Three young men went missing from near Sri Paye during heavy snowfall. They were last heard from in the afternoon when they asked for help right before their phones ran out of battery. However, the search party sent out for them could not locate them in the dark. Police said that there have been reports […]
Chicken corn soup has cemented its place as a winter staple in the capital, bringing warmth and joy to residents while offering an affordable luxury. Among the most renowned places are Islamabad’s Melody Food Park at G-6 and one prominent soup spot in G-9 Markaz, where customers gather to enjoy the seasonal favourite. At Melody […]
Spanish prosecutors on Friday shelved a sex abuse and human trafficking complaint against veteran singer Julio Iglesias, saying Spain’s courts had no jurisdiction in the case. Two women — a domestic worker and a physiotherapist — alleged they had suffered sexual and other forms of abuse while working at Iglesias’s properties in the Dominican Republic and the […]
Senior lawyers have challenged the Lahore High Court Bar Association’s (LHCBA) leadership, accusing it of issuing a misleading press release regarding proposed amendments to the bar’s rules and announcing protests if elections are held through a biometric system. Addressing a news conference the lawyers said a general house meeting was held at the high court […]
Brazil’s latest Oscar-nominated thriller “The Secret Agent” has resonated with audiences around the world as a universal tale of authoritarian regimes using their power “to crush people,” director Kleber Mendonca Filho told AFP in an interview. Following on “I’m Still Here,” winner of last year’s Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, the new film about […]
Pakistani artist Iqbal Hussain passed away earlier this week at the age of 75. A graduate of the National College of Arts (NCA), he was best known for his uncompromising portrayals of life in Lahore’s Heera Mandi, a subject he returned to throughout his career. Born and raised in the historic neighbourhood, Hussain painted from […]
Dua Lipa has taken to her Instagram story to address the escalating situation in Iran, where widespread protests have been met with severe internet blackouts that have cut most of the country off from the rest of the world. In her message shared via her Service95 platform, the singer urged her followers to pay attention […]
The Sindh chief minister’s recent announcement that the first phase of work on Karachi’s Safe City Project will be launched within two months, making it the last provincial capital to get such a project, and several years after many smaller cities in Punjab successfully started their own projects. While announcing the first phase, which will […]
Earlier this month, a newborn baby was found abandoned in a garbage bin in Lahore’s Allama Iqbal Town. Police have been informed and legal proceedings are expected, though the baby’s condition remains undisclosed. For a society that claims reverence for life, the image of a newborn discarded among refuse should have triggered outrage. Instead, it […]
Universities across Pakistan are under sustained stress but the fault lines are perhaps most visible in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. When the University of Peshawar, the province’s premier public institution, struggles to pay salaries and survives on emergency government grants and borrowing, it is tempting to frame the problem as a temporary financial shortfall. That framing is misleading. […]