
Stores on the Gulshan- i -Iqbal received a court order to close all stores along that route due to the intensity of traffic they cause when customers park along the road to go to the stores. However, Sindh High Court passed a ruling on Monday that the Imtiaz Superstore should resume business. Imtiaz Hussain owner […]
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Another arrest has been made in the case of the girl who was burnt to death by her own family for marrying out of her choice. The second arrest made is that of the girl’s brother, identified as Anees. Anees was arrested by authorities from a house in Lahore’s Nishtar Colony area. During interrogation, he […]
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A Pakistani Army officer who got injured when Afghan forces opened indiscriminate fire at the Torkham border, has embraced martyrdom. The officer, identified as Major Jawad Changezi, was taken to CMH Peshawar on Monday after he got seriously injured during the clash between Afghan and Pakistani forces at the Torkham border. A day after he […]
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Pakistanis have seen and experienced the consequences of deforestation and cutting down of trees. Heat waves continue to affect numerous residents in Karachi. However, the government had taken the responsibility to plant millions of trees to help reduce these adverse weather conditions. After a heat wave killed approximately 1,300 in the previous year, the government […]
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The only surviving puma cub at the Karachi zoo is very precious to the staff as its other siblings passed away recently. The reason for their death is still unknown but efforts are being made to sustain the life of the only remaining cub. Claims were made that the first cub died of poor nutrition […]
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For most countries in the world, child labour has become a nightmare of the past but in Pakistan, it is the norm to find children under the legal working age toiling in gruelling work conditions. It is sad to know that even after the Childs Rights Movement National Secretariat declared June 12 as World Day […]
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Tourism is one sector that brings in a lot of income for the Pakistan government. Pakistan has a lot of tourist attractions but the northern parts are well known for their wonderful waterfalls that are most especially found in Kohistan and Shangla. Vast stretches of waterfalls can be found in these parts of Pakistan which […]
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An elderly Hindu man was allegedly tortured by a police constable in Ghotki for selling food before Iftar. The constable ended up being arrested by police after a social media campaign demanded justice for the old man. The cop going by the name of Ali Hassan was posted in Ghotki district’s Hayat Pitafi town. He […]

Marvi Sirmed, a female analyst and rights activist, during a television show on Friday, was verbally abused by a senator of the Jamiat-i-Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F), leading to a social media uproar. NewsOne, a private television channel aired the show which held a debate on the recent honor killings in Pakistan. The JUI-F Senator Hafiz Hamdullah […]

The past few days saw a social media storm over ill-treatment of a civil rights activist by Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) Sentaor Hafiz Hamdullah. A video footage showing abuses hurled by the senator towards the activist, Marvi Sirmed, is making rounds over the internet. According to the latest reports, Sirmed has tried multiple times to get […]
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Skirmishes along the Pak-Afghan border around the Landikotal and Torkham area, has resulted in a curfew being imposed there and closing-off of the border. According to the details provided by the media wing of Pakistan Army, ISPR, fire and bombardment by Afghan forces on Monday resulted in the injury of three Pakistani security personnel. It […]
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Shahbaz Taseer, son of slain Punjab governor Salman Taseer, recently received a signed jersey from his favorite football team, Manchester United. Shahbaz Taseer himself was kidnapped by the Taliban and was recently released after spending five years in their captivity. During a harrowing recount of what he had to go through while in captivity, Taseer […]
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