Category archives for: Pakistan

Obama Pays Tribute At Hiroshima Nuclear Memorial

The U.S president Barack Obama paid a tribute to the victims of the world’s first nuclear attack on Friday during a historic visit to Hiroshima. “Death fell from the sky and the world was changed 71 years ago”, the US president said after laying a wreath, as he made history by becoming the first sitting […]

Here’s Why Students At Lahore’s BNU Covered Campus Walls With Sanitary Pads

Menstrual Hygiene Matters Experts say, in total women spend around six to seven years of their lives menstruating and for them to have a healthy and dignified life, they must have access to toilets, water, soap, and sanitary towels. Yet too often, their needs are being neglected. The Menstrual Hygiene Day, which aims to raise […]

Muslim Student Slammed With A 5000 Dollar Fine For Refusing To Shake The Hand Of A Female Teacher

Religious practice is no excuse for not shaking the hands of a teacher, says the Swiss regional authority on Wednesday after a Muslim student refused to shake a teacher’s hand. It has become a wary matter for school’s exempting Muslim Students from touching the opposite sex. It has now been notified that parents of students […]

Opposition clarifies that Prime Minister’s name not excluded from Panamagate inquiry

Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif’s name has not been removed from the Panamagate inquiry, contrary to what was being said before. According to the latest clarification given by the opposition parties, Nawaz Sharif’s name has not been removed from the proposed Terms of Reference (ToRs) which have been formed for the Panamagate inquiry. This […]

US urges new Taliban leadership to engage in peace talks

The United States of America has hopes from the new Taliban leadership to engage in peaceful talks rather than using terrorism as a weapon. The US State Department deputy spokesperson Mark Toner expressed the government’s wishes for peace talks with the Taliban during the daily media briefing on Thursday. During the news brief, Toner said […]

PAC sends notice to Bahria Enclave to return encroached land

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is on a hunt to retrieve all illegally encroached land and in this matter, Bahria Enclave has come up on top of the list. According to the details provided, PAC asked the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Thursday to demarcate and retrieve land worth Rs 2.3 billion in Kurri Village, […]

Six Afghan agents involved in terrorist activities arrested from Balochistan

Six Afghan agents who were allegedly involved in different terrorist activities, have been arrested from different parts of Balochistan. The Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti held a press conference on Thursday, in which he told reporters about these six militants. “The arrested militants came to Balochistan to carry out targeted killings and bomb attacks,” said […]

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard part ways after 15 months of marriage

Film stars Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have decided to end their marriage according to the latest reports. The couple got married last year in February and after just fifteen months of staying together, they called it quits. According to the reports, it was Amber Heard who filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court […]

Foreign Office confirms the death of Mullah Mansour, dead body not handed over to anyone

The Foreign Office of Pakistan confirmed the death of Taliban leader, Mullah Mansour on Thursday in a US drone strike near the Pak-Afghan border. Mansour was killed on Saturday by the US forces, and his death has been reported to Pakistan only after it had taken place. Initially, government representatives did not confirm the Taliban […]

New CII Bill gives husband the permission to beat wives

A new bill prepared by the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) gives husbands the liberty to ‘lightly beat’ their wives in order to discipline them. The CII comprises of Pakistan’s top clerical body and if the proposed bill is passed and legislated into law, it will hold women accountable for many things, while also giving […]

NADRA to carry out verification of all CNICs again

Interior Minister, Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan said on Wednesday that the Interior Ministry has decided to carry out the verification of all Computerized National Identity Cards (CNIC) of Pakistanis again. The decision comes after the Taliban leader, Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a US drone strike and a Pakistani CNIC and passport were recovered […]

COAS expresses serious concern over US drone strike in ‘Red Zone’

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif recently met up with the United States (US) Ambassador to Pakistan David Hale and conveyed his grave concern over the US drone strike in Balochistan. The strike resulted in the death of Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour. Both the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif and […]

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