third consecutive student solidarity march today, on the 27th of November. The march is taking place across multiple major cities, and if last year’s turnout is to relied upon ...
What happened: The Ministry of Human Rights launched a free helpline to report domestic abuse nationwide, on Thursday, in an effort to combat violence against women. Raise your voice against violence and abuse on our ...
What happened: In conversation with journalists at Jati Umrah, PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz claimed that she “was fed rat-contaminated food” while incarcerated in Kot Lakhpat Jail. She also complained that the medication she was ...
What happened: Fishermen who were stranded on Balochistan’s coastal city of Ormara on Thursday, were rescued by the Pakistan Navy. According to a statement by the Navy, due to the heavy spell of rain and ...
What happened: According to the QS Asia University Ranking 2021 the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) is the only Pakistani university to be ranked among the top 100 universities in Asia. The annual ...
What happened: South Korean court has sentenced the mastermind of one of the country’s biggest online sex abuse rings to 40 years in jail. Cho Ju-bin was found guilty of running a group which blackmailed ...
Background: 18 November 2020, seven protesters were killed by police and dozens were injured in protests that broke out across Uganda, over the arrest of popular musician and presidential candidate Bobi Wine. Bobi Wine, real ...
Back in 2011, two policemen allegedly stole Rs. 100 million in both Pakistani rupees and foreign currency. This sounds like something out of a cops gone bad type of film, but it actually happened. On ...
What happened: 6 players of the Pakistani cricket team, currently on tour in New Zealand, have tested positive for the coronavirus. New Zealand Cricket (NZC) posted a statement on its website stating that it was, ...
What happened: On Wednesday, The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has announced that it will not recognize two-year bachelors’ degrees issued to students enrolled in such programmes after the 2018 academic year. In this regard, the ...
What happened: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has stated that approval has been given for the registration of the rapid test kit. The chief executive officer (CEO) of DRAP Asim Rauf said that with ...
What happened: Pashtun Tahafuz Movement leader Mohsin Dawar decided to part ways from an 11-party alliance of Pakistan Democratic Movement. On Tuesday, Dawar made this announcement on his official twitter account and also presented a ...
Truth be told, it’s been a tough year for the world. But there are still those who are prospering and finding opportunity in these dismal times. The raging pandemic has led to excruciating levels of ...
What happened: The Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry announced a government programme for video game and animation enthusiasts, via a tweet, on the 25th of November. In his tweet Fawad Chaudhry stated, ...
December is the month of birthdays, if your own birthday isn’t in December then you definitely know multiple people who are born in December. So it can be tough having to find so many different ...
What happened: Unidentified men looted Rs. 45 million worth of gold and cash from a jewellery store in Islamabad, on Monday. The Khosar police registered a case on Tuesday, and is searching for the criminals ...
What happened: Scotland has become the first country to allow free and universal access to menstrual products, including tampons and pads, in public facilities, a landmark victory for the global movement against period poverty. Nicola ...
Terrible things, unfortunately, happen everyday but sometimes unfathomably horrible incidents occur that leave entire nations in shock and grief. The motorway rape case, the Arzoo Raja forced conversion and marriage case and the Kashmore gang ...
T/W: Assault, Rape, Domestic Violence Background: Today is International Violence Against Women Day, this day celebrates the struggle of government and organizations for eliminating every kind of violence against all women. So let’s talk about ...
Actress Mahira Khan and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Sania Nishtar, are both on the BBC’s list of the 100 most influential women for 2020. Sania Nishtar has ...
What happened: On Tuesday, The Foreign Office debunked the rumor that Pakistan might be considering to accept Israel as a sovereign state. FO spokesperson said that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s “statements in this context have ...
What happened: Newly appointed chairman of Pakistan Television Naeem Bukhari has hinted at total ‘blackout’ of the opposition on PTV. While talking to reporters outside Supreme Court, Naeem Bukhari confirmed the rumors. He was asked ...
If there’s one thing Pakistanis excel at it’s making memes. If memes were a currency then we would have payed off Pakistan’s debt by now. Given the tense political situation Pakistanis are doing what they ...
