A huge fire broke out on Thursday at the Port of Beirut, the site of last month’s catastrophic explosion that killed nearly 200 people and devastated parts of the capital. The new fire — nearly 40 days after the blast — triggered widespread panic among traumatized residents of the area. It wasn’t immediately clear what […]
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 […]
Bollywood star Kangana Ranaut has been stuck in a debacle as she fiercely defends herself in front of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over illegal altercations at her Mumbai office. After the property was demolished by BMC, the Queen actor turned to Twitter to defend herself and slam the ‘fancy feminists’ and ‘Bullywood activists.’ “This […]
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 […]
Six months after the Taj Mahal and the Agra Fort were closed to the public, the world heritage monuments will reopen from September 21. The two monuments have been closed since March 17—days before the nationwide lockdown was instituted to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). “It is perhaps for the first time […]
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 […]
