Ban on indoor dining to be lifted from July 1 By: Web Desk on June 26, 2021The ban on sitting inside hotels and restaurants due to coronavirus in the country will be lifted from July 1. According to details, the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) has lifted the ban on indoor sitting and eating in hotels and restaurants from July 1. Earlier, the NCOC had lifted the ban on sitting […]
Former caretaker PM Mir Hazar Khan Khoso passes away at 95 By: Web Desk on June 26, 2021Former caretaker prime minister Justice (retired) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has passed at the age of 95 on Saturday. Justice (retd) Khoso was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Quetta for a month, family sources said. The Election Commission of Pakistan appointed Khoso as the caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan on 24 March 2013, out […]
Man who murdered MBBS student for refusing marriage proposal given death sentence By: Web Desk on June 25, 2021A district and sessions court in Peshawar handed a death sentence to the main accused Mujahidullah Afridi in the Asma Rani murder case. District and Sessions Judge Ashfaq Ta announced the verdict after examining evidence and hearing both the prosecution and the defence. The court acquitted two accused Siddiqullah and Shahzeb due to lack of […]
To be a robot or not: the autonomy of raping in a closed society By: Wafa Sheraz on June 24, 2021Imran Khan, Pakistan’s prime minister, has come under fire once again for statements blaming women’s dressing for the country’s escalating sexual violence. In an interview with ‘Axios on HBO’, the Pakistan PM said: “If a woman is wearing very few clothes, it will have an impact on the men, unless they are robots. It’s just […]
Buzdar serves Rs 250 million defamation notice to Azma Bokhari By: APP on June 24, 2021LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has served 250 million rupees defamation notice to spokesperson PML-N Punjab Azma Zahid Bokhari for a defamatory video statement alleging corruption and dishonesty. The notice, issued through his legal advisor, Barrister Obaid Ullah here on Thursday, said that Mrs. Azma Zahid Bokhari levelled false and frivolous allegations against […]
Pakistan: Crucial FATF hearing By: Abdul Rauf Shakoori Dr Ikram ul Haq & Huzaima Bukhari on June 23, 2021The last meeting of the FATF in February 2021 concluded on a mix note for Pakistan. FATF acknowledged significant progress made by Pakistan on the entire action plan where Pakistan successfully made progress across all action plan items and largely addressed 24 of the 27 action items. However, on the flip side it explicitly stated […]
How Mufti Azizur Rehman, the alleged rapist of the seminary student, was arrested? By: Hira Khalid on June 23, 2021Mufti Azizur Rehman was arrested on Monday where he confessed to his crimes. When the story of the JUI member sexually assaulting a young boy at the seminary hit the online world and spread like fire in the jungle, the main suspect Mufti Azizur Rehman first tried to be declared innocent. He came forth with […]
When change became inevitable in Pakistan By: By Wajid Shamsul Hasan on June 22, 2021As the date for the Elections 2007 got nearer panic and desperation were overwhelmingly getting hold of the Musharraf regime. With Americans blowing hot air down the dictator’s neck for what they call not doing enough to crusade against the Islamic terrorists, there is a growing considered view in the West that democracy after all is […]
Senator Usman Kakar passes away By: webdesk on June 21, 2021KARACHI: The leader of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Usman Kakar passed away on Monday. The Pashtoon leader was in an accident, and as a result suffered multiple head injuries. Following the accident, he was in a coma, the doctors had made it clear that the next 48 hours would be critical. The PPP leader […]
Lahore cleric taken to court; confesses to his crime By: Hira Khalid on June 21, 2021The clergyman accused of raping a teenage boy, Mufti Azizur Rehman has confessed to his crimes and accepted that he did in fact sexually assaulted the boy for years. The accused will be taken to court on Monday. According to the police the criminal has accepted that he can be seen in the video made by […]