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, we have found ourselves in the middle of a nostalgia frenzy. It seemed to permeate everything: nostalgia playlists on music streaming platforms, old albums by Vital Science and Nazia Hassan. Moin ...
Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the Ministry of health to start the coronavirus vaccine production process, via a letter he wrote to them. The Prime Minister has told Health Ministry officials to start preparing ...
What happened: On Monday, The Lahore High Court suspended a notice issued by the Inland Revenue department of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to a sugar mill of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s senior leader Jahangir Khan ...
We asked our loyal readers to help us find Pakistan’s best anday wala burger and you all came through. With the help of our foodies-in-the-know we have made a definitive list of the best anday ...
Muslim world is facing an intense dilemma amid a raging pandemic and it’s not concerned with the lives of people which are literally on stake because of lack of resources and faith. This dilemma revolves ...
On the 24th of November, a law allowing for the castration of convicted rapists was approved, in principle, by Prime Minister Imran Khan. The law was presented in a federal cabinet meeting by the law ...
Kaavan, the ‘loney elephant’s’, well-wishers and government officials gathered at Marghazar Zoo for Kaavan’s farewell party, on Monday. After 35 harrowing years at the zoo, Kaavan is finally set to depart this week for his ...
This year has been a rollercoaster ride for the world in every aspect. From raging pandemic to social unrest, we have witnessed superpowers struggling with basic health policies and due election process. But one thing ...
The officers of a Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station thwarted an attack by an armed terrorist on the their Burki Road police station, in Lahore. This incident took place in the early hours of the morning, ...
What happened: Protesters broke into Guatemala’s congress and burned part of the building amid growing demonstrations against President Alejandro Giammattei and the legislature for approving a budget that cut educational and health spending. When: The ...
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has strongly denounced what they term an “extremely biased” article from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The PTI’s upset stems from their view that the article only reports the narrative of ...
Shamim Akhtar, more popularly known as Shamim Bibi was the mother of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif and his brother, current opposition leader in the National Assembly, Shehbaz Sharif. Shamim Bibi passed ...
What happened: The Canadian government is allowing patients who are not terminally ill to legally consume psychedelic mushrooms. This act will provide legal access to shrooms for therapeutic reasons. Psilocybin, the active ingredient in mushrooms, ...
Everyone has heard that they should be saving some part of their salary. But, many people just starting their professional careers don’t know how much they should be putting away regularly in order to retire ...
Misogyny, bigotry and violence would be the ideal words to define the cultural norms of Pakistan’s film industry. Just like any other entertainment industry in the world, Lollywood also has a dark side filled with ...
The Government of Pakistan has recently passed new laws to regulate social media. However, these laws been the subject of much criticism by digital activists and major social media companies. The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC) ...
Pakistani and Italian archeologists have discovered a 1300 year old Hindu temple in the Swat district of Pakistan. The discovery of this temple was made during an ongoing excavation project in Barikot, at the top ...
What happened: Last month, the federal government issued an order, taking over the twin islands of Bundal and Buddo, locally known as Bhandar and Dingi, which form part of the Indus delta, where the river ...
19th Nov, 2020 Khadim Hussain Rizvi, leader of Pakistan’s most prominent religious party died because of cardiac arrest. Khadim led the most charged up Sunni-Barelvi movement in the last two years. From intense rhetoric to ...
The Federal Human Rights Minister, Shireen Mazari issued an apology and clarification to with regards to her tweet likening the French President to a Nazi. In the now deleted tweet, the minister had stated that, ...
President Macron recently presented a bill to combat, what he terms as, ‘Islamist separatism’. It is a wide ranging bill, but its predominant focus is the children of the country. Under this bill, homeschooling will ...
Relationships can be a challenge in general, but if you and your partner don’t live even remotely close to one another, it can be even more difficult to express your love and keep your bond ...
Kavaan, an elephant at Marghazar Zoo, who had been dubbed the ‘world’s loneliest elephant’ is on track to finally be let out of his solitary confinement. After the Islamabad High Court, in May, ruled that ...
I only need the youth of Pakistan to bring change, not big names or big politicians, said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan during his first maga public demonstration. Background: This promise led to the ...
