The former wife of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman and a model facing a money laundering case in Islamabad are among the most searched people in Pakistan, according to Google Trends. As the search giant Google released the search trends at the end of year 2015, it emerged that Reham Khan tops the chart of most […]
KARACHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) Media Safety and Defence Task Force meeting was held on Thursday under the supervision of the Chairman Ikram Majeed Sehgal. The meeting expressed concern over the attacks on media houses, media professionals and situation of insecurity and recommended to finalise the measures taking regarding media safety. It […]
Karachi: Every Tuesday and Thursday, 11-year-old Chandni escapes her makeshift abode under the Cantonment flyover in a white van for two hours of respite. “I don’t tell my mother that I leave. She forbade me to come here. She says it is no good and I should stay home and help with the housework when […]
Karachi: The Cyber Crime Circle of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested a man on Thursday for allegedly swindling a citizen through an online fraud scam. An official said the circle received a complaint from a man, Tanzeel Khan, who said he contacted an online shopping website “Saqiscity.com” and ordered in a motherboard, a processor, […]
KARACHI: “The incidents of intolerance in society are not as important as is the response to them of the civil society,” said journalist Ghazi Salahuddin. He also laid stress on the response determining the true strength, or weakness, of a society. This was shared at a roundtable discussion held on Thursday titled ‘The role of […]
KARACHI: A Shakespearean character describes the quality of mercy as twice blest: “It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.” That’s the theme of the play Lorelei performed and directed by Nimra Bucha at the Arts Council on Thursday. Written by Tom Wright, the play, which is told in the form of narration and […]
KARACHI: Speakers at a programme held on Thursday called upon the government to introduce livelihood support models, especially in the highly vulnerable coastal areas, to help communities adapt to changing climate. It was also strongly recommended that the government allocate funds for districts yearly to tackle climate change that, the speakers pointed out, was a […]
ISLAMABAD: A joint report of the Asian Development Bank and the United Nations says Pakistan is in an enviable strategic position given the fundamental importance of international bandwidth supply in determining connectivity. The report released by the United Nations Commission for the Asia-Pacific region (ESCAP) says Pakistan along with Iran — the two countries outside […]
QUETTA: The adviser to the chief minister on education said on Thursday that over 1.6 million children of school-going age, two-thirds of them girls, were deprived of education in Balochistan, which needed more schools to absorb them. Speaking at a ceremony held here on Thursday in connection with the first anniversary of Peshawar’s Army Public […]
ISLAMABAD: Umme Hasaan, the head of Lal Masjid’s Jamia Hafsa girl seminary, hotly denied to the Supreme Court on Thursday that she ever had any association with the Pakistan-origin Tashfeen Malik linked to the recent terrorist shooting in San Bernardino, much less have her as a student. She appeared even more combative when she declared […]
LAHORE: Veteran Indian actor Om Puri, referring to a lynching incident in Dadri, India, in which a mob attacked a Muslim family, termed the happening shameful for his country. Mr Puri who is currently in Pakistan on a three-day visit to attend International Film Festival organised by Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop (RPTW), was talking to […]
Kamal Ahmed Rizvi, the man behind one of the most celebrated sitcoms of the country ‘Alif Noon’ breathed his last due to a heart attack after a prolonged illness in Karachi on Thursday, Express News reported. The 85-year-old actor was born in Indian state of Bihar in 1930, and served the prolific roles of actor, […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called for effective execution and monitoring of the PM’s National Health Programme being launched next month to provide free treatment to the poor. Presiding over a meeting held here on Thursday to finalise the arrangements for the programme, he said it should be implemented in phases to filter out […]
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