Retired Lieutenant General, Asad Durrani and Amarjit Singh Dulat have recently published a book that seemingly reveals all. Whether it is the surgical strikes or the very precarious India-Pakistan relationship, Durrani who headed the ISI ...
IK: the initials unbeknown to none. The initials represent the complacent bearing and exuding the confidence of a face that gives permanence to a hope that is nearly extinguished. The hope of Naya Pakistan. The ...
The National Assembly passed a bill today to pave the way for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to be merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). This is a feat for Pakistan Tehreek -i- Insaf, who ...
A day ago, PTI held a special event to announce its ‘100 Days Agenda’ should the party come to power after the general elections. And within 24 hours, the opposition parties and their supporters have gone ...
The Press Council of Pakistan has recently served a notice to the editors at Dawn, claiming a violation of the Ethical Code of Conduct. Their claim is based on a published interview of Nawaz Sharif ...
Amidst great anticipation, Imran Khan has unveiled a strategic agenda for PTI’s first 100 days should the party succeed in the upcoming general elections. As political parties gear up a for a grueling few months, PTI has ...
The series of Palestinian protests that began on March 30 have up till now resulted in a total of 118 civilian deaths, including 15 children. However, the worst carnage was seen this past Monday, when ...
Born in Sarwakai in 1992, the figure of Manzoor Ahmed Pashteen is a 26-year-old product of the US-led war on terror. Not only did he live in a country where the word “Taliban” was gaining ...
The Pashtun Long March reached Karachi despite immense opposition and various attempts in stopping the leader, Manzoor Pashteen, from reaching the venue. The Pashtun’s have been rallying for their civil rights for a long time ...
Previously part of PML-N, several lawmakers who formed the Junoobi Punjab Suba Mahaz (JPSM), officially merged into the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) yesterday. They will now contest the 2018 general elections under the PTI banner. JPSM ...
In the latest news from the hub of jalsas i.e. Pakistan, there has been a clash between PPP and PTI over their venue for the upcoming rallies on May 12. Both parties had announced to ...
The assassination attempt on Interior Minister, Ahsan Iqbal, has created an air of tension right before the general elections. Ahsan Iqbal was shot and wounded in his left shoulder in Narowal, Punjab. He was attending ...
After PTI and PML-N’s massive rallies, PPP has also come out with their first power charged show in the shape of their Quetta jalsa. The Pakistan People’s Party held its rally in Balochistan, the long-neglected ...
PPP leader Bilawal Bhutto has begun to take a very pro rights-for-all stance, with a special focus on labor rights. He stresses that the party has, in fact, a legacy of not only following but also ...
If you’re not a registered voter; if you don’t understand what that statement meant; then you’ve found yourself clicking the right button. As we all know the much anticipated elections of 2018 are upon us. ...
PML-N’s Rana Sanaullah is once again in the public eye for all the wrong reasons. Sanaullah currently faces intense criticism over his questionable remarks on the women present at the PTI jalsa earlier this week. ...
Just two days following PTI’s massive jalsa at Minar-e-Pakistan, PML-N held their own grand show in Sahiwal yesterday. With political players getting ready for the battle of the jalsas in anticipation of the upcoming general ...
In the heart of Punjab is where the supporters of Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf met on April 29th 2018. The election year is a big deal across the globe. This is especially true in Pakistan, where ...
In a grand show of political zealousness, PTI had a successful Jalsa at Minar-e-Pakistan, Lahore. In what is being called a big power show before the elections, Imran Khan gave a powerful speech about the ...
Pakistan’s government is no stranger to crass decisions made in ludicrous manners. This is especially true when a party’s power is under threat. Similar was the case when the budget for 2018-2019 was announced, merely ...
The outgoing government that has about a month left in its tenure, announced the sixth full-term budget for the fiscal year 2018-19. In an unprecedented turn of events, a new Finance Minister, Miftah Ismail was ...
PML-N was served another blow with foreign minister Khawaja Asif being disqualified as a parliament member by a special three-member bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) today. The bench maintained that Khawaja Asif has ...
