Category: Politics
What happened: Leaders of the G7 summit had their first in-person talks in nearly two years on Friday. Hosted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Carbis Bay. Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the ...
What happened: Nayab Gill the 13 year old daughter of Shahid Masih Gill was the middle child out of three children. Born on October 16, 2007 she was a 9th grade student and worked at ...
What happened: Among the allocation of the 2021-22 fiscal budget the government allocated Rs.77 million for the protection of women against harassment at the workplace under the rubric of ministries and division. Moreover, in a ...
What happened: Multiple McDonald’s outlets were forced to close in Jakarta, Indonesia after an influx of orders for the special ‘BTS MEAL’. The first day the limited meal named after the uber-popular K-Pop boy band ...
What happened: The National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) Chief Asad Umar said on Friday that the Federal government will be setting up large vaccination centres in the Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir regions. According ...
What happened: The government announced that it has granted Pakistanis living abroad the right to vote in the National Assembly. This decision was made as part of the Election Act Amendment Bill. Zulfiqar Bukhari the former special ...
what happened: At least 23 people were killed and several others injured when a bus driver lost control making a sharp turn on the M8 motorway and fell into a ravine in the Khuzdar district ...
What happened: The budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 which rolled out on June 11 has been labeled as pro-growth with an overall focus on increasing expenditures. This is what Shaukat Tarin the Federal Minister ...
What happened: A fire broke out in the PPP media cell at Bilawal House Karachi on Friday. An accident that began in the garbage near the media cell soon engulfed several offices. Although not official ...
What happened?: In the course of an operation based on intelligence, Pakistani security forces killed two terrorists in the Kharan District of Balochistan. During which a soldier of the Frontier Corps Balochistan Sepoy Fidaur-ur-Rehman was ...
Background: The import of Pakistani rice was banned by the Russian Federation in May 2019 based on phytosanitary measures after they detected Khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium) in a rice shipment shipped from Pakistan. What happened?: ...
The investigative report: A new report published on Thursday by Amnesty has labeled the draconian measures taken by the Chinese government against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang region as ‘crimes against ...
What happened: This decision is part of the other precautionary measures that the provincial government has taken to curb the spread of Covid-19. This step was discussed in a high-level meeting chaired by Punjab Health Minister ...
The initiative: Actor Riz Ahmed has become just as well known for his activism as for his performances. In taking his fight a step further, the Oscar-nominated actor is launching a multi-layered initiative for Muslim representation ...
What happened: Special assistant to the Punjab Chief Minister Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan went viral on social media because of her physical altercation with PPP MNA Qadir Khan Mandokhel. The incident took place on an ...
What happened?: On Sunday a different kind of violence took place in the gated community of Bahria. The Sindh Action Committee (SAC) organised a peaceful protest on the outskirts of Karachi. However, reports state that ...
What happened: Consolidating support on a condolence reference in Bacha Khan Markaz, the provincial president of Awami National Party (ANP) Aimal Wali Khan disclosed that donations were being collected by mosques in support of the Afghan ...
What happened: Dwellers in certain parts of the city had to put up with power outages amidst the scorching temperatures caused by a nationwide heatwave. On Wednesday the total demand of the Lahore Electric Supply ...
What happened: Two police constables Shakir and Syed Raza were shot and killed by unidentified assailants on Wednesday. They were assigned to protect a team of polio vaccination workers in the Mardan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. ...
Background: A man was accused of mowing down five members of the same family with a black pickup truck in London, Ontario on Sunday. He ended up killing four and seriously injuring a 9-year-old boy. ...
What happened: Across Pakistan, mega heat waves have become the norm every summer. A surge in temperature on Wednesday led to the hospitalisation of 25 students in a local school in Islamabad. They were rushed ...
What is JNF?: The Jewish national fund is an organisation that was created by European Jews in 1901. They were tasked with purchasing land in Palestine and transforming the scenery into a European landscape. This ...
What happened: The Uttar Pradesh (UP) government led by the Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party has allegedly been planning to remove a dozen houses around the Gorakhnath temple in Gorakhpur. According to the government, this ...
