Tag: politics
Pakistan is set to witness its third consecutive student solidarity march today, on the 27th of November. The march is taking place across multiple major cities, and if last year’s turnout is to relied upon ...
What happened: On Wednesday, the Iraqi border ports commission said that Iraq and Saudi Arabia had opened the Arar border crossing for trade for the first time in three decades. Background: Arar had been closed ...
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 ...
I recently came across a story about a child in Pakistan who was taught by her mother that a potato is actually a boti because they couldn’t afford chicken and she didn’t want her child ...
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 ...
On Wednesday, an accountability court in Islamabad rejected former President Zardari’s request to dismiss cases against him. The court instead ruled that the former president be indicted in three corruption cases. The three references included ...
A growing group of politicians, artists and athletes are returning to their medical roots to assist the health care system which is overstrained due to the ever increasing demand brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Attorney General of Pakistan Anwar Mansoor Khan decided to step down from his office, tendering his resignation to President Arif Alvi. The resignation comes after the Pakistan Bar Council demanded Khan’s resignation following his contemptuous comments ...
US diplomat Alice Wells says that the arrest of Jamatud Dawa leader and FATF blacklisted terrorist Hafiz Saeed and his aide Malak Zafar iqbal is a “step forward” for Pakistan. A day earlier, the anti ...
You can’t go out changing the world when your own house is on fire. In recent events, Shireen Mazari has been called out by the international lobby on her credibility when speaking about human rights ...
It is said, that most of us mistake survival with growth. Pakistan, has survived, but the growth is debatable. Perhaps when they say this soil smells like the blood of our martyrs, they refer to ...
Aung San Suu Kyi, a nobel peace laureate and the leader of Myanmar rejected allegations of genocide against Myanmar in the United Nations court on Wednesday. The nobel peace prize laureate did admit that the ...
Following the appointment of the third female leader of Finland, and youngest Prime Minister in the world, Finland will now be completely run by women. This week, Finland’s five party coalition government elected 34 year ...
Since the abolition of Article 370 on August 5th, effectively ending it’s autonomy, Kashmir has been facing a lockdown with strict curfews, violence against protesters and growing tensions between India and Pakistan. Here’s a timeline ...
Following meetings between the Federal Cabinet and Sub-Committee, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif refused to travel abroad on Tuesday to seek medical treatment under the conditions proposed by the government. The PML-N leader rejected the ...
Lyari Town is considered to be one of the most dangerous and impoverished areas in Pakistan. Team ProperGaanda went to the slums of Lyari in Karachi to uncover the truth about Pakistan’s oldest locality. Lyari ...
In the past few years, the gaming industry has become a booming business with professional tournaments even taking place in Pakistan. However, in the midst of all this there is a deeper and darker side ...
This week Pakistan saw a lot of ridiculous and hilarious videos go viral. We do a deep dive of the top three ones from the week. During a debate on private news channel, Jamiat-e-Islam Fazl ...
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 ...
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 ...
India’s supreme court has banned stubble burning citing it as one of the major contributors to the deteriorating air quality in the metropolis. This week, a public health emergency was declared in India following air ...
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 ...
This Sunday saw the 550th birth anniversary of the founder of Sikhism, Baba Guru Nanak Dev. Over 1,100 Indian Sikhs crossed the wagha border and arrived in Gurdwara Punja Sahib in Hassanabdal to partake in ...
Protesters this week were spotted holding the Taliban flag at Maulana Fazlur Rehmans Azadi March this week. Government officials were quick to criticise this move. The special assistant to the Prime Minister on youth affairs, ...
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 ...
Following the discovery of three young boys’ remains in Kasur, PM Imran Khan has issued a statement assuring civilians that the local police force’s inefficiency in preventing the murder and suspected rape of the missing ...
The FIR registered on September 13 calls out 11 university students who raised slogans against Imran Khan during his rally in the PoK region. Station House Officer Ansar Shajad Khan revealed one of the students ...
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.
10 July 2019 Bol News anchorperson Mureed Abbas was killed in Karachi Police officials said, citing initial details, that he was killed during a fight over a personal dispute in Khayaban-e-Bukhari area. South DIG Sharjeel ...
19 June 2019 Iran has announced that it had dismantled a US spy network, after The US deployed 1,000 more troops to the Middle East Tehran’s announcement came a day after it said its uranium ...
