Talk on origin of Hindustani classical music held on January 3, 2018LAHORE: Olomopolo Media arranged a talk by Ally Adnan on Hindustani classical music on Tuesday in Lahore. He was accompanied by Rakae Jamil on Sitar and Asher Samuel on Tabla who gave live examples of whatever he talked about. Ally Adnan talked about the origin of the term and explained that it does not have […]
The life and times of Saloni Bokhari on December 19, 2017Syeda Saloni Bokhari was one of the founding members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the president of the party’s women wing in Punjab. She passed away on Friday after a year-long battle with Leukemia. Her colleagues in the party’s women wing have fond memories of the late politician. They say that Bokhari had joined Imran […]
December tragedies: fall of Dhaka and APS Peshawar on December 16, 2017Two events that took place on the same day but decades apart changed the course of Pakistan. On December 16, 1971, the war for Bangladesh’s independence ended. An estimated 300,000 people lost their lives in the war. East Pakistan separated from Pakistan and People’s Republic of Bangladesh, a sovereign state was formed. On December 16, […]
More than 24,000 dengue fever cases confirmed in KP on December 11, 2017LAHORE: Reportedly, more than 24,807 cases of dengue fever have been confirmed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in 2017. On October 26, World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that out of 87,250 suspected cases of dengue fever in KP, 18,892 were confirmed by laboratories. WHO also reported 58 deaths from the disease including the 53 deaths registered […]
Jirga proceedings sabotaged after FIR was lodged against its members on December 6, 2017LAHORE: A First Information Report (FIR) lodged against the members of the jirga sabotaged its proceedings on Tuesday at a village in Hashtnagar area of Charsadda district. The jirga was formed on Monday to resolve a land dispute between the landlords and farmers following an incident in which many farmers, women and children resisted a […]
Hashtnagar farmers resist dispossession bid on December 5, 2017LAHORE/Islamabad: Scores of peasant farmers, including women and children, clashed with the authorities at a village in Hashtnagar area of Charsadda district on Monday over a land dispute. According to peasant leaders, a local feudal named Rab Nawaz came to the area, accompanied by armed Frontier Corps (FC) personnel, and tried to eject farmers from […]
Hashtnagar farmers resist dispossession bid on December 5, 2017LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Scores of peasant farmers, including women and children, clashed with the authorities at a village in Hashtnagar area of Charsadda district on Monday over a land dispute. According to peasant leaders, a local feudal named Rab Nawaz came to the area, accompanied by armed Frontier Corps (FC) personnel, and tried to eject farmers from […]
10 tracks to hear before you die on December 2, 2017It is through music that we express ourselves and it is through music that we find peace in our busy lives. Most of us listen to music on our way to our universities or workplaces and we also listen to music while working or studying. Music is an important part of our lives and it […]
E-commerce giants rebrand their Black Friday sale events amid criticism on November 25, 2017LAHORE: Amid criticism over the usage of the term “Black Friday” in Pakistan, e-commerce giants such as Daraz and Yayvo changed the names of their Black Friday sale events to Big Friday 2017 and White Friday 2017 respectively. Daraz announced that two years after successfully introducing the international sale event in Pakistan, it wanted to […]
Gallup Pakistan publishes report on agenda setting in media industry on November 16, 2017LAHORE: Pakistani affiliate of Gallup International, Gallup and Gilani Pakistan conducted a research to understand agenda setting in the Pakistani media industry. According to the report published by the group, the rationale behind the research was to find out the most popular themes the media industry focused on in July and September. The research also […]