Tag: Pakistan
As of Wednesday night, 25th March, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases stand at 1026 in Pakistan. All provinces have been placed under a lockdown, which is being enforced by the armed forces who are ...
The United Nations released its World Happiness Report on Friday and Pakistan, stood at 66 ranks among the 156 countries that were a part of the survey. On top of the charts is Finland rated as ...
On 21st March, renowned activist, speaker and currently a professor at Forman Christian College Lahore, Dr. Ammar Ali Jan accused Generation and Limelight of firing their workers on the 1st of April. A video ProperGaanda ...
“It was the smell that was the worst. In this dusty camp on Pakistan’s border with Iran, which at one stage held more than 6,000 people, the stench of sweat, rubbish and human excrement hung in ...
Pakistan is home to several religious minorities, notably the Hindus, Sikhs and Christians. It is also home to a tiny 200 member Jewish community which is scattered all over the country. This is their story. ...
He sent the letter two days ago. “I’m coming home. There’s too much noise here.” That was it. Short and concise. He didn’t wait for a reply. He had lived outside of Pakistan for 7 ...
A man who burnt five women, including his wife and mother-in-law to death has confessed to the crime, saying he was “extremely angry” that his wife had allegedly cheated on him, police confirmed on Thursday. ...
As the religious discrimination and torture continues in India against Indian Muslims. Pakistani Hindus celebrate Holi under the free and open sky of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Hindus across Pakistan celebrated Holi, the festival ...
PM’s Special Assistant on Health Dr Zafar Mirza confirms that Pakistan has detected nine new cases of the coronavirus. He said that the new cases are contacts of an already confirmed case and have caught ...
Sindh’s fifth case of coronavirus has been confirmed in the metropolis, a spokesperson for the provincial health department said on Monday, as reported by Geo News. Who is the patient? The patient, a 53-year-old man, ...
Four people murdered, including a woman and children after two men broke into their house in Lahore’s Green Town. A woman and a child were also injured. They have been shifted to a hospital. And ...
Five bodies have been found in a house in Thatta’s Jhampir. The police have identified them as a woman and her four sons. Who are suspected to be forcefully poisoned or had committed suicide. According ...
Pakistan ranked as the 76th out of 100 countries on the inclusive internet index 2020 released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), placed into the last quarter of the global index overall. They ranked Pakistan ...
Mahira Khan has said that she will march for the underprivileged women who are not in my position and who have not enjoyed the same luxuries as she has. She was the first of celebrities ...
According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup & Gilani Pakistan, most preferred number of children a married couple should have is four. But what was the research? A representative sample of ...
Around Rs 24 billion will be spent on the four-year programme meant to support 200,000 students, half of them girls, from low-income backgrounds. As part of the Ehsaas scholarships policy, two per cent scholarships will ...
Pakistan has confirmed four cases so far but all of them had a travel history to Iran. Afghanistan has also reported coronavirus cases. And has not taken any strong precautionary measures. The Pakistani authorities sealed ...
Last year, 50 cases of physical harassment were reported, whereas the number of complaints of uploading inappropriate content on social media platforms reached 1,500. According to cybercrime officers, several people arrested have confessed to robbing ...
In his plea, Rizwan Nawab, a resident of Lahore, said that the release of what he termed was a new song for the ongoing Pakistan Super League “will damage the rating and popularity of PSL ...
A man accused of raping a 10-year-old girl was arrested in Khairpur, on friday. According to the family, the girl was suffering from a mental illness. “The man lured her in and then raped her,” ...
Bangladesh senior batsman Mushfiqur Rahim is adamant on his stance of not touring Pakistan for the one-off one-day International (ODI) and Test match, scheduled to take place in Karachi next month. After the rehab of ...
President Dr Arif Avi after consulting ulema said people suffering from flu should offer prayers at home, and avoid Jumma congregations for community’s wellbeing. Two patients were diagnosed with novel coronavirus in Pakistan, and a ...
The two coronavirus patients reported in Pakistan are now ‘stable and improving’ says Dr Zafar Mirza Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health He also mentioned that the people that have been tested so far ...