19 June 2019 Shahzad Akbar has claimed that the United Kingdom has agreed to extradite former finance minister Ishaq Dar Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Akbar said that an agreement in this regard has ...
Today morning, our National Assembly broke out into a fish market. Speaker Asad Qaiser faced a hard time in the National Assembly when he was first attacked by the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) for ...
In a surprising turn of events, Faisal Vawda has finally done something of significance. On a talk show today, Faisal Vawda decided to stop hiding behind his plastered mask and revealed his turn identity-THE JOKER. ...
According to Shah Mehmood, Imran Khan and Donald Trump may have a meeting A meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and United States President Donald Trump might take place after some progress in the ongoing ...
Currently having the highest population of youth, Pakistan is termed as one of the youngest countries in the world and second youngest in South Asia. Coupled that with the high poverty level in Pakistan, and ...
Reham Khan is known for many things. She’s known as a journalist, an author and Imran Khan’s ex-wife. However, what many people do not know is that she is an incredible Twitter profile. Her tweets, ...
Shehbaz Sharif, PML-N President, states Prime Minister Imran Khan “lies day and night” and is “wasting the nation’s time by spreading disinformation” PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif says he is not seeking asylum in the UK. ...
On Sunday 21 April a series of coordinated bombings took place in Sri Lanka. The explosions targeted Christians at Easter Sunday church services in Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa, and tourists staying in luxury hotels in ...
3 gunmen attacked Pearl Continental Gwadar on Saturday Just a few days after the Data Darbar terrorist attack, Pakistan witnessed another attack on its soil. Gunmen stormed the hotel in Gwadar, killing one security guard, ...
Fawad Chaudhary has been in the news for the past week, after going on a press tour as the new Minster of Science and Technology. However, most of the news coverage has been about his ...
The Supreme Court berates DHA for allocating state land to private entities The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday took issue with the Defence Housing Authority’s (DHA) handing over of state land in Karachi to private entities. ...
After reminding everyone that it was SUPARCO that sent the Hubble to the moon, Fawad Chaudhry cannot wait to be the second Muslim to go to the moon, after Neil Armstrong. Fawad Chaudhry, Pakistan’s Federal ...
You may have missed it, but the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has been in the middle of a nationwide crackdown on a Chinese sex trafficking ring. With everything else that’s going on in the news, ...
Ramzan is here, and so is the moral imperative to make sure everyone is fasting, or at least looks like they are. In Pakistan, it is illegal to eat, smoke or drink in public during ...
A suicide blast at one of Pakistan’s oldest and most popular Sufi shrines killed at least 10 people and wounded 24 in the eastern city of Lahore today morning. Here are 15 things you need ...
At least eight people — five policemen and three civilians — were killed and 25 others injured in what officials described as a suicide bombing targeting an Elite Force van parked near the Data Darbar ...
Asia Bibi – who was let out of prison seven months ago – was last night on her way to be reunited with her daughters in Canada-her lawyers confirm. Mrs Bibi, 53, had been languishing ...
Nawaz Sharif and Entourage leaves for Kot Lakhpat prison Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif left for Kot Lakhpat prison with his entourage, following the expiry of his six-week bail in ...
Gaza is under attack! Death toll rises as more than 600 rockets were fired during the weekend escalation between Israel-Palestine The death toll rise Sunday as civilian casualties increased on both sides of the border ...
US President Donald is confident in the Hermit Kingdom’s ability to keep a promise. On Saturday, he said that North Korea’s Kim Jong Un would not “break his promise,” after South Korea said Pyongyang had ...
Imran Khan lays foundations for his Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme plan; says everyone deserves a roof over their head Imran Khan has finally revealed the foundational structure of his new housing scheme, Naya Pakisran Housing ...
If you hadn’t noticed, Child marriages has come back into the limelight recently. For the past few days, pictures have been circulating on Social media of a young girl no older than 10 getting married ...
If you weren’t already aware, The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) approved a RS 9 increase in the price of petrol per litre on Friday. It will be sold at Rs108 per litre after approval of ...
Major changes to PML-N; Maryam Nawaz among 16 vice presidents, Abbasi named senior VP It looks like major changes are happening in all political parties. A day after Shahbaz Sharif steps down as the Public ...
