Tag: Pakistan
“The programme will work towards developing mentorship and connecting young Pakistani women to academic and professional networks for educational and career advancement” The Society for International Education, funded by the US Department of State, has ...
Disclaimer: The following is a work of satire. Follow the author, H. Ghaznavi here on Twitter. Dear Dada, It’s been a while since I’ve written to you. In the current scheme of things it seems ...
Note from author: The following is a work of satire, in case the letter-writing-dog didn’t give it away. Try not to take offence. To my hooman Imran, Remember when we used to spend time together ...
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 ...
The story in a nutshell: Earlier this week on Wednesday, a virtual graduation ceremony was held for the 1,600 strong class of the PepsiCo-Amal youth program from 135 towns and villages across Pakistan which included ...
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Handicrafts or handmade products are good for the environment and by supporting these artists and local businesses, you’re not only helping them keep a certain tradition and culture going but you’re also getting your hands ...
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 ...
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 ...
In recent years, with incubators and accelerators popping up in Pakistan’s major cities, an ever increasing number of Pakistanis are opting to forego traditional career paths to pursue their entrepreneurial journey and explore the startup ...
In a fresh review petition in the apex court, Supreme Court (SC) judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa said that former Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa had asked him to resign and informally told him about ...
what happened : Few days ago, the Ex- Finance Minister Ishaq Dar appeared on the international talk show “Hardtalk” where he addressed several issues including, the National Accountability Bureau, his return to Pakistan , the ...
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: 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. ...
Federal Government recently announced to shutdown all the educational institutions because of a raging pandemic, unfortunately online educational system wont be helpful either. But it would be unfair to say that our education system is ...
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 ) ...
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 ...
Ahmadis are reviled and persecuted in Pakistan, ironically, both for not being muslim enough or trying to be too muslim. The extent of their persecution is such that it is enshrined in the law. The ...
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 ...
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 ...
Misogyny, bigotry and violence would be the ideal words to define the cultural norms of Pakistan’s film industry. Just like any other entertainment industry in the world, Lollywood also has a dark side filled with ...
Pakistani and Italian archeologists have discovered a 1300 year old Hindu temple in the Swat district of Pakistan. The discovery of this temple was made during an ongoing excavation project in Barikot, at the top ...
19th Nov, 2020 Khadim Hussain Rizvi, leader of Pakistan’s most prominent religious party died because of cardiac arrest. Khadim led the most charged up Sunni-Barelvi movement in the last two years. From intense rhetoric to ...
I only need the youth of Pakistan to bring change, not big names or big politicians, said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan during his first maga public demonstration. Background: This promise led to the ...
Background: Education ministers held a meeting on Monday which was chaired by Federal Minister for Education, Shafqat Mahmood. A few suggestions and recommendations were discussed however no final decision was taken and the government announced ...
What happened: On Thursday, the Government of Pakistan presented some rules that define how social media will be governed. After the decision came out many big tech companies announced that these regulations would make it ...
What happened: Prime Minister Imran Khan visits the Afghan capital, Kabul for delegation-level talks with President Ashraf Ghani on bilateral ties, the stuttering Afghan peace process and other issues. This will be the PM’s first ...
What happened: On Wednesday Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri revealed that, United Arab Emirates has temporarily suspended the issuance of visit visas to Pakistan, including a dozen of other countries, until further notice. Why: ...
What happened: A GoAir Riyadh-Delhi flight diverted to the Karachi airport after a medical emergency was reported onboard, Some reports stated that the flight G8- 6658A- took off from Riyadh in afternoon but had to ...
What happened: On Monday, Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP) approved the transaction structure for the divestment of 96.6 per cent shares of Heavy Electrical Complex (HEC), and constituted a committee to improve upon the transaction ...
What happened: After eight months of havoc by coronavirus, scientists are moving towards an optimistic route where experimental vaccines are showing positive results. Till now the estimated cost of the Covid-19 vaccine is not available, ...
Background: Over the last few years, Pakistan’s Barelvi movement has become politically active and religiously mobilized. The social movement discourse in Pakistan has been disrupted as new actors are getting involved through dangerous channels. Not to ...