What happened: India has applied for an exclusive trademark that would secure the country’s sole ownership of the basmati title and a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status in the European Union. This move set off ...
Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) broke an all-time high record of 1,563 million shares on Wednesday courtesy of World Call Telecom, which realized alone a trading volume of 707 million shares. The fresh record stands far ...
Archaeologists have recovered the bodies of victims of former Spanish dictator General Fransisco Franco, who were executed and buried at a cemetery in central Spain. What Happened: A team of forensic archaeologists and anthropologists are ...
As Israeli aggression mounts in Palestinian territories, messaging app WhatsApp blocks the accounts of dozens of Palestinian journalists. What Happened: A few hours after the ceasefire took effect in the Gaza Strip, a number of ...
Partnering with Nayatel, Facebook is investing in Pakistan for the first time to expand internet connectivity across the country. What Happened: Facebook’s investment will allow Nayatel to own, build, maintain, and operate a new fiber ...
The Shaheed Allah Bux Soomro University of Art, Design, and Heritage in Jamshoro recently advertised that they are hiring a Vice-Chancellor for the university, but they specified only male applicants are eligible to apply. The ...
A ship containing hazardous material, i.e. 1500 tonnes of mercury mixed oil, which was denied entry into India and Bangladesh, has been allowed to enter Pakistani waters despite a danger warning by Interpol. What Happened: ...
Two journalists from Canada’s national broadcaster have been barred from covering the ongoing Israeli apartheid regime in Palestinian territories after signing an open letter calling for fairer and unbiased coverage. What Happened: An open letter ...
The Peshawar High Court was informed that TikTok has blocked around eight million objectionable videos and around 400,000 accounts for uploading those videos in the country. What Happened: Counsel for Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Jehanzeb Mehsud ...
According to BBC, a camera system that uses AI and facial recognition intended to reveal states of emotion is being tested on Uyghurs Muslims in Xinjiang detention camps. What Happened: A software engineer who installed ...
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has started direct flights from Karachi to Skardu to promote tourism in Gilgit-Baltistan. What Happened: It was announced by Gilgit Baltistan Governor Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon in a press release that ...
Pakistan’s first paperless Cabinet meeting was conducted today by Prime Minister Imran Khan. Digital Tablets substituted paper, which was previously used in Cabinet meetings. The news was announced by Shabahat Ali Shah, CEO of National ...
After Tahir Naseem, a 57-year-old school bus driver from Illinois, U.S., was charged with blasphemy and murdered in Pakistan in July 2020, his 21-year old daughter Mashal Naseem is now running an online campaign to ...
Journalists reporting on the new lockdown restrictions imposed by the Sindh government in Karachi were allegedly thrashed by police officers. What Happened: Fareed Khan, a journalist associated with an international wire agency, was covering ...
Islamabad police have launched a “Gender Protection Unit” to offer protection to the women of the city by providing them with a platform to report abuse and register complaints against harassment. What Happened: Member of ...
An underground railroad run by activist and teacher Umer Muhammad Khan allows Uyghur Muslims to flee the Chinese genocide, however, the Pakistani government is reluctant to give refuge to these people owing to its diplomatic ...
Vigilantes attacked and physically assaulted a Muslim man carrying buffalo meat in an Indian state, however, NDTV reported that apart from filing a case against the vigilantes, the police also filed a case against the victim. What ...
Dartavius Barnes, an Illinois man is suing the city of Springfield, claiming that police unlawfully took an urn with his daughter’s ashes, desecrated them by performing a drug test on them, and pronounced they tested ...
A group of Kashmiri women is trying to save the dwindling musical genre of Sufiyan Musiqi in the north Indian region of Jammu and Kashmir. What Happened: About five years ago, 22-year old Irfana Yousaf ...
As India strives to recover from the aftermath of cyclone Tauktae, a new cyclone in the Bay of Bengal may be on its way to wreak havoc on the Indian landscape once again. What Happened: ...
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has announced its decision to launch a scholarship program for the students of religious seminaries. The program will be called the Rehmatul Lil Alameen Scholarship Programme. What Happened: In a meeting ...
