Zainab Haya Pasha releases debut single ‘Baarish’ — an ode to Monsoon By: Staff Report on August 5, 2020Zainab Haya Pasha, a singer/songwriter hailing from Islamabad, has just released her debut single called “Baarish”, a beautiful melodic ode to the ongoing monsoon season. Written and composed by Zainab, the relaxing song is complimented by an enchanting video released on her YouTube channel. “I started singing before I started talking. My family, friends, and […]
Female artists raise voice for Kashmir, record message on Youm-e-Istehsal By: News Desk on August 5, 2020Prominent personalities from Pakistani media industry have recorded their heart touching message in solidarity with occupied Kashmir people on the first anniversary of Indian illegal action of scrapping the special constitutional status of the valley. In an Inter-Services Public Relations promo, actresses including Laila Zuberi, Noor Bukhari and Reema narrated some emotional poetic verses and […]
Atomic Habits is a masterpiece on the mechanism of acquiring healthy habits By: Jahanzaib Brohi on August 5, 2020Atomic Habits, a masterpiece on the mechanism of acquiring new and healthy habits, and deleting bad ones is written by the famous author, entrepreneur and photographer James Clear. The book contains 20 chapters, and each chapter deals with a different aspect of the mechanism of habits. From the first chapter to the last, he emphasizes […]
Rabya Kulsoom and Zain Afzal pair up for fun new web series ‘Lockdown Ke Side Effects’ By: Staff Report on August 5, 2020Budding young actors Rabya Kulsoom and Zain Afzal have been paired for Lemon Max’s new web series ‘Lockdown Ke Side Effects’ – a strikingly relatable and light-hearted take on the current lockdown and social distancing situation. ‘Lockdown ke Side Effects’ follows the story of the modern-day household bounded by the current situation, with Rabya Kulsoom […]
Dystopian narratives By: Muhammad Omar Iftikhar on August 5, 2020Humans are fascinated to read about literature that pertains to the past, future, or is about a strange alternate reality. While such realities have various names and fall under several genres, dystopian literate is one of them. Dystopia, in the simplest of definitions, is a future that one does not want to live in. It […]
Faizan Sheikh brings a fun-filled new show ‘The Mazedaar Show’ By: Staff Report on August 5, 2020The accomplished actor and host, Faizan Sheikh is bringing a fun-filled new show ‘The Mazedar Show’, premiered this Eid on TV one. The show went on-air the first and second day of Eid at 9 PM.Bringing Aadi Adeal Amjad as the co-host, ‘The Mazedaar Show’, had an exciting celebrity line-up for its first set of […]
Sleepy lions, empty bars, lost jobs: A world without tourism By: Agencies on August 4, 2020With no American visitors to show around the D-Day beaches or the Loire Valley´s chateaux, and no work on the immediate horizon, Paris tour guide Linda Zenou frets about how she´ll pay off a loan and continue to care for her ailing mother in the achingly lean months ahead. “My situation is going to become […]
Highways raise alarm in Cairo’s historic City of the Dead By: Agencies on August 4, 2020For centuries, sultans and princes, saints and scholars, elites and commoners have been buried in two sprawling cemeteries in Egypt´s capital, creating a unique historic city of the dead. Now in its campaign to reshape Cairo, the government is driving highways through the cemeteries, raising alarm from preservationists. In the Northern Cemetery last week, bulldozers […]
Law to ban ‘inappropriate’ dress in Cambodia seen threatening women’s freedoms By: Agencies on August 4, 2020A proposed law that would let Cambodian police fine people deemed to be dressed inappropriately could be used to curtail women’s freedoms and reinforce a culture of impunity around sexual violence, rights campaigners say. The draft legislation, which will take effect next year if approved by several government ministries and the national assembly, would ban […]
‘Rebuilding Paradise’ looks at emotional toll of deadly fire By: Agencies on August 4, 2020Almost two years since a wildfire swept through his mountain town and virtually wiped it out, Steve “Woody” Culleton got to put the final touches on his new home. Two redwood trees were planted in the ground, a new lawn and stone patio transformed the once barren yard into a green refuge. “We’re happy,” he […]