Facebook has warned any coronavirus product to stop making false claims and using facebook as a shoulder to shoot the bullet. Facebook that it is banning ads that make false claims about products tied to ...
The person is a student of MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) who had recently flown back from China, where he was enrolled. This is one suspected case of coronavirus infection in Punjab, confirms ...
An army of ducks has been deployed to fight the locust crisis for Pakistan. Pakistan was invaded by the locust swarm last year, which proceeded to lay waste to the country’s cotton crop and is ...
Yes, you read it right the renowned Stanford University is finally coming to Pakistan through their annual Spirit of Math contest that is focused on enhancing the mathematical skills of the students along with challenging ...
Today, Pakistan was became the second most polluted country in the world in terms of pollution density of areas with the most horrific airborne pollutants according the world air quality by Swiss firm IQ Air. ...
United States President Trump flaunts relationship with Pakistan upon arrival in India. Addressing a gigantic Indian crowd Trump mentioned that the US and Pakistan have a very good relationship and that Washington was working with ...
The gold prices today have broken all previous records by a 2000Rs. increase making it 96,300/per tola. The prices have increased because of the increase in the international market. The yellow metal is worth $1684/per ...
In match 6 of HBL PSL 2020 between Karachi Kings and Quetta Gladiators, Karachi won the toss & opted to bat first. They could not score big, this time round, as Sharjeel got out at ...
Finally, the long awaited Maula Jutt has finally ready to launch. Ever since it was announced that Fawad Khan and Hamza Ali Abbasi will star as Maula Jatt and Noori Nath, people have been waiting ...
Umar Akmal’s bad days are simply not coming to an end, whether it’s a typo in a tweet or an outright corruption case, all is going south for the young wicket keeper and batsman. Umar ...
Prime Minister Imran Khan will launch the Rs 15 billion “Ehsaas Amdan (income) Programme” – one of several programmes under the Ehsaas umbrella, in Layyah today. What is the Ehsaas Programme? The programme is aimed ...
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday termed the improved security situation of Pakistan as “absolutely remarkable”, noting that Islamabad, which looked like a “fortress” a few years back had now become a family ...
The Functional Committee of Human rights on Monday approves the expansion of the Zainab Alert Bill over the entire country. The bill previously only applied to Islamabad. But as of today it will be applicable all over the country. PPP Senator Quratulain Marri had objected to the ...
The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres’s reached out to India, offering mediation on the Kashmir issue. He stated he was “deeply concerned” and had “repeatedly stressed the importance of exercising maximum restraint” while talking ...
Having become the latest champions of HBL PSL, the Sarfaraz-led Gladiators are all set to defend their title in PSL FIVE. Quetta Gladiators is the least expensive among all the franchises and still it has ...
From buying roses for your lover to taking them out to a fancy dinner, we tend to spend excessive amounts of money on the people we love because we want to show that we love ...
So as the sun of Valentine’s rises, so do rise the most horrid and the most wholesome Valentine’s commercials. On this Valentine’s, lets go through all the cringe-worthy, cheesy and cute commercials that are on ...
Thursday – During a meeting of the Joint Working Group on Trade and Investment, Pakistan and Turkey finalised two memorandums of understandings (MoUs) to increase the level of economic engagement and mobilise the untapped potential ...
From an unerring codification of female characters stamped between the great pillars of the Mughals to recalling the tragedies encompassed by the folklores of Sassi Panu or Heer Ranjha on ancient divans, South-Asian women, particularly the ...
The forbidden treachery, the disgrace, the quixotic visionary, and the disappointment is what a university dropout is commonly referred to as. From phuppos murmuring how useless you are to uncles giving you life advice in hopes to knock some sense into you, ...
The UN health agency on Tuesday warned cancer cases would rise by 81 per cent in low- and middle-income countries by 2040 because of a lack of investment in prevention and care. The Geneva-based World ...
