Category: Opinion
I recently came across a story about a child in Pakistan who was taught by her mother that a potato is actually a boti because they couldn’t afford chicken and she didn’t want her child ...
Anti-state speeches, slogans and a massive crowd; opposition leaders called out administration, government officials and some ex-official(s) for incompetence and corruption. Background: Pakistan Democratic Movement, is an opposition-led coalition of 11 political parties. They have ...
This opinion has been authored by ProperGaanda’s viewer, Nasar Qadir. The views and opinions represented in this article represent those of the author alone and do not represent the views and opinions of ProperGaanda. To ...
Suffocation by censorship, what an ironic thing to say during the coronavirus pandemic; the same pandemic which wreaked havoc not only in China and the United States, but also the neighbouring countries of Iran and ...
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This week on Pakistani news and social media, headlines such as ‘woman allegedly raped by police’ and ‘girl raped by two cousins in AJK’ have, unsurprisingly, caught my attention—as they usually do. On Tuesday, September ...
The recent incidents of rape have rightfully captured the nation’s attention, with citizens calling for the immediate public hanging of the perpetrators behind the incidents. The intention behind this may certainly be positive, with citizens ...
Apple’s computers just never lose their appeal, despite the fact that there are other laptops out there capable of competing – and even beating – the MacBook in terms of performance. Whether it is their ...
A strange folktale told in Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia is one of the scariest and most savage superstitions in Southeast Asia, a region where superstitious beliefs tend to be commonplace. The belief goes something like ...
Team PG reviewed some of the best and worst burgers you can order in Lahore. From pricey all-organic burgers at fancy eateries such as Amavi to affordable – but not so healthy – fast-food joints ...
Matam is a Shiite ritual performed during the month of Muharram to express grief for the tragedies that befell Muslims at Karbala, specifically the death of the Holy Prophet’s grandson and nearly all his companions. ...
Shiite Islam emerged in the 7th century following conflicts that arose partly over who had the right to carry on the Caliphate. Two schools of thought emerged and the Sunni-Shia divide was established, irrevocably changing ...
‘Nauhakhawni‘ is the act of reciting nauhas: nauha being a lament about the tragedies Muslims faced at Karbala. A Nauhakhawn is someone who is particularly gifted in this art and with his mournful recitals, is ...
Karachi continues to sink beneath a torrential wave of storms and rainwater. The city has been in turmoil since before the monsoon, what with sewage overflowing onto main roads as well as distressingly long power ...
Hasan Minhaj’s award-winning show the ‘Patriot Act’ has been accused of creating a toxic workplace environment for women of colour. The irony of this is clearly evident, seeing as Minhaj himself is of Indian origin. ...
Churails, a web series directed by Asim Abbasi (Cake, 2018) and released earlier this month, has been the target for a lot of scrutiny on social media (there will be spoilers in this article, so ...
On Sunday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officers shot 29 year old Jacob Blake in the back – not once or twice but multiple times. They did so just as he was getting into his car, ...
Kunwar Moeez Khan, CEO of Top City-1 Islamabad, has been the proud owner of a gold foil Lamborghini Aventador S since the year 2018. The man who is known as KMK is a die-hard car ...
Founded after partition in 1948 by Taj Din, a man who sold shawls in Indian Kashmir, Nirala Sweets was the fastest growing confectionery Pakistan had ever seen. It was a success from the moment Taj ...
The period of Muharram holds immense religious significance for Muslims. It is a time saturated with grief and painful remembrance: a highly spiritual occasion, commemorated intensely amongst Shiite communities in particular. But what is happening ...
Before Maro Tandoors came into being, we all knew of cheese and qeema naans that were served at desi eateries. But after Maro Tandoors, Pakistan got to see a different kind of stuffed naan: a ...
Pakistan’s biggest metropolis, with a population of over 1.6 crore, is drowning in a sea of neglect – both literally and metaphorically. Various parts of Karachi have been affected by the monsoon system, with some ...
Since the conflict began, Israel and Hamas have engaged in a bloody back and forth with Gaza in the middle. Once Israel declared Hamas-led Gaza an enemy, violence ensued on a devastating scale. Israel placed ...
