Robots and woman’s dress: Reality check for Prime Minister Khan By: Hira Khalid on June 24, 2021Imran Khan the prime minister of Pakistan has once again been on the news for his stance on why rape and sexual assault is prevalent in the country, and once again, he has disappointed the women of Pakistan by his misogynistic stance. Not only has he transformed Pakistani women into objects who dress, walk and […]
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 […]
Federal Budget of Pakistan 2021-2022 – An Overview By: Dr Qais Aslam on June 22, 2021The goals of macroeconomic policies of any country including Pakistan are: 1. To ensure low unemployment (at Natural Rate of Unemployment) in the country 2. To ensure Price Stability (low inflation) in the country – inflation should be low enough to stimulate the demand side (creating consumer surplus) and high enough to stimulate the supply […]
WhatsApp to introduce new feature for pictures,videos soon By: Web Desk on June 22, 2021WhatsApp announced a new feature that will be released soon for viewing pictures and videos where the messaging platform will embody Instagram’s ‘view once’ feature. This feature will allow people to send pictures and videos which would be able to be viewed only once and will let the sender know if the recipient has viewed […]
Younis Khan leaves Pakistan’s batting coach position By: APP on June 22, 2021LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board and Pakistan men’s national cricket team batting coach Younis Khan agreed to part ways on Tuesday. In November, Younis was appointed last year on a two-year contract until the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022. PCB Chief Executive Wasim Khan said here: “It is sad to lose an expert of the […]
Sexual assault of students and teachers by son of private school owner in Narowal By: webdesk on June 22, 2021NAROWAL: The son of a private school owner and his accomplice have been booked for blackmailing and sexually assaulting female students and teachers, according to the Zafarwal police. The son of the owner along with his friend have been accused of blackmailing the students and luring them into getting good marks in their matriculation exams. […]
Who is Ebrahim Raisi? Things people must know about newly-elected president of Iran By: Saad Ahmed on June 19, 2021Ebrahim Raisi was born on 14 December 1960 to a Persian clerical family in the Noghan district of Mashhad The 60-year-old was currently serving as the country’s chief justice before being elected as the president of Iran. Raisi ran for president in 2017 and lost to Rouhani. He has been alleged for the torture and […]
Three students killed, six injured in Hunza By: Web Desk on June 19, 2021Three students were killed and six others injured in a car accident in Hunza. The students were shifted to Aga Khan Health Center, Gilgit. The accident took place near Gojal Morokhon. According to the details, the vehicle which was slowing down from Jamalabad met with an accident near Morokhon on Friday morning. The vehicle was […]
Belligerent parliamentarians! By: Huzaima Bukhari on June 18, 2021“Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke” –Will Rogers Whether it is on innumerable talk shows telecast on the many television channels or in the precincts of the national and provincial assemblies, our worthy parliamentarians are found indulging in behavior that by no stretch of imagination can […]
Star Universities in West Asia By: Dr.Sidra Tariq Jamil and Dr. Javaid Laghari on June 17, 2021What makes a university great? It is the quality of education and research, and not brick and mortar! What counts is the total number and percentage of faculty with a PhD degree, total number of journal research publications and publication per faculty, international eminence of the faculty, which includes winning of recognized global awards, quality […]