Category: Opinion
Anaya Sheikh, renowned stand up comedian and vocal trans-activist has performed in venues across Lahore and other cities in Pakistan for more than four years now. She has given over 30 performances that have left ...
To celebrate the start of the weekend, my colleagues and I ordered some sugary treats from Dunkin Donuts. Here’s why I low-key regret that decision. On Friday, my colleagues and I decided to start the ...
The Brown Bag is a common controversial practise every menstruating woman has had to endure when attempting to attend to her sanitary needs. But what does the promotion of this censorship entail and which communities ...
Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion, vehemently opposed the oppressive customs placed on women during his time and kept women at the centre of his religious thought. He was known to often be ...
It has been announced that the iconic 90’s sit-com ‘Friends’ will be returning for a reunion with it’s entire original cast. The show, which aired it’s tenth and final season in May 2004 is set ...
In 2018, Juul skyrocketed to fame and today has a monopoly over the e-cigarette market. Due to it’s explosive popularity among the youth, it’s worth analysing the rise of the ‘juuling’ trend. The concept of ...
The Karoonjhar mountains are the only mountainous range of the Thar desert. Full of rich land and historical monuments, the region holds symbolic significance to the locals. Recently, it was revealed that increased mining is ...
Lyari Town is considered to be one of the most dangerous and impoverished areas in Pakistan. Team ProperGaanda went to the slums of Lyari in Karachi to uncover the truth about Pakistan’s oldest locality. Lyari ...
In the past few years, the gaming industry has become a booming business with professional tournaments even taking place in Pakistan. However, in the midst of all this there is a deeper and darker side ...
This week Pakistan saw a lot of ridiculous and hilarious videos go viral. We do a deep dive of the top three ones from the week. During a debate on private news channel, Jamiat-e-Islam Fazl ...
This 19 year old gamer from Pakistan comes from humble beginnings but since he turned his hobby into a profession, his life has changed tremendously. Arrow is a 19 year old gamer from Pakistan and ...
Airlift is a new transport service that allows users to pre-book rides on premium quality, air-conditioned buses and vans that have fixed routes and stops across the city. Airlift was created with benevolent goals; to ...
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan was an Islamic reformist, an educationist, a philosopher, and a poet. Above all, he is considered to be one of the founding fathers of Pakistan. On his 202nd birthday, let’s take ...
World Food Day is celebrated internationally on the 16th of October, and is seen as an annual call for awareness and action on behalf of the poor and hungry people around the globe-but how does ...
Today is Mental Health Awareness Day all around the world, but how does it affect people in Pakistan? According a private news source, between 15-35 people end their lives in Pakistan every day- amounting to ...
Salma Zubair from Gulistan-e-Jauhar is a widow who sells food on a street near her house Salma lost her husband to a road accident some time ago, who remained in the ICU for some time ...
These two young transgender women graduated with top marks in M. Phil degrees despite all odds Syed Ali Raza- or rather Alisha- and Aisha Mughal briefly spoke to a private news source about themselves and ...
The Walk will be taking place on Sunday 29th September, 5 pm at Liberty Chowk. The organisers of the Walk are Umang Pakistan, who run a mental health helpline in Pakistan. Umang has organised this ...
In some countries, the march has just begun. In many others, throngs of people have dispersed as their spirit echoed through the streets. Let’s take a look at some of the best slogans and more ...
Hi. I’m the average girl who you’ve probably bumped shoulders with in college corridors. Or who’s car you’ve honked at during rush hour. I’m the girl who sat next to you in biochemistry class and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
June 21, 1953 is the birthday of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, the first Prime Minister of any Muslim state. Trained under her Charismatic father Z.A Bhutto, she was on her own after the execution of her ...
The names have been changed to protect the identities of our respondents Most of you have probably heard about Tinder. Heck, most of you have probably used the app at some point in your life. ...
Disclaimer: These are views belong to our social media audience and do not represent views of ProperGaanda itself. After yesterday’s coverage of restaurants in Lahore, we decided to go for round two. But this time ...
