Equipping youth with skills top priority: minister on November 5, 2020Provincial Minister of Punjab for Higher Education Raja Yassir Humayun has said that equipping youth with skills and promoting entrepreneurship culture for youth empowerment is the top priority of the government. Addressing the inaugural session of online portal of COTHM Group of Colleges Launch, he stated that COTHM online business school has been launched to […]
Images from Imam Hussain’s shrine used as backdrop for Korean band’s performance on October 28, 2020Images from Imam Hussain’s shrine were used as stage backdrop for South Korean boy band NCT’s recent Inkigayo performance broadcasted by SBS yesterday. Muslim fans noticed an Arabic phrase on the images running behind the singing and dancing members of the band. It was then revealed that the text is a part of a prayer […]
Indian media celebrates Saudi Arabia’s commemorative banknote showing border between Pakistan and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan on October 27, 2020On October 25, 2020, the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority launched a new twenty-riyal banknote to mark Saudi presidency of the G20 summit. The banknote, on the front side, carries the picture of King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, along with a slogan of Saudi Presidency, while the back side features a world map showing the […]
Hafeez Center fire still not put out after 13 hours on October 18, 2020Firefighters are still trying to put out the Hafeez Center blaze that started around 6 in the morning today and engulfed the city’s technology hub. Reportedly, more than 15 vehicles and over 40 fire fighters working to contain the massive fire that has destroyed the entire plaza. Deputy Commissioner Lahore Mudassir Riaz informed that workers […]
These Pakistani 4th graders asked questions from NASA and their teacher made space scientists and astronauts respond to them on October 14, 2020Pakistani Twitter witnessed something incredibly wholesome today, when a teacher from Karachi got space scientists and astronauts to answer space and science questions that her fourth grader students came up with. The girl named Aimun, who is already loved (and hated) among Pakistani twitterati for her strong opinions on things that matter, took to Twitter […]
Clean water: a dream far away on September 13, 2020With rapid urbanization and growing awareness of consumers, the demand for clean drinking water has ballooned over the past few years in the country. To meet the increasing demand of potable water, PML-N government installed multiple filtration units across the rural and urban areas of Lahore and between 2013 to December 2018, the Punjab government […]
Anti-Shiite protest rattles Karachi on September 12, 2020Radical extremist groups Sipah Sahaba and Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan took to roads chanting slogans against the Shia community in Karachi yesterday, which turned into a huge rally. The rally followed a raft of blasphemy accusations against major Shiite leaders in Pakistan after a televised broadcast of an Ashura procession last month showed clerics and participants […]
Social activist and journalist Shaheena Shaheen reportedly shot dead in Turbat on September 5, 2020A renowned social activist and journalist from Gwadar, Shaheena Shaheen, was reportedly shot dead by unidentified men in Turbat today (Saturday). According to details, the incident took place at a housing quarter in Turbat and unidentified men left her body at a private hospital. The district police have shifted the body to a government hospital […]
Government passes bill to allow Pakistanis with dual citizenship to contest elections on September 5, 2020The federal government has decided to allow Pakistanis with dual citizenship to contest elections. According to sources, the federal cabinet has passed a bill to allow Pakistanis with dual citizenship to contest elections. Sources revealed that the Constitutional Amendment Bill has been approved to replace Article 63-1C. After the approval of the Federal Cabinet, the […]
Soneri Bank building collapsed in Lahore on September 4, 2020According to initial reports, the building of Soneri Bank Chuburji branch Lahore collapsed today (Friday). The structure crumbled due to a blast that took place within the building premises. The cause of blast that injured at least 5 people is still unknown. The gas pipeline is also damaged at the site. This is a developing […]