The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) continues to face a media blackout. Amidst the state’s fear of it potentially carrying an anti-Pakistan and Pashtun nationalist message, a new wave of crackdown has begun with state organs ...
In the latest development in possible decisions that impact General Elections 2018, Imran Khan announced that PTI has taken action against 20 party MPA’s. Khan accused them of “participating in horsetrading” by “selling their votes” ...
Author: Manaal Farooqi When the news of the Pashtun Long March began to permeate through Pakistan, reactions from the military, state and media confirmed what Pashtuns already knew: their suffering was not seen nor heard ...
The decision to appoint a caretaker government was announced in January of this year. Deliberations began in March and several names have been thrown into the mix. These include candidates for a caretaker Prime Minister, ...
In a cruel twist of fate the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (CIED) has disappeared itself. While it was not bundled into an unmarked car by men in civilian clothing with surprising tactical coordination, ...
Ammar Ali Jan, a progressive academic and youth activist, announced that he was fired from Punjab University on Friday. He detailed the reasons for being fired in a social media post, which quickly went viral. ...
In a historic decision, the Supreme Court has barred PML-N Leader Nawaz Sharif from politics for life. All five members of the SC bench voted in favor of the disbarment. PTI’s Jahangir Tareen also faces the same ...
Pakistan’s political fraternity has always suffered due to their mistaken stances, lack of integrity and self-exploitation through military establishment. After the death of Fatima Jinnah, there was no political leader who could lead the nation ...
It was in 2011 that an American official killed two Pakistani’s in the name of self-defense. Raymond Davis was sent to jail and charged with murder. However, in some twisted turn of events, the US ...
Two days ago, Afghan forces conducted airstrikes in the Northern city of Kunduz, targetting Taliban leaders at a religious school. In what turned into a harrowing display of human monstrosity, at least 59 people meeting ...
After Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto is the most recognized and revered name in Pakistan’s political history. Unlike the Quaid though, Bhutto’s life and administration was marked by many controversies. The Pakistani nation stands ...
Amongst a myriad of other socio-political problems that plague Balochistan, the water crisis is one that demands immediate attention. Two days ago, the Balochistan Agriculture’s Water Management Department let go of an opportunity to sign ...
Karachi: infamous for its permanent blots of blood-red paan pichkaris, ever growing heaps of eternal garbage and seemingly immovable gruff Punjabi Rangers has finally gotten good at disposing off its most permanent stain – the ...
The KP Government processed driving licenses for fifteen transgender persons in the province a day ago. This is a first for transgenders who struggle to fight for civil rights equal to those who are gender binary ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: SC passes ruling that disqualifies Nawaz Sharif as head of PML-N, Lahore Police seek Abid Boxer from UAE, Animals found living under terrible conditions in Karachi zoo, and more! SC ...
Where and When? On February 17, 2018, a protest was held at Liberty Chowk, Lahore for the missing activist, Raza Khan. Reportedly, Khan went missing in Lahore on December 2, 2017, after attending an open discussion ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Judicial policy sought to curb delay in justice, PTI confirms Khan’s marriage to Maneka, Iran plane crash kills 65, and more! Fresh judicial policy sought to curb delay in justice ...
The Constitution of Pakistan is the highest order of law in the country. The 1973 Constitution was first drafted by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s government. 14th August 1973 is it’s official ratification date by the Parliament. ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: suspect handed death sentence in Zainab rape and murder case, police foil child marriage plan in Hasan Abdal, Zardari regrets his remarks on Rao Anwar, and more! Imran Ali handed ...
Daily news of the day in digestible bullets; Relatives protest as ‘missing’ man is found murdered outside Karachi, US indicts 13 Russian nationals for election interference, 40 members of the Trans-Community Today Became Scouts, Senator Babar raises objections over ...