Every corporation, big or small, has a responsibility towards the people it employs. And it goes both ways. It’s simple. A transaction is made or a service is performed, after which the effort receives acknowledgement ...
Elusive billionaire Mian Mohammad Mansha has been ranked 2nd to 3rd richest in the country according to net worth. In 2010, he was also featured on the Forbes list of World Billionaires. Chairman of Nishat ...
Silk is probably as fancy as one can get with a face mask. A silk face covering is a definite step up from a brittle, boring surgical mask. Seeing as covid-19 may be here to ...
TikTok has been blamed for a lot of things during its rise to the top. One of the greatest on-going grievances people raise is that it pollutes minds and encourages toxic behaviour. Created in 2016 ...
The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence is the first of its kind: offering graduate level research-oriented Masters and PhD degrees in the up-and-coming field of AI. Although it was originally set to open ...
In an arraignment earlier today, former President Asif Ali Zardari pleaded not guilty in front of an accountability court via video appearance. He has been accused of using undue influence to obtain a loan amounting ...
Careers in finance are consistently ranked amongst the highest-paying pursuits worldwide. Investment banking is one extremely lucrative niche the world of finance offers. This leads to an age-old question: how can finance industries be so ...
Pirs are thought to be blessed individuals with a unique spiritual connection to God. But they hold extraordinary significance that goes beyond religiosity. Their influence and power runs miles deep and touches every crevice of ...
On Friday, Karachi police mistook two men for miscreants and promptly began to shoot at them – killing one and injuring the other. A witness named Noman, who was riding on a bike with his ...
The situation in Karachi has been dismal during this monsoon season. With five people dead and three more electrocuted, and city streets turned into rivers, it is natural to expect that the PPP government would ...
Four different Muslim majority nations have experienced either fires or explosions in key areas during the past three days. The latest incident is a fire that occurred today in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia near a train ...
Soaring cliffs, waterfalls, sand dunes, and a blue-green ocean: Balochistan is what most people would call a ‘hidden gem’. Part of what makes it so beautiful is the fact that it remains uncorrupted by manmade ...
At the time of the first bombing in Hiroshima, the second world war had already claimed millions of lives. Civilian deaths made up more than half of these. War crimes were committed on both sides: ...
On Tuesday, Beirut saw a massive explosion on its sea port. The shockwaves were horrific, and the consequences, even more so. A report claims that the Prime Minister of Lebanon has promised he will hold ...
This article was written by Shaheer Shazib, a student in Karachi. Yesterday the Pakistani government, in a spirit of nationalistic vigor, took out a new political map of the country. The updated map shows AJK ...
Disclaimer: Smoking is injurious to health. On 30th of July, we saw a glimpse of the lives of four women hell bound on avenging cheating husbands under the shadow of a Burka shop named “Halal ...
America is no stranger to threatening companies into seemingly ‘beneficial’ acquisitions. The reason TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is even considering giving up its U.S. shares is because of President Trump’s recent declaration that he may ...
According to Forbes, new studies suggest that children could in fact be quite efficient transmitters of the coronavirus. One of these studies, done in Chicago, claim that young children contain about one hundred times the ...
Each with a net worth amounting to billions of dollars, top fashion houses in the world hold immense power. High-end fashion brands don’t just sell clothes and accessories. They sell lifestyles – lifestyles that are ...
What does it mean to truly belong to Lahore? Usually, the word ‘belong’ automatically links to permanence and continuity. No one feels as if they belong the first time they step foot in new surroundings. ...
According to the Time’s ‘Brief History of Veganism’, the term vegan was coined in 1944 by a British woodworker Donald Watson. He wanted to acknowledge those brave souls who went a step ahead of vegetarians ...
‘Eidi’ is usually meant to signify a special sum of money gifted to young family members by parents and older relatives. But eidi doesn’t always have to be a gift of cash. It can also ...
The way that the corona virus has been dealt with in Pakistan has been, to say the very least, anxiety inducing and angering. I remember reading Arundhati Roy a while back, and she eloquently phrased ...