A 45-year-old man committed suicide by setting himself on fire in Karachi’s Orangi Town on Monday evening, according to Pakistan Bazaar police and rescue sources. Police officials, quoting eyewitnesses, said that the victim took out ...
The Islamabad High Court on Monday granted post-arrest bail to activists who had been detained for protesting against the arrest of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the plea and granted bail ...
Coronavirus has the world on edge. With the virus having spread to a dozen different countries and the World Health Organisation declaring a global coronavirus emergency, should Pakistani’s be worried about the mysterious virus hitting ...
There has been no increase in salary of Prime Minister Imran Khan and reports circulating in this regard are “fabricated and baseless”, a spokesperson for the PM’s office said Thursday. The spokesperson said in a ...
Pakistan says it has reopened the main border crossing with Afghanistan after it was briefly shut down following mortar fire from across the border. The Torkham border crossing, at the top of the Khyber Pass, through which ...
The government on Wednesday unveiled an ambitious programme to privatise 33 state-owned entities during the current fiscal year of 2020, including six public sector enterprises (PSEs). As reported by The News, “The government planned to ...
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is clear that while it has no problem with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) hosting the 2020 edition of the Asia Cup. The venue however, needs ...
A latest Gallup survey has found that the country’s sweeping 60 percent businessmen feel that things are heading in the wrong direction. The Gallup conducted survey of 433 businessmen belonging to different parts of the ...
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the nurse at the Shaukat Khanum Hospital, who administered him a pain-killing injection after he fell from the stage, looked like a hoor. In a breaking news videos aired ...
Six members of a family were gunned down in their sleep in the name of ‘honour’ in Salaro village in Matiari district’s riverine area early on Monday morning. The victims were identified as Murtaza Rind, ...
I double over laughing as I hold my saree blouse from my high school farewell against my waist; it barely even spans over half my waist a decade later. I’m well past 25 and its ...
The Punjab Assembly witnessed chaos on Friday with legislators from both the sides of political divide resorting to leveling accusations, using non-parliamentary words and sloganeering. The House echoed with the names of Hareem Shah, Tahira ...
Coca-Cola is known for making family oriented ads and the most recent one is no exception. In the ad, a family is portrayed having dinner. However, the young son of the family is more interested ...
Writer of the record-breaking Pakistani series ‘Mere Paas Tum Ho’ has been facing a lot of controversy as of late due to his strong opinions on women and feminism. However, after hearing all the news ...
Transgenders have historically struggled in Pakistan and have oftentimes been placed on the periphery of Pakistani society. One of the most marginalised groups in the country, this community has faced severe discrimination for years. However, ...
The new year has begun with the outbreak of what could be the next deadly health epidemic- coronavirus. An unidentified lung infection was found in 40 people in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Since then, ...
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Wednesday said that United States President Donald Trump had assured the Pakistani delegation at the World Economic Forum in Davos that he would soon visit Pakistan. “US President Donald ...
The Pakistan government “will have to convince” the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to “make fiscal adjustments in line with new financial realities” so as to avoid a major deadlock over the $6 billion Extended Fund Facility ...
Swineryy’s characters, however exaggerated they may be, mirror our society. We know these characters, we’ve met them at birthdays and even family dinners, and some of us might even be them! By studying her characters, ...
Pakistan has traditionally been a chai-loving nation. In recent years, however, the country has witnessed the rise of ‘coffee culture’ among it’s youth, particularly with students and young professionals. History of coffee culture Coffee usually ...
The texting habits of millennials have evolved significantly over the past decade alone, and much of that has to do with the devices we’ve used over time. Most of us have forgotten the time when ...
The Sindh High Court on Saturday put a judicial magistrate, posted in Sehwan, under suspension for allegedly assaulting a woman litigant in his chamber. According to a notification issued by the SHC, Chief Justice Ahmed ...
According to the lawyer of a British-Pakistani father fighting for custody of his two minor daughters in the Czech Republic, she has “no doubt” that her client was discriminated against due to his Muslim faith ...
Chai is undoubtably the most popular drink in Pakistan. Whether it’s being served in a professional setting or from a roadside dhabba, there is a strong cultural association when it comes to tea in our ...
