Sindh’s Version of Don’t Look Up’! By: Calimullah K. on August 15, 2022 Picture credit: Khoso Saifullah Sindh’s Version of Don’t Look Up’! The title of this opinion piece might knock some sense into the minds of voracious readers of different entertainment and political magazines, environmentalists, climate change activists, human rights activists, gender rights activists, migration rights activists, animal rights activists, and cineholics – and it […]
An interview with Dr. Humayun Mohmand; Chairman Standing Committee health senate By: Muhammad Nasir Butt on August 10, 2022Senator Dr. Humayon Mohmand; a well-known cosmetics surgeon, is the Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Health. He runs his own private clinic. His works has been internationally recognized in 50 publications, 23 textbooks chapters. Additionally, he is a part of the international faculty. Mohmand says. “I never preferred nor joined government job because scoring the […]
Heads roll over Murree snowfall tragedy By: Kazam Khan on January 19, 2022LAHORE: The Punjab government on Wednesday ordered action against 15 senior officers over failure to handle the Murree tragedy where in at least 23 tourists, including nine children, had lost their lives following heavy snowfall at the popular hill station. An inquiry report submitted by the committee constituted by the Punjab government following the incident […]
Jashn e Punjab: PU cancels hostel allotment of girls for violating hostel timings By: Mir Hadi Abbas on December 10, 2021On Thursday, Punjab University has issued notification for cancellation of the hostel allotment of girls for 10 days for violating hostel timings. The victimized girls went to attend Jashn e Punjab, an event organized by Punjab Students Council to promote Punjabi art and culture at Alhamra Open Air Theatre Gaddhafi Stadium Lahore, where they after […]
Taliban in the shoes of US By: Abdullah Syed on September 27, 2021Since the Taliban has taken over the entire country after taking control of an undefeated territory of Panjshir Valley. The risk of resistance and counter attack has not been reduced, to say the least. The Taliban regime has been facing several challenges including food inflation, development, health issues and of course, terrorism by rival militant […]
Fall of Kabul: Time for Afghan leadership to unite for broad-based political settlement By: APP on August 17, 2021PESHAWAR: History repeated itself on August 15, 2021, when Taliban fighters entered the Presidential Palace in Kabul after 20 years amid overwhelming support by Afghans hoping to bring lasting peace and stability in the war-ravaged country after US and NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan. Facing no major resistance from Afghan National Army (ANA), the Taliban fighters […]
Karachi among most stressful urban centers By: Web Desk on June 30, 2021Recently, German company “ VAAY” conducted a study listing the least stressful and most stressful cities in the world. The study used a variety of factors to come to a conclusion, analysing a variety of indicators across governance, environment, finance and health to determine which cities were most and less stressful. The total cities that […]
Zainab alert app launched to combat child abuse issue By: APP on June 27, 2021ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) in collaboration with the Pakistan Citizens Portal launched a “Zainab Alert App” nationwide to combat the child abuse issue on a war footing and to address this grave problem, an official of the MoHR has said. Talking to APP here, he said that the Zainab alert app was […]
Quaid-e-azam university student gangraped by fellow students By: Hira Khalid on June 23, 2021A 22 year old man in Islamabad was gangraped by his fellow students at Quaid-e-Azam University on Friday. When the security guards saw the man limping and walking with difficulty, they suspected that the young man was probably under influence. It was later found out that he was a student at the Quaid-e-Azam University living […]
Effects of Ertughal Ghazi: kids injure sibling, mother in Swat By: Adnan Bacha on June 13, 2021SWAT: Two incidents in Swat in which children injured their siblings and other family members using knives and artificial swords were reported on Sunday. The children, inspired by the popular Turkish TV drama series ‘Ertugrul Ghazi‘ being aired with Urdu dubbing on state-run PTV, injured each other mocking the characters. In the Rahimabad area near […]