Skirmishes on the Pak-Afghan border are not a rare occurrence. The two countries share an uncommonly long border – spanning nearly 2,500 kilometres. But more than the length of the frontier, it is their fraught ...
Esra Bilgic, star of Turkish drama series ‘Dirilis: Ertugrul’, recently published a tweet claiming she had found her number one in Pakistan. The statement was so intriguing for audiences that it began to attract all ...
The extrajudicial murder of Tahir Ahmad Naeem was bad enough, but what was arguably worse was the reaction of the Pakistani people followed. The celebration of another example of extrajudicial “justice” and the proclamation of ...
It’s not always easy fulfilling religious rites. Slaughtering animals may be an inescapable obligation but it is never pleasant. The uneasiness begins from that first day a child forces his or her parents to let ...
As another year in the Islamic calendar approaches its end, thousands of Muslims are once again partaking in the holy religious ritual that is Hajj, although this time in significantly lower quantity and in much ...
The homeless are seen everywhere. But are they really and truly visible? The world they inhabit is so different to what Lahoris call home, it might as well be the ‘upside down’. Most of them ...
With journalists being abducted in broad daylight, textbooks being censored at an alarming rate, and a disturbing trend of civil rights violations being observed, one is driven to wonder if somehow the all-watching Big Brother ...
As the public sees it, Pakistan’s prime ministers hold the nation in the palm of their hands. It is true that ‘head-of-government’ is not a title to be taken lightly. But with a lofty title ...
After being in the dating game for so long, I have come to realize that all men are the same. The only difference between them is how they package themselves. Some come in a sweet, ...
For a lot of people, this question may sting. And why shouldn’t it? It’s never easy to realize that you’ve been excluded or left out. Yet that is exactly the feeling some Karachiites live with. ...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday hinted at banning YouTube in Pakistan over ‘objectionable content’. This news comes a day after live-streaming app Bigo was banned and TikTok was issued a ‘final notice’ over ‘obscenity’. Earlier ...
Careem recently released a well-intentioned commercial poking fun at coronavirus conspiracy-theorists and encouraging the wearing of masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. While Careem’s ad was indisputably a positive step forward, and one that other organizations ...
Society, as we know it, has a habit of having pre-ordained boxes where it can conveniently fit people, thoughts, ideas and feelings. You want the government to take more responsibility for those without a voice? ...
Author: Mishaal Ahsan Khan Having risen to prominence as one of the most strident critics of state sanctioned violence and law enforcement in the United States, America’s minority racial and ethnic groups have advocated vociferously ...
This article was written by Sidra Vohra, a literature and film student in Amsterdam I remember Amma draped in shades of pink and red mixed in with gold on banarsi kapra that made its rounds ...
This article was submitted to Team ProperGaanda by Aaish Zia, a student in Karachi. The monsoon season is upon us again. Yet for a city plagued by continuous hot weather, this supposedly refreshing treat is ...
July of two years ago was a devastating month for the Sharif family. Not only were the family members facing conviction on three counts of corruption but they were also bracing for the loss of ...
Pakistan never liked Malala: truth, conjecture, or a bit of both? In reality, to pick any one categorization would be doing injustice to the different shades of opinion prevalent in this country. After all, there ...
Phone calls in the latter part of the night, when the moon is brightest and the monsters are lurking, are the worst, the most sinister – almost the harbingers of bad news. It is almost ...
It’s a story I’ve been told a hundred times, to have a meal on your table for your family to feast on is a luxury. To only eat half way although you struggled to bring ...
I remember an incident from when I was around 5 years old. My dad handed over some money to my mom—remember the oversized, ugly, deep-blue Thousand Rupee notes? A few of those. What followed was ...
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) recently announced that it will temporarily ban PUBG in Pakistan. This news came after a series of events that were triggered by the suicide of a 10th grade student in ...
As more and more allegations of harassment by teachers and other individuals of authority come forward, a student from the LGS Model Town branch reached out to ProperGaanda and, on the condition of anonymity, shared ...
As enrolled and former students share incidents of alleged harassment by teachers, a former student of KIPs Lahore reached out to ProperGaanda to bring to attention the actions of a former teacher who is now ...