We asked our Instagram community what they found were their worst experiences in restaurants in Lahore. Now we’re all used to publications telling us where to eat. And while that is pretty important work, we’ve ...
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has insisted that its players did not stay out of the team hotel beyond the curfew time the night before the World Cup game against India after videos circulated on social media claimed ...
Today morning, our National Assembly broke out into a fish market. Speaker Asad Qaiser faced a hard time in the National Assembly when he was first attacked by the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) for ...
Anyone who has suffered through sleep paralysis understands how scary of an experience it is- but I honestly owe my life to my sleep paralysis. For those who may not know, sleep paralysis is a ...
Sexual harassment is defined as a breach of a person’s dignity and personal autonomy. Our government has put rules and regulations in place that protect individuals from such an intrusion. Infact, March 2019 marked the ...
For a couple of days now social media has been overflowing with posts about the violence in Sudan and the courage of the pro-democratic protests. While most of us have changed our profile pictures to ...
At my last job, I was working on a couple of projects that we’re pretty time consuming. It was a Saturday, but the work had to be done. So I buckled down and cancelled all ...
Before I get into this, I feel I need to give a disclaimer. I’m not here to talk about which narrative is accurate and who I may personally support, even though that may show. This ...
Trigger warning: The following article contains mention of Suicide and Self Harm The word suicide is only mentioned in hushed whispers behind closed doors in our society. When someone even utters the seven lettered word, ...
Most women are unfortunately aware of the disgusting feeling of getting an unsolicited picture. You know the kind. For some reason, men think what they do online just stays there. But a personal trainer from ...
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) led government is all set to finally present its first Federal Budget for the fiscal year 2019-20 in the National Assembly tomorrow. The plan for the budget is to prioritise fiscal ...
You might have heard about the 12-year-old Hindu girl Jamna Saami reportedly gang-raped on the third day of Eid in Tando Muhammad Khan, Sindh. You can see pictures of the poor girl splattered all over ...
With the summer holidays upon us, there is no escaping the vacation fever, especially as our social media feeds overflow with pictures from places like Murree to Paris. Of course, there are also those like ...
Growing up in Pakistan, it wasn’t really a surprise to hear something negative about Indians being casually thrown around in conversations. Because after all woh tou hamaray dushman hain. Even though I consider myself to ...
As most of you are aware, we are two matches down the rabbit hole that is the Cricket World Cup 2019. Our boys in green have been surprising us with their unpredictable performances, keeping many ...
Finally, Ramzan is over and we can all go back to eating all the time. The best part about Ramzan being over is Eid. It’s literally 3 days of visiting loved ones and eating a ...
Within an interview to Samaa News, Minister of Science and Technology talked about the internal struggles he and other party members have allegedly been facing. What did Fawad Chaurdhry say? Well, a lot. According to ...
Disclaimer: The following is an anonymous submission. The views and opinions expressed belong to the author alone. To say that the Pakistani Society treats men and women as equals is a blatant lie. Even the ...
For many people, today was the day Pakistan lost pretty badly to the West Indies in the first match of the Cricket World Cup 2019. However, what many people may not know is that it ...
Although bitcoin still sounds like a fantasy, a currency by the internet and for the internet, but its time we learn what it's all about.
Irtiza rubab better known by her stage name Meera, she has been deemed as Pakistans most controversial actress, with a string of scandals. What most people fail to notice is her considerable contribution to the ...
Disclaimer: The following article has been shared anonymously. Like anyone else, I’ve made a lot of mistakes in life. And thats okay, whats not okay is that instead of owning up to how much they ...
So recently the rupee has been falling against the dollar, and this has raised a storm within the economy as the country seems to have divided opinions. As a majority, half of the country is ...
If you hadn’t heard, a video from LUMS has gone viral. The video, which was originally posted to the social media app TikTok, was posted to Twitter by “journalist” Irshad Bhatti. After that, social media ...
A couple of months ago, women across the world celebrated International Women’s Day. Pakistan also witnessed the second iteration of the Aurat March that first took place in 2018. And while many enthused individuals rallied ...