Winter is here and we all need to keep warm, but that doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice your style for comfort. Here are 10 winter jackets that will help you see the season through ...
Back in 2014, Jon Boone, a senior analyst at The Guardian, wrote an article about Imran Khan and Haqani exposé The article states, “The political party led by the former cricket star Imran Khan claims ...
An audit report has revealed that almost 300 coronavirus deaths were not reported by the Punjab government. This has prompted serious controversy and criticism around the Punjab government’s data entry system. Up until the 19th ...
International experts believe that the 200 million Indian muslims living under the Modi regime are facing the threat of genocide. Dr Gregory Stanton, the founder and president of Genocide Watch, said: “Preparation for genocide is ...
What happened: On Friday, a doctor belonging to the Ahmadiyya community was shot dead while his father and two uncles were badly injured when a teenage boy opened fire on them in their home in ...
The internet is obsessed with cats, fact. But now a new cat centric trend has popped up on Indonesian Twitter, where people are dressing their cats up in traditional Indonesian garb including hijabs. View this ...
What happened: A small town in Indonesia has reportedly using volunteers dressed as ghosts to try to scare people into social distancing over the coronavirus. In Indonesian folklore, ghostly figures known as “pocong” are said ...
A sage green Goofy sweatshirt from Ethnic Drake and Zubaida Apa sweatshirt by artist DigInk Ice blue tie dye sweatshirt from DeserveIt Nude high neck sweatshirt from Mango Issa Moo’D Cow Sweatshirt by 9Lines Episode ...
These days it feels like the world is perpetually on fire, there’s a hurricane somewhere, the threat of civil war elsewhere and no end in sight. With the advent of smartphones and social media news ...
What happened: Tokyo’s Kaisei Senior High School recently found that one of its registered students had not been attending classes and that another boy was pretending to be him. A representative from the school told ...
Background: Education ministers held a meeting on Monday which was chaired by Federal Minister for Education, Shafqat Mahmood. A few suggestions and recommendations were discussed however no final decision was taken and the government announced ...
A store in China recently came under fire for labeling large size women’s clothing as rotten. In a photo posted by a netizen the sizing chart of the store had extra labels in front of ...
Khadim Rizvi, the head of the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), passed away yesterday and condolences from the highest echelons of power have swiftly come pouring in. From the Prime Minister to the Chief of Army Staff ...
What happened: Marzia Panahi is a young afghan woman who has opened a small art gallery in the Afghan capital. She has employed a dozen young artists in her gallery. Panahi set up the Namad ...
What happened: On Thursday, the Government of Pakistan presented some rules that define how social media will be governed. After the decision came out many big tech companies announced that these regulations would make it ...
What happened: Singapore government charged an activist for staging a one-man protest without a permit over an incident in which he held up a sign bearing a crudely drawn smiley face outside a police station. ...
Recently, the Pope’s official instagram account liked a racy photo of a scantily clad brazilian model. It is not clear when exactly this photo was liked, but it was still visible on the 13th of ...
Amid much confusion late on Thursday night, news of Tehreek e Labbaik chief Allama Khadim Hussain Rizvi’s death started floating on Twitter before they eventually made headlines. Less than an hour later, voice notes and ...
Mar Menor is one of the largest seawater lagoons in all of Europe. It is located in the Spanish province of Murica. At first glance it seems like an idyllic place, with an abundance of ...
There is no shortage of talent in Pakistan and that is evidenced by its local art scene, which is now thriving. Here are 10 artists that are contributing to leveling up Pakistan’s art game by ...
What happened: On Wednesday, the Iraqi border ports commission said that Iraq and Saudi Arabia had opened the Arar border crossing for trade for the first time in three decades. Background: Arar had been closed ...
What happened: On Wednesday, Bahrain and Israel said they would open embassies, establish online visa systems and launch weekly flights between the countries soon, in a broadened cooperation promoted by Washington as an economic boon. ...
Paedophile Sohail Ayaz was sentenced to death on Wednesday, the 18th of November, by a trial court in Rawalpindi. He was sentenced to death on three counts, in addition to being handed down three sentences ...
What happened: On Thursday Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed was sentenced to 10 years in jail by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan in two more terror cases. Saeed, a ...
