Despite Prime Minister Imran Khan’s request to move ahead with the final rites of the slain miners and an assurance that he would visit them “very soon”, Balochistan’s Shia Hazara community continued to protest for a fifth straight day on Thursday in Quetta, refusing to bury those who were brutally killed over the weekend in […]
After a chaotic day of protest and violence, Congress has certified Democrats Joe Biden as the next president and Kamala Harris as vice president of the United States, and Trump’s defeat. The action finalizes the 2020 US electoral process and makes clear that Biden will be inaugurated as president on January 20; President Donald Trump’s […]
;While 2020 can termed a hazardous year for most sectors of the economy, it has phenomenal for steering digitalization and giving a boost to e-commerce in Pakistan. Following the Covid-19 outbreak in Pakistan in late February, many businesses began implementing work-from-home models and a majority found it a viable option. Around mid-March, the government announced […]
Years of condemnation on social media and chanting against the nonsensical two-finger test (TFT) at the Aurat March has finally given the women of Pakistan something to celebrate. The Lahore High Court’s (LHC’s) Justice Ayesha A Malik on January 4, 2021 passed a 30-page detailed judgment against the TFT. Declaring it an old practice of […]
Indonesia will begin its nationwide COVID-19 vaccination program on January 13; with President Joko Widodo set to be given the first jab, made by China’s Sinovac Biotech. The mass inoculation program will begin in the capital, Jakarta; Indonesia’s Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin announced on Tuesday; while vaccinations in other regions will follow on January […]
The Lahore High Court ruled on Monday that the two-finger and hymen tests of rape survivors were “illegal and unconstitutional”. The verdict announced by LHC judge Justice Ayesha A Malik in a petition challenging the virginity tests of rape survivors. The 30-page verdict stated that the testing methods were “unscientific having no medical basis; therefore […]
The country’s education ministers, in a meeting on Monday, decided to reopen educational institutions in the country in phases from January 18. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad after the meeting; Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood said that in the first phase; classes nine to 12 would be allowed to resume from Jan 18. He […]
At least 11 coal miners were killed in the Mach area of Balochistan on Sunday after armed militants kidnapped them and took them to a nearby area before opening fire at close range. Police authorities said the miners were on the way to work when armed militants kidnapped them and took them to the nearby […]
Easypaisa has taken another step towards a digital ecosystem; by adding a diverse range of government fee payments to its platform; thus, enabling users to pay dues to the government; with just a few taps from their mobile phone. Payments to major departments working under the federal and provincial governments; including the Federal Board of […]
A 22-year-old student was shot dead by Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) personnel in the G-10 area of Islamabad on Saturday. According to reports, Osama Satti was coming after dropping his friend in the area of Shams Colony. Speaking to the reporters, Farrukh Satti, cousin of the slain; said that ATS personnel were on patrol in the […]