What WHO is saying: The World Health Organization has declared educational institutions as a significant source of coronavirus transmission in the general population. WHO has expressed concern about the government’s failure to decide about school ...
What happened: Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) has ended its Faizabad march/dhara in Islamabad shortly after a midnight announcement by its leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi. This announcement was made after the government negotiated with the leadership of ...
What happened: It is a well-established fact that Indian right-wing extremists tend to go a bit overboard when it comes to supporting their form of patriotism. In doing so, they sometimes lose sight of reality ...
What happened: On Friday, Police arrested more than 150 workers of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) in order to prevent them from participating in a protest march against France today. According to media reports, police have arrested ...
What happened: On Friday, Indian and Pakistani armed forces exchanged fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir after Indian army resorted to “indiscriminate and unprovoked” shelling, targeting mainly the civilian ...
What happened: The deputy inspector-general (DIG) of police for Larkana, Nasir Aftab told media, that the main suspect who was arrested following the Kashmore gang-rape, Rafiq Malik, was shot dead by an accomplice as police ...
Animal carcasses rotting away in the middle of the street are a common sight in Pakistan. Both the people who hit these animals and those passing by everyday don’t have the basic decency to at ...
The Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBA) election is set to take place on November 15, 2020. A dozen political and religious groups, including the three largest political parties in Pakistan, have campaigned in the region ...
What happened: Pakistani Trans activist, Janat Ali has been nominated for South Asian Hero Award 2020 by APCOM. What is APCOM: APCOM is a not-for-profit organisation based in Bangkok, representing and working with a network ...
A Shia student was beaten by his classmates, before being handed over to police after a disagreement centred on the Caliphs Umar and Ali. The incident took place on Monday, at Islamabad Model College for ...
What happened: Anaya Sheikh, a Trans comedian, is setting her foot back in the game after a year. Anaya has worked with feminist comedy group “Auratnaak” but after November, 2019 Anaya left the circuit because ...
What happened: The fiasco started after PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday posted a screenshot on the Twitter of an article by The Washington Post titled “Trump’s defeat is a blow for the world’s demagogues ...
“Women fear epithets because they are warnings, threats, proof that a woman has made a wrong step in her relationship to the world around her, proof that a man or men have noticed her and ...
Meet the Dynamic Duo – Asad and Hassan – Founder of a multipurpose social dining space, Strictly Social. Asad and his team partner Hassan have been friends for a long time, and when they ...
Hope seems to be in the air everywhere. Trump lost the election, Modi is trailing behind his opponents in the polls from the Bihar election, the Chileans did away with the unjust Pinochet era constitution, ...
Gang culture and mafias have a special place in South Asian society. Not because we are innately drawn towards violence, which can “sometimes” be the case, but also that our mainstream entertainment has put an ...
Background: A two-member bench comprising Justice KK Agha and Justice Amjad Ali Sahito heard the case of Arzoo’s abduction, forced conversion and marriage of a 44-year-old man, Syed Azhar Ali in Karachi. What happened: On ...
Even though cannabis is illegal in Pakistan, its port city, Karachi ranked second in the list of the most marijuana consuming cities in the world. On the face of it this ranking seems absurd, Pakistan ...
What happened: PTI senior leader Jahangir Tareen returned to the country after spending seven months in London, he was accompanied with his son,Ali Tareen. Why he left: Tareen, a confidant of PM Imran Khan and ...
Background: A secretive campaign for introducing the presidential form of government in the country reached the Supreme Court through a petition filed on 28 August,2020 What this petition states: Petition states that Prime Minister Imran ...
Gilgit-Baltistan ;the most important tourist attractions in Pakistan has a long history of struggle. For beginners, Gilgit-Baltistan are two separate places adjacent in the same region. Gilgit was liberated on November 1, 1947 while Baltistan ...
Background: On 4 January 2011, Salmaan Taseer, the governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province, was killed by one of his security guards, Mumtaz Qadri. He said he committed the murder because, “this is the punishment for ...