What happened: Nayla Abu Jubbah, a Palestinian mother-of-five launched a small revolution this week by becoming the first female taxi driver in the conservative Gaza Strip. Abu Jubbah does not cruise the streets for fares, ...
What happened: Prime Minister Imran Khan visits the Afghan capital, Kabul for delegation-level talks with President Ashraf Ghani on bilateral ties, the stuttering Afghan peace process and other issues. This will be the PM’s first ...
Background: According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), mental disorders account for more than four percent of the total disease burden in Pakistan. It found the burden to be higher among women. According to research studies ...
Naswar is a form of tobacco, popular in South and Central Asia, but unlike tobacco’s popular smoke producing iteration— cigarettes— Naswar is smokeless. Naswar is made by mixing together slaked lime (calcium hydroxide), juniper wood ...
Female students at Karakoram International University are allegedly being harassed by a staff member at their university. Female students at Karakoram International University (KIU) are allegedly being harassed by a staff member at their university, ...
Kazi Mannan is the owner of Sakina Halal Grill which is one the best food destinations in Washington D.C. This restaurant is very high-end and lavish but its mission is more than just to serve ...
What happened: On Wednesday Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri revealed that, United Arab Emirates has temporarily suspended the issuance of visit visas to Pakistan, including a dozen of other countries, until further notice. Why: ...
2020 has been a dead ringer for a nightmare that’s fit for a movie directed by Steven Spielberg himself. Just as things were seemingly calming down and life was returning to ‘normal’ (whatever that means ...
What happened: On Tuesday evening, a government website (https://sindhinvestment.gos.pk/) belonging to the investment department of the government of Sindh was hacked by Anonymous hackers as a result of a cyber-attack. Hacked By Anonymous. This is ...
What happened: Barack Obama’s memoir “A Promised Land” was released on Tuesday and gives a detailed account of the raid by American commandos that killed the world’s most wanted terrorist on May 2, 2011 inside ...
The New Zealand Police, for the first time in their history, have given a muslim officer an official police branded hijab. Zeena Ali, a thirty year old muslim woman, applied to join the New Zealand ...
What happened: A GoAir Riyadh-Delhi flight diverted to the Karachi airport after a medical emergency was reported onboard, Some reports stated that the flight G8- 6658A- took off from Riyadh in afternoon but had to ...
What happened: Donald Trump has fired the director of the federal agency that vouched for the reliability of the 2020 election and pushed back on the president’s baseless claims of voter fraud. CISA Director Christopher ...
Many news outlets have posted, recently, that mouthwash can kill coronavirus particles in your mouth. This however is not a cure nor is it going to protect you from corona. Although the internet seems to ...
What happened: On Monday, Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP) approved the transaction structure for the divestment of 96.6 per cent shares of Heavy Electrical Complex (HEC), and constituted a committee to improve upon the transaction ...
What happened: After eight months of havoc by coronavirus, scientists are moving towards an optimistic route where experimental vaccines are showing positive results. Till now the estimated cost of the Covid-19 vaccine is not available, ...
39.5% of Pakistani women are married before the age of 18, according to the Pakistan Demographic and Health survey (DHS) survey of 2017. The scourge of child marriage is still prevalent in Pakistan. The recent ...
What happened: Pakistani youtuber, Irfan Junejo did a comeback on his main channel after his fan requested to shoot a vlog with him/ How: Junejo uploaded a video on Monday in which he was at ...
The rights of women, especially of girls born to more conservative brown households, are often debated, argued and sometimes even repressed. The struggle to attain these rights however, is often outright rejected, deemed radical and ...
The Punjab government has issued a notification banning the two-finger test for survivors of rape and sexual assault. A move that should have happened much earlier given that the test holds no medical validity whatsoever. ...
All of the coronavirus cells currently infecting people worldwide can fit almost entirely in a teaspoon, according to TV mathematician Matt Parker. Despite the staggering number of coronavirus cases worldwide— 53 million— the microscopic size ...
What is happening: Pakistan has recorded nearly 15,000 cases this month alone, giving credence to health experts’ warnings about a second wave of the novel coronavirus. The number of active cases has reached 24,938 Back In ...