An interesting phenomenon of the Pakistani middle/upper-middle class is the fear of being labelled a ‘paindoo’. The term is a slur that roughly translated means ‘villager’ but is typically used within elitist circles in a ...
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is set to discuss the alarming human rights situation in Indian-occupied Kashmir for the second time in less than six months. A meeting of the UNSC to discuss the ...
A junior officer of the Indian army stationed in occupied Kashmir lost his footing in heavy snowfall and slipped, accidentally landing in Pakistan. What happened? The officer, named Havildar Rajendra Singh Negi, was on patrol ...
On Sunday, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi stated that Pakistan will not be a part of any war in the region but will continue to play a vibrant and positive role for the establishment of ...
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) investigations have unearthed that close to 10,000 people were allegedly involved in tax evasion and possible money laundering after tracing their cash transactions, reported The News. The bureau is also ...
Pakistan and Russia have agreed to launch a joint effort aimed at ‘restoring peace’ in the region with rising tensions between the United States and Iran in the backdrop, Radio Pakistan reported. The agreement came during a ...
The United Kingdom now has one foot out of the European Union’s door after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit Bill was endorsed by the House of Commons on Thursday. Succeeding where his beleaguered predecessor, Theresa May, had repeatedly failed, the ...
After Iran launches missiles at two US bases in Iraq, the tensions between the countries have risen up. Iran has warned US that if they attack a regional war might break out. Meanwhile, countries in ...
The American magazine wrote, “Closed countries are opening up. Savvy luxury agencies are making remote destinations accessible to travellers who don’t want to rough it or risk much.” The list features includes countries such as ...
In an interview to a private TV channel, Lt General Mustafa stated that before the killing of former Iranian leader of Al-Quds force, Pakistan had been informed of the action that United States was about ...
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Rana Sanuallah on Saturday said he will not allow the drug case against him to proceed until the alleged video against him is presented. Speaking to the media outside a ...
The Foreign Office on Friday reported that allegations of destruction at Nankana Sahib are false. The office said, “these allegations are not only false but also mischievous.” This statement came after there were protests against ...
US President Donald Trump on Friday authorised the resumption of the International Military Education and Training Program (IMET) for Pakistan in order to strengthen military cooperation between the two countries. Another reason for this is ...
Today, the PTI government has tabled a bill that seeks to amend provisions to the Pakistan Army Act 1952. In particular, this bill seeks to amend provisions to the extension of the tenure of the ...
Today, the PTI government has tabled a bill that seeks to amend provisions to the Pakistan Army Act 1952. In particular, this bill seeks to amend provisions to the extension of the tenure of the ...
An article originally published by an Indian journalist named Jyoti Malhotra for an Indian news publication called ThePrint questions whether Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “obsessed” with Pakistan, given flagrant actions made by him ...
I feel like you’ve already judged me from reading the title, but that’s alright. This article isn’t just about me, it’s about naps. I’m a good sleeper, I sleep through my alarm, my cat scratching ...
On Thursday, Indian resorted to an unprovoked shelling at the Line of Control killing two civilians and wounding two others. According to the ISPR, Indian forces targeted Jora sector along the LoC. As a result of ...
The Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman has expressed his discomfort the presence of the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for overseas Pakistani’s, Zulfi Bukhari, at confidential meetings. The crown prince has made it ...
The wedding season has officially begun in Pakistan. Starting around November, it goes straight into the new year, breathlessly pausing for one night on New Years, dancing in Valentine’s Day red in February, and gracefully ...
Growing up, I never properly learnt how to speak Urdu. For a plethora of reasons, the main one being my upbringing in a foreign country, it wasn’t something I ever caught onto even after I ...
The special court formed to give verdict in Pervez Musharraf’s High treason case gave the former president a death sentence for imposing a state of emergency on November 3, 2007. The court said it had ...
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will meet on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Indian occupied Kashmir. The meeting has been called by China and Pakistan together for the second time in a year. ...