What Happened: After joining the International Airlines (PIA) back in 2011 as a cadet pilot, and completing her training from academies in Rawalpindi and America, Maryan Mujtaba is the first woman from Azad Kashmir to ...
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has licensed the Tourism Promotion and Regional Integration (TPRI) to launch a private airline, North Air to elevate tourism in the northern areas of the country. What Happened: According to ...
Bangladesh has announced that its passports will no longer bear the text “valid for all countries of the world except Israel.” What Happened: According to reports, recently issued e-passports state “This passport is valid for ...
Transpersons will now be given official jobs as the Local Government and Community Development (LG&CD) department has decided to fix their two percent employment quota in several vacant posts in the local governments, councils such ...
What Happened: According to Startup Pakistan, Jabran Niaz’s company Utopia Deals, which has an online presence across 5 continents and 11 countries selling more than 20 million products worth $360 million a year, has been ranked ...
What Happened: According to a report published by the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), the number of wealthy families controlling Pakistan’s economy and politics has jumped to 31 from 22 since independence. These families ...
Skirmishes between protesters and the Frontier Corps personnel left eight people injured in Sadda town of Kurram tribal district on Saturday. What Happened: According to officials, a mob attacked the offices of the district administration ...
In an interview with Bianna Golodryga from CNN on Thursday, 20 May, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s argument took a turn when Golodryga accused Qureshi of being anti-semitic. In the following minutes, instead of discussing ...
What Happened: After Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureishi said Israel has ‘deep pockets,’ and that ‘they control the media,’ during a CNN interview that aired yesterday, the anchor Bianna Golodrya accused him of being ...
The Shia and Sunni clerics in Gilgit Baltistan who had challenged each other to a ‘Mubahila’, a religious debate, on the condition that the loser of the argument must jump into the fire, have apologized ...
What Happened: A group of four unidentified men, their faces covered with masks, attempted to force themselves into the office of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Stanhope Place in London on Thursday. They tried ...
Having arrived in New York to attend the UNGA emergency meeting convened to resolve the humanitarian crisis in Palestine and bring an end to 11 days of Israeli aerial bombardment, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood ...
Pakistan is one of the 28 UN member states that do not recognize Israel. The Pakistani passport bears the inscription, “This passport is valid for all countries except Israel,” banning Pakistanis from traveling to the ...
After the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out heinous and ravaging aerial bombardment of Gaza, killing 232 Palestinians, including 65 children, it has finally agreed to a cease-fire with Hamas. What Happened: The terms of ...
What Happened: In the Barkhan area of Quetta, the Jhang and Gajani tribes locked horns over a land dispute in the Haji Kot area. At least seven people were killed and three others injured when ...
Six months after Ethiopian Prime Minister launched a military offensive against the Tigray People's Liberation Front, ethnic cleansing and genocide continue to rage in Western Tigray.
Four days after China landed a spacecraft on Mars; it has released the first photographs and videos of the Red Planet captured by its Mars Probe. What Happened: The first photograph, a black and white ...
The Israeli apartheid regime launches an airstrike that obliterates the dream bookstore of a man in Gaza which he had built by staying hungry for days.
In response to Jahangir Tareen's like-minded group of lawyers in the National and Punjab Assembly, PTI leaders have started the #IStandWithImranKhan trend on Twitter. In response, Laleen Sukhera tweets she stands with Colin Firth. ...
A raid conducted by Animal rights group Love Home reveals dead puppies and kittens in Chinese 'mystery boxes.'
Shia and Sunni clerics in Gilgit-Baltistan have challenged each other to Mubahila (debate) on recent sectarian disputes. The loser of the debate is expected to jump into fire as a punishment for religious treachery.
A graffiti artist, who painted a mural as an expression of solidarity with the Palestinians during a protest in Kashmir, was arrested by the Kashmiri police.
Water discharge in the Shisper Glacial Lake in Hunza increases at an alarming rate and threatens the downstream locality of Hasanabad.
In response to the FIRs filed against him on the charges of fraud and money-laundering, Jahangir Tareen forms a group of supporters in the National Assembly.
More hidden PTI bank accounts revealed as the perusal of the party's financial accounts continues.
