RAWALPINDI: Days ahead of Eidul Azha, a 52-year-old man was confirmed to have been suffering from the dreaded Congo virus. Allah Bakhsh a resident of Attock was moved to isolation ward at the Holy Family Hospital (HFH) after doctors received reports from National Institute of Health (NIH) confirming that he was suffering from the Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever […]
UMERKOT: A team of National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) has called for immediate intervention in Thar and warned that the peaceful, pluralist and tolerant area risks being converted into a new Waziristan if banned organisations continue to work freely and without check in the region. NCHR chairperson retired Justice Ali Nawaz Chowhan, who headed […]
LAHORE: A Christian inmate’s death in Kot Lakhpat Jail has sparked controversy after a medical board in its initial postmortem report indicates “signs of tuberculosis” he is suspected to have contracted during his stay in the prison. The family of Anderyas Ghulam had complained about subhuman conditions the under-trials have been kept in and claimed […]
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa senior minister for health Shahram Khan Tarakai has called an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss steps to control the dengue outbreak in parts of the provincial capital. A statement issued here said the meeting would be attended by the health secretary, director general (health), district nazim, district health officer, director (public […]
KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday fixed date for hearing appeal of Faisal Mota against the death sentence handed down to him for masterminding the murder of journalist Wali Khan Baber on August 21. It is to be mentioned here that some TV channel ran story on August 15 that SHC Circuit Bench Larkana […]
Fizza Ali Meerza, producer for Na Maloom Afraad, Actor in Law and Na Maloom Afraad 2, is one of the few names that come to mind when thinking about women in Pakistani cinema. While you have a lot of well known women working on screen, one would assume that there aren’t that many women involved […]
KARACHI: The government has devised short and long-term plans to transform Karachi into a beautiful city, which include development of roads and parks, restoration of old buildings and evolving a proper traffic management system. Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said this while presiding over a meeting on the World Bank-assisted Karachi Neighbourhood Improvement Project (KNIP) at CM House on Friday. Karachi […]
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan is all set to establish National Broadcasting and Film Commission purported to encourage the revival of the film industry and creation of enabling environment for the artists, producers and film makers to demonstrate their talent and skill in conformity with their professional ethos and would like to seek Iranian assistance for making […]
Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa urged youths on Thursday to remain mindful and vigilant of of hostile narratives through social media. “Educated youth is prime target of ISIS [Da’ish] and affiliates, be extra cautious,” the chief of army staff (COAS) was quoted by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) as saying. Gen Qamar visited Inter-Services Publication Directorate wherein […]
LAHORE: Another tree-cutting spree in the city touches a raw nerve of the Lahorites and reactivates the Lahore Bachao Tehreek (save the city movement). “It is downright a seditious act for the city dwellers as it irreversibly changes the character of their abode,” laments Imrana Tiwana of the movement. For the last few days, the […]
Mohsin Abbas Haider completes over a decade in the industry this year. While it wasn’t until Nabeel Qureshi and Fizza Ali Meerza’s Na Maloom Afraad (2013) that Haider rose to prominence, he has been a part of broadcasts like the 4 Man Show and BNN that spun on the political happenings of Pakistan. “I was […]
Furquan Kidwai is an entrepreneur who is building Pakistan’s first digital health platform. Prior to launching Dawaai.pk in 2014, Mr. Kidwai was an investment banker for over eight years in London. His last position was at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) as the Head of CEEMEA Financing and Director in the Fixed Income business. […]
Islamabad :A newly married couple who escaped their native area to Islamabad due to fear of persecution through Karo-Kari has moved Islamabad High Court seeking protection imminent threats to their life. Bilawal Ali Bhutto son of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto of Rohri-Sukkur married a Hindu girl Anooshi after converting her to Islam and both escaped their […]
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday asked the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to submit CDs of the Miss Veet Competition before September 11. The decision to ask PEMRA for these CDs is based on a petition filed by advocate Tariq Asad that the obscenity and vulgarity on TV channels is not being monitored. […]
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