The proxy war continues as a European group unveils a number of fake network of NGO’s and media outlets run by India spreading misinformation against Pakistan. This influence Pakistan’s relations with European Union (EU) and ...
The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan met United States Senator Lindsey Graham in Islamabad. This meeting was important for bilateral relations between both countries. Foreign minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi accompanied Prime Minister of Pakistan ...
According to luxury travel magazine Conde Nast Traveller, Pakistan has been named the the top travel destination for 2020. PTI leader Imran Khan vowed to boost Pakistan’s tourism and it seems as though this promise ...
Pakistan finally has it’s own version of Avengers ready to take on evil- the Paak Legion. A visual artist from Karachi called Umair Najeeb Khan has created a Pakistani superhero force to rival the American ...
Prime Minister Imran Khan took to Twitter to warn the international sphere about the “Hindu supremacist agenda” of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a series of tweets posted on Thursday, the premier claimed that ...
Umar Saif’s startup is the first Pakistani startup to secure an investment directly from the Bill & Gates Foundation to develop next generation Artificial Intelligence models for data collection. Umar Saif is a well known ...
A Pakistani-American journalist by the name of Amna Nawaz has been selected to moderate a US presidential debate. This marks the first time a South Asian women will be moderating a US presidential debate. Amna ...
The second phase of the China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement came into effect as of Sunday, officials said on Monday. Zero duty The new phase will allow the Pakistani manufacturers and traders to export around 313 ...
DADU: Police on Monday included the mother of a nine-year-old girl, who was allegedly stoned to death over the so-called honour in Wahi Pandhi on November 21, into their investigation, they said. Conflicting stories The ...
The massive bureaucratic reshuffle in Punjab, ordered directly by Prime Minister Imran Khan, brings back Shehbaz Sharif’s team of “go-getters” but in the process might also totally defeat and erode the PTI’s own corruption narrative ...
Pakistan will be witnessing its second Student Solidarity March on the 29th of November 2019. Since its inception last year, there has been much controversy shrouding the march, which is odd considering the march is ...
The 16 year old fast bowler, Naseem Shah was overcome with emotion after he was handed his debut Test cap before the start of the opening Test against Australia in Brisbane on Thursday. The teenage ...
Pakistan is expected to be the only Asia-Pacific country to see a decrease in salaries in 2020 according to a report by mobility consultancy ECA International. According to the report, the average real salary increase ...
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Imran Khan mentioned in a speech that his economic team had ‘stabilised the economy’ and the government was now going to shift it’s focus to creating more job opportunities and facilitating ...
After more than a month’s wait, the government has decided to import tomatoes from Iran to combat the skyrocketing prices in the market Tomato supplies were disrupted in early October owing to ill-timed government policies ...
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 ...
A 70 year old American national pulled a surprising stunt at Islamabad airport this Monday morning. The elderly woman now confirmed as Murray Maude was discovered to be residing in Pakistan illegally. She had also ...
Today marks the historic opening of the Kartarpur Corridor, but reports have emerged from a section of Indian media raising doubts about the true intentions of this event Prime Minister Imran Khan is set to ...
Sikh pilgrims have started to arrive in Lahore to visit Baba Guru Nanak’s shrine in Kartarpur, a historic moment in Pak-India relations Foreign diplomats as well as Sunny Deol will be attending the ceremony. Indian ...
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 ...
Pakistani officials have been accused of attempting to cover up an outbreak of the most dangerous polio strain and trying to contain it with a covert vaccination programme According to The Guardian, the P2 strain ...
More than 80 farmers have been arrested across India for crop burning, which releases pollutants that lend to the smog that’s currently choking cities The post-harvest crop burning combined with car and factory emissions has ...
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 ...
A recent report reveals only 47% of Pakistanis claim to be concerned about environmental issues, despite the current attack of toxic smog Around 1500 Pakistanis were asked the same question: Are you someone who is ...
The International Cricket Council shared a heartwarming photo of a Pakistani cricket fan from the United States on his wedding day, ‘even on my wedding night, I wasn’t going to miss this game.’ Cricket fans ...