As we’re moving towards the end results of the world’s most important election; US election, everything seems surreal. 2020 has been a tough year but to keep our mind off the detrimental news social media ...
Amaar Farooki is a musician who has made a promising career in singing. Farooki is a New York based artist who has recently released a new single; Inside, which resonates with the listeners’ state of ...
What is Fitoor: Fitoor is an online marketplace based in Karachi which provides a platform for local artists to sell their artwork with the comfort of their home. Fitoor finds valuable buyers for artwork precisely ...
If Pakistani celebrities cannot make the news interesting with groundbreaking and moving work, they sure can keep things fiery with controversy. Adding another incident to the list of irresponsible behaviour by big names of the ...
T/W: Rape, Assault, Violence Truth be told it’s been a really hard year for everyone. A month ago, the whole nation witnessed a treacherous incident that shook our core and left us traumatized. A mother ...
From billboards to truck ads at every other street of Karachi, Glow & Lovely is trying so hard to convince you it has changed, that it won’t hurt our feelings anymore with its insensitive tone, ...
PDM- Pakistan Democratic Movement is an alliance of 11-political party which has three major stakeholders; two leaders from political dynasties, PML-N Vice president Maryam Nawaz and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and the head of ...
Explosion occurred at a seminary in Peshawar’s Dir Colony this morning. According to reports, at least seven people were killed and more than 70 injured it is also being reported that majority of injured people ...
People gathered at Plaza Italia square in Santiago to celebrate the biggest victory of in the history of Chile. A plebiscite was held to back the idea of a new charter that will replace one ...
PDM, an alliance of 11-political parties, hosted its third power show in Quetta. According to experts this movement is becoming more of a threat for the governmental institutions now. Interestingly the location selected for this ...
On Friday, Supreme Court declared that the presidential reference filed against Supreme Court judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa is “tainted with mala fide in law” Sounds fancy, right? But what’s the back story? You will ...
What Happened: On Friday, Geo.Tv issued a report about their senior reporter, Ali Imran Syed who went missing. According to Geo.Tv’s report, Imran left his home between 7pm and 8pm after telling his family he ...
What is FATF: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is a policy making body for the global money laundering and terrorist financing. This inter-governmental body sets international standards that aim to prevent these illegal activities ...
Background: Baloch Students have been marching for 11 days for restoration of reserve seats scholarships reserved for them by the government. Balochistan already has limited educational institutions and that’s why many student move to metropolitan ...
What Happened: Coca-Cola, a beverage company recently made an advertisement in which a popular song “Neray Aah” was used. There’s nothing wrong with the advertisement per se, just some good old intellectual property theft. Background: In ...
As the world is going through a series of crisis, it is almost impossible to find a silver lining or a ray of hope to move forward. Even the news we consume these days make ...
PG Exclusive: Pakistan’s entrepreneurs: The Viral Camper. Mansoor Mustafa, a 26 year old resident of Balakot, appeared in a video on the Facebook page ‘Survival Man’ four days ago. He came on to speak about ...
Background: PML-N party member Cpt. Safdar chanted unethical slogans at Jinnah Mausoleum on 19th October, the next morning he was arrested by Sindh Police from the hotel he was staying in. In the afternoon the ...
Cabinet Committee for Legislation Affairs has approved the proposed draft of the law under which CPEC Authority chairman and other officers will have immunity from investigations of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Federal Investigation ...
BACKGROUND: It is not a common knowledge that Pakistan, before and even after independence, accommodate a plenty of Freemason lodges. Freemasonry is now banned in Pakistan, but it thrived under British rule. THE LODGES: The basic unit ...
What Happened: Authorities have sealed the office of Jammu’s oldest English newspaper publisher, Kashmir Times. The paper’s executive editor Anuradha Bhasin took to twitter saying “Estates Deptt locked our office without any due process of ...
What is Happening: Hundreds of Pakistanis stranded have been stranded at Dubai airport over the past few days due to non-compliance with new travel norms. Indian and Pakistani airlines have started flying back Dubai tourists ...