Ever since the #metoo movement started in the United States, it has been exported all over the world. It has given people the courage to speak up and tell their story. But is it all ...
A federal grand jury has announced 17 additional charges under the Espionage Act against WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, who is currently in a UK jail awaiting an extradition hearing. Assange spent almost seven years in ...
We Pakistanis as a nation live off speculation and gossip. We love to talk behind backs and believe you me there is an aunty (phupho) living in each one of us no matter how much ...
Parhlo, an online news and media publication, has had some pretty problematic news coverage lately. The biggest problem we noticed within parhlo’s coverage is their coverage of women. When looking at Parhlo’s feed, you notice ...
I remember when Patari first hit the scene. Everyone was so excited at the idea of a Pakistani Spotify. The biggest collection of Pakistani music. Patari was hailed as the next big thing in music, ...
If you hadn’t heard, leaders of the opposition parties on Sunday announced their plans to “launch protests inside and outside the parliament after Eidul Fitr” and hold an All Parties Conference (APC) to “chalk out ...
It’s about to be summer, which means a lot of you may be graduating and looking for your first real job. Or maybe you’re still in university and trying to get a head start in ...
If you hadn’t heard the sad news, Qamar Zaman Kaira’s son, Usama, was killed in a road accident in his hometown of Lalamusa. However, how Qamar Zamar found out about his son’s death is what ...
Let’s face it, when GoT fans saw Daenerys for the first time, most of us, including women had an instant crush on her. Those deep blue eyes and that snow like white hair, she was indeed one ...
Faisal Vawda, the man of a million meme and our Minister of Water resources. He is a man of many talents, and I think he’d like us all to forget them. But that isn’t going ...
A couple of days ago, the Lahore High Court (LHC) Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi and Pir Afzal Qadri were granted bail in a case related to staging countrywide protests and making derogatory remarks ...
It seems like everyone is a Game of Thrones (GoT) fan these days, however if you are still catching up on the final season then I suggest you proceed with caution as there are some ...
Samina Peerzada is one of Pakistan’s most successful actors, being able to have a successful acting career that has spanned over 4 decades. In more recent years, Samina has reinvented herself with her highly popular ...
Pakistan’s off-spinner Sana Mir has become the most successful women’s ODI spinner in the world when she dismissed South Africa’s Sune Luus in the third One-Day International of the ICC Women’s Championship. It was Sana’s ...
When I joined Propergaanda, I knew I’d be working on projects that were going to be exciting. Working at an online news and media company is not your typical 9-5. Hell, it’s not even a ...
Yesterday, we posted an opinion piece about a student at Aga Khan who has allegedly been filming female students in the bathroom. We were asked to take it down. But as you can probably tell ...
Social media has been abuzz with an alleged rape case of a 15 year old girl. The girl’s mother took to social media to appeal to the masses for help, as the police was not ...
There is nothing Pakistanis love more than a good controversy – except probably a conspiracy theory. The Pakistani youtube community has been rife with controversy lately. Popular youtubers, Ducky Bhai and Sham Idrees have been ...
On 6th May, social media sensation Nasir Khan Jan was invited as a guest on SAMAA TV’s show Naya Din to address rumours that he has refused to work with the Pakistani actress Neelam Muneer ...
This is not okay. Last night, Samaa TV aired an interview of Nasir Khan Jan with on their show Naya Din. One of the hosts, Muhammad Shuaeb (how he spelt it on Facebook) thought this ...
So if the title hadn’t given you the hint, MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD FOR GAMES OF THRONES SEASON 8 EPISODE 4, SO TURN AROUND BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE. Okay now that you’ve stayed, let’s talk about ...
Ramazan is such an important part of our culture and religion. The holy month requires us to sustain and purify. It makes us understand the plight of the less fortunate and as a result, we ...
There has been some progress in Qandeel Baloch’s murder case. According to a Facebook post by Activist and Lawyer Nighat Dad, “Qandeel’s brother Arif who was nominated in FIR under 109 PPC & was living ...