From 2008 to 2010, I was enrolled at LGS Defence, possibly the poshest and one of the most talked about educational institutes in Lahore – but my grades in one subject saw a drastic drop; ...
The N-word is perhaps one of the most widely debated words in South Asian circles, especially in Pakistan; many use it without a second thought, while others label anyone who uses it a racist. Being ...
I remember asking my father, who happens to be a surgeon, when a child starts forming memories. I found out that the memory I was trying to recall was from a time when I was ...
When you wake up on a Sunday morning from a long night’s sleep, after a very tiring week, you don’t want the first thing you see to be the news of a celebrity’s death and ...
The LUMS administration has proven, once again, that they are ignorant and insensitive regarding the pandemic we are facing. It started with a fee hike, one that LUMS’ students are still fighting against, which created ...
I never imagined there would come a day when I would get to see a Polish film trending number 1 in Pakistan. However, I’m also not surprised that the Polish version of 50 Shades of ...
A few weeks ago, amid the pandemic, one news story was making headlines: the Uzma Khan case. Viral videos were leaked on social media before reports emerged, activists raised hue and cry, an FIR was ...
Nida and Bahawal, a young Pakistani couple, is one of many who tied the knot during the coronavirus outbreak – this is their story. The coronavirus pandemic upended everything from the economy, health care industry ...
In the midst of global instability caused by COVID-19, the murder of George Floyd and numerous other problems facing humanity, Indus Hospital has arranged for a system through which residents of Karachi, Bahawalpur and Multan ...
31 years ago to the day, tanks rolled down Tiananmen Square in Beijing to shut down student-led demonstrations against government corruption, inflation and restrictions imposed on freedom of speech and democracy. With hundreds to thousands ...
Four years ago, Vice published an essay I wrote on Pakistan’s “hook-up culture.” Initially upon submission, the piece was less of a personal essay and more of an informative one. However, if there is one ...
On Monday, a sessions court granted pre-arrest bail to two daughters and one relative of property tycoon, Malik Riaz, in actor Uzma Khan’s house storming and harassment case. Daughters of Malik Riaz, Amber Malik and ...
Sally Challen’s landmark case has put a spotlight on the fight against domestic abuse in Britain, as well as the changing laws in the country, reports the New York Times. A British woman who was ...
Climate change, is a dilemma too real and too scary but still largely ignored, especially in our part of the world. In 2019, all everyone seemed to talk about was the impending climate change disaster; ...
A recent article published by the far right digital news website Parhlo titled CHUBBY PAKISTANI GIRL SHARES STORY OF HOW HER HUSBAND FOUGHT FOR THEIR MARRIAGE, goes on to show how fat-shaming is deeply ingrained ...
LUMS has come under criticism again, as students and alumni took to social media after a 41% fee hike was announced. However, according to the LUMS vice-chancellor, the decision was taken before the Covid-19 outbreak ...
Otzi’s tattoos. Otzi the Iceman, discovered in 1991, is Europe’s oldest human mummy – his body is adorned with sixty-one tattoos. Tattoos, originating from the Samoan word ‘tatau’ meaning ‘to strike’, have a rich history ...
On Sunday, educationalist and activist Ammar Ali Jan called out local Pakistani brands Nishat and Gul Ahmed for allegedly firing their employees on the 2nd day of Ramadan. Ammar Ali Jan did not provide any ...
Almost a month ago, I was at my university dorm room, packing only a week’s worth of clothes-how wrong I was. I should’ve emptied my dorm room closet because what I’d thought would be a ...
As the lockdown eases for several industries in Pakistan but still has been extended by 2 weeks for the common man, we can’t wonder but ask the question, is the lockdown doing any good? Because ...
As most governments around the world confront the coronavirus crisis and are trying to do whatever that is needed protect their citizens and economies, dozens of others are seizing on the moment as an opportunity ...
The Covid-19 outbreak in Italy offers plenty of lessons for Pakistan, if only we would heed them. In a new Harvard Business Review article, a trio of academics — Gary Pisano, Raffaella Sadun, and Michele Zanini — broke ...