Prime Minister Imran Khan directed authorities to visit the site of the anti-government Azadi March to see what aid they could provide the activists following a major temperature drop in the capital On Tuesday, unexpected ...
Former Prime Minister and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif, along with daughter Maryam Nawaz, leave Lahore’s Services Hospital for Jati Umra Although Nawaz Sharif was discharged from hospital yesterday, he refused to leave for Jati Umra ...
An image making rounds on twitter shows the prestigious King Edward Medical College stating one criteria for their sanitation worker job as ‘non-muslims only’. The image shows an application form with multiple job vacancies at ...
In a startling development, Pakistani feminists called a press conference at the Karachi Press Cult and admitted to being foreign agents. The feminists said that they had been working against Pakistani values since the beginning ...
In an unprecedented move, a Pakistani man says he warmed up his own food for the first time in his life and says that he feels “liberated”. Owais Irfan, 38, from Lahore, says that he ...
Pakistani singer and television host, Rabi Pirzada, has announced that she is leaving the entertainment industry for good following the leak and subsequent social media uproar of her private photos. Last week, private content surrounding ...
The governments social welfare programme ‘Ehsaas’ has introduced a new project titled ‘Ehsaas for Students’. This project’s aim is to provide scholarships to at least 200,000 students from lower-income, disadvantaged families over the course of ...
An inquiry conducted by the Pakistan Railways’ team concluded that the primary cause of the Tezgam Express tragedy on Thursday was a gas leak and subsequent explosion of two cylinders The Federal Government Inspector of Railways (FGIR) will ...
The premier has waived off two requirements for Sikh pilgrims traveling to Pakistan for Baba Guru Nanak’s 50th anniversary The Kartarpur Corridor’s inauguration is set to take place on November 9, three days before the ...
Express Tribune after taking cue from other traditional media outlets and firing most of its journalists, are now making further in roads for expansion. One of them is hiring a fresh business school graduate, who ...
A Local Liberal Arts Student and part time Social Media Wokest Person Alive sent out an array of tweets describing her shock at the Azaadi March, when she saw there were only men with sticks ...
After the Government, the armed forces and basically most of Maulana’s friend gave him a shutup a call on his planned halloween party, Maulana got another bad news today. His Doctor diagnosed him with Tinkafitus, ...
Another survey done on yet another random Internet page reports; Pakistani Men enjoy porn much more than Item numbers and surprisingly it doesn’t piss them off. The result comes in at a time when nation is ...
As the economic crises grows, Pakistani Prime Minister has appealed to Pakistani expats and anyone with money to basically think of Pakistan as charity box where you can put all your charity in. In an ...
The current chief selector and coach of Pakistan cricket team, for the sake of doing something even more radical for the upcoming Australian cricket series announced himself as the 12th man of the team. Misbah ...
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau has won a minority government, as most major Canadian media outlets are projecting. The result means that the Liberals will need the support of another party, likely the NDP, to pass ...
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 ...
A woman from Mian Channu, Khanewal was allegedly struck with axes by her husband and brother-in-law for refusing to make tea According to the FIR lodged by the assaulted on Monday at Mian Channu’s Sadar ...
The Ehsaas-Saylani Langar scheme is part of the government’s Ehsaas Programme which aims to defeat starvation in the country The scheme will commence in Islamabad in collaboration with the Saylani Trust, which is one of ...
Today’s development in Moon Sighting Controversies features the Science Minister accusing the Committee for misinformation on Safar moon sighting In a media press release, the Federal Science and Technology Minister said, “[My ministry] has released ...
Mohammad Arif, the absconding brother of Qandeel Baloch has been apprehended by the Multan police with the help of Interpol. Qandeel Baloch, the outspoken social media sensation, was strangulated to death in July 2016. One ...
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 recently arrested suspect for the rape and murder of four boys in Chunian, Kasur revealed he had been molested as a minor Upon confessing to his illicit crimes, Sohail Shehzada also disclosed during interrogation ...