Shahid Afridi reveals his real age in autobiography! Shahid Afridi reveals his real age in his new autobiography, Game Changer, released this week in India and Pakistan. In a chapter in which he describes his ...
Over 21 million children aren’t enrolled in schools in #Pakistan. If we don’t act now, it might be too late to change the future of our nation. Click here to learn about the woman who ...
Bilawal tweets old video of Edhi ‘exposing Imran Khan’ after the Premier calls him “Sahiba”
More than 2,600 houses have been burned down in Rohingya-majority areas of Myanmar’s northwest in the last week About 58,600 Rohingya have fled into neighboring Bangladesh from Myanmar, according to UN refugee agency UNHCR, as ...
The Food giant Nestle Pakistan has been booked under the Code of Criminal Procedure in Section 154 due to its ‘poisonous’ products that took the life of a one-month old baby. Here’s what happened One-month-old ...
The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama was admitted to a New Delhi hospital on Tuesday with a chest infection. The 83-year-old Buddhist monk is reportedly stable. Up to 100,000 Tibetans living in India are ...
2,200 visas have been granted to Sikh Pilgrims by the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi so they may participate in the annual Baisakhi celebrations to be held in Pakistan from April 12 to 21. ...
More than a dozen live shells of an anti-aircraft gun have been found from a plot located about half a kilometre from the Banigala residence of Prime Minister Imran Khan. A senior officer of the ...
In 1971, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, tore up his papers and walked out of the UN Security Council after delivering a historic speech.
The report by the NGO Sahil, titled ‘Cruel Numbers 2018’, has been compiled by monitoring 85 regional and national newspapers, and from the cases that have been reported. Here are the major findings: 3,832 cases ...
Brunei will be imposing harsh punishments starting next week under its anti-LGBT Law and is facing much backlash from Human rights organisations including amnesty
The United Nations has unanimously adopted a resolution put forth by Turkey which condemns violence and terrorism targeting individuals belonging to religious minorities
On Tuesday, the United Nations unanimously passed a resolution put forth by Turkey and co-sponsored by Pakistan which strongly condemns violence and terrorism targeting individuals belonging to religious minorities. Swipe to read the highlights
“He usually hits me a lot but this time he even shaved my head aswell and then beat me with pipes” – Asma
When will people stop asking Jemima about Imran Khan?
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif received a warm welcome from family and supporters on returning home on bail
Mehwish Hayat received a lot of hate after being awarded the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz on 23rd March by President Dr Arif Alvi. Today, the actress took to social media to reply to her haters.
In an unsurprising turn of event, a bureaucrat from karachi abused the police for asking to show his ID card
Mosharraf Zaidi criticises America and India for damaging Pakistan’s Sovereignty.
Bilawal Bhutto trolled ImranKhan and the Insaafians were prepared with the most savage comebacks!
This Christian woman was forced to convert, raped and paraded naked through the streets. Where is the accountability?
The first episode of the #InfoTonic series on #TheGreatMughals features #Babur, the founder of the Mughal empire. But did you know that this king lost all his kingdoms before establishing one of the greatest empires ...
An American woman has been granted legal residency in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after The New York Times wrote about her ordeal a week ago. Bethany Vierra was stuck illegally in Saudi Arabia with ...
Major English and Urdu newspapers in occupied Kashmir on Sunday published blank front pages in protest against the Indian State government’s suspension of advertising to two local English dailies – Greater Kashmir and Kashmir Reader.
Afzal Kohistani, the whistleblower who brought the gnarly truth of the Kohistan video scandal forward, was shot dead in Abbottabad on Wednesday by unidentified men. Kohistani has repeatedly asked form security. According to Express Tribune, just ...
A group of men reportedly belonging to a Hindutva outfit attacked two Kashmiri roadside vendors in Uttar Pradesh’s capital Lucknow on Wednesday. The police registered a case of rioting and breach of peace and arrested ...
The Indian CM Mamata Banerjee made some hard hitting remarks against the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of ‘doing opportunistic politics over the dead bodies’ of Indian Armed forces. The popular CM vowed to remove ...
Former Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (MNS) stated that he would rather die with dignity that beg the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf government to provide him with medical facilities. During a family meeting at Kot Kakhpat Jail ...