The following article has been contributed by Omer Azhar Bhatti. Omer is the co-founder of the Future of Pakistan Conference and a graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. A day before Prime ...
By Saad Sultan. COVID-19 has halted the world. For good or for bad, it seems like everybody is on the same page across the globe. While there are a myriad of opinions on how the ...
The coronavirus pandemic has not only changed the way we socialise but also the way we work. At the forefront of the change is Silicon Valley based video conferencing app Zoom. Zoom launched in 2013 ...
A recent report from the CDC from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that Coronavirus RNA was found on the Diamond Princess ship 17 days after the passengers had vacated the premises-the ...
As this global crisis continues, we face another difficult conundrum: Are people now unconsciously gearing themselves up for something darker on the horizon? Grappling with distressing food shortages, rampant paranoia, and a global fast-spreading disease ...
Raza Gillani, a former employee of the Citizens Archive of Pakistan, shared his experience with the company via twitter. “Two days ago, I was fired from the Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP). I had been ...
One test detects signs of past infection and the other finds current viral load, also known as viral burden, which is the numerical expression of the quantity of virus in a given volume. Researchers have ...
Let’s get real, the trend of people popularising panic driven videos is not going to die down any time soon, especially not at a time when the whole of Pakistan is quarantined in their homes, ...
In the wake of the rapidly growing pandemic which has adversely impacted Pakistan, with more than 900 cases confirmed as of 24 March, a country-wide lockdown has been announced. The lockdown will ensure that minimal ...
The country on Monday finally went into the lockdown mode in order to contain the spread of novel coronavirus as the army was called in to support the civil administration in the four provinces as ...
The country on Monday finally went into the lockdown mode in order to contain the spread of novel coronavirus as the army was called in to support the civil administration in the four provinces as ...
On 21st March, renowned activist, speaker and currently a professor at Forman Christian College Lahore, Dr. Ammar Ali Jan accused Generation and Limelight of firing their workers on the 1st of April. A video ProperGaanda ...
“It was the smell that was the worst. In this dusty camp on Pakistan’s border with Iran, which at one stage held more than 6,000 people, the stench of sweat, rubbish and human excrement hung in ...
As the coronavirus spreads through the world, so do the wild myths and theories about how to prevent and cure the illness. The latest myth that is circulating on Twitter and among the WhatsApp conspiracy ...
Life in Pakistan is changing drastically. We’re physically distanced from our favorite people, we’re avoiding going to our favourite hangout spots, and many are financially strained or out of work. Online classes, trapped in the ...
It is now high time that we start taking this pandemic seriously. The course this virus is taking in Pakistan is very similar to how it spread in other countries. I don’t have the heart ...
On Tuesday, Imran Khan addressed all of Pakistan on the Coronavirus pandemic in a televised address, his first address on COVID-19. As of Tuesday night, 237 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Pakistan with ...
Pakistan is home to several religious minorities, notably the Hindus, Sikhs and Christians. It is also home to a tiny 200 member Jewish community which is scattered all over the country. This is their story. ...
The first human clinical trial of a COVID-19 vaccine was administered Monday. Four volunteers were given their first of two shots of the vaccine. Forty-five volunteers are expected to participate in this trial. The vaccine ...
He sent the letter two days ago. “I’m coming home. There’s too much noise here.” That was it. Short and concise. He didn’t wait for a reply. He had lived outside of Pakistan for 7 ...
In the last week, COVOID-19 has gotten new notoriety, forcing world leaders into isolation, resulting in cancellation of sport leagues, restricting world travel and causing the market to plunge. All these things are bad, terrible, ...
The scale at which the coronavirus will spread in different countries and how big it will get is uncertain. 27,980 cases have been confirmed in Italy, which makes it the largest outbreak outside China. After ...
I think it’s pertinent to mention that I’m not a doctor, just a dentist. Those outside of the health care industry may wonder what the big deal is, but ask a doctor, someone who has ...
The following is a work of fiction. I think I reached my breaking point last night. I think. Maybe you can be the judge of that? I saw this coming. Everyone saw this coming. I ...
