Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics this Tuesday for advancing our understanding of black holes. Roger Penrose of Britain, Reinhard Genzel of Germany, and Andrea Ghez explained to the world these dead ends of the cosmos that prey light and even time. According to both science fact and fiction, black holes are still […]
Pakistan has decided to challenge India’s claim of exclusive rights over the use of Geographical Indication (GI) tag to Basmati rice in the European Union (EU). Commerce Secretary Muhammad Sualeh Ahmad Faruqui informed a parliamentary panel on Tuesday: India has claimed its rights over Basmati rice in the European Union market and has challenged the […]
John McAfee, an anti-virus software creator charged for fraud in the United States. He is in jail after being arrested at Barcelona airport at the weekend. He was about to board a flight to Istanbul with a British passport according to the police. A judicial source said McAfee presented himself to a high court judge […]
Higher Education Department of the Government of Punjab decides to shorten the Intermediate syllabus due to the corona lockdown. As intermediate classes started with a delay of over 3 months, HED has set up a committee to prepares recommendations to shorten FA, FSc, and Intermediate Syllabus that shall be called an intermediate smart syllabus. A […]
Israel, a major supplier of arms to Azerbaijan, has come under diplomatic fire from Armenia. Due to the struggle between the Caucasus neighbors in disputed Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia only opened an embassy in Tel Aviv on September 17. But Yerevan recalled its ambassador barely two weeks later, citing weapons sales to Azerbaijan. While Israel’s president on […]
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, PEMRA has taken notice of Gala Biscuit featuring Mehwish Hayat. The notice from PERMA comes a day after the commercial went on air. TVC of Gala Biscuit released on October 4. As soon as Hayat shared it on her Twitter account, it caused an uproar on social media. Many people […]
The report from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse identifies that the Church of England created a culture where abusers could ‘hide’. The Church was accused of being an in direct conflict with its moral purpose of providing “care and love for the innocent and the vulnerable”. But it failed to take abuse allegations […]
Ever since the historical series Dirilis Ertugrul has aired in Pakistan, many have developed an interest in the Ottoman Empire, keen to know more about Ertugrul Gazi and his roots as the chieftain descending from the Kayi tribe. Located in the land of the Blue Mosque, star Adnan Siddiqui too, took to visit Gazi’s mausoleum […]
From humble beginnings as a tea maker at a small dhaba in Islamabad’s Sunday Bazaar, Arshad Khan Chaiwala’s journey to global internet sensation and now businessman is quite an interesting one. When he first made his mark on the world, it was more by accident than design. He was at work when he was snapped […]
Continuing his superb form, Pakistan’s young pace sensation Shaheen Shah Afridi has surpassed Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan as leading T20 wicket-taker in the ongoing calendar year, 2020. Afridi achieved this feat on Monday during his domestic side KP’s National T20 Cup match against Sindh. Shaheen finished with 5 for 21. This takes his T20 wickets tally […]