Today’s news in digestible bullets; Asma Jahangir laid to rest, ATC hands life sentence to 3 men in Kasur child abuse case, SC grants Rao Anwar protective bail after former SSP pleads his innocence in ‘letter to ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: ATC charges man in Zainab Amin’s rape and murder case, PMLN leads NA-154 by-elections, CJP takes notice of fake news in Jang Newspaper, and more! ATC formally charges man with the ...
Today’s daily news in digestible bullets; Leading human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir passes away in Lahore, Renowned actor Qazi Wajid passes away, 71 dead, no survivors in Russian passenger plane crash and more. Daily News 01 Leading human ...
The Kashmir issue is an obstinate conflict between India and Pakistan since the Subcontinent was divided in 1947. Three wars have been fought in the years 1948, 1965, and 1999. These have been a desperate attempt ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Religious leaders march against Mashal Khan murder case verdict, police to provide witness protection in Naqeebullah’s murder case, Zainab’s rape-murder case trial to begin today, and more! Religious leaders march ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: ATC announces Mashal Khan murder case verdict, Mardan Ameer welcomes those acquitted in Mashal Khan murder case, 8 Pakistani’s found alive in smuggler’s captivity in Libya tragedy, and more! Mardan ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Mashal Khan murder case verdict to be announced today, the US drops record number of bombs in Afghanistan, Climate change report predicts disastrous future for Pakistan, and more! The US ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Jadhav faces terrorism, sabotage charges, customs seize mobile phone sets worth billions, Chinese national dies following the targeted attack in Karachi, and more! Indian spy, Jadhav now faces terrorism, sabotage ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: PPP Minster’s death being deemed a suicide, PMLN Senator says his actions in the viral video were misconstrued, 90 dead in latest migrant tragedy off the coast of Libya, and ...
Today’s news in digestible bullets covering; Afghanistan says it has ‘undeniable’ proof Kabul attacks were planned in Pakistan, SC forms bench to resume memogate case hearing, issues notice to Hussain Haqqani, Chief Justice grills A.D. ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering- Police raid Rao Anwar’s house, India wins Under-19 World Cup semifinals, a female imam from Kerala faces death threats, and more! Police raid Rao Anwar’s house India wins Under-19 World ...
Daily Digestible News No. 1: Trump mulls over sending more troops to tackle surge in militancy Daily Digestible News No. 3: Tehreek-i-Labbaik leader demands Nisar’s arrest Daily Digestible News No. 3: Faith healer ...
Today’s News in Daily Digestible Bullets covering; After 15 years, Lyari Expressway finally becomes fully operational, Qadri shelves protest policy, seeks legal solution to Model Town incident, Karachi youth Intizar’s father wants son’s murder case ...
The judgment period, or election time, is going to make for some of Pakistan’s most significant headlines in 2018. The upcoming election will be another test for the Pakistani public. We have not yet completed ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Mamoon Hussain looks into imprisonment of a Pakistani abroad, updates in Zainab’s rape and murder case, import of vehicles surges by 70%, and more! Mamnoon Hussain looks into imprisonment of Pakistani ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Senate Chairman seeks review on an amendment to execution laws, mother-daughter gang raped by 10 suspects at gunpoint, Pakistan condemns US drone strike in Kurram Agency, and more! Senate Chairman ...
In case you’ve been living under a rock, here is a summary of a series of unfortunate events. About two weeks ago, Zainab Ansari was found dead in a garbage heap in Kasur. Although Zainab’s ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Key suspect arrested in Zainab’s rape and murder case, Naqeebullah’s death declared an extrajudicial killing, Aamir Liaquat launches his own news channel, and more! Shahbaz Sharif announces arrest of key suspect in ...
Pakistan and the United States have shared a very turbulent history when it comes to foreign policies and financial aid. But looking at Donald Trump you cannot find a comparable display of recklessness from the ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Parents of girls raped and murdered in Kasur plead for justice, updates in Naqeebullah Mehsud’s murder case, Pir Hameeduddin Sialvi sets another deadline for shariah enforcement in Pakistan, and more! ...