Punjab Chief Minister, Usman Buzdar, has asked Fayazul Hassan Chohan to hand in his resignation from his post as Provincial Information and Culture Minister over his anti-Hindu remarks, sources have confirmed. “The Punjab CM sought ...
Early on Tuesday, Pakistan’s Navy foiled an intrusion attempt into Pakistani waters by an Indian Submarine. This is the second time the Indian Navy has tried to intrude Pakistani waters since November 2016. A Navy ...
On Monday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s official account tweeted Prime Minister Imran Khan’s message in Hindi and Twitterati on both sides of the border went crazy. Sharing Imran’s earlier tweet on Nobel Prize, PTI tweeted: “मैं नोबेल ...
Thousands attended the funeral of Shakirullah alias Mohammad Ilyas, the Pakistani prisoner who was lynched in an Indian jail. Shakirullah’s body arrived via the Wagah border and people threw rose petals on the ambulance carrying ...
Did you know who was the woman accompanying the captured Indian Pilot Abhinandan? Well, get ready to be blown away. (For the dramatic effects) Who is she? She is Dr Fariha Bugti, one of Pakistan’s ...
Hamza Ali Abassi, popular actor and well known supporter of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf on Thursday night tweeted what we think was supposed to be a heartfelt message. The tweet was directed at the son of the ...
In response to the deadly Pulwama attack, India launched pre-emptive air strikes across the LoC, against the militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed. While Indian media claims that 350 JeM militants have been targeted and killed, Pakistani journalists visiting ...
Less than a fortnight ago, the Pulwama attack claimed the lives of over 40 Indian Soldiers. Among the soldiers who passed away in the attack was Babloo Santra who hailed from Howrah, West Bengal. As tension between ...
As tensions escalate between the two nuclear nations, Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai took to twitter to share a message of peace. Malala tweeted with the hashtag #SayNoToWar which has been trending on twitter for the ...
Lot has happened since India violated Pakistan’s airspace and dropped the payload. For one, they violated the Air Space again. Here are all the major headlines that took over after. Pakistan will respond to uncalled-for ...
Following in the footsteps of the Pakistani leadership, the citizens seem more inclined to taking a measured and mature position on the hostile responses from it’s neighbour. Soon after Pakistan announced successful airstrikes across the ...
Throughout Tuesday, the news was rife with reports of Line of Control violation by Indian Air Forces and the subsequent payload drop at Balakot. While India claims 350 militants of JeM, a militant group that ...
The International Olympic Committee has suspended all Indian applications to host future events and urged international sports federations not to stage competitions in the country after two Pakistanis were denied visas to compete in New ...
On 21st February, the young Pakistan People’s Chairman, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari spoke at the Oxford Union His talk came at a time when Pakistan is much backlash from India, due to the recent events in ...
On 14th February 2019, an attack in Indian occupied Kashmir led to the death of more than 40 Indian soldiers. Jaish-E-Mohammad, a militant group, based in Pakistan has been blamed for the attack. Whats more, ...
The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad bin Salman, visited Pakistan for two days starting Sunday. The visit comes at a time when Pakistan’s ties with its neighbour India are under duress due to the ...
Pakistani lawyer and social activist Asma Jahangir passed away at 66 in Lahore, on 11 February 2018. A fierce human rights champion, Asma was a beacon of hope for many. She fought valiantly for implementation of ...
Who are the Uighurs? Uighurs are the oldest Turkic speaking people of Central Asia; they have been mentioned in Chinese records dating back to the 3rd century CE. In the 8th century, the Uighurs established ...
Aleem Khan is known to be one of the biggest financiers of current ruling party, the Imran Khan led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf. His arrest and physical remand by the National Accountability Bureau has shocked more than ...
The Faizabad protest of 2017, orchestrated by the right-wing Islamist party, Tehreek-e-Labaik held the city of Islamabad hostage for 21 days. The leaders of the TLP, including Khadim Hussain Rizvi, openly threatened, abused and promoted ...
1947 The year marked the end of British rule and partition of sub-continent into mainly Hindu majority India and the Muslim majority state of Pakistan. Late 1947 The Maharaja of Kashmir signs a treaty of ...
On the 2nd of February, Arman Luni was killed in an alleged police encounter in the Loralai district of Balochistan. Luni, was a senior member of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), a nationalist movement launched ...