US President Donald is confident in the Hermit Kingdom’s ability to keep a promise. On Saturday, he said that North Korea’s Kim Jong Un would not “break his promise,” after South Korea said Pyongyang had ...
Swaying the US Election, the crackdown against Rohingya Muslims, Cambridge Analytica are just a few of the controversies Facebook is embroiled in. Facebook unveiled on Thursday that many of its most popular and controversial accounts, ...
On World Press Freedom Day, ProperGaanda reached out to local and international journalists and asked them what the scope of journalism is in our neck of the woods. Mehreen Zahra-Malik is Senior Editor for Arab ...
ProperGaanda spoke to Rimmel Mohydin, Amnesty Internaitonal’s campaigner for South Asia on World Press Freedom Day. Rimmel Mohydin is a human rights activist and free lance writer. She has campaigned extensively against the death penalty, ...
The importance of a free press is something most states try to aspire to, in name at least. Here at Propergaanda, we have decided to look at how the freedom of the press has been ...
Labour day is more than just a holiday, it is a day marked by street demonstrations which showcase the strength of the labour force that hold up the economy. And while many enjoy the annual ...
I recently came across some extremely uninformed and mind-bogglingly sexist comments passed on national television by an obviously misogynistic man by the name of Aftab Iqbal. His show, Khabarzar, aims to provide some sort of ...
Nusraf Jehan Rafi was doused with kerosine and set on fire at her school in Bangladesh. Why? For filing a sexual harassment case against the school headmaster two weeks ago. 19 year old Nusrat was ...
Jaggi Vasudev, more commonly known as Sadghuru, the founder of the Isha Foundation had to clarify calling a Muslim student a ‘Proper Talibani’ following the student union condemning Islamophobia. The Indian yogi offered an odd ...
Following the Aurat March, which had a massive turn out and is being hailed as a success, many people took to social media to criticise a few posters and slogans from the march. They shared ...
Before we start making up our minds about this article, let us first read the history of women’s day and how it started, and most importantly its real purpose. We all must know that its ...
The Aurat March in Lahore saw hundreds of women from different socio-economic classes and various NGOs come out together for the first time to march for their rights. There were various signs and banners: some ...
Women from all walks of life are sharing why it’s imperative to step out and rally for collective rights of women on International Women’s Day. Aurat March is set be held in Lahore, Karachi and ...
Fayazul Hasan Chohan is being condemned for his recent racist and bigoted speech that promotes anti-Hindu sentiment. This isn’t the first time the former Punjab Information Minister has made headlines for passing such insensitive comments. ...
Hamza Ali Abassi, popular actor and well known supporter of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf on Thursday night tweeted what we think was supposed to be a heartfelt message. The tweet was directed at the son of the ...
Tensions between India and Pakistan have been very high during the past two days. India has proven to be the ever hostile neighbour, while Pakistan acted as the voice of reason. Here is a brief ...
Baluchistan, the arid and barren province of Pakistan, comes alive every spring as more than 40,000 hindu pilgrims make their way for the Hinglaj Yatra to mark the biggest hindu pilgrimage in Pakistan. Hindus make ...
If you’ve been in Pakistan for the past week or so, you would have undoubtedly known that Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) was visiting Prime Minister Imran Khan. MBS was set to visit several countries ...
An unspoken silence is observed on select matters at the Punjab University. Unfortunately, the students who are silenced belong to the already marginalised parts of our society. Those who have the authority to affect change ...
ProperGaanda was recently contacted by Waqas Khan, the co-founder of Careeb, an e-commerce start-up based in Lahore that delivers groceries and premium gifts. Careeb was targeted by Indians who placed fake orders and resulted in ...
On the 14th of February, as the rest of the world celebrated Valentine’s Day, a terrible tragedy struck the heart of the already volatile Kashmir region. An SUV carrying more than 750 lbs. of explosives ...
These visual artists want you to focus your attention on healthy relationships, self-care, and gender equality on the most romantic day of the year. What do we talk about when we talk about love? Often, ...