Last week, a 27-year-old shop owner and aspiring model from South Waziristan, Naqib, was killed in an ‘encounter’ with contingents of Malir police. Based on information from intelligence agencies regarding the presence of militant hideouts in ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Inquiry updates in Naqeebullah Mehsud’s murder case, Pakistan responds to the US’s statements, and more! Inquiry reveals Naqeebullah Mehsud was killed in a “fake encounter” “staged” by SSP Rao Anwar ...
Child marriage has been an unfortunate and endemic problem in Pakistan for as long as one can remember. According to UNICEF’s 2017 survey, Pakistan currently ranks at number 6 in list of countries with the ...
Yesterday, the hashtag #GameOverKhoonLeague started trending on Twitter. Tahir-ul-Qadri has called on his supporters to protest in Lahore against PML-N, over the Model Town Massacre. Supporters of other parties have joined him. While Tahir-ul-Qadri’s demands ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: PIA’s privatization process approaches finalization, four Pakistani soldiers martyred in shelling across LOC, American diplomat acknowledges Pakistan’s efforts anti-terrorism efforts, and more! PIA’s core business to be sold off by ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Updates in Zainab rape-cum-murder case, Israel’s PM arrives in India to strengthen bilateral ties, Ahsan Iqbal responds to Indian Army Chief’s statements on Pakistan’s nuclear power, and more! New images ...
Today’s daily news in digestible bullets covering; New footage in Zainab’s Case, PTI slams FATA bill, LHC drops cases against 9 military personnel, Supreme Court takes up Shahzeb murder case and more! Daily News 01 ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Updates on Zainab rape-cum-murder case, new reports of child sexual assault emerge across the nation, COAS receives calls from US officials to discuss security cooperation, and more! Lahore High Court orders ...
Dear President Mamnoon Hussain, We hope this letter finds you in excellent health. Time flies so fast. It seems like only yesterday that we saw you—on TV! A child pointed towards your face on the ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Updates on Zainab rape-cum-murder case, another child’s body recovered in Sargodha, new CM Balochistan nominated, and more! Postmortem report suggests Zainab was raped before she was strangled to death Inspector ...
Pakistan witnessed yet another blow to the state of free speech in the country with the attempted kidnapping of renowned journalist, Taha Siddiqui. Taha was traveling to the airport in Islamabad when about a dozen ...
Updates on threat assessment for Pakistan from the US The US State Department on Wednesday issued four new levels of threat assessments for its citizens — from normal precautions to no travel — but kept ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Balochistan CM resigns, Pakistan suspends military and intelligence cooperation with the US, PML-N beats PTI in Chakwal by-polls, and more! Balochistan Chief Minister, Sanaullah Zehri resigns Pakistan suspends military and ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Pentagon releases instructions for Pakistan to resume aid, Pakistan Military goes after the Taliban, Iran calls on Muslim countries to unite against the US, and more! Pentagon tells Pakistan what ...
Overview Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) have gone all out for the by-election in Chakwal’s PP-20, which is scheduled for today. This election might set up the course in the district ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Balochistan CM seeks Nawaz Sharif’s help, Aizaz Chaudhry says Islamabad seeks clarification over Washington’s controversial ‘religious freedom’ statement, Khawaja Asif claims Pakistan does not have an alliance with the US, ...
Disclaimer: The views expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of ProperGaanda. Once again, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-insaaf leader, Imran Khan, is facing national criticism. His personal ...
Today’s daily news in digestible bullets covering; CJP puts a limit on private medical collage fees, arrest of 11 Saudi Princes, Abduction of Afghan official, Quint retracts it’s article and more. Daily News 1 Chief ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: SC dismisses the petition to reopen Hudaibiya Paper Mills case, updates on Trump’s Twitter fiasco, Imran Khan calls out the Sharif brothers, and more! SC dismisses petition to reopen Hudaibiya ...
Today’s daily news in digestible bullets covers; Kulbhushan Jadhav’s accusations, Trump decision to place Pakistan on special watch list, death of renowned chef Zubaida Apa, Harassment charges on Dolphin Police and much more! ‘Indian diplomat ...