Sherry Rehman has presented an amendment to the Child Marriage Restriction Act of 1929 that sets the marriageable age of girls at 16 and of boys at 18. Rehman argued that the marriageable age of girls be raised ...
Read more from ProperGaanda: The Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Against Aasia Bibi
After eight years of being on death row, Aasia Bibi was acquitted by the Supreme Court in October 2017. But even after being declared innocent, Aasia remained a hostage in Pakistan as the Islamist party ...
On Wednesday, 23rd January, Finance Minister Asad Umar rolled over government’s third finance bill in their efforts to stabalise the plummeting economy. Government believes that the new mini-budget plan will help to generate more revenue ...
The 27th of December marks the 11th death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto, who is popularly referred to as the Iron Lady of Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto served as the 11th and 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan ...
The Chinese government has provided 50 motorcycles and 200 bulletproof jackets to Gilgit-Baltistan government to ensure the security of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor route in the region. The provision of motorcycles and jackets is part of ...
The opposition leader in the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly on Wednesday alleged that two judges’ posts, including that of chief judge of GB Supreme Appellate Court, had been kept vacant deliberately. Captain retired Mohammad Shafi Khan ...
President’s rule is set to be imposed in Indian-occupied Kashmir from Thursday, December 20 as the governor’s rule expires after six months today. The Union home ministry conveyed this to Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya ...
In a positive development, China is most likely to park $2 billion in Pakistan reserves sometime in the ongoing month of December, and, more importantly, the economic diplomacy with the UAE is also going to ...
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi reached Kabul to attend the 2nd meeting of China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ Trilateral Mechanism, starting today (Dec 15). 1. Afghanistan is hosting a three-way meeting with neighbours China and Pakistan to ...
Social media has overtaken print newspapers as a news source for Americans, researchers said on Monday, highlighting the growing importance of services such as Facebook and Twitter as well as the troubled state of legacy ...
Every day approximately 8 million pieces of plastic pollution find their way into our oceans. There may now be around 5.25 trillion macro and microplastic pieces floating in the open ocean weighing up to 269,000 ...
An Australian citizen returned the statue of Buddha belonging to the Gandhara civilization of Pakistan as a goodwill gesture. 1. The statue was in the possession of Ms Romy Dingle, an Australian citizen whose mother ...
Recently famous journalist and anchor Nusrat Javed came at the center of Pakistani Twitter after claiming that he survived an assumption attempt and blamed Imran Khan for it. After some storm on Twitter the journalist said ...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has suffered a massive blow in three state elections just months before the Indian national elections. Here are 5 things you need to know: 1. The Election Commission announced the ...
PML-N MNA Khwaja Saad Rafiq alleges that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is using drugs and torture as tools for extracting ‘favourable’ statements from the people arrested in the Paragon Housing Society scam. “Qaiser Amin ...
If you’ve been out of the loop recently and don’t know what has been going on, then don’t worry. PG brings to you a summary of all that happened over the weekend. Faiz International Festival ...
The political climate in Sri Lanka has been particularly tense since President Maithripala Sirisena sacked the sitting Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on October 26th and replaced him with Mahinda Rajapaksa – a two-time controversial former ...
According to a report submitted to the Supreme Court by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), several prominent government officials and politicians own “nameless” properties in Dubai. The list also includes the name of Imran Khan’s sister: ...
Nearly 500 TLP members and leaders, including the extremist clerics Khadim Rizvi and Afzal Qadri, have been booked for charges of disrupting peace and rioting. This comes a day after normalcy returned to the country ...
Recently in a tragic turn of events, the Pakistani government signed a contract with the TLP, who had caused nation wide unrest for 3 continuous days. Prior to this, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, in ...
Since the past 3 days, a vast number of roads in all the major cities of Pakistan have been blocked by the supporters of ultra Islamist parties such as Tehreek e Labaik Pakistan (TLP). The ...
The acquittal of Asia Bibi on Wednesday sparked rage and angry protests all over the country by various Islamist Parties, especially Tehreek e Labaik (TLP), a hardline religious political party which had previously vowed to ...
