US Election Turns Into Nail-Biter That May Extend for Days By: webdesk on November 4, 2020Joe Biden flipped an electoral vote in Nebraska and expressed confidence to supporters that he would prevail in three Northern states and Arizona. In the Senate races, Democrats faced an uphill battle to claim a majority. President Trump won a series of key battlegrounds early on Wednesday morning, including Florida, Ohio and Iowa, as Joseph […]
Twitter labels Trump tweet as “disputed” By: webdesk on November 4, 2020Twitter placed a “disputed” label on a tweet sent just minutes ago by President Trump in which he baselessly claimed, “We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election.” “Some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed and might be misleading about how to participate in an election […]
Nail-biter election is down to the wire By: webdesk on November 4, 2020Joe Biden will win one electoral vote in Nebraska, and President Trump will win an additional vote, giving him total of four out of five votes. There are five electoral votes at stake in Nebraska. It takes 270 electoral votes to win the 2020 presidential election. Nebraska allows electoral votes to be split. In Nebraska, […]
A brief journey through warzone By: Anee Muskan on August 24, 2019 I last saw the face of my school 2 weeks ago, I remember that enormous building. I remember the day we had our farewell at school, that day is still fresh in my memory. The day we had to evacuate the building as the air raids began. We all ran to the basement of […]
Trend of Islamophobia By: Saba Sarwar on August 11, 2019The trend of Islamophobia is on the rise around the globe generally and among westerners particularly. This made Syeeda Warsi (a Muslim member of the parliament of the UK) comment with worry that Islamophobia is Britain’s latest bigot blind spot. The events like anti-Islam rallies in Australia and Melee, attacks in Albania, Belgium and Canada, […]
Climate change and agricultural challenges in Pakistan: the need for adaptation policy By: Nasir Abbas Khan on August 8, 2019Pakistan is one of those developing countries that have been suffering from the problems brought by developed nations. For instance, the current issue of climate change is mainly caused by the world’s highly industrialized nations that too due to massive emission of greenhouse gasses (GHG)and Pakistan despite having a trivial count (0.72%) in GHG emission […]
Brazen Day Light Robbery; India finally invaded Kashmir! By: Naila Saleh on August 8, 2019Amid placing thousands of troops in Kashmir, putting prominent Kashmiri politicians under house arrest, suspending internet and phone coverage, banning public gatherings, closing schools, the largest democracy of the world in a rushed unilateral move revoked Article 370 putting an end to the seven decade long special autonomous status of Kashmir. The bold move once […]
Indian hegemony over South-Asian rivers By: Sarwat Batool Khokar on August 8, 2019The region of South Asia, a center of global political and economic trends, hosts about 25 percent of world population. Even though 40 percent of world’s poor live in this region, two South Asian countries, India and Pakistan have attained the status of nuclear powers. Both India and Pakistan spend 2.42 percent and 3.57 percent […]
Obesity: more than a disease, social demoralization By: Afaque Ahmed on August 5, 2019Obesity can be defined as gaining weight more than what is usually on average between 25kg/m2 and 30kg/m2. It is an existential threat to human beings, reaching epidemic proportions in the world. In accordance with official statistics, obesity figure has nearly tripled since 1975, worldwide. In India, almost 5 percent of the total population is […]
Boris Johnson is not the British Trump By: Talal Hassan on August 2, 2019The Former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson was sworn in as the Prime Minister and as the head of the Conservative party in the United Kingdom on the 24th of July 2019. Since then the internet has been blazed with tweets, articles, and interviews stating how Boris Johnson is the British version […]