Pakistani lawyer and social activist Asma Jahangir passed away at 66 in Lahore, on 11 February 2018. A fierce human rights champion, Asma was a beacon of hope for many. She fought valiantly for implementation of ...
2018 was the bloodiest year in Kashmir's history with 324 people dead, including women and children. Analysts have predicted 2019 to be worst.
1947 The year marked the end of British rule and partition of sub-continent into mainly Hindu majority India and the Muslim majority state of Pakistan. Late 1947 The Maharaja of Kashmir signs a treaty of ...
On the 2nd of February, Arman Luni was killed in an alleged police encounter in the Loralai district of Balochistan. Luni, was a senior member of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), a nationalist movement launched ...
People around the globe are celebrating World Cancer Day today, on the 4th of February 2019. This day aims to raise awareness for cancer and make it a global health priority. Why should you care? ...
Whether it’s the first toothless laughter of a newborn child, a colossal crane falling down from a skyscraper, a huge tsunami wave crashing down on helpless bystanders or a viral video of a cat banging ...
A few days ago a news anchor, Arif Hameed Bhatti, who claims to be a journalist on an ARY News show called ‘The Reporters’, tried his level best to scar a child psychologically and emotionally ...
I left SICAS in the middle of my A1; I was forced to leave. I write this today not out of bitterness or hate (maybe just a little bit), but instead to help you make ...
The infamous Pakistan International Airlines has a penchant for making it into the headlines and while there is no such thing as bad press, the verdict is still out on their latest public debacle.
As 2018 wrapped up, Pakistan celebrated it’s first ever Transgender Pride march, organised by Track-T and Saathi Foundation. Jannat Ali, the Program Director at Saathi Foundation, led the march from the front, proudly upholding the ...
The 27th of December marks the 11th death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto, who is popularly referred to as the Iron Lady of Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto served as the 11th and 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan ...
After sanctions from USA, North Korea said it has no intentions of unilaterally giving up its nuclear weapons unless the “nuclear threat” is removed. The harsh statement comes as a contrast to Seoul’s presentation of ...
Rarely does the Punjab Minister for information and Culture say anything other than regressive moral sermons and open anti-Semitism, but this might be one of those occasions where we can actually appreciate an announcement by ...
According to latest reports, Pakistan’s biggest media house “Jung Group” has laid off hundreds of employees as part of on-going budget cuts. Along with employees, the media company also shut down two of its publications, ...
The Muslim world has strongly condemned the ongoing killing of unarmed innocent civilians by occupation forces in Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK) as a “wicked terrorist act”. The condemnation from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the ...
4 years ago today, Pakistan saw its worst terror attack; 6 gun men of the Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan stormed the Army Public School Peshawar. The attack claimed 149 lives including 132 schoolchildren. The incident ...
14th December marks the birth anniversary of one of Urdu’s most iconic and innovative poets, or perhaps the single most innovate poet: Jaun Elia. Elia was born in 1931 in the town of Amroha in ...
In 1999 a women named Darlene Coker sued multiple small pharmacies in her hometown along with the emerging Johnson & Johnson (J&J), claiming that their famous talc powder gave a rare form of caner to ...
I graduated from a private dental college in Lahore in 2014 and went on to do my house job, a twelve month paid internship, at the hospital associated with my college. In Pakistan, a career ...
In the executive board meeting of the Asian cricket council held in Dhaka, Pakistan has been granted the right to host the next Asia Cup in 2020. “The next Asia Cup will be hosted by ...
Very often, you hear a person insultingly use the word ‘miraasi’‘ for a fellow friend who enjoys entertaining others and wants to pursue theatre, film or music. Ever since I was a child, I always ...
In the latest episode of the US-China Trade war a business tycoon has been tangled in the financial war of the two powers of the world. Meng Wanzhou, one of Huawei’s top executives and the ...
With the advent of the digital age, Pakistani internet users now have the opportunity to step into the global culture and engage with all sorts of people. This opens new doorways to ideas and vocabulary ...
On 10th December the world celebrates global human rights day, a day to commemorate the adoption of the universal declaration of human right by the UN General Assembly. The declaration of human rights was the ...
