ISLAMABAD: The number of global under-five deaths dropped to the lowest point on record in 2019 — down to 5.2 million from 12.5m in 1990, according to new mortality estimates released by the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) on Wednesday. Surveys by Unicef and the World Health Organization (WHO) reveal that the Covid-19 pandemic […]
In particular, men and women have found themselves battling identity issues due to the unrealistic beauty standards set by what they see on social media. Many have developed serious mental health issues, identity issues, and even body dysmorphia trying to emulate the beauty standards that are simply unattainable. We constantly see these unattainable standards of […]
At least one person died after a multi-storey residential building collapsed in Karachi’s Korangi area, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Director Dr. Seemin Jamali said. The victim was 15 years old, she added. Five injured people have been brought to the hospital so far, all of whom are stable, she said. The five-storey building was located […]
Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Umar Sheikh has put the blame on the victim of yesterday’s motorway gang-rape incident for choosing one route when she could have chosen another. The CCPO is set to lead the investigation of the gruesome incident. Talking to a News channel on the matter, Sheikh said that the woman […]
LAHORE: Two ‘robbers’ allegedly raped a woman at gunpoint in the Gujjarpura area on Wednesday while she was waiting for help on the motorway after her car developed a fault. The woman along with two children was traveling to Gujranwala in a car she was driving when she had to stop at the Gujjarpura section […]
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif informed the Islamabad High Court on Wednesday that it was not possible for him to return to Pakistan and surrender, a private TV channel reported. The PML-N supremo informed the court of his inability to return through a review petition against the IHC’s order that had directed him to surrender […]
ISLAMABAD: The Accountability Court on Wednesday has indicted former president Asif Ali Zardari and ex-Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani in Toshakhana reference. The accountability court during the proceedings has declared Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) founder and former Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif as proclaimed offender over his continuous absence from the court. The […]
PESHAWAR – A transgender person was killed and another injured when unknown gunmen opened fire on them in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s capital, police confirmed on Wednesday. The deceased transgender activist has been identified as Gul Panra along with a friend came under attack in Peshawar’s Palosi neighborhood yesterday night. According to the FIR, a group of […]
LONDON: Young British Pakistani entrepreneur and activist Suleman Raza has thanked his celebrated footballer friend David Beckham for helping him to feed thousands of National Health Service (NHS) workers during the height of Covid-19 pandemic through the One Million Meals campaign. Raja Suleman Raza, who is originally from Rawalpindi launched the One Million Meals campaign […]
LAHORE: The new Inspector General (IG) of Punjab Police, Inam Ghani, is considered as one of the most professional, seasoned and experienced police officers of the Police Service of Pakistan (PSP). The Federal government has issued a notification appointing Inam Ghani, a grade-21 officer of PSP currently serving as Additional IG South Punjab, to the […]