In a Mardan village, a PTI politician takes it upon himself to purchase and circulate burqas among schoolgirls The Village Councillor Muzafar Shah bought a number of burqas totalling to Rs. 100,000 and distributed them ...
The Peshawar High Court has issued a stay order to prevent local police from arresting a man believed to be behind an online anti-polio vaccination campaign The suspect, Azmat Khan, was charged for waging war ...
The Climate Awareness Strike ended last week, but your contribution to helping prevent climate change shouldn’t just be limited to raising awareness. These days, people’s main mode of shopping is through e-commerce. Little do they ...
The Sindh government has seized 65 properties belonging to 4 banned organisations as part of measures being taken to stop terror financing Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah met with a US congressional delegation ...
The Supreme Court has implored the provincial governments to look into the possibility of accommodating visually impaired persons by giving replies in Braille format On Wednesday Mohammad Bilal, a disabled person, requested the court to ...
A large gathering of plastic bag manufacturers and workers put up a protest against the ban on production of plastic bags at The Mall, Lahore The ban on plastic bags will render over one million ...
The Prime Minister will be visiting China some time next week, making this his third visit to the neighboring country this year. During his stay there, he is expected to meet the Chinese leadership and ...
India’s Supreme Court issued the order on Monday, giving the government until November 14 to file a response to the petitions protesting against annexation of Indian Occupied Kashmir. The petitions particularly highlight the communication blockade ...
India’s red meat exports have been falling, which is good news for Pakistan. Their exports to Gulf countries are reported to have dropped by 30%, which opens a space for Pakistan in the Middle Eastern ...
18 International airlines have been ordered by The Aviation Division to stop using plastic cutlery and packaging during flights. “We have given directives to airlines that they cannot use plastic cutlery in the flights as ...
How It Happened: 24 year old Zoya Ayaz was crossing a pedestrian bridge when she came across a young man shamelessly masturbating out in the open. Where It Happened: Abu Bakr Block, New Garden Town, ...
India has ordered elections to take place in Indian Occupied Kashmir after nearly two months of illegally revoking J&K’s special status. The elections held will be for a council government, which is the second tier ...
After being rescheduled due to heavy downpour in Karachi, the first ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka is finally taking place, becoming the first ODI match played in the city after a decade long gap. ...
The Punjab Health Department reported that almost 200 cases of dengue have been registered in hospitals across the province during the last 24 hours, bringing the tally up to 3377 from the start of this ...
PM Imran Khan made the announcement on a telephone call with the National Disaster Management Authority chairman, Lt. Gen Mohammad Afzal, while on his trip to the US for the UNGA. The NDMA chief informed ...
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 ...
The restoration of One Day International matches taking place in Pakistan is a significant development in the country’s involvement with international cricket. “History will be made on Friday when Karachi will host the first ODI,” ...
IHC Awaits Results On Drug Abuse In Schools The Islamabad High Court had summoned Islamabad Deputy Commissioner to discuss the case related to increasing drug usage in schools in the capital. The Commissioner was ordered ...
A young woman passed away after falling from the fourth floor of Bahria University in Islamabad, according to police and hospital staff. 23 year old Haleema Amin was an undergrad student in her second semester ...
Bill & Melinda Gates of the Gates Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Pakistan for its Ehsas initiative on poverty alleviation, under which it will provide Pakistan an amount of 200 million ...
This is the second such case to come from a KPK institution where they have taken back a culture-fuelled ban. The administration of Baccha Khan University’s Charsadda Campus reversed the prudish decision to ban ‘coupling’ ...
After being the first to represent Pakistan at the Cannes Film Festival last year, Mahira will also be the first to represent the country at Paris Fashion Week 2019. The fashionable actress will be attending ...
As many as 579 Pakistani prisoners have been released from the jails of Saudi Arabia ever since Saudi Prince Muhammad Bin Salman’s visit to Islamabad earlier this year, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ...
The real estate capitalist and his son, Ali Riaz, will attend a hearing at an anti-corruption court on October 15, regarding a land fraud case. This development comes after the pair missed the scheduled hearing ...