I cringe while I drive back from a party with Lahore’s crème de la crème, fearing some invisible illness that haunts them will latch onto me too. What a vision they create: dresses made in ...
The Senate approved by a majority the Zainab Alert, Response and Recovery Act, 2020 Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) lawmakers voted against it and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) senators recommended amendments to the bill. The legislation has been named ...
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Zafar Mirza addressed the rumors about the government hiding the actual number of confirmed cases of coronavirus. He spoke to the press and said, “The reports of the government ...
As twitter fires against and in support of Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar after his outrageously misogynistic remarks made on activist Marvi Sirmad, Veena Malik has joined the bandwagon by tweeting under the hashtag #khalilurrehmanqamar and bashing Marvi. ...
On Wednesday, the coronavirus death toll in the United States rose to 9. And so does rises the panic in the state of Seatle. The total number of people diagnosed with the coronavirus in the ...
Lahore Qalander finally won their first game in the Pakistan Super League 2020 with a stunning performance against Quetta Gladiators. Winning by 37 runs the Lahore Qalandars won back the hearts of their fans and ...
As Lahore Qalandars still sit on the bottom of the table, the Lahore Qalandar fans protests against the Lahore Qalandar authority because they are just tired of losing. The Lahore Qalandar fans protested at the ...
Ayyan Ali, Pakistani supermodel and singer who returned to social media on Monday. The model has made a return to social media after nearly two years of disappearing. She shared a dazzling post on Instagram, ...
I’ll have to ruin the story here and say, NO ONE made Khalil-ur-Rehman a representative of the male community. And whenever he says ‘Hum Mard’ it infuriates me. Now lets do a recap on what ...
Director, actor and producer, Sarmad Khoosat, largely popular for his role in Manto has had his fill with the controversies around his movie Zindagi Tamasha and today, he finally expressed his frustration through Twitter and ...
There’s alot of criticism that comes to political parties and government, many discuss the shortcomings and others speak of them with hope. But what do the civilians say? Gallup Pakistan, the Pakistani affiliate of Gallup ...
According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup & Gilani Pakistan, most preferred number of children a married couple should have is four. What was the research? A representative sample of men ...
Reporting anywhere in the world has never been safe. It has always been a risk filled job. And if you’re a journalist in New Delhi right now, you’re on a suicide mission. But journalists say ...
Indian actress Priyanka Chopra has drawn criticism for her silence over recent riots in New Delhi which saw many people killed in the Indian capital recently. As a human rights activist and a proud Indian, ...
A new coronavirus case has been reported in Karachi bringing the total number of reported patients to 3. The statement was issued on Saturday, the Sindh Health department said the case was confirmed at 5 ...
There is no parallel to Paratha Rolls when it comes low budget munchings. Whether its an after school lunch or a midnight craving whilst binging a Netflix series, Paratha Rolls are your best bargain when ...
It all started over a glass of water, said Aasia Noreen, a Christian woman who spent years on death row after being accused of blasphemy. She was cleared of the charge on October 31, 2018. ...
A man accused of raping a 10-year-old girl was arrested in Khairpur, on friday. According to the family, the girl was suffering from a mental illness. “The man lured her in and then raped her,” ...
The Swiss government decided to ban large events expected to draw more than 1,000 people in a drive to curb the new coronavirus epidemic. It did not — at least for now — apply to ...
China finds a breakthrough as they discharge 36,117 patients on friday. Criteria for deciding if a patient has recovered varies between provinces, but in general, Chinese hospitals require people to test negative twice in a ...
Bangladesh senior batsman Mushfiqur Rahim is adamant on his stance of not touring Pakistan for the one-off one-day International (ODI) and Test match, scheduled to take place in Karachi next month. After the rehab of ...
Rob Osman from Bristol in the United Kingdom has dealt with depression and anxiety for a really long time. But throughout the difficult times, there was always one thing that helped – walking his dog. ...
Indian police have arrested 514 people for deadly Hindu-Muslim violence that broke out in the capital. Police said the toll from days of blood-letting stood at 35, but local media, citing unnamed sources, said it ...