Background: Over the last few years, Pakistan’s Barelvi movement has become politically active and religiously mobilized. The social movement discourse in Pakistan has been disrupted as new actors are getting involved through dangerous channels. Not to ...
What WHO is saying: The World Health Organization has declared educational institutions as a significant source of coronavirus transmission in the general population. WHO has expressed concern about the government’s failure to decide about school ...
The U.S military has been buying data on people’s everyday movements, which has been mined from popular apps on their phone. One of the sources of data is an extremely popular Muslim prayer app, Muslim ...
What happened: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has emerged as the single largest party in the elections for the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly by securing 10 seats. Meanwhile Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) which scored three seats and ...
What happened: Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) has ended its Faizabad march/dhara in Islamabad shortly after a midnight announcement by its leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi. This announcement was made after the government negotiated with the leadership of ...
Player’s Unknown Battleground (PUBG Mobile) announced, via twitter, that they will be launching Urdu language voice packs for Pakistani players. The voice packs will make the gaming experience better for players as they will be ...
Dozens of police officers have been injured in violent clashes with Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) supporters, at Faizabad. The TLP protest against blasphemous caricatures published in France has continued for the second consecutive day, today. Videos ...
Widely enjoyed and equally criticized, dance has been a part of culture dating as far back as humankind, but there is some cultural dissonance in Pakistan regarding this art form. We love it and we ...
The police have revealed that the body of an 8 year old was found in a garbage can in Monimpura, Lahore on Sunday. The police have revealed that the body of an 8 year old ...
The government has declared that it will promulgate an ordinance to set up special courts in order to fast track rape cases. The ordinance will also suggest steps for the protection of witnesses and the ...
A student of grade 9 was raped by extended family members on Saturday, according to a complaint filed with the Umerkot district police. The victim’s family stated that her uncles, Ali Hassan Bajeer and Faiz ...
On the evening of the 15th of November Pakistani music lovers discovered a verified Instagram account for Spotify Pakistan. The account has no posts yet, and Spotify has not officially commented on their potential entry ...
The recent sorcery related deaths of five people, including the hanging of a 13 year old boy, have highlighted the epidemic of sorcery related violence in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The population of this small ...
To,Shela’s Shaadi Studio Hi Shela, Hina this side from Faisalabad. I’ve been consulting with the local rishta ladies but none have been able to set my daughter up with a suitable match. My daughter, Nina, ...
What is revenge bedtime procrastination: Revenge bedtime procrastination is a term coined by the Chinese internet, and it represents the increasing phenomenon of people who intentionally refuse to go to bed early in order to ...
What happened: On Friday, Police arrested more than 150 workers of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) in order to prevent them from participating in a protest march against France today. According to media reports, police have arrested ...
Ting Mong are the Cambodian version of scarecrows, they are made to resemble humans, more than the regular scarecrows that can be found in other countries, in an effort to trick evil spirits into believing ...
What happened: On Friday, Indian and Pakistani armed forces exchanged fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir after Indian army resorted to “indiscriminate and unprovoked” shelling, targeting mainly the civilian ...
Statistics obtained from the different organisations like the Police, Law, and Justice Commission of Pakistan, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Women’s Foundation, and provincial welfare agencies show that a minimum of 11 rape cases are ...
What happened: The deputy inspector-general (DIG) of police for Larkana, Nasir Aftab told media, that the main suspect who was arrested following the Kashmore gang-rape, Rafiq Malik, was shot dead by an accomplice as police ...
There was a bygone era where Pakistan was a famed stop on what can be termed the holy pilgrimage of hippies. Hippies, beatniks and the occasional intrepid traveller would all frequent the Hippie Trail in ...
Animal carcasses rotting away in the middle of the street are a common sight in Pakistan. Both the people who hit these animals and those passing by everyday don’t have the basic decency to at ...
The Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBA) election is set to take place on November 15, 2020. A dozen political and religious groups, including the three largest political parties in Pakistan, have campaigned in the region ...
Background: Two weeks ago, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that “Gilgit-Baltistan is going to become Pakistan’s fifth province”. PM Khan was speaking at an Independence Day parade in Gilgit-Baltistan on 1st November. It also marks ...
