Pakistani screenwriter, poet, and producer Asma Nabeel passed away on Thursday night. She lost the battle to cancer in Karachi. She has written well-known dramas such as Khaani, Khuda Mera Bhi Hai, and Damsa to name a few. Asma was breast cancer and polio awareness advocate. The news was disclosed on the Khaani writer’s Facebook […]
Famed Pakistani musician, who founded the band Overload, Farhad Humayun passed away on Tuesday, the confirmed the news on Facebook. The singer’s death was announced on the official social media page of Overload, as the band requested fans to pray for the departed soul. “The magnificent Farhad Humayun left us for the stars this morning. […]
The Covid-19 death toll continues to rise amid the third wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic in the country. 12% of Pakistanis claimed that they know someone who has lost his or her life due to the deadly virus, according to a survey. During the survey — conducted by Gallup & Gilani Pakistan — participants […]
Despite the increase load, the Government of India expressed its inability to allow Punjab’s local industry; to commercially import Liquid Medical Oxygen from Pakistan; through Wagah-Attari border being in its proximity. Indian Punjab’s Chief Minister Amarinder Singh wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi & Home Minister Amit Shah; to immediately allocate 50 metric tonnes […]
Helen McCrory, the British actress best known for her roles in the ‘Harry Potter films and ‘Peaky Blinders,’ has died, her husband, actor Damian Lewis, announced on Friday. McCrory, who was 52, died “peacefully at home” after “a heroic battle with cancer,” the “Homeland” star said in a tweet. Her husband, fellow actor Damian Lewis, […]
A gunman killed eight people and wounded several others before killing himself in a late-night shooting at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, police said, in the latest in a spate of mass shootings after a relative lull during the pandemic. Five people were hospitalized after the Thursday night shooting, according to police. One […]
A man in the Philippines has died after being forced to do 300 squats for breaching Covid curfews; making him the latest victim of the country’s often brutal approach to enforcing restrictions. Darren Manaog Peñaredondo, 28, was apprehended by village watchmen on April 1 in General Trias City, south of Manila, while he was buying […]
Qatar announced the reimposition of strict lockdown measures on Wednesday, banning most indoor activities except retail and work in an effort to contain surging coronavirus cases. Restaurants, cafes, hairdressers, beauty salons, museums, libraries, and cinemas will be forced to close from Friday; according to minutes of a cabinet meeting published by official media. “We are […]
Taiwan’s transport minister said that he would not shirk his responsibility for a deadly train crash even as he rejected it. His resignation offer amid growing questions over safety lapses that could have contributed to the disaster. In the island’s worst rail accident in seven decades, 51 people have been confirmed dead after a packed […]
The French defense ministry on Tuesday contested a United Nations report that determined an airstrike earlier in the year in Mali resulted in the deaths of 19 civilians participating in a wedding. Reuters reported that the U.N.’s determination came after a division of the U.N.’s mission in the country interviewed more than 400 people, including […]
