President Arif Alvi and Akbar Ahmed discuss fake news, climate change, rising Islamophobia at a virtual event of American University Washington DC By: Raesa Fatima on November 19, 2021President Arif Alvi on Thursday said that United States should play a leadership role in curbing the spread of fake news, and catastrophes of climate change. He gave the example of the USA as a country which spreads fake news regarding countries’ changing their voting patterns. He said this while speaking in a virtual event […]
US economy setting the Thames on fire By: Abdullah Syed on October 16, 2021Undoubtedly world’s largest economy affects just about everyone across the globe, depending on what you read, hear or practice. The US economy is well on the way to recovery after Covid-19. The markets are buoyant, consumer confidence is decent or nonetheless it is stalling and leaving millions of people behind food insecurity homelessness and it […]
Everything you need to know about EVMs, can they be hacked? By: Hammad Abbasi on September 22, 2021The Ministry of Science and Technology has announced the Rs 1 million award for hacking the EVM – Electronic Voting Machine. On the other hand, the ECP has produced 37 objections against the use of EVMs in general elections. It seems that the tug of war between the Government and the Election Commission would continue […]
Women in a fix about sexual harassment in cab hailing services By: Rida Naeem on August 29, 2021 A video gone viral recently on the internet showing an Uber driver masturbating from on top of his clothes while driving a female passenger, recorded secretly by the passenger herself, shows how incidents of sexual harassment against women are taking new and more threatening forms. Yet even though laws exist to deal with and […]
Rs 400bn land scandal in Lahore in the offing? By: Abdullah Syed on August 28, 2021A Rs 400 billion ‘scandal’, even bigger than that of the Rawalpindi Ring Road project scam, is in the offing related to the establishment of the Lahore Central Business District in Walton. Daily Times, through a letter received from the aggrieved parties, has learnt that some departments of the Punjab government, officers and political figures […]
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 […]
The Pegasus Project and its implications By: Maha Raja Tareen on July 30, 2021Shameful and shocking are the details unearthed by the Pegasus Project bringing to light the shallow side of states that indulge in stooping shamelessly low as snooping and violating the sanctity of human privacy. Snooping, eavesdropping, cyber espionage or reconnaissance the world and its people are like pawns being observed secretively , caught unaware that […]
Dams damaging the environment By: Maha Raja Tareen on July 23, 2021It’s been a pure and simple symbiosis relationship; man’s mind has managed manipulated and maneuvered flora and fauna around for personal gains since centuries. Undoubtedly, the joyous journey of life is celebrated so wonderfully and splendidly on the soil of the sagacious Indus. Known as the Lion Fountain, stretching more than three thousand kilometers this […]
The voice of Ali Raza, in the most revealing interview By: webdesk/Mino Nisar on July 19, 2021“TWO ROADS DIVERGED IN A WOOD, AND I TOOK THE ONE LESS TRAVELED BY, AND THAT HAS MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. ROBERT FROST” Webdesk: I am starting my story at this very second. Everyone has a past, some people leave good memories and some people go otherwise. I didn’t, I have learned from my past, […]
Jehangir Tareen faces political isolation in hometown, Lodhran By: Ijaz Khan Sahu on July 19, 2021Ever since various cases against PTI leader Jahangir Tareen came to light and he was brought before the court, the PTI in Lodhran district has been divided and troubled. The latest group is clear, with PTI Lodhran general secretary Rana Arsalan and two constituencies MPA’s Zawar Hussain Warraich and Nazir Baloch. The Insaf group includes former Lodhran […]