As the count down to the season finale of Ehd-e-wafa begins the trailer hit social media yesterday and everyone was shocked. Humayun Saeed was found in the opening scene as Major Humayun and as the ...
The committee, headed by Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla, gave the directions after Senator Kulsoom Parveen said that despite clear directions from the convener of the committee to consult her and Samina Saeed for the allocation of ...
President Dr Arif Avi after consulting ulema said people suffering from flu should offer prayers at home, and avoid Jumma congregations for community’s wellbeing. Two patients were diagnosed with novel coronavirus in Pakistan, and a ...
Facebook has warned any coronavirus product to stop making false claims and using facebook as a shoulder to shoot the bullet. Facebook that it is banning ads that make false claims about products tied to ...
The person is a student of MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) who had recently flown back from China, where he was enrolled. This is one suspected case of coronavirus infection in Punjab, confirms ...
The Scottish parliament approved plans on Tuesday to make sanitary products freely available to all women, the first nation in the world to do so. How much would it cost to the country? The legislation ...
An army of ducks has been deployed to fight the locust crisis for Pakistan. Pakistan was invaded by the locust swarm last year, which proceeded to lay waste to the country’s cotton crop and is ...
Pakistan decided to suspend all flight operations to Iran from midnight after the first two coronavirus cases were confirmed in the country a day earlier. Pakistan had closed borders with Iran following a spike in ...
So after the heroic arrest of Indian Wing Commander Abhinandan, the armed forces made a video of him drinking Pakistani chai and which soon went viral. Today, the Pakistani twitter community remembers how the armed ...
On April 11, London will be hosting the first Muslim LGBTQI+ festival which will be the first Muslim Pride Fest in the world. The event is named “ImaanFest” and the tickets have already started being ...
Price of surgical masks skyrocketed in Karachi after two cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the country and the panic amongst civilians increased. A medical store owner confirmed that a box of ordinary surgical masks ...
Yes, you read it right the renowned Stanford University is finally coming to Pakistan through their annual Spirit of Math contest that is focused on enhancing the mathematical skills of the students along with challenging ...
On February 13, a top official at Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) received a phone call on his whatsapp number. He was in Pemra’s Lahore office, which he had stormed while “shouting and directing ...
BJP General Secretary B.L Santosh has entered an unknown pernicious territory by interfering with the US Presidential Elections. Bernie Sanders had shared the Washington Post’s report on the violence and slammed US President Donald Trump’s ...
The kingdom, which hosts the two holiest sites of Islam in Makkah and Madina, welcomes millions of Muslim visitors throughout the year with a peak for Haj. It introduced a new tourism visa last October ...
The remains of an 18 year old boy were collected from the Lahore Safari park’s lion cage. Upon interrogation they found out that an 18 year old boy had been missing for the past two ...
After Meray Pass Tum Ho’s finale’s phenomenal success that was screened in cinemas, another popular series has followed suit. Hum TV correspondent Nasar Khan confirmed to Images that Ehd-e-Wafa’s final episode is also hitting the silver screen. According to ...
So a few days ago, twitter blew up as Chris Lynn from Lahore Qalandars upon comparison with Steve Austin said that he’d rather be called Johnny Sins (popular pornstar) The 29-year-old Chris Lynn was sitting ...
Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights has approved the final draft of the Zainab Alert Bill, which proposes conducting trials of child abduction cases in anti-terrorism courts established under the ATA 1997. “Any police officer ...
Lahore Qalandars have a record of losing the most games in the previous four editions of HBL PSL and finishing off at the bottom of the points table. They have begun their 2020 campaign no ...
The mother of a schoolboy who was pushed in a river has accused the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and police of institutional racism over a failure to prosecute their main suspect. Christopher Kapessa, 13, was ...
Today, Pakistan was became the second most polluted country in the world in terms of pollution density of areas with the most horrific airborne pollutants according the world air quality by Swiss firm IQ Air. ...
They say that the devil was born in secrecy – the same can be said when spoken of toxic masculinity in South Asian circles and the men that wear the badge. With privilege for men, ...
The gold prices today have broken all previous records by a 2000Rs. increase making it 96,300/per tola. The prices have increased because of the increase in the international market. The yellow metal is worth $1684/per ...