Warning: Article contains images of dead animals Images of dead stray dogs on display have been circulating around social media for a while now. These images are from Karachi, where local authorities have started a ...
The judicialization of Pakistan’s politics is in full swing. The Chief justice of Pakistan has publicised his role as an elected representative of the people. Which is only indicative of a larger problem with all ...
Dear Pakistani men, we understand that your typical (and fucked up) mentality revolves around you thinking how your wife or girlfriend decides your status in society and how her boisterous personality may taint your image, ...
It was a cold winter evening, the sun had just set and the thick mist (read: smog) of Lahore was setting in. I was waiting for a friend outside a serene park set in the ...
I attended a start-up cup a few days ago representing ProperGaanda. The competition had about a dozen sponsors from different incubators and partner networks, and a main sponsor of the U.S Embassy. They even sent ...
The revival of Pakistani music is an expression that is as cliché as the discussion around the shaky revival of the Pakistani cinema. Unsurprisingly both forms of entertainment were destroyed by wars; but a few ...
In recent years, truck art has become something that represents the chaotic, diverse yet earthy urban culture of Pakistan. But the truck art culture is also very male dominated; all the truck owners are men, ...
We’re all well aware of the plethora of harassment cases we hear about in our country on a regular basis. And a majority of us have faced harassment ourselves as well, whether it’s at our ...
Indian Transman Aryan Pasha created history when he grabbed the 2nd position in bodybuilding competition Musclemania India, that was held in Delhi on 1st December. Aryan, who has been preparing for the competition for the ...
After being accused of sexual misconduct by two women, famous astrophysicist and TV personality Neil deGrasse Tyson has said he will cooperate fully with an “impartial investigation” into allegations. What happened? Tyson has been the ...
#ShameOnFIA has been trending on Pakistani twitter for a day now. The hashtag came as a result of two of the leaders of Pushtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) being detained on Friday. What do we know? Ali Wazir ...
Child abuse is an open secret in Pakistan. Nearly 2/3 of all children in Pakistan go through some form of sexual abuse/assault. And the issue is swept away for the sake of honor and respect ...
As the PTI government moves towards completing its first 100 days in office, Prime Minister Imran Khan has decided to address the nation about the progress made by his government. Similarly, earlier, Federal Minster of ...
Yesterday, Rushaan Farrukh, a student of Beaconhouse National University allegedly committed suicide. The Punjab Police is yet to say anything on the matter (Ofcourse) Her friends and family have also gone on social media to ...
“It’s only when someone around your age dies that it hits you how important it is to be kind and compassionate and empathetic towards the people around you.” -Rushaan Farrukh. Mental illnesses are usually overlooked ...
LACAS Burki announced that is would remain closed on 22nd November, 2018 on account of an unjustified campaigns to damage the reputation of the school. The school maintains that it is observing a black day ...
A video of a Pakistani student being killed in case of honour killing in China, took social media by storm. The video depicted a person being stabbed on the road repeatedly by a [presumably] woman’s ...
Faiz International festival has been happening for three years, now. Faiz’s daughters have been organizing this with a totally different mindset, capitalistic, rather than that of Faiz. Faiz-the leftist, the socialist, the poet, the voice ...
Punjab has always been considered the Kaliningrad of PMLN. After so long it refused to prove itself. PTI has taken charge of it. Being the largest province, in terms of population, it is considered to ...
A recent study reveals that Pakistan has one of the highest connectivity gap based on gender. Women do not have the same access to internet and digital devices as men do. Pakistan, like many others ...
Shahmoon Abbasi recently dropped the trailer of his upcoming film ‘Durj’ and it’s definitely an eye opener. Based on a true story of two brothers earthing dead bodies in Punjab and eating their flesh, Shamoon ...
Newly elected and for some, selected government, inherited an economy in crisis. Balance of payment, circular debt, rising imports and countless other issues were already there. In that case, new government had no choice, other ...