We hoped for many things to end when 2017 did. One of the things on that list would most definitely be Donald Trump. For much of 2017, President Donald Trump was mentioned in countless headlines. ...
BOL has always been controversial. In the past, it has been a topic of discussion for their coverage of the Axact fake degrees issue, and for stigmatizing innocent bloggers as apostates. More recently, BOL initiated an ...
Today’s daily news covering; Nawaz’s threat, foreign office reply to U.S, Senators set to hear D.I Khan Girl’s abuse and more! Nawaz threatens to ‘spill the beans’ The foreign minister, Khawaja Asif, said, “The history ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Trump alleges Pakistan has given Washington nothing but lies and deceit, Pakistan’s analysts and politicians respond to Trump’s allegations, 12-year-old Indian prisoner returned to Pakistan, and more! Trump says Pakistan has ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Updates on Sharif’s Saudia Arabia trip, Fazlur Rehman calls for province status for FATA, PTI announces rally in support of Sugarcane producers in Karachi, and more! Nawaz Sharif to discuss ...
When it comes to discrimination, Pakistan is no stranger to gender-based partisanship. In 2017, Pakistanis targetted a lot of women for their alleged immorality and unchastity. Whether it was Malala’s jeans controversy or Mahira Khan’s ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: man and woman gunned down in an alleged honor killing case in Muzaffarabad, Imran Khan levels fresh allegations against Nawaz Sharif, Khursheed Shah questions Nawaz Sharif’s upcoming visit to Saudia Arabia, ...
2018 is just around the corner, and we are so not ready for it. After all, 2017 was a year full of excitement, horror, and important milestones. As a nation, we have braved grievances and ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Khawaja Asif says Indian spy’s family meeting was arranged on humanitarian grounds, China clarifies that Afghanistan’s inclusion in CPEC benefits entire region, Saira Naseer’s son confesses to murdering his mother, ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Woman raped by village council for marrying against family’s wishes, a policeman arrested in connection with a school principal’s murder in Karachi, Bilawal accuses Musharraf of being behind Benazir Bhutto’s murder, and ...
Today marks a decade since Benazir Bhutto was assassinated at an election campaign rally in Rawalpindi. Rather than talking about the untimely demise of the daughter of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) founder and prime minister ...
Mohammed Ali Jinnah was born on December 25, 1876, in an ordinary but comfortable household in Karachi, which was then part of the Bombay Presidency in British India. Interestingly, his birthplace was not far from where ...
Since the assassination of Nawab Akbar Bugti, it is quite evident that the situation of Baluchistan has worsened, with the state struggling to control multiple insurgencies. Nawab was among the Baloch leaders who signed accession ...
7 Seas apart, both born in privilege and both lacking the popular vote, have a fair bit of things in common but it doesn’t just stop there. You might remember how, not too long ago, ...
Understanding government and politics in Pakistan can be a strenuous challenge for most. It is, indeed, very easy to get lost in the chaos of Pakistani politics. One such aspect of politics that might be ...
A Brief Introduction The Federally Administrative Tribal Areas (FATA) is located in the North-Western part of Pakistan. It consists of seven tribal agencies and six frontier regions. After independence, different governments of Pakistan tried to ...
On 3rd December 2017, which was also the official global Human Rights Day, Raza Mahmood Khan went to a talk on extremism held amid the recent Islamabad 20-day sit-in by Tehreek-e-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYRA) ...
The term globalization took academia by storm starting 20th century when it came to denote the socio-political and economic interconnectedness between people globally. Academia gave the term its more sophisticated character by theorizing globalization as ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Govt’s announcement of zero load-shedding in parts of the country, CIA says it will act is Pakistan doesn’t destroy safe havens, Nawaz Sharif’s accountability court hearing and more! Breaking News: ...
Today’s Digestible News covering: Pakistan is told to enforce Polio eradication plan, updates on Peshawar attack, Supreme Court’s rejection of using foul language for an Islamic cause, and more! Pakistan told to effectively enforce action ...
