Protesters In Gwadar Continue Their Protest For Economic Rights And Civil Liberties
On this 15 November thousands of people walked from Gwadar’s Syed Hashumi Chowk to Gwadar Y-Chowk near Gwadar port. Here...
Friday, May 20, 2022
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Alia Ahmed Wins Zeenat Haroon Rashid Prize 2021 With A Short Story About The Callousness Of Privilege
The Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize for Women has announced that the award for 2021 goes to writer Alia Ahmed...
Commission On Enforced Disappearances Gets 37 New Cases In October, Bringing Its Total to 8,154 Since 2011
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances has received 37 new complaints of alleged enforced disappearance from across the country...
Cash-Strapped And Visually Impaired, Mufti Abdul Haleem Is Determined To Educate Young Religious Scholars
Mufti Abdul Haleem is blind from birth but his thirst for knowledge enabled him to become a religious scholar well...
Traders And Farmers Disappointed By Slow Progress On Pak-Afghan Border Trade And Movement
Zubair Motiwala, Chairman of the Pakistan Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI), has been urging both Islamabad and...
In The Wake Of The Harnai Earthquake: How Health Facilities With Insufficient Funds, Equipment & Staff Struggled To Treat Survivors
The entry gates of the hospitals are stormed by people. That is when the security at the gates of Sandman...
What Is The Message From Leaked Videos Of Politicians Coming To Light?
ISLAMABAD: There are many instances in the history of Pakistan where videos of the private lives of politicians, judges and...
As Afghan Refugees Wait To Be Registered In Chaman, Christian Volunteers Step In To Provide Aid
The process of registering people from Afghanistan as refugees has not started yet, which is causing problems for people entering...
Feature | Traffic On The Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Surges
Traffic on the Pak-Afghan border has increased significantly since the recent political change in Afghanistan. Among these are the many...
Pakistanis in Italy III: Breaking out of low-paid work
Daud Khan, Ahmed Raza and Mahnoor Malik
Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 Spiral
Mahum Kidwai explains the chaotic situation as the pandemic intensifies in Sri Lanka
‘No defence acceptable for crime of torture’
Sara Hassan writes about the launch of a report on criminalising torture in Pakistan
Government coalition dominates Senate elections in Balochistan
The ruling coalition is united and intact, writes Adnan Aamir
SC commutes death sentence of mentally ill prisoners, sets guidelines for reforms
The court has directed the government to immediately make necessary amendments to relevant laws and rules, writes Sara Hassan
Snowboarding championship held at Malam Jabba Ski Resort
More than 80 athletes participated in the event, writes Sara Hassan
Can a century-old vaccine protect against COVID-19?
Kashif Zafar and Adil Alvi explain why the BCG vaccine seems promising
‘Mentally ill death row convicts should not be executed’
All provinces are in agreement over this issue, writes Sara Hassan
Inside PDM’s power show in Lahore
On Sunday, December 13, when opposition parties under Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) came to Lahore for a public gathering, it...
LHC questions government about extradition of Pakistanis jailed in Iran
Most Pakistani prisoners in foreign jails are arrested for non-lethal crimes such as drug trafficking, theft and violation of immigration...
COVID-19 and natural remedies
Dr. Muhammad Nauman Zahid discusses the promising results of a clinical study
‘Maradona took Argentina out of sadness’
Farooq Sulehria speaks to Argentinian sports journalist Melisa Trad Malmod about the legacy of Diego Maradonna
Pakistani prisoners in Sri Lanka return home
As many as 44 Pakistani prisoners currently in Sri Lankan jails have been repatriated to complete their remaining jail term...
Close contest between PPP, PTI in GB polls
Nisar Ali explains the political dynamics of GB ahead of elections on November 15
When Bhutto nationalized missionary schools
Farooq Sulehria outlines the impact of Bhutto’s nationalization policy on the Christian community
Khyber Pakhtunwa’s opium poppy challenge
Police have wiped out 2,029 hectares of opium poppy crop during an eradication campaign in the four tehsils of Mohmand...
Tackling fake domiciles of Balochistan
This problem had existed for decades but awareness around it started developing in Balochistan over the last five years, writes...
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ECP De-seats 25 Dissident PTI Punjab Lawmakers Over Defection
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced...
SC Verdict On Article 63-A Is A Case Of Constitutional Rewriting
Much has been written about the Supreme Court’s...