How Did it Happen? Tahir Dawar was working as the Superintendent of Police (SP) of rural Peshawar in 2018, when he went missing from the federal capital on 26th October. Dawar was in the capital ...
From Fair&lovely to Vital Signs’ “Goray Rang ka zaman”, it’s no secret that Desi population is obsessed with being fair and white. An ode to our colonial legacy perhaps. Our contributor Muneeb Khan shares an ...
For a lot of people, the wait was not worth it. Thugs of Hindostan, despite having a star-studded cast, disappointed many. Many were mesmerized by the acting skills of the ever-green, Amir Khan, which had ...
Many don’t get along with western movies or seasons, but in case of Godless, they need to. What’s fascinating about Godless is its characteristic of being “Godless”. It shows how death will chase you, and ...
Last week thousands of Google employees walked out in protest against the out of court settlements of higher executives in accusations of sexual harassment. This forced Google to take notice and change policies on workplace ...
The known journalist, Urooj zia, who accused Faisal Edhi of sexual harassment, recently caused a storm on Pakistani Twitter. This time not as an immediate victim, but as a representative of anonymous victims. The accused, ...
Today marks the 141st birthday of Muhammad Iqbal, the national poet of Pakistan, popularly know as “Poet of the East.” On 9th November people from all over the world pay respect to the great Iqbal, ...
The US president made news once again when he attacked a CNN reported at a press conference after the Mid term elections. The journalist, Jim Acosta, questioned the president on his statment on the Migrant ...
Technological advancement, as much as, favors the constructive mindset; it is equally vulnerable to be learned by the destructive mindset. Cyber-attacks are the perfect example of technology being misused. Such attacks are defined as politically ...
کوئی بھی ملک تب تک ترقی نہیں کر سکتا جب تک وہ ایک قوم بن کر نہ ابھریں۔ “اقلیت” معاشرے کا ایک اہم حصہ ہوتے ھیں۔ پاکستان کی آبادی کا بڑا حصہ اقلیت برادریوں سے ...
The USA is having its Mid-Term elections, which could potentially change the US political scenario quite drastically. The voter turn out is expected to be low as compared to the last Presidential election. Even though ...
Given the economic situation of the country; Prime Minister’s visit to China has seen much limelight. After securing a reasonable aid package from KSA, help from China was considered the only hope to soften the ...
UNICEF warns that 400,000 children are at the risk of dying everyday in Yemen, in the man made famine due to war. But this it looks unlikely that this war will stop. A Saudi Arabia ...
China is the undisputed world leader in Bitcoin mining and U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is getting concerned. The country currently controls over 70 percent of Bitcoin’s hashing-power. And, the fear is that it may ...
On 8th October 2018, the Supreme Court of Pakistan decided the case of Asia Bibi, who was accused of Blasphemy and had been given a death sentence. The highest court in the country reserved the ...
Every year, Punjab experiences periods of low visibility due to fog in November and February for around 10 to 25 days. However, over the recent years, the situation has worsened considerably due to local and ...
Brazil’s political polarization increases as far right candidate Jair Bolsonaro won the Presidential election by a majority of 55.2%, comfortably ahead of Fernando Haddad, the candidate of the centre-left Workers’ Party (PT), who had 44.8 ...
Raza Gillani is a familiar name in the Lahori activist circle. Recently, he uploaded a Facebook status which took the Debating Community by storm. Being a debater himself, he highlighted the discrimination that his former ...
Recently Propergaanda wrote an article commending the Lums professor’s initiative to promote tolerance and rights of minority when he took his students to Rabwah to show solidarity and support to the Ahmedi Community. Since then, ...
Habib Jalib was a revolutionary poet, a politician, opposer of the martial law, an activist and a “poet of the masses.” Jalib died 25 years ago leaving behind a daughter who is now driving a ...
A historic city in India by the name Allahabad has been renamed as Prayagraj. More than one million people reportedly live in Allahabad located in Uttar Pradesh, where local Indian authorities have reported of the ...
Recently, the institute of LUMS and Prof. Taimur Rehman made news due to their goodwill visit to Rabwah, showing support and solidarity towards the Ahmediyya community. The visit was made by a student group named ...