Two men have invented a novel way of getting through Sao Paolo’s traffic choked streets. Much to the delight of Harry Potter fans, Vinícius Sanctus and Alessandro Russo, have invented motorised broomsticks that look remarkably ...
What happened: On Friday The Counter-Terrorism Department has arrested most wanted terrorists of Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan after an alleged shootout near Manghopir Road, Karachi. According to the CTD officials, two most wanted terrorists of SMP are ...
The Pakistan Super League (PSL) is on track to resume from tomorrow, the 14th of November. Earlier this year, in March, the series was forced to halt midway due to the coronavirus pandemic. The play ...
What happened: Pakistani Trans activist, Janat Ali has been nominated for South Asian Hero Award 2020 by APCOM. What is APCOM: APCOM is a not-for-profit organisation based in Bangkok, representing and working with a network ...
What happened: Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth passed away on Thursday at the age of 59, days after contracting the coronavirus and being shifted to a private hospital in Islamabad. A ...
What happened: Lieutenant General Muhammad Afzal, the chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), has tested positive for the coronavirus, said the authority’s spokesperson. According to the NDMA spokesperson, Lt Gen Afzal has isolated ...
Usman and Yasmin Masih were gunned down by one of their muslim neighbours on the 9th of November, outside their home in Kathore Kalan, in Gujranwala district. Both Usman Masih and his mother, Yasmin Masih, ...
T/W: Rape, Assault What happened: On Thursday, Sindh police arrested a suspect accused in the gang-rape and torture of a four-year-old minor girl and her mother in the Kashmore While talking to media reporters, Kashmore ...
Water is essential for life, yet Pakistan is on the brink of running dry. Both the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) have warned that Pakistan will ...
If we look at 2020, nearly every country has faced the repercussions of pandemic through economic downfall or social unrest. But America has shown itself to be exceptional in the worst possible ways. No other ...
The FBR recently sent notice to the Director of Master Tiles asking him to explain his source of income after he reportedly spent millions on his daughter’s wedding. This along with the pictures from that ...
A Shia student was beaten by his classmates, before being handed over to police after a disagreement centred on the Caliphs Umar and Ali. The incident took place on Monday, at Islamabad Model College for ...
What happened: Police cracked a case of extortion and murder of an eight-year-old in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Culprit made two spelling mistakes in a ransom note. He misspelled the word “police” ...
What happened: After years of delays caused by red tape, cutbacks and opposition from religious and political factions, the first government-funded mosque in Athens since 1833 opened its doors to worshipers. Opposition from the Greek ...
Jon Rahm, a Spanish pro golfer, made a stunning hole in one shot on Tuesday. In a practice session for the Masters Tournament, which is starting today, Jon Rahm was able to hit a spectacular ...
What happened: Anaya Sheikh, a Trans comedian, is setting her foot back in the game after a year. Anaya has worked with feminist comedy group “Auratnaak” but after November, 2019 Anaya left the circuit because ...
On Tuesday, the Election Commission of Pakistan released the details of the assets and liabilities of the members of the National Assembly, for the financial year 2019-2020. The assets of Prime Minister Imran Khan took ...
The recent announcement of Pfizer and BioNtech’s Covid-19 vaccine sent the world into a tizzy, including Pakistan. There is already talk of the pandemic coming to an end soon and life returning to normal. However, ...
What happened: The Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed a female director for the first time. Human resources executive Alia Zafar has been included among four new PCB directors. The others are finance executive Javed Kurieshi, ...
What happened: The fiasco started after PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday posted a screenshot on the Twitter of an article by The Washington Post titled “Trump’s defeat is a blow for the world’s demagogues ...
Daraz is a popular online shopping platform and it is offering a wide variety of deals ranging from phones to home appliances. The range of products on offer is great on Daraz. But, with major ...
On Saturday, whole South Asian community celebrated the victory of Kamala Harris as US Vice President elect. She would be the first woman of black and Indian descent to hold the VP office. But no ...
Yesterday, distraught protestors threatened to set themselves on fire if forced to give up their homes for the government’s Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project. The homes of those living close to the riverfront have come ...
