KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) withdrew the ban on the social media app TikTok on Friday. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) was directed by the SHC bench to unblock the app in the country. The court lifted the ban after receiving assurances from the telecommunications regulator that it would rule on the petitioner’s plea […]
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What next in Afghanistan?
The recent offences by Taliban have led to capturing of ten more districts out of the forty by them. The U.S top commander issued a warning that continued such offences may lead to counter offences by U.S in the form of airstrikes. This will be stepping up the game of offences and counter offences. For […]
Young doctors block Murree Road against new NLE exam
MURREE: A large number of Rawalpindi doctors belonging to the Young Doctors Association (YDA) blocked the Murree Road, Rawalpindi on Thursday to press for their demands against the National Licensing Exam (NLE) introduced last year by the Pakistan Medical Commission. The YDA members said that it was a mistake by the PMC to introduce such an exam […]
TikTok responds to suspension of its app in Pakistan
KARACHI: TikTok has responded to the Sindh High Court’s (SHC) order suspending the app across Pakistan on Thursday, saying that it is working with authorities. The SHC had, earlier this week, ordered to suspend the video-sharing app TikTok across Pakistan till July 8, nearly three months after the country had lifted a ban imposed on it. […]
Pakistan: Dissecting FATF Failure
The incompetence and lack of understanding of the incumbent government has once again proven fatal as all their efforts to shift Pakistan from the list of jurisdictions with increased monitoring (grey list) to countries enjoying the status of cooperative jurisdictions were rendered futile. Repeated fiascos of coalition Government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Financial Action […]
Increasing drugs culture in Pakistan
Over years, drug use in the younger generation has spiked up drastically in Pakistan. Hash, Dirty Hash, weed (different types of Marijuana) Ecstasy, Crystal, Cocaine, Ice…… are now available more easily and to a younger market. Oxygen is another relatively new addiction. It is a subject people will not want to discuss, to accept their […]
Zulfi Bukhari rubbishes propaganda about his visit to Israel for the second time
ISLAMABAD: Senior Leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari on Monday once again reiterated that he had not visited Israel in the past, rubbishing opposition propaganda on the social media networking sites. “Did not go to Israel. Funny bit is Pakistani paper says I went to Israel based on “Israeli news source”, and […]
What does India want to do in Kashmir?
Kashmir has once again been in the news. On June 23rd, last week, Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, held a “surprise” meeting with 14 political leaders from Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IOJK). This meeting has come to be seen as a “breaking of ice” moment following the illegal actions of the Modi government […]
FATF & collective failure
It is shocking that only two political parties filed income tax returns for tax year 2020 out of 27 registered with FBR and 127 with Election Commission of Pakistan despite section 114(1)(ac) of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 makes it mandatory. How can we expect rule of law in Pakistan, when 125 political parties are […]
Indian All-Party Conference: A New Game of Deception
As the region is passing through the challenging phases with US troops leaving Afghanistan without any substantial efforts to implement and ensure sustainable peace in the country, Narendra Modi chaired an all-party conference on 24th June 2021. The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), also known as Gupkar Alliance, decided to participate in the meeting. […]