Brazil’s political polarization increases as far right candidate Jair Bolsonaro won the Presidential election by a majority of 55.2%, comfortably ahead of Fernando Haddad, the candidate of the centre-left Workers’ Party (PT), who had 44.8 ...
Recently, the institute of LUMS and Prof. Taimur Rehman made news due to their goodwill visit to Rabwah, showing support and solidarity towards the Ahmediyya community. The visit was made by a student group named ...
The by-elections yesterday yielded some interesting results all the while re-creating the fervent partisan atmosphere that the country was embroiled in during the General Elections just months ago. The by-elections were held in constituencies where ...
2018 so far has not been the year of the Sharifs. Neither has 2017 for that matter. From Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification in 2017 to the consequent arrest and jailing of him and daughter Maryam Nawaz ...
Earlier this month, newly appointed PM Imran Khan stated that Bengali and Afghani refugees born in Pakistan should be given citizenship. This spurred a debate within the assembly, with particular opposition from PPP. PM Khan’s ...
The federal government of Pakistan has a total of 649,176 endorsed posts. Out of these almost 6 percent are occupied by women and a mere 2.8 by minorities. The remaining are yet vacant. It has ...
Dissent is patriotic. It is a phrase that has become synonymous with all the resistance movements such as the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement, which demands better of the establishment. It has also come to denote the ...
The jail sentences issues on Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and Mohammad Safdar in the Avenfield corruption Case have been rendered null and void by the Islamabad High Court. The Sharif’s made their appeal against the ...
Nawaz Sharif’s wife, Maryam Nawaz’s mother and former thrice made first lady of Pakistan Kulsoom Nawaz breathed her last in her London on September 11th, 2018. Her husband and daughter, Nawaz and Maryam, have been ...
In the wee hours of the morning, Prime Minister Imran Khan was rushed to the nearest hospital via a helicopter. Rest assured, Fawad Chaurdhary – a man known to stick to his word through thick and ...
Lahore: On Thursday night, when Shaani called Maani, two residents and friends from Old Lahore, they decided to go out and have dinner. As always both friends expected dinner to end with a discussion on ...
Monday’s National Assembly session – the 15th one to date – is being cited as the ‘dawn’ of Naya Pakistan by many on social media. The event was highly publicized and tweeted about throughout the ...
Azam Khan Swati is the senior VP of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf. Swati holds a law degree from the University of Houston with a doctorate in Jurisprudence. He began his career in the States where he earned ...
The whole world had its eyes on elections 2018. Imran Khan after winning is all set to hold the office as Prime Minister of Pakistan. His determination to bring change in Pakistan for fighting against ...
Zartaj Gul is a member of PTI’s Core Committee. Not only that but she has been a PTI activist since around 2005 when she first joined the party. She has recently won the constituency of ...
Justice Retired Nasira Javed Iqbal – daughter-in-law of Allama Iqbal – could very well be Pakistan’s next president. This is an exciting concept for many, considering her education, poise, and also considering what having a ...
Yet another misogynistic political maneuver came forward as Aamir Liaquat put up a tasteless tweet featuring Senator Sherry Rehman and MMA Owais Norani. The tweet was swiftly deleted, but not before copies were made and circulated ...
Elections this time brought forth some shaky results: although PTI was the party that won most seats in the National Assembly, it fell short of the 172 that are required to attain a majority in ...
Recently dismissed and jailed for 10 years former 17th Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif has recently been shifted to a hospital. Sharif is said to have been transported from Adiala Jail to Islamabad’s PIMS – ...
Imran Khan’s PTI has won the General Elections and now the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Khan’s victory speech has struck a chord with the people of Pakistan and even cynics are appreciating the words in ...
The last 24 hours have been nothing short of a roller coaster ride. Not only did the General Elections take place but the many glitches in the result announcement have kept the population on the ...
All of Pakistan and PTI supporters across the globe are delving deeply into the joy of Imran Khan finally becoming Pakistan’s 19th Official Prime Minister. Amongst the celebrators is Shireen Mazari’s daughter Imaan Zainab Mazari. ...
NA-29 now known as NA-3 Swat is an important seat for all parties considered. Historically no party has had continuous success here. Mostly independent candidates have won. In 2008 ANP won the seat and in ...
In a recent statement to the Senate Committee, DG ISPR General Asif Ghafoor has categorically stated that the army will not play a ‘direct role’ in the elections. “We do not have any link with ...