Meet the Dynamic Duo – Asad and Hassan – Founder of a multipurpose social dining space, Strictly Social. Asad and his team partner Hassan have been friends for a long time, and when they ...
From the start Swipe is both intriguing and alarming, we see a flock of crows ravenously feeding on scraps of meet and then we hear the overly cheerful voice of a news anchor talking about ...
Background: On Monday National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser called a crucial meeting of the parliamentary leaders in the National Assembly and the Senate for a briefing by “military officials on the current issues of national ...
What happened: On Monday National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser called a crucial meeting of the parliamentary leaders in the National Assembly and the Senate for a briefing by “military officials on the current issues of ...
Hope seems to be in the air everywhere. Trump lost the election, Modi is trailing behind his opponents in the polls from the Bihar election, the Chileans did away with the unjust Pinochet era constitution, ...
Maria Iqbal Tarana is a Former Chairperson of Commission for Women Status Jammu Kashmir and currently leading a youth forum for AJK. What happened: Maria Tarana recently uploaded a video on her twitter timeline in ...
The recent discourse in Pakistan regarding the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris has been one of jubilation and relief. After Trump’s defeat many with relatives settled in America have breathed a sigh of ...
Prime Minister Imran Khan recently said that a uniform education system would eradicate the current class-based education system, as all children would get equal opportunities to excel. And, the vehicle for this change is to ...
What happened: A video of newly elected American Vice president, Kamala Harris resurfaced on the internet which is worrying a lot of supporter; especially Muslim supporters. Back in 2017 Kamala delivered a speech at the ...
Gang culture and mafias have a special place in South Asian society. Not because we are innately drawn towards violence, which can “sometimes” be the case, but also that our mainstream entertainment has put an ...
Background: A two-member bench comprising Justice KK Agha and Justice Amjad Ali Sahito heard the case of Arzoo’s abduction, forced conversion and marriage of a 44-year-old man, Syed Azhar Ali in Karachi. What happened: On ...
Even though cannabis is illegal in Pakistan, its port city, Karachi ranked second in the list of the most marijuana consuming cities in the world. On the face of it this ranking seems absurd, Pakistan ...
What happened: Usman Gohar, Manager Faysal Bank F-10 Islamabad, was caught on camera red-handed while harassing a female colleague at work. The video went viral and infuriated the internet community. A lot of people started ...
A Brutally Murdered Female Student’s Body found Dumped Road Side in Faisalabad
Congratulations to America for choosing a woke hypocrite over an outright racist. It’s a victory for the United State’s fight in restoring democracy no doubt, but the fact is a majority of US presidents have ...
What happened: PTI senior leader Jahangir Tareen returned to the country after spending seven months in London, he was accompanied with his son,Ali Tareen. Why he left: Tareen, a confidant of PM Imran Khan and ...
A veritable champion of the people, Ghulam Asghar Saieen, moved the Sindh High Court, yesterday, to legalise just 10 grams of hash. The Sindh High Court in top form as the resident buzzkills however didn’t ...
What happened: Bangladesh has opened its first school dedicated solely to transgender in the capital city Dhaka. They will be taught Islamic values and vocational subjects. Who’s funding it: Funding for the madrassa comes from ...
Background: A secretive campaign for introducing the presidential form of government in the country reached the Supreme Court through a petition filed on 28 August,2020 What this petition states: Petition states that Prime Minister Imran ...
Indu Mitha has championed the classical performance art of bharatanatyam as a teacher to thousands of students across Pakistan, and a supportive mother to Tehreema Mitha, who is the torchbearer of her school. With each ...
Not a day goes by in this country when women aren’t being raped, abused, murdered, or just generally having the life stifled out of them. And still, men like Qasim Ali Shah have the audacity ...
The brutal police crackdown on farmers demonstrating for a fair wheat support price has led to the death of Malik Ashfaq Langrial. He was one of the farmers leading the demonstration against the government. The ...
What happened: Tens of thousands of Muslims, from Pakistan to Lebanon to the Palestinian territories, poured out of prayer services to join anti-France protests last Friday. In Pakistan these anti-French protests were mainly organized by ...
