Politicians – suffering and sacrifice, generation after generation By: Samar Haroon Bilour on June 5, 2021Last Sunday, on a blistering summer day I had an encounter with the very suave Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, when a highly powered PPP delegation came to Walibagh Charsadda, to condole veteran politician Begum Naseem Wali Khan’s demise. There in the tree dappled lawns and ancient veranda of Wali Bagh, an epiphany downed on me; here […]
Food for thought or the thought of food: the dilemma of workplace meals By: Shahbano Naushahi on June 5, 2021Lunch break is perhaps the only office time the most efficiently used by people at the workplace the world over. “That’s just like recess at school, the most awaited hour at my office,” says Lala Rukh, an IT engineer, who has recently joined a multinational firm in Lahore. “The only problem with my 90-minute break […]
No more nikah registers, nikah khawan to carry tab instead By: Saad Ahmed on June 5, 2021LAHORE: You won’t have to run after your local Islamic cleric to register your nikah in his register. Instead, he will come to the ceremony carrying a tab in his hands. Doesn’t that sound futuristic? considering the amount of hassle the groom used to go through to get his marriage registered and legal. The government […]
Tax exemptions to salary raise – what has budget 2021-22 in store for us? By: Web Desk on June 4, 2021Shaukat Tarin, the fourth finance minister in the PTI government, will present his first budget in parliament less than a week from now, on June 11. The public can expect several changes in the previous policies with respect to salaries, taxes and income. It is highly likely that tax cuts and exemptions will be reduced. […]
LHC acquits Christian couple who faced death penalty for blasphemy after 7-year on death row By: By Muhsen Ali on June 3, 2021LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has spared the life of a Christian couple – convicted and sentenced to death in April 2014 but imprisoned since 2013 for sharing ‘blasphemous’ texts – in a short ruling, according to defence lawyer. Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta Kausar had spent about seven years seeking mercy through courts while imprisoned […]
Why Pakistan is missing its cotton bale targets? By: Wafa Sheraz on June 3, 2021Pakistan’s cotton crop is in a melancholic state. The crop’s production has plummeted to a mere 5 million bales after producing a record 14 million bales in 2014-15, the fourth highest production in the world. Given the bleak situation, it is feared cotton areas may give in to some other instant cash crops. Where did […]
The AC (mis)treated by Dr. Firdous Awan gets marching orders to Pind Dadan Khan from Sialkot By: Nauman Abid Mehdi on June 2, 2021SIALKOT: After being subject to public criticism at the hands of Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan, Assistant Commissioner (AC) Sialkot Sonia Sadaf has been transferred to Pind Dadan Khan (Jhelum District) with immediate effect under the directives of the Punjab government. Her transfer comes just a month after the public embarrassment she faced at the hands […]
WHO approves China’s Sinovac Covid jab By: AFP on June 1, 2021The World Health Organization on Tuesday approved the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use — the second Chinese jab to receive the WHO’s green light. The UN health agency signed off on the two-dose vaccine, which is already being deployed in several countries around the world. “WHO today validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine for emergency […]
Bride 11 years old, groom 40 years old – an odd marriage foiled in Lodhran By: Ijaz Khan Sahu on June 1, 2021The police are after the suspects of underage marriage in Chak No. 41M, of Lodhran, where a man allegedly married off his 11-year-old daughter to a 40-year-old man. Ashraf Mai, wife of Abdul Shakoor, told the police that she went to her parents and when she returned after a few days, her daughter was missing. […]
Talk of the capital: Hamid Mir’s show off air By: Web Desk on May 31, 2021As was being expected, the popular talk show of journalist Hamid Mir has been taken air off. Hamid Mir himself broke the news as if he himself was expecting the ban. He said nothing such a ban was new for him as he was banned twice in the past too. He tweeted: Nothing new for […]