The rise in coronavirus cases in India is posing a threat to neighboring Bangladesh. Health experts caution about impending vaccine shortages at a time; when the country should be ramping up its vaccination campaign and more infectious virus types are being discovered. On Saturday, health officials proclaimed that a coronavirus strain discovered in India had […]
Urdu Author, Critic, Dramatist and a proponent of modernist Urdu literature; Shamim Hanafi dies at 81 giving in to coronavirus in New Delhi. Urdu world is at a loss of words by this huge hiatus; created by Shamim Hanafi’s demise. Who is one of the most famous and respected; literary critics, playwrights and poets of […]
In the midst of the Coronavirus epidemic, the Islamic Holy Month of Ramadan is coming to an end with the Eid-ul-Fitr celebration just around the corner. In fact, Pakistan came out of both Coronavirus waves moderately unscathed. The primary surge came amid May and June final year but flattened inside a number of weeks. The […]
Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said on Friday that Pakistan has so far managed to cope with the increase in critical care Covid-19 patients by proactively building the capacity of the entire system. In a series of tweets, the federal minister said that the total number of critical care patients […]
On opposite ends of the cancel exams debate; activist Jibran Nasir and Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood have engaged in a social media war; against one another with the end result of Mahmood blocking Nasir on Twitter. Mahmood, who had probably had enough of Nasir calling him out; decided it was time to block him. […]
Actor and director Marina Khan has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Tanhaiyaan star made the announcement via her social media. “It’s real. It’s out there.” Said the actor in a video she uploaded to her Instagram. Khan spoke freely and wholeheartedly about her diagnosis and on Covid from her room where she is […]
Students and social activists have begun an online campaign; demanding the resignation of Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood for his failure; to get the Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) examination postponed. O and A level students took to Twitter running a #ResignShafqatMahmood trend. They seek grades on the basis of teachers’ assessment and complete cancellation […]
Despite the Coronavirus pandemic, the global military expenditure increased by 2.6% to $1.98 trillion in 2020, a report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has revealed. According to the report, United States, China, India, Russia, and the United Kingdom emerged as the five biggest spenders in 2020, collectively accounting for 62% of the global […]
India has found itself in deep, unfamiliar waters, and its citizens are on their knees, gasping for air at unforgiving hospital gates. In this time of great hardship, something good has emerged. Well wishes from across the border in Pakistan, whether from fear of a similar fate or sheer humanness, have been pouring in to […]
Federal education minister Shafqat Mahmood on Tuesday announced that no exams will take place in the country until June 15; amid a surge in coronavirus cases and deaths. A2 exams will keep running Addressing a press conference in Islamabad after a special National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) meeting; he said O and A level […]