In just few month American elections have brought the most intense political drama. Analysts and political scientists are worried about the outcome of the results. According to the experts, even if Trump loses he might ...
Riz Ahmed, a British-Pakistani actor, is best known for his roles in Rogue One: A Star Wars story, and The Night Of. But he has also had a rather diverse music career, as Riz MC ...
Gilgit-Baltistan ;the most important tourist attractions in Pakistan has a long history of struggle. For beginners, Gilgit-Baltistan are two separate places adjacent in the same region. Gilgit was liberated on November 1, 1947 while Baltistan ...
Background: On 4 January 2011, Salmaan Taseer, the governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province, was killed by one of his security guards, Mumtaz Qadri. He said he committed the murder because, “this is the punishment for ...
Pakistan and America are old allies with an often tumultuous relationship but never before has the Pakistani public felt so close to the Americans. The current U.S election has shaped up to be strikingly similar ...
As we’re moving towards the end results of the world’s most important election; US election, everything seems surreal. 2020 has been a tough year but to keep our mind off the detrimental news social media ...
Amaar Farooki is a musician who has made a promising career in singing. Farooki is a New York based artist who has recently released a new single; Inside, which resonates with the listeners’ state of ...
What is Fitoor: Fitoor is an online marketplace based in Karachi which provides a platform for local artists to sell their artwork with the comfort of their home. Fitoor finds valuable buyers for artwork precisely ...
Roshan Digital Accounts (RDA) are a way for overseas Pakistanis to open and use digital bank accounts in Pakistan, all whilst being abroad. These accounts are part of a strategy to attract more foreign exchange ...
Pakistan and its people are, commonly, not portrayed well in Western media. Take Homeland for example, where Pakistan is depicted only as terrorist laden hellhole, and for some inexplicable reason the people speak Arabic instead ...
Prime Minister Imran Khan, with what appeared to be thinly veiled admiration, recently shared how both he and the American President, Donald Trump, have had to get creative and do “a lot of out of ...
On Wednesday, a security guard seriously injured a bank manager accusing him of blasphemy. The guard’s actions were later applauded by locals who greeted him with slogans including, “Behead those who insult the Prophet”. The ...
Every single day of this year had astonishing surprises for the world. From raging wildfires to civil unrest we witnessed nearly every crucial event historians have written about. And yes, the pandemic which swallowed millions ...
Today was the first hearing, in the Sindh High Court, of the case of Arzoo Masih. A 13 year old christian girl, whose parents state that she was kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam ...
If Pakistani celebrities cannot make the news interesting with groundbreaking and moving work, they sure can keep things fiery with controversy. Adding another incident to the list of irresponsible behaviour by big names of the ...
T/W: Rape, Assault, Violence Truth be told it’s been a really hard year for everyone. A month ago, the whole nation witnessed a treacherous incident that shook our core and left us traumatized. A mother ...
Yesterday, following in the footsteps of previous governments, the Pakistani Parliament in an attempt to obfuscate the real political issues of the time passed a resolution demanding that their envoy be recalled from France. Not ...
On 27 October 1947, Indian Troops set foot on Kashmiri soil to occupy Srinagar. This act of force led to bloody war(s) and series of UN Security Council resolutions. In our mainstream discourse we are ...
Today, #boycottfrenchproduct is trending and Pakistan has been gripped by boycott fever once again, and this time LU biscuits have landed in the crosshairs. Ostensibly, in an effort to drive France to its knees and ...
The Pakistan Democratic Movement, a nexus of parties across the political spectrum, has been rallying against the sitting government and the establishment for the past month. Agitation from the political opposition, no matter who they ...
From billboards to truck ads at every other street of Karachi, Glow & Lovely is trying so hard to convince you it has changed, that it won’t hurt our feelings anymore with its insensitive tone, ...
PDM- Pakistan Democratic Movement is an alliance of 11-political party which has three major stakeholders; two leaders from political dynasties, PML-N Vice president Maryam Nawaz and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and the head of ...
Explosion occurred at a seminary in Peshawar’s Dir Colony this morning. According to reports, at least seven people were killed and more than 70 injured it is also being reported that majority of injured people ...
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