The 6th Population and Housing Census 2017 shows Pakistan's population at 207.68 million, with an annual growth rate of 2.4 per cent.
A 20-year old plaza in the Chinese city of Shenzhen sways inexplicably, causing panic and frenzy amongst the shoppers in the vicinity.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and three other foreign ministers head to New York for an emergency Un General Assembly session on the Palestinian humanitarian crisis.
Saifullah Paracha, a 73-year old Pakistani held at the Guantanamo Bay military prison for more than 16 years, is finally cleared for release.
Turkey’s foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu proposed a Muslim protection task force to aid Palestine in its protection against Israel. Following the recent escalations in Jerusalem and the Gaza strip due to Israeli aggression, an emergency ...
Israel forces continue bombardment over several areas near the Gaza strip for the 3rd day, heightening tensions to extremity, report sources. The current air raid is the most intense of all air strikes aimed at ...
US senator Bernie Sanders on Tuesday called out the far right extremist attacks by Israel’s forces in Jerusalem and Gaza. Sanders criticized the actions, calling them an unrequired escalation to the Israel-Palestine crisis. Recent spiraling ...
Prime Minister Imran Khan, during a live question/ answer session with the masses on Monday evening stated that Pakistan will not take a step in strengthening ties with India unless New Delhi ends its August ...
There bombs, including one car bomb, targeted Sayed Al-Shuhada school in Kabul on Saturday; as one bomb exploded and students rushed out of the school in panic, the other two bombs detonated, killing 85 and ...
Twitter users bashed Malala Yousufzai, following her heavily centered, diplomatic comments on the Israel Attack on Jerusalem. Malala tweeted regarding the recent escalation in the region, following an attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday by ...
In recent days, India has seen a devastating surge in the COVID crisis. Hundreds of thousands of new cases are reported every day, and economists are rethinking their forecasts for double-digit growth this year. This ...
Prime Minister Imran Khan will take phone calls from the public at 1:30 PM today. People can contact him on the telephone number 051-9224900. The telephone conversations will be broadcasted live via television, radio, and ...
What is happening in Sheikh Jarrah: In the past couple of days, social media has been flooded with posts in solidarity with Sheikh Jarrah. Palestinian families residing in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh ...
“Wake Up Muslim Ummah” remained on top trending on Twitter just hours after clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians continued for the third day. According to Palestinian medics, 90 civilians were wounded by rubber bullets ...
The Violence: Clashes erupted yesterday around noon time when Bahria Town Karachi administration was back with the intention of continuing their encroachment efforts in order to gain land in the villages around the town of ...
The issue: Israeli courts have ruled that the land owned in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of Jerusalem is owned by Israelis, which has led to demands of 4 Palestenian families’ evictions by the Israelis. Violent ...
UN speak: The United Nations have told Israel to stop any further expansion and forced evictions in East Jerusalem. They have stated that any further action in this regard by Israel will be termed as ...
The visit: PM Imran Khan will leave for a 3 day visit today (May 7-9) to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Prime Minister is visiting on the invitation of the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin ...
Counter Terrorism Department Punjab: The CDC Punjab is set to take action against the banned outfit TLP’s numerous financers across the country. The TLP was banned on April 15th after violent crashes across the country ...
What happened: Following the death of a LUMS sophomore student due to a cardiac arrest, many students from the institution took to social media to discuss the mounting academic stress they are experiencing as Pakistan ...
What happened: The Indian delegation at the G7 conference in the UK is self isolating, after it was revealed that two members of the delegation had tested positive. The meeting was titled as ‘COVID secure ...
UN: A tweet by the UN Special Rapporteur on rights to housing stated that they were shocked to see the number of evictions because of the pandemic around the world. They said this could be ...
The situation in Kandahar: Fierce fighting erupted in the Helmand province between government forces and the Taliban as the U.S forces began their first day of pull out from Afghanistan. Around 1,000 families had to ...
What Happened: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran khan took note of the EU parliament reviewing Pakistan’s GSP+ status and preferential treatment granted to Pakistan. PM Khan took disappointed at these developments and said that he would ...
