Country’s biggest child abuse scandal jolts Punjab: GANDA SINGH WALA – Punjab’s leading child protection official has called for a federal inquiry into ‘the largest-ever child abuse scandal in Pakistan’s history’ after the discovery of 400 videos recording more than 280 children being forced
Two slabs of marble from Lahore – by Waseem Altaf: On December 27, 2013 at 2 PM, my friend Amit’s mobile phone rang in Amritsar. It was somebody wanting to deliver a carton that had just arrived from across the border in Pakistan. Amit already knew what it
A game-changer for the Pakistani public – Murtaza Haider: The Metro bus projects in Lahore and Rawalpindi have been criticised by politicians and the news media. Some question their high capital costs, others question if we needed such transit in the first place, and still others would like
Meet the 20 most wanted Deobandi terrorists in Punjab: The Punjab government released a list of the 110 most wanted terrorists in the province on Wednesday. Major findings from the list include: Most of those listed are affiliated with local militant organisations including the Deobandi Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan
جیالے کھڑے بس کو تلاش کرتے ہیں – عامر حسینی: تیس نومبر 2014ء کو بلاول ہاؤس لاہور میں سنٹرل پنجاب اور جنوبی پنجاب سے پی پی پی کے تمام اضلاع سے پارٹی اور اس کے ذیلی ونگز کی نمائندگی موجود تھی اور اس موقعہ پر پارٹی کے اندر دھڑے
Nationalism – by AZ: (Just now a friend asked for my views on Nationalism and here is my impromptu response. Your views?) MY VIEW: I don’t think Nationalism’s positive side outweighs its negative side. I think it is the other way round.
My Day: Pakistani station master: Shaukat Mehmood Hashmi sees a future for the station as a tourist attraction Shaukat Mehmood Hashmi works as the station master in an isolated part of north-western Pakistan. He says they get by with ancient technology – and
کوفہ اور تاج لنگاہ – از عامر حسینی: شیعہ کے تیسرے امام اور مسلمانوں کے تمام مکاتب فکر میں عزت و احترام سے دیکھے جانے والے امام حسین رضی اللہ تعالی عنہ کے کربلا میں زندہ بچ جانے والے واحد صاحبزادے علی بن حسین المعروف سجاد و
Welcome Zardari: Lahore Jalsa – by Naveed Javed: Like it or not but President Zardari has done what no other politician in the history of Pakistan could do. He remained the only ‘Ghazi’ of PPP who stayed in the ranks of opponents and came out victoriously with
ECP to decide the fate of 182 minority candidates today: Friday, April 05, 2013 ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will decide the fate of 182 minority candidates contesting elections on 10 national assembly seats reserved for minorities today (Friday). The ECP is scheduled to hold scrutiny process of