With the inception of the dolphin squad and E-challans, it is clear that Punjab is looking to change the way the police has worked an is effectively trying to overturn the “Thaana Culture” as well. Another ...
It is true that your 20’s are the best time of your life, but they are also the most stressful. It is also during your 20’s that one develops serious problems such as depression, anxiety ...
In a plus one for the often obscure beauty of democracy in Pakistan, the Women’s Action Forum (WAF) has filed a reference against the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mian Saqib Nisar. The reference against Justice ...
With an ambiguous nuclear policy, Pakistan has nevertheless consistently levelled with India’s nuclear posturing efforts. In its efforts to maintain Credible Minimum Deterrence, Pakistan currently leads in its stockpiling of nuclear warheads, according to an ...
Finance Minister, Asad Umar has said that Pakistan is ready to share details of the debt related to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The decision to approach the IMF ...
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chief, Justice Javed Iqbal and Chief Justice Pakistan, Saqib Nisar have taken notice of and ordered action against the officials who brought Punjab University administration members to the court in handcuffs. Punjab ...
The #MeToo movement seems to have imploded in India since Tanushree Datta came forward with allegations against Nana Patekar. Since then, the movement has reminded the Pakistani audience the importance of speaking up against sexual ...
October 12th 2018 marks Amitabh Bachchan 76th birthday. Since facing backlash for refraining from making comments on the whole Tanushree Datta and Nana Patekar debacle, the veteran actor has finally addressed the matter. In an ...
Just over 24 hours ago, Faisal Edhi, the son of Abdus Sattar Edhi became a part of the alleged culprits of harassment. Another well-known comedian, Junaid Akram also had claims made against him. In the ...
Something quite unexpected has surfaced in the capital of Sindh. A situation that has called into question the very sanity of our police personnel in Karachi. It is a state of affairs threatening to shake ...
A saga of the new age dealing with a ‘Mad Max Fury Road’ type reality is not very far off. The recent changes in climate have caused a billion people across the world to be ...
Dr Umar Saif, Chairman Punjab Information Technology Board has said, “For me, entrepreneurship is a way to empower the youth of Pakistan, which is why I fight for it every single day! Remember you are ...
With cases like Dr Ford, Kevin Spacey, Tanushree Datta, Meesha Shafi and the likes, several renowned people have taken to social media and other platforms to voice their concern about the growing epidemic that is ...
The US Senate has voted to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the supreme court, handing Donald Trump a major victory and America a bench expected to tilt to the right for the next generation. Amongst ...
PM Imran Khan recently went on his first official trip to Saudi Arabia, not only maintaining a long-standing friendship but also to discuss possible inclusion in CPEC. The fact that it won’t be happening anymore ...
An incident in Peshawar University has given rise to the occasional debate on the revival of student unions in Pakistan. Banned in 1984 under the Zia regime, student unions faced a state-sponsored crackdown and one of the ...
The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan has dismissed Jahangir Khan Tareen’s review petition, filed by him after being disqualified for life alongside former premier Nawaz Sharif. Tareen was found to be dishonest under article 62(1)(f) ...
The Beaconhouse School System in Pakistan is under fire – a Twitter fire that is. Why? Because the Twitterati has taken offense to the content of Pakistan Studies course being taught at their institutions under ...
“It was the laughing, she said, that she couldn’t forget.” Christine Blasey Ford in her testimony to the United States Senate gave her statements concerning the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. She stated these words in ...
Lauded in Literature and Popular Media in equal measure, Qandeel Baloch has been reduced to an effigy or an idea of her original self. Saba Qamar’s depiction of the late social media seductress in her ...
Since the #MeToo campaign, women all over the world have either taken to social media platforms or the court to reveal their stories in hopes of justice. Though no narrative can be deemed insignificant in ...
The first lady of Pakistan gave her first interview to Hum News a day ago. Anchored by Nadeem Malik, the interview saw Bushra Bibi discuss a wide range of things including the PM Imran Khan’s ...
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