The interior ministry has announced Eidul Fitr holidays in the country from May 10 to 15 on National Command and Operation’s recommendation. Last week, the NCOC announced a ‘Stay home, stay safe’ strategy from May ...
What Happened: Prime Minister Imran Khan visited different vicinities in the capital without protocol on Sunday. He visited G-11 Markaz and talked to vendors asking them about how the business was. Furthemore he also visited ...
What Happened: Special Assistant to the Chief Minister, Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan conducted a routine visit to a government-set Ramadan Bazaar in her constituency of Sialkot. Upon inspection of the stalls, the Minister found the ...
Election Results: After a long night of waiting and a very tough competition, PPP’s Qadir Khan Mandokhail has emerged victorious after securing 16,156 votes. Miftah Ismail of the PML-N missed out on the seat by ...
NA 249: The NA 249 seat fell vacant after PTI minister Faisal Vawda resigned from his seat due to his seat in the Senate. Vawda resigned from his seat as he was a dual nationality ...
Background: The Punjab Minister for Primary and Secondary Health was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, and has been fighting the illness since then. She had undergone successful surgery for the disease at Shaukat Khanum ...
The Event: Prime Minister Imran Khan addressed the South Punjab Secretariat in Multan. He described the step as a ‘a step towards a separate province.’ Addressing the ceremony , he said the second South Punjab ...
The Issue: As the world enters the second year of the pandemic, vaccine production is in full swing. Many countries have entered the race of vaccine production, and with kind of mass production, patents follow. ...
The Election: On Tuesday, a session of the 54-member Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) was held to determine which members would become the most recent additions to 3 fundamental UN bodies which are the Commission ...
Statement: Prime Minister Imran Khan stated on Tuesday morning that the government had no intention of unbanning the TLP. This statement is followed up hours after the banned party called off its nationwide protests after ...
What Happened: O and A level students from all over the country have been protesting for months to cancel the Cambridge International Examinations set to take place in May and June. Prominent individuals, such as ...
What Happened: On Tuesday, senior journalist Absar Alam was shot in the stomach by an unidentified man while walking outside his home in F-11, Islamabad. “Absar said he was suspicious of the man and this ...
LAHORE: The public relations officer at the Punjab prison department has confirmed that the chief of the recently banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), was released from Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore a few hours ago. What ...
After a round of negotiations, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid explained in a video message that he will be presenting a resolution for the expulsion of the French envoy in the National Assembly today. What Happened: ...
LATEST NEWS: PM’s address: Prime Minister Imran Khan has addressed the nation to discuss last week’s events. He proclaimed that while his government and the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) are aligned in their goal of countering ...
Pakistan is witnessing its second day of protests by the supporters of the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan who have disrupted traffic in many cities of the country. LATEST NEWS: Police in Shahdara town Lahore have booked senior ...
The ISPR released a statement on Friday, announcing that 37 brigadiers have been promoted to the rank of major-general. What’s interesting: Out of 37, 2 women have been promoted to the rank of major general, ...
Federal Minister for Housing Tariq Bashir Cheema of the Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid came under fire on Tuesday after video clips surfaced on social media allegedly showing several of his family members getting vaccinated ...
Hub: A license of permission has been afforded to a Chinese liquor company to construct and establish a manufacturing plant in Pakistan. Sources and reports have emerged to the foreground saying that the Securities and ...
Karachi: One of Karachi’s most prestigious A-Level schools, The Lyceum School has decided to seek judicial aid in disputing the March 17th suspension of it’s registration by the Sindh Directorate of Inspection and Registration of ...
Prime Minister Imran Khan took the coronavirus vaccine on Thursday. During the occasion, Imran Khan appealed to the nation to ensure full implementation of SOPs in view of the third wave of Corona while a ...
A video of Faisal Vawda started to trend on Pakistani social media on Thursday, where Vawda is seen arguing with the journalist over a question about his American citizenship. Vawda told Matiullah Jan to stop trying to add sensationalism in ...
Last week, Video of a young woman proposing to a fellow male student on the premises of University of Lahore went viral on social media causing outrage while landing the duo in trouble when the ...
Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) have arrested two suspects during an operation in the Lari Adda (General Bus Stand) area of Lahore on Wednesday. According to CTD sources, the arrested terrorists belonged to a banned organization ...