Today’s digestible news covering: 9 dead as gunmen storm hostel of Peshawar’s agriculture-training institute, Obama says Pakistan didn’t know Osama’s whereabouts, Lahore sit in called off and more Daily News 01 Nine dead as gunmen ...
Today’s Digestible News covering: Terrorist firing at the Agriculture Directorate and managing to enter the hostel’s premises, Bilawal’s call for maintaining a democratic law, 88 school girls forced to strip in an Indian School, JI ...
Today’s Digestible News covers: Ex-Prime minister frustration over handling of Faizabad sit-in, TLYRA refuse to end protest in Lahore and demand Rana Sanaullah’s resignation, Two police officers recovered from Islamabad Protestors describe the torture they ...
Today’s dose of the daily digestible news covers Sharif’s postponement of his rally in Baluchistan, PM assures Riyadh of support in peace talks, the government is held responsible in the aftermath of Faizabad protests and ...
The ongoing protest in Pakistan by religious parties including Tehreek-e-Labbaik, Tehreek-e-Sunnat, and Tehreek-e-Khatm-e Nabuwat has created a political stalemate in the country. The religious leaders demand that Law Minister Zahid Hamid be sacked after he ...
Today’s digestible news covers; The aftermath of the week long sit in by the protestors that started with Faizabad and spread around all across the country. Digestible News 01 Law Minister Zahid Hamid has had ...
Today’s digestible news covers; Sit-in diminish industrial output in Karachi,PML-N mulling Hamid’s resignation, Army called in Islamabad and more Digestible News 01 Sit-in diminish industrial output in Karachi Digestible News 02 PML-N top brass mulls Hamid’s ...
A short summary to bring you up to speed regarding the dharna being held by the TLP. The Election Bill 2017 was approved by the National Assembly and senate. The same bill has since caused ...
Today’s Digestible News covering; Action against Faizabad protestors start, Two terrorists from banned organization arrested by FC, death of minor in Karachi road accident sparks riots, at least 235 die in Egypt Mosque blast, Saudi ...
Here is your daily dose of the digestible news covering: Opposition asks for Saad Rafique’s resignation, Capital strategises to end Faizabad sit-in, a Four year old student loses eyesight due to alleged abuse by Principal ...
Today’s Digestible News covers; Pakistan welcomes US offer to take on Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, Finance Minister portfolio withdrawn from Ishaq Dar, Journalists roughed up by Faizabad protestors and much more! Digestible News 1 Pakistan welcomes US ...
Dear Diary, Islamabad is witnessing it’s 5284th dharna; the political scenario is awash with gossip; Nawaz, Imran and Musharraf are brewing up a storm and I, the President of Pakistan sit here writing in my ...
Here is your daily dose of the Digestible News covering Putin’s talks with Assad, approval of CPEC’s long-term plan, sharp increase in health costs in Pakistan and much more! Digestible News No 1: Pakistan calls ...
The capital is choked, nearly paralyzed for the past ten days by a puritanical fervors and slithering religiosity that permeated through its skin several decades ago; cementing the two nation theory, Islam and the True-Muslim ...
Here’s your dose of daily digestible news covering; Ishaq Dar’s resignation dilemma, talks with Islamabad protestors, Amir Liaqat leaving Bol channel, Afghanistan beating Pakistan to win U-19 Asia Cup, Nawaz Sharif kicking off PML-N election campaign and ...
Today’s dose of Daily Digestible News covers Ahsan Iqbal’s take on the Faizabad protests, Maryam Nawaz’s warning for those conspiring against the PML-N and much more! Daily Digestible News No. 1: Ahsan Iqbal hopes that ...
Here is your daily dose of Digestible News covering; Possible showdown between religious hardliners and the government, Suspect in Shahbaz Qalandar suicide attack arrested, PTV director fired over accusation of harassment and misuse of power, ...
Here is your dose of the Daily Digestible News covering: National Assembly passing bill to enable fresh delimitation of constituencies; NAB asks interior ministry to put Ishaq Dar’s name on ECL; world’s oldest Buddha statue ...