Since January 2017, the fate of several Pakistani activists has been worrisome, stirring movements within the country. These movements have put forth the demand to help make the activists return home. The first activist to ...
PTI chief Imran Khan seems to be focusing on an agenda centered on a complete overturn of systems. The manifesto was revealed earlier this month at a conference in Islamabad. Divided into seven main categories, ...
NA-129 is a constituency in Lahore, which under the previous census was NA-125. This area mainly consists of DHA and Cantonment. PML-N has won this race in the previous general elections, twice. This time around ...
‘Khan Saab’ has been screaming ‘Naya Pakistan’ on television as far back as we can remember, has he not? Has it borne fruit? Maybe it’s time we take a look at what’s so brand spanking ...
A recent court hearing declared Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz guilty in the Avenfield reference leading to 10 and 7 years of imprisonment respectively. To accept their fate, the two are meant to arrive at ...
A very close call is expected in NA 60 as Awami Muslim League’s Sheikh Rasheed and PML-N’s Hanif Abbasi go neck and neck in their respective polls. Sheikh Rasheed Party – Awami Muslim League AML ...
About ten days ago, videos which showed Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Maneka paying their respects at the shrine of Baba Fariduddin Ganjshakar in Pakpattan went viral. This sparked debates on social media, with ...
Jibran Nasir was born on February 10th 1987 in Karachi. At age 31 he is an activist, an advocate and has made a decent name for himself as a blogger. However, in 2018 he is ...
If you’re living in Pakistan and don’t know what has escalated in the past 24 hours, what rock are you even living under? Back in 2017, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed several cases against ...
Just a few hours ago, human rights activist, advocate, and independent candidate for NA-247 Jibran Nasir was arrested in Karachi. Nasir was forced out of his car, beaten, his clothes ripped and dragged across the ...
Last Sunday, Sheikh Rasheed pulled off another stunt in Lal Haveli The Awaami Muslim League party president, also known as the party that is always running with the tide, was seen wheeling his way through the ...
Pakistan’s water crisis is no surprise. Recent research and stats declared that water reserves stand at 0.220 million acres feet. As a result of this both Sindh and Punjab are expected to face up to ...
Having served as Prime Minister from 2003 to 2014 and President since 2014, Turkish politician Recep Tayyip Erdogan has now once again won the presidency by a 53% vote. There was considerable opposition from one of ...
Since Trump took office in the US, the immigrant debacle has transcended from precariousness into a complete tragedy. Recently, Trump and his administration released what is called a “zero tolerance” policy towards immigrant children residing ...
On Sunday, the 3rd of June members of the Pashtun Tahaffuz movement (PTM) were attacked and killed by a group of armed men claiming to be the Taliban. At least three PTM supporters are reportedly ...
In a marriage that lasted from January 6th to October 30th in 2015, Imran Khan and his former wife Reham Khan have made the headlines regularly, since. At the height of his political career, 3 ...
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 ...
Her life, post Mohammad Ali Jinnah Fatima Jinnah was a woman of high stature. Being the sister of the convener of Pakistan, she possessed great nobility. She served political and moral support to her brother. ...
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. ...
We live in a world where human beings of a certain race drop dead like flies if another from a different race decides to declare them unworthy. The disparity between races is a brawl being ...
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 ...
Author: Afia Iqbal Any Pakistani watching the local news the past few days must have been suitably perturbed in some manner by the ongoing events – either by the phone calls of loved ones unable ...
On January 6 this year Pakistan was reeling from the brutal rape and murder of 6-year-old Zainab Amin. Six days later, across the border, an 8-year-old girl, Asifa Bano suffered the same fate in India ...
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 ...
The Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa issued death sentences of 10 militants on Monday. This included Mohammad Asim and Mohammad Ishaq, who were found guilty for the assassination of Amjad Sabri. The 45 year ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 PML-N government is no stranger to prodigiously stressful times. The tenure of their administrations, whether national or provincial, has always been marked by series of misfortunes. Sometimes for themselves, but mostly for the people. ...
*The following views are not due to any political party affiliation. They are just some logical questions that a concerned citizen found themselves asking.* About 2 weeks ago, a PMLN lawmaker was criticised in what ...
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: 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 ...
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 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 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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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