Due to differences on the issue of resignations from the assemblies, the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) long march set to take place on March 26 has been postponed. JUI-F’s stance: While addressing a press conference after ...
Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen along with his three friends has been booked under the treason charge for allegedly raising slogans against the country and its institutions. The incident: The FIR was lodged with the local police ...
A session on Balochistan called “Balochistan Ek Mukalima” (Balochistan: A Dialogue) was set to take place on the third day of the fourth edition of Sindh Literature Festival, was cancelled just hours before and the auditorium shut. Reason for cancellation: ...
Dr. Sarah Qureshi has designed the world’s first eco-friendly aircraft engine which is currently under development. It runs via an idiosyncratic pressure-based condensation system that will help in cooling the water vapors in the airplane exhaust. The water will ...
Popular Islamic cleric Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza survived an assassination attempt at a religious academy in Jhelum on Monday. A suspect who allegedly attacked Mirza with a sharp-edged weapon on Sunday afternoon was taken into custody ...
The Pakistani rupee hit over a 13-month high at Rs156.99 against the US dollar in the inter-bank market on Monday, as flow of foreign currencies remained high compared to outflows. The inflows have kept the country’s foreign currency reserves ...
Last month a video of Pakistan’s renowned real estate tycoon Malik Riaz’s nephew Nasir Malik went viral on social media where Malik is seen ordering his guards to open fire on General Secretary of Kennel Club ...
The Federal Bureau of Revenue seized a massive stock of cigarettes after intercepting two vehicles at the Burhan Motorway Interchange. Over 6,000,000 sticks of local brands of illegal cigarettes valued over Rs 40 million were recovered from the ...
Aurat March has been subjected to online propaganda. A number of doctored videos and images have been doing the rounds on social media framing the Aurat Marchers as blasphemers, over 200 journalists and activists have said in a statement. “We ...
China is working on its fourth aircraft carrier and it is “likely to be nuclear powered”, a new report revealed on Saturday, citing sources close to the People’s Liberation Army. Delays: After a two-year delay because ...
The already controversial Senate election became even more contentious when ‘spy’ cameras were found in the polling booth ahead of voting for the chairman and deputy chairman slots. What the Opposition said: The Opposition led by ...
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has ordered the internet service providers to straight away block access to TikTok, the popular video-sharing platform, on the directions of Peshawar High Court. What the PTA said: “In respectful compliance to the ...
On Saturday, Myanmar security forces used tear gas and stun grenades to break up a protest in Yangon, hours after a United Nations special envoy called on the Security Council to take action against the ...
February 27th marks two years since the Balakot airstrike and Pakistan shooting down an Indian plane while capturing one pilot, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman. Abhinandan was later freed as a gesture of peace on March 1 and ...
What happened US intelligence agencies disclosed in a newly declassified intelligence report that Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, approved the 2018 murder of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “We assess that Saudi Arabia’s Crown ...
What happened? On Friday Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that Pakistan has signed a $1.1 billion loan agreement with International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC). What you should know State-owned Pakistan State Oil, Pak-Arab Refinery, ...
What happened? According to The Forensic Department of Khyber Medical College University’s new proposal, a set of charges has been laid out for its forensic services. The proposed plan suggests that the medical examination of ...
What happened On Thursday, Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat announced that a Cosmetics Control Bill 2021 will soon be presented before the provincial assembly in order to ensure strict action against the sub-standard cosmetic manufacturers ...
Breaking news: Late on Friday night, multiple earthquake tremors were felt in various cities across Pakistan including Lahore, Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Multan, Abottabad and Karachi. There are also reports emerging from Kashmir, stating that shocks ...
The headline: Traffic police in Mansehra district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has banned female students and women from sitting in the front seat of school vans. Inside the story: Parents in Mansehra are facing an unusual issue ...
What happened On Thursday the Supreme Court ruled that Justice Qazi Faez Isa should not hear cases involving Prime Minister Imran Khan as he has filed a petition against the premier in his personal capacity What ...
What happened At least 2,000 people gathered at D-Chowk and planned to march towards the Parliament House, Wednesday. The protesters demand the federal and provincial governments increase their salaries and pensions. The government officers have ...