You might want to sit down for this. I think we need to scrap Jinnah’s 14 Points. Remember the fourteen points all high schoolers are made to memorise and reproduce in exams? Yes, those. Get rid of ...
Here is your dose of Daily Digestible News covering Sindh Rangers DG’s statement denying links to any political party, Pakistani film’s win at Alexandria Film Festival, Rickshaw service app launch and more! Armed forces have ...
Imran Khan and his party, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI), dominated the political landscape in the 2010 elections; I still remember his rally at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore, with students pouring out from jam-packed buses. Pakistan hadn’t seen ...
The late General Zia ul Haq has been the proverbial punching bag for every Pakistani since he snatched power from the self appointed Quaid-e-Awam, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on 5 July 1977, in his bloodless coup. ...
On Thursday, at the age of 98, the daughter of Pakistan’s founding father, Dina Wadia passed away in New York. The demise of Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s daughter has struck a chord in the heart’s of ...
On the 18th of October 2017, Hyderabad was awaiting the re-birth of her son. She felt burdened and sweaty, pushing her limits to another second, another minute and then another hour to bring him into ...
Pakistan is upfront with the US, it’s time to accept the defeat in Afghanistan During a brief visit to Islamabad, United States Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson along with his delegation met with Foreign Minister ...
Two days ago, the ex-premier of the country Nawaz Sharif called the Interior Ministry to ensure that the missing PML-N online social media activists be released. He further talked about why freedom of speech is important ...
Tillerson presses Pakistan to act against terrorist ‘safe havens’ On Tuesday, United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Islamabad where he will emphasize cooperation in fighting extremists and driving them out of their ...
Shahid Khaqan Abassi becomes the first Pakistani prime minister to fly a military helicopter On Sunday, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, took the Turkish attack helicopter T-129 for a test flight, becoming the first Pakistani ...
Tortured transgender’s corpse found in Peshawar The body of a brutally tortured transgender who was reportedly murdered three days ago was recovered from Ashiqabad area near Warsak Road in Peshawar, said Senior Superintendent of Police ...
Missing journalist Zeenat Shahzadi recovered after more than two years Zeenat Shahzadi, a journalist who went missing in 2015 has been recovered by security forces near the Pak-Afghan border, said officials on Friday. Prior to ...
Nawaz, Maryam and Capt. Safdar plead ‘not guilty’ when indicted in NAB references Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and her husband retired Captain Safdar pleaded not guilty when indicted by an ...
India can help ‘keep an eye’ on Pakistan: US Ambassador to the UN In her address to the United States-India Friendship Council in Washington on Tuesday, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has ...
Pakistani politicians’ relationship with the armed forces is similar to Laila Majnu’s love story, in a way that both have disastrous endings! Obviously, there are major differences as well. If we assume Pakistan Army to ...
Explosion on Quetta’s Sariab road, 3 police personnel injured Three police personnel on routine patrol were injured in an explosion on Quetta’s Sariab road and have been shifted to the city’s Jinnah Hospital where emergency ...
UN General Assembly elects Pakistan as a member state of UNHRC Pakistan, securing more than two-thirds of the vote is among the 11 countries selected by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to be a member ...
Nawaz Sharif denounces Capt. Safdars anti-Ahmadi remarks Following Prime Minister Khaqan Abbasi disowning Capt. Safdar’s anti-Ahmadi remarks made in the National Assembly on Oct 10, Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif said that “Any negative expression ...
Musharraf’s Rs1m surety bonds seized by court The Rs1 million surety submitted by guarantors of retired General Pervez Musharraf was confiscated by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in connection with his release in the judges detention ...
Karachi marked most unsafe city in Economist’s report A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) — the research and analysis division of The Economist Group marked Karachi as the most unsafe city in the ...
PM Abbasi disowns Capt. Safdar’s statements against Ahmedis in NA Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi distanced himself, the ruling party Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and party president Nawaz Sharif from statements made against ...
