Saudi Arabia opened Islam’s holiest Makkah’s Grand Mosque for prayers for the first time in seven months on Sunday. They expanded the Umrah pilgrimage to accommodate 15,000 worshippers as it eased coronavirus restrictions. Saudi citizens and residents of the kingdom would be able to perform prayers inside the Grand Mosque in the holy city of […]
Ertugrul has been all the rage in Pakistan this year, with many of its characters becoming household names across the length and breadth of the country. Among its massive cast is the character Alangoya – a fierce Mongolian warrior who plots against the titular character, Ertugrul. In a recent exclusive interview with Dawn Images, the […]
Hours after the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) announced the syllabus for the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) 2020, students took to social media to record their protest against the move. The PMC had earlier said that the MDCAT exam would not contain any topic which was outside the existing syllabus of the students’ […]
LAHORE: The Punjab Transport Department has notified fare for Lahore (OLMT) that will start chugging from October 25. According to a notification issued by the department, passengers will have to pay Rs40 for a one-way train trip. The (OLM) Train will start chugging on October 25. Earlier this month, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar […]
Twitter users spent Sunday cracking jokes about ‘Money Heist Pakistan’, leading some to believe that an actual Pakistani version of popular Netflix TV show La Casa de Papel (The House of Paper) aka Money Heist was in the making. However the reality turned out to be much different, and even a tad embarrassing for those […]
BHOPAL: A 20-year-old woman has alleged that she was kept in a lock-up and raped for 10 days in May this year by five police personnel, including the police station in-charge and sub-divisional police officer, in Mangawan of MP’s Rewa district. The woman is an accused in a murder case and is now in jail […]
ISLAMABAD: A day after the 11-party Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) held its power show in Karachi against the incumbent government, Prime Minister Imran Khan has vowed to bring all corruption cases to their logical conclusion, saying that the opposition will no longer get any concessions and lawbreakers will be dealt with strictly. “There will be […]
Former US treasury secretary and renowned economist Lawrence ‘Larry’ Summers is of the opinion that had America handled the coronavirus pandemic as well as Pakistan, it could have saved in trillions of dollars. He made these comments while talking to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Sunday. “America’s failure on Covid-19 is almost unimaginable,” he said. “Heck, […]
It’s been more than five years since Bryan Fuller’s adaptation of Thomas Harris’ novels was canceled and five years of loyal fans agitating at the slightest sign that the gods might smile upon them and see the reincarnation of the devil himself — Hannibal Lecter — returned to their screens. Still, their hope isn’t unfounded, […]
Worldwide coronavirus cases surpass the 40 million milestone on Monday, according to a Reuters tally. Experts believe the true numbers of both cases and deaths are likely much higher. According to Reuters data, it took just 32 days to go from 30 million global cases to 40 , compared with the 38 days it took […]