What happened A jirga in Bajaur’s Wara Mamund district has banned the women of the area from calling the radio and visiting the Sada-e-Aman Centre, where women are given cash for giving birth. Upon the ...
What Happened? On Friday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced that it has jurisdiction in Palestine, clearing its chief prosecutor to investigate alleged atrocities despite intense Israeli objections. Fatou Bensouda, the ICC chief prosecutor, previously ...
In a meeting on 2 February, the standing committee on religious affairs and interfaith harmony turned down the Protection of the Rights of Religious Minorities Bill ( seeking protection for Pakistan’s minorities against religiously motivated ...
Peace talks In an interview with a local news agency, TCM, Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid when asked about the role of foreign countries and their interference in the Afghan peace negotiations mentioned that, “no ...
Who was Asma Jahangir? Asma Jahangir (1952-2018) was Pakistan’s leading human rights lawyer. She showed incredible courage in defending the most defenceless Pakistanis – women, children, religious minorities and the poor for about three-decades, and founded ...
Bombay High Court acquitted a 39-year-old man charged with groping a 12-year-old girl since there was “no skin-on-skin contact,” and ruled that groping a child through their clothing does not constitute as sexual assault. Outrage ...
What Happened In a press conference on Friday, 22 January, Mufti Qavi’s uncle Abdul Wahid Nadeem stated that different people have used Abdul Qavi over the years for media attention. “We are from a respected ...
What happened: On Tuesday 19 January, actress Iffat Omar was called in as a character witness to record her statement in the Meesha Shafi vs Ali Zafar defamation case. A video shows Iffat getting followed ...
What happened: Lt-Gen (retired) Bilal Akbar has been appointed as Pakistan’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia replacing a career diplomat, Raja Ali Ejaz who is retiring from service in May. Raza Ali Ejaz has been the ...
What Happened: The federal cabinet took the decision to remove Bukhari as chairman PTV as per IHC court order, resuming Aamer Manzoor as the managing director who was earlier eliminated by the firms’ board of ...
How does Aseefa prove to be as a politician? The political dynasty of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) debuted another family member during the final months of 2020 – no doubt preparing for the new ...
Broadsheet and Pakistan Broadsheet LLC is a UK asset recovery firm that Pakistan hired about 20 years ago to investigate and recover UK-based assets of Pakistanis, it also helped establish the National Accountability Bureau. Up ...
Authors note: The following is a work of satire, keep your pants on will you.The author, Hamza Ghaznavi, can be followed on Twitter at @Hamza_Ghaznavi Dear Dad, WTF? Even Sheru seems to be constantly barking ...
What the Ministry of National Health Services is saying: Dr Nausheen Hamid, Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of NHS, has stated Pakistan will receive the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of January. Currently, ...
What happened: On Monday, police uncovered a shocking crime from Lahore when a seven-year-old girl’s body was recovered from a canal in the Mohlanwal area of the city. Behind the story: The victim’s family stated ...
What happened: On Friday, the Indian Army resorted to unprovoked violence at the Line of Control (LoC) by targeting a United Nations Military Observers (UNMOs) vehicle, said the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR). Two military ...
What happened: MNA Ali Wazir has been arrested in Peshawar, at the request of the Sindh Police, in connection with a recent rally he attended in Karachi. According to the police, Ali Wazir and several ...
What happened: Pakistan has repaid Saudi Arabia $1 billion of the $3 billion it owes the Arab state, in the second installment of the soft loan, while Islamabad is reaching out to Beijing for a ...
What happened: It has been six years since the horrific attack on Army Public School in Peshawar and today, on the 6th anniversary of the attack committed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, a delegation led by ...
Sheikh Rasheed has had a long and fruitful career in politics, spanning 15 years and 35 ministries. Though how he has managed to stay in power for so long is incomprehensible for the vast majority ...
The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, was signed by Governor Anandiben Patel on the 28th of November. It was formulated four days earlier by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, against forced and fraudulent ...
What happened: On Wednesday, Prime Minister Imran Khan stated that the constitution has provided an option for removing a sitting government through a no-confidence motion. He said, “If the opposition wants to move a no-confidence ...
