A day in the life of an Indian child scavenger
NEW DELHI: Once school is done for the day, 10-year-old Imradul Ali rushes home to change out of his uniform so he can start...
Facebook blocks Australians from accessing news on platform
CANBERRA: Facebook announced Thursday it has blocked Australians from viewing and sharing news on the platform because of proposed laws in the country to...
India to test travellers from Brazil, South Africa, UK after detecting new virus strains
NEW DELHI: India will make Covid-19 molecular tests mandatory for people arriving directly or indirectly from the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil in...
Hockey in Politics
My friend Sardar Ayaz Sadiq made an interesting revelation last Sunday during a press conference with Khawaja Saad Rafique, he said; "We are playing...
The sifarish culture
We are at the mercy of ‘sifarish’. Something so deleterious yet so widespread. It forces one to question his sanity and ask, “Why are...
Extracting the price
Abraham Lincoln said, you can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot...
Govt schools in total neglect
The educational process has been abominably affected following incomplete renovation work at Government High School Tarr Khowaja. The school that has produced highly-skilled professionals...
Post-colonial elitism
Recently, a video went viral on social media of two restaurant owners of Islamabad, who were interviewing their restaurant manager in English language and...
Radio: The real attraction
World Radio Day has been celebrated every 13 February. Kudos to the entire UNESCO group for this new interesting initiative. Now, it is understandable...
Little justification for celebration
Finally Pakistan and IMF have reached an agreement on reforms which would release around $500 million. According to the IMF statement, the Pakistani authorities...
Presidential reference
The direction of the Supreme Court to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to ensure the sanctity of the upcoming Senate election seems something...
We must remain vigilant to respond befittingly to enemy’s misadventure: COAS
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday said that “we should remain vigilant to respond befittingly to any misadventure...