The famous film actress Meera underwent surgery on Wednesday at a private hospital in Dubai, according to her husband, Captain Naveed Pervaiz. The Pakistani star’s health declined last week and was hospitalized in order to ...
A notice found at Block 6 of Machiyara Residency, Clifton forbids non-Muslims from coming in to purchase or rent property in the area. The images tweeted this morning by Sikandar Ali Hullio show the sign ...
National Health Services representative, Dr. Zafar Mirza, says Punjab holds the record for most dengue cases as the number of afflicted people in the country increases. “There are 11,783 dengue patients at present in the ...
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, during which he highlighted the need for a solution through dialogue rather than war between Pakistan and India. In his ...
The Board of Directors of the National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) approved 10 projects on Monday for disaster risk reduction costing Rs4.9 billion, including a grant of Rs3.6bn. According to an official statement, these ...
Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) MNA’s were released from jail in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Haripur district this Saturday, according to sources. This development comes after two days from the two lawmakers being granted bail by the Peshawar ...
Around 40% of all cases of forced marriages of British citizens, including men and women, are linked to Pakistan. Both countries are expected to work together and bring a stop to this practice. British-Pakistanis top ...
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice Javed Iqbal said the bureau filed 600 corruption references in various accountability courts during the last 22 months. “The figures of complaints, inquiries and investigations are almost double ...
Umair Khan’s rendition of Pakistani superheroes is trending on Twitter and for good reason- the artist is giving Pakistan its very own squadron of extremely diverse and aesthetically pleasing superheroes. The series features five characters ...
The winning team will attend the Global Startup Weekend Women by Techstars in March 2020, where other winners from all across the world will also be representing their respective countries. The event in Karachi was ...
Government officials, religious scholars and civilians gathered to speak against underage marriages in a convention organised by the Center for Communication Programmes Pakistan, in collaboration with civil society organisations. They subsequently committed to the United ...
On Sunday, 15th September 2019, Karachi police charged on school headmasters with batons, going as far as using tear gas and a water cannon on the protestors as well. This was all done in an ...
Mohammad Farman Ali and Mohammad Arif Ali are cannibal brothers that were caught with the body of a child. Here’s how their story unfolded.
Hamza Ghaznavi from ProperGaanda explains Pakistan’s political blunders, and mind you, there have been more than a few! Lets take a trip down memory road and see the mistakes our state has made.
Meet the new Afridi in town; the youngest bowler to take a four wicket haul at the Worldcup stage. Even though Pakistan didn’t perform up-to-par during the ICC World Cup 2019, the team showcased new ...
“Aj kal market mein larkay underqualified aa rahay hain” Our team decided to take a deep-dive into the world of Rishta aunties and see how this effects the society at large. What we found out ...
Many have given their life for freedom in Kashmir but why does Burhan Wani’s death stands out? On his death anniversary, we take a look at why Burhan Wani’s life and death inspired a whole ...
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 ...
A rape and child labor case has been filed against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MPA Mian Tahir Jamil, his wife Bano, and their two sons Afaq and Saad, for allegedly subjecting a 14-year-old domestic worker ...
What is Slack? Slack, an acronym for “Searchable Log of All Conversation and Knowledge,” is an American cloud-based set of online services and software tools. It can replace email and texting for your team, and keep ...
Rameela Ayesha, a graphic designer based in Lahore, has accused Journal Post, an international news media website, for not paying their employees. According to Rameela, she joined Journal Post right after graduating from University as ...
An advertisement by the Pakistan Army offered sanitation jobs for Christians only, and received a lot of criticism on social media for being discriminatory. It has now been removed The ad stated that the job ...
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 ...
Trigger Warning: Sexual Harassment, Rape, Violence Activists belonging to Habib University, a liberal arts college in Karachi, have taken to Social Media to highlight why victims of sexual violence choose to stay silent. The activists, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
On Sunday, during a session chaired by National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri, the federal minister Umar Ayub suggested that using the word ‘selected’ for Prime Minister Imran Khan should be prohibited. Qasim Suri agreed. ...
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 ...
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