What happened: Shortly after Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that he would hold by-elections if the opposition resigns en masse from the national and provincial assemblies, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) declared that all members ...
What happened: On Monday, Prime Minister Imran Khan trimmed the number of people he followed on twitter, reducing it to zero. He was following 19 accounts before this unfollowing spree. Prime Minister Imran Khan created ...
Fang Fang or Christine Fang, a Chinese national, is believed to have targeted rising politicians in California’s Bay Area and other cities as part of a Chinese intelligence operation, according to an investigation by news ...
What Happened : Addressing the UN General Assembly through a virtual session, Prime Minister Imran Khan delivered, on Friday , a 10 point agenda on how to prevent economic decline in developing countries. Attended by ...
In the latest chapter of the PTI government’s drive to muzzle all criticism of its performance it has decided to try to name and shame journalists on Twitter. Just last month, the PTI government installed ...
What is happening: The nationwide strike called for by central trade unions on Thursday, coupled with the ‘Delhi Chalo’ rallies of farmers in north India, led to a near total shutdown in a few states ...
What Happened: On Saturday, The Wildlife Department Chakwal registered a case against TV anchor Imran Riaz Khan for hunting partridges in the forest of Chakwal.Ghulam Rasool, Deputy Director Wildlife (OPS) Salt Range, Chakwal was suspended ...
What Happened: The Pro-Democracy activist Joshua Wong will spend more than a year in jail over an unauthorised protest outside police headquarters in June last year Fellow activists Agnes Chow, 23, and Ivan Lam, 26, ...
Former finance minister Ishaq Dar, who lives in self-imposed exile in London, appeared on BBC HardTalk, where the programme host Stephen Sackur grilled him about his properties and return to Pakistan in the show’s characteristic interrogative ...
Students “dying to become a doctor “should opt for biotech, says Fawad Chaudhary The federal Minister for Science and Technology on Wednesday took to Twitter and advised all the students who want to pursue their ...
Background: In an exclusive interview with the BBC, when asked about allegations of Pakistan’s military interfering in political affairs, the former ISI chief said that people were angry at the military’s interference in political affairs. ...
What happened: Justice Qazi Faez Isa’s Wife, Sarina Isa, has urged the Supreme Court to remove Prime Minister Imran Khan from his post. She alleged that the Prime Minister was a “tax cheat” and did ...
Lawyer, TV personality, and PTI member Naeem Bukhari was recently appointed as head of the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV). But, Bukhari’s appointment is just another instance of cronyism in Pakistan. PTV’s new chairman Naeem Bukhari ...
What’s happening: Thousands of farmers have entered the capital New Delhi for a planned protest against new farm laws hours after the police fired several rounds of tear gas and used water cannons to stop ...
What happened: On Tuesday, Chief Justice High Court Lahore suspended a notification against Ammar Ali Jan, calling it an unconstitutional attack on civil liberties. After the Student Solidarity March, arrest warrants were issued by Punjab ...
On this day, 1967 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto founded the Pakistan People Party and set a new face of democratic front in the political discourse of Pakistan. PPP has witnessed both democratic and military regime control. ...
What happened: Opposition parties are expected today (Monday) to hold a PDM rally against the government authorities. Over the weekend, Administrative government deployed containers and registered FIRs to thwart the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM ) ...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is threatening to turn the country into a one-party state. Recently, The Economist reported in an article citing Modi’s continuous effort to erode democratic checks and balances. Tip of the ...
What happened: A “gruesome” massacre against farmers in northeastern Nigeria killed at least 110 people. The killings took place in the early afternoon of Saturday in the village of Koshobe and other rural communities in ...
Ikram Sehgal is well known for being a defence analyst and chairman of the Pathfinder group (which owns two of the largest security companies of the country). However, what is not common knowledge is that ...
On Friday, Prominent Iranian military scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in an attack outside Tehran. Mohsen was widely seen as the mastermind of Iranian efforts to develop nuclear weapons by Western intelligence. This incident has ...
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 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 ...
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: 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 ...
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: 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 ...
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 ...
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: 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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