MURREE: Prime Minister Imran Khan said that tourism alone could help repay Pakistan’s debts if the sector is properly focused upon. The premier’s remarks came while addressing a ceremony after inaugurating the Kohsar University. He would also inaugurate the upgraded TB Sanatorium Hospital in Murree today. “The establishment of Kohsar University is an important step, forward in […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has decided that it will not be a part of the process to pass a resolution in the National Assembly NA for the expulsion of the French ambassador, it emerged on Tuesday. The government is set to table the resolution in the lower house of the parliament today. But the PPP […]
KARACHI: In any culture or society, some naats are so significant that their value grows onto the people over time. As time passes by and new eyes witness the old stories unravel, in equal shock and awe, the artifact stands as a reminder of not just bygone days but also what it takes to be […]
Shuttered for over a year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Greek universities are now grappling with a surge in online exam cheating giving rise to a new reality: the “corona degree”. Both professors and students candidly admit that examination safeguards are practically impossible to enforce in a remote-learning environment with hundreds of participants simultaneously online. “In jest, […]
CHICAGO: Hundreds marched through the streets of Chicago on Friday to protest the police shooting of Adam Toledo, a day after the city released a graphic video of a police officer shooting and killing the 13-year-old Latino boy in an alley two weeks ago. Demonstrators chanted “Hands up, don’t shoot!” and “No justice, no peace!” […]
Pakistan has garnered the dubious honor of having the fourth weakest passport in the world behind only war-torn Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq, according to the Henley Passport Index. The index assesses the travel documents based on how many countries citizens can access without a visa, as well as, using information from the International Air Transport […]
Imran Abbas is the most recent celeb to get onto the Ramazan bandwagon by releasing his own rendition of Qaseeda Burda Shareef on Friday. So far, the actor has garnered 12,000 views on his video on YouTube. […]
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday it’s “time to end” America’s longest war with the unconditional withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. Where they have spent two decades in a bloody, largely fruitless battle against the Taliban. Dubbed the “forever war,” the US military onslaught in Afghanistan began in response to September 11, 2001. Terrorist attacks against […]
Bollywood hit film, Silsila, remains one of the most famous love stories of all time. The Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, and Rekha-starrer made headlines before it even began production, thanks to its star-studded cast and the controversies that followed. This year, the Yash Chopra directorial is all set to complete four decades since its release and […]
NEW DELHI: Top intelligence officers from Pakistan and India held secret talks in Dubai in January. In a new effort to calm military tension over the Kashmir dispute. People with close knowledge of the matter told Reuters in New Delhi. Ties between the nuclear-armed rivals have been on ice since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi withdrew […]