Senate passes resolution against disqualified persons holding party office Wednesday the Senate adopted a resolution, presented by Pakistan Peoples Party’s Senator Aitzaz Ahsan, stating that a person who cannot become a member of the parliament ...
Capt. Safdar lashes out against Ahmedis in National Assembly speech Speaking at a National Assembly session this Tuesday, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz leader Captain Muhammad Safdar lashed out against Pakistan’s Ahmedi community- calling upon lawmakers ...
A teenaged Christian boy was beaten to death by six policemen on October 9 in Jabbran district in Pakistan’s Sheikhupura area in Punjab, rights organizations said. Arslan Masih was an 8th grader at Government High ...
Accountability court grants bail to Maryam Nawaz , husband An accountability court on Monday granted bail to Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif, and her husband Captain Safdar, in connection ...
Captain Safdar arrested from the airport The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested Captain (retd) Mohammed Safdar on his return from London. This news made everyone anticipate of what to expect next. Maryam Nawaz would be ...
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) officially launched in 2013. It debuted three years after China’s first shipload of cargo exported via the Gwadar Port to markets in West Asia as well as Africa. Essentially CPEC ...
We’ve seen them dancing at weddings, draped in sequinned dresses and flashy costume jewelry, and shooed them away when they’ve approached us for loose change on busy street corners. We’ve heard about them living on ...
There’s one photograph all politicians are universally terrified of: the one of them eating. Remember the time Ed Miliband was photographed eating that infamous bacon sandwich? He launched a thousands memes and in the process ...
Maryam Nawaz is off to London The dust from NA-120 has hardly settled and Maryam Nawaz is off to London. Currently the whole Sharif Family is there visiting Kulsoom Nawaz. The NAB references are out and ...
After the case was filed on 14 Nov 2014 by Akbar S. Babar, PTI was ordered by the ECP on December 1 of last year to submit its accounts or face ‘legal consequences’-following numerous chances ...
The Commissioner Lahore, Muhammad Abdullah Khan Sumbal has reversed the decision of the local authorities to completely shut-down FC College and use its grounds as parking spaces for the much anticipated Independence Cup International Cricket ...
The celebration of independence is always a complicated affair; are we celebrating independence from the British, the partition of the subcontinent, or both? Our sense of history tends to fuse partition and independence together, and ...
17-year-old Sharoon Masih was ruthlessly murdered on 28th August 2017. He fell victim to faith-based barbarism by his own classmates, that too within the walls of his own school. ProperGaanda has been following the story ...
Classmates of a 17-year-old Pakistani student from the persecuted Christian minority beat him to death last month in Punjab’s Vehari district allegedly for drinking water from the same glass as his upper-class Muslim classmates, community ...
You might want to sit down for this: This September 6, the Pakistan-Indian standoff has entered its 25,591st day. That’s 614,184 hours, 36,851,040 minutes and 2,211,062,400 seconds that Pakistanis and Indians have wasted on hating ...
There are countless moments in Pakistan’s political history that make us ROFLMFAO. Remember that time when the chief minister of Baluchistan, Nawaz Aslam Raisani said, “degree degree hoti hai, asli ho ya jaali“? Yup, #NeverForget . ...
Article 9 of the Constitution of Pakistan guarantees the right to life. This provision has been continually expanded by the Honorable Supreme Court to include various facets of human existence. I say we read it ...
After the ruling given by the honorable Supreme Court based on the JIT investigation regarding the Panama case, the ex-Premier’s family and party workers dismissed the ruling as unjustified, going so far as to question ...
Nawaz Sharif might have been ousted as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, but that does not mean he’s out of the spotlight. After his recent march to the poor man’s Westeros, he’s made sure of ...
In a country rampant with misogynistic values and blatant androcentrism, it really isn’t hard to imagine women being slut shamed and their characters assassinated every time they raise their voice. Ayesha Gulalai is an example ...
Justice For The Sake Of It Accountability. Corruption. Words that had become meaningless in our discourse, the prevalence of the latter simply ingrained in our identity. Was it misfortune or our own failing? It never ...
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