Six people died on Sunday after a cylinder exploded in a storage room near the western bypass in Quetta. According to rescue officials, at the time of explosion inside the storage house, a man died ...
In hindsight, driving a Careem and dealing drugs on the side may not be the most ideal professional decision. But perhaps if you drive in Karachi, it may work out. Karachite, @chaiandkimchi aka Arham tweeted ...
PIA airplane PK-631 flying from Islamabad to Sukkar shocks passengers as the emergency door opens while the plane lands. A passenger told a reliable media source that, “It all happened when the plane touched down ...
A resident of Ratta Amral, said her mother had died and she was living with her father and two younger brothers. She said in June 2019 she was alone at home as her father had ...
Finally, the long awaited Maula Jutt has finally ready to launch. Ever since it was announced that Fawad Khan and Hamza Ali Abbasi will star as Maula Jatt and Noori Nath, people have been waiting ...
So there’s a new cool mom in town and we love her! From life anecdotes to relationship advice @motherwithsign is surely the mother we all need. The account is run by her son as mentioned ...
Manspreading /ˈmansprɛdɪŋ/ noun “the practice whereby a man, especially one travelling on public transport, adopts a sitting position with his legs wide apart, in such a way as to encroach on an adjacent seat or ...
An Australian mother has shared a heartbreaking video of her distraught nine-year-old son after he was bullied in school due to suffering from dwarfism. The video shows her son, Quaden having a breakdown over being ...
The newest franchise in the HBL PSL squad- Multan Sultans has a decent combination of young and veteran, local and international players. On top of all that, they possess the “Afridi Factor”. The Sultans’ owner ...
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 ...
Peshawar Zalmi is one of the most loved teams by PSL fans, having a variety in their squad’s make-up; but most of all, the centre of attention for the fans is the Zalmi’s captain Daren ...
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 ...
This article contains information some readers might fight distressing. Trigger warning: rape, emotional 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 ...
From an unerring codification of female characters stamped between the great pillars of the Mughals to recalling the tragedies encompassed by the folklores of Sassi Panu or Heer Ranjha on ancient divans, South-Asian women, particularly the ...
sab qatl ho ke tere muqābil se aa.e haiñ ham log surḳh-rū haiñ ki manzil se aa.e haiñ sham-e-nazar ḳhayāl ke anjum jigar ke daaġh jitne charāġh haiñ tirī mahfil se aa.e haiñ Faiz Ahmad ...
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 ...
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 ...
The forbidden treachery, the disgrace, the quixotic visionary, and the disappointment is what a university dropout is commonly referred to as. From phuppos murmuring how useless you are to uncles giving you life advice in hopes to knock some sense into you, ...
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 ...
There is always a sacrifice for the things we love. And by sacrifice I mean, to let go of something you cannot bare the absence of. And for Taylor Swift that argument flipped when the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Since the outbreak of a novel strain of coronavirus, the world has been on edge. Given that this particular strain is new, scientists have yet to discover how it will react, how it mutates and ...
I’ve been lucky enough to have spent the majority of my life being skinny. The reason I call myself ‘lucky’ in this regard is because I’ve also had the misfortune to witness first-hand how Pakistani ...
When I entered my twenties, I gravitated less towards my high school friends and more to the friends I made in college. All of my college friends, however, were considerably older than me. Having now ...
During a talk with YouTubers and bloggers at his Bani Gala residence in Islamabad, PM Khan claimed that Bollywood and Hollywood movies were the cause of the rising divorce rate in the nation. In the ...
A late night ritual between me and my friend has become to talk on the phone while we’re both getting ready for bed. On one particular night, during our daily conversations she sarcastically asked me ...
On the auspicious occasion of Asma Jahangir’s birthday, 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 ...
I double over laughing as I hold my saree blouse from my high school farewell against my waist; it barely even spans over half my waist a decade later. I’m well past 25 and its ...
Attempting to pursue love in Pakistan’s socially and religiously conservative environment is a tough endeavour. With so many obstacles in the way, how does one go about trying to navigate being in love in Pakistan? ...
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