Introduction:A self-growing cannabis tech company Seedo AND Germany-based media campaign outlet ABCD shared their findings in the updated Cannabis Price Index after aggregating data from 120 cities around the world. Interestingly Karachi scored the second ...
Historical background: Jinnah’s Mausoleum which is commonly known as Mazaar-e- Quaid, is one of the most frequently used public spaces in Pakistan. Located in the heart of Karachi, Mazaar-e-Quaid is the final resting place for ...
What Happened: A huge fire broke out at Lahore’s most famous tech bazaar, Hafeez Centre. The fire erupted on Sunday morning, October 18, and raged on until 9:00 PM. The Punjab Emergency Service, Rescue 1122, ...
What’s the news: Pakistan has been included in the list of a select few countries to which the Italian government has opened up more than 30,000 work visas for the year 2020-21. Why it matters: ...
What happened: Two regular sessions were summoned by President Dr Arif Alvi today as opposition led an anti-government rally under the umbrella of Pakistan Democratic Movement in Gujranwala. These sessions were summoned by the president’s ...
Failing our Legends: Extremist defaced Abdus Salam Poster What happened: A bunch of students from an organization which goes by the title of State Youth Parliament defaced Dr. Abdus Salam picture in Gujranwala. The whole ...
What has happened: Mohsin Dawar, Pashtun Tehreek Movement MNA has been disinvited from PDM demonstration happening in Gujranwala. According to reports many political parties including PML-N and JUI-F have shared their reservation about PTM representatives ...
Yesterday the Punjab government granted permission to opposition political parties for holding a rally at Gujranwala’s Jinnah Stadium on Friday, October 16. This is going to be the first public demonstration of the Pakistan Democratic ...
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Four years ago, Vice published an essay I wrote on Pakistan’s “hook-up culture.” Initially upon submission, the piece was less of a personal essay and more of an informative one. However, if there is one ...
On Monday, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health, Dr Zafar Mirza, warned that ‘strict lockdowns’ could be reimposed across the country as the number of coronavirus cases showed an upward trend; he also ...
Climate change, is a dilemma too real and too scary but still largely ignored, especially in our part of the world. In 2019, all everyone seemed to talk about was the impending climate change disaster; ...
A study released by Gilani Research Foundation and carried out by Gallup & Gilani Pakistan, discovered that only 1 in 5 Pakistanis report exercising regularly. The statistic is 17% lower than the global average – ...
On Thursday, PIA’s spokesman Abdullah Hafeez confirmed that the United States Department of Transportation has granted permission to Pakistan International Airlines to conduct direct flights to the United States. Why couldn’t PIA operate direct flights ...
Federal minister Ch Fawad Hussain shared on Twitter, as state-run Pakistan Television made the announcement. Firdous Ashiq Awan, the former SAPM on information has been replaced by retired Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa. Moreover, PTI Senator ...
A verified document dated 7 March which was obtained by Arab News on Sunday, states that Prime Minister’s special assistant on health, Dr. Zafar Mirza ordered an ease in quarantine restrictions at the border “for ...
The Novel Coronavirus continues to spread in Pakistan during Ramadan, with nearly 700 new cases and close to a dozen virus-related deaths reported on Sunday. How have the stats changed in the past 24 hours? ...
A 15-year-old Christian transgender, identified as Musa, was gang-raped and murdered by the ‘local thugs’ in Faisalabad on Saturday. Activist Shaan Taseer posted a photo on Facebook, wherein he demanded Minister for Human Rights Shireen ...
The ongoing pandemic and increasing number of cases in Pakistan, which now number above 1500, and the ensuing lockdown has stranded twenty-six Pakistani nationals in India. The Wagah-Attari border crossing point was closed on 13 ...
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. What was the research? A representative sample of men ...
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 ...
As I lie in bed, still awake at 4 am, pulling the bobby pins out of my previously perfect Deepkia Padukone-esque hair bun, I mull over what the Lahori shaadi season has evolved into: never ...
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 ...
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