Tag: lahore
Maryam Nawaz to join politics officially by contesting 2018 elections; no...
News Analysis | Maryam Nawaz, daughter of the ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has finally decided to contest the upcoming general elections from Lahore. She...
Water contamination: A Major issue for Pakistan
AFP | Basharat Ali was 15 when his legs began to falter, a condition doctors have blamed on the polluted water in a Pakistani region...
Ahsan Iqbal shot and injured in Narowal: Assassination attempt right at...
News Analysis | Senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Ahsan Iqbal was attacked during a corner meeting in Narowal town on Sunday evening. Ahsan...
Has LHC Gone Soft On Sharifs by Placing Names Of Six...
News Analysis | The Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered the Interior Ministry to place the names of six PML-N workers on the Exit Control List,...
Does Salman Khan’s ‘Bharat’ feature Indo-Pak partition?
News Analysis | Ali Abbas Zafar the director of Salman Khan's upcoming movie ‘Bharat' shared the pictures of India-Pakistan border on his social media account...
UCP goes green: University installs largest solar power generation system
News Analysis | In the face of depleting fuel reserves and the ever climbing oil prices coupled with the age-old load shedding dilemma, not to...
Shehbaz Sharif’s anger against NAB, SC is justified amid Punjab’s scrutiny
News Analysis | Shebaz Sharif, the Chief Minister of Punjab, seems to have been roiled by the activism of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the...
Pakistan’s Resilient Christians: Who they are, where they came from?
Asif Aqeel | For the last three consecutive years, terrorists have targeted Christians on every Easter. Suicide bombers in March 2015 hit two Sunday services...
‘Private Bureaucracy’ Jitters as Chief Justice Orders Recovery of Hefty Salaries
News Analysis | Mian Saqib Nisar, the Chief Justice of Pakistan, ordered the bureaucrats heading the private companies in Punjab to pay back the extra...
Is Imran Khan’s 11-points agenda really a roadmap for Naya Pakistan?
News Analysis | Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) organized the ‘mother of all Jalsas’ at the historic Minar-i-Pakistan in Lahore with "dou nahi, aik Pakistan" being the main...
Farewell, Suzuki Mehran! Enter: United bravo!
News Analysis | Suzuki Mehran and Nawaz Sharif have ruled Pakistan for over a span of three decades and the way things are going; the...
Another gem lost: Madeeha Gohar passes away
Beenish Saleem | Madiha Gohar, a Pakistani actress, Playwriter, director of Ajoka theater and women rights activists passed away on 25th April, after battling cancer...
Missing Sikh pilgrim found from friend’s home in Sheikhupura to be...
News Analysis | A 24-year-old Indian man, who had gone missing in Pakistan during Baisakhi festival celebrations, was found from his "Facebook friend's" residence in...
Nawaz’ contemptuous remarks make sense and so does superior Judiciary’s hesitation
News Analysis | Nawaz Sharif, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, is continuing with his anti-judiciary campaign, despite a ban by the Lahore High Court...
Rao Anwar to face the judiciary for fake encounters but what...
News Analysis | The Sindh police have finally submitted a charge-sheet against Rao Anwar, former SSP for his involvement in the fake encounter that led...
Manzoor Pashteen spoke up in Lahore; what’s the solution to their...
News Analysis | Manzoor Pashteen, the leader of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), addressed a rally at Lahore’s Mochi Gate on Sunday despite Punjab government's refusal...
PTM: A Pashtun Spring..?
Murtaza Shibli | Manzoor Pashteen swears by his commitment and dedication to the cause of Pashtuns who have become victims of an endless war. In...
Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan’s residence fired upon: Punjab Police clueless about...
News Analysis | Almost more than twenty-four hours after the firing incident at the residence of Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Punjab police is still clue less...
A bundle of Woes: NAB summons Shehbaz’s Son-in-Law
News Analysis | The embattled Sharif family is passing through a rough phase of their political career, as the National Accountability Bureau has summoned Ali...
Khadim Rizvi brings life in Lahore to a halt
News Analysis | Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi has yet again asked his followers to come on streets and block roads across the...
NAB files references against three retired Generals and a Brigadier in...
News Analysis | The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has filed corruption references against the former high ranked Army officers over a land deal in Lahore...
‘Aurat Bike Rally’: Will it empower women?
News Desk | Women in large numbers participated in the bike rally organized for women under the banner ‘Aurat Bike Rally' held in three major...
Pakistan’s win against West Indies: “Come to Pakistan and play”
AFP | Pakistan thrashed a depleted West Indies side by 143 runs in the first Twenty20 on Sunday at the National Stadium in Karachi, the...
Lahore: Mall road protest by Lady Health workers enters fifth day
News Analysis | The protesting lady health workers (LHW) in the city of Lahore have warned the administration of halting the metro bus if a...
Cricket legends ‘blown away’ by Pakistani child bowlers
AFP | Two six-year-olds have become social media sensations in cricket-mad Pakistan with videos of their bowling "blowing away" the likes of Shane Warne and...
Lahore: Lady health care workers enter second day of sit-in on...
News Analysis | Hundreds of lady health workers continued their sit-in at Lahore’s Mall Road on Tuesday, the 28th of March, entering into the second...
Jewish Conspiracy not needed; we have Maulana Fazal – Imran Khan
News Analysis | Pakistan Tehrek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan claimed that in the presence of Nawaz Sharif, Asif Ali Zardari, and Maulana Fazal Ur Rehman,...
A Candid Discussion with Governor Sindh
GVS sat down with Muhammad Zubair Umar, Sindh’s 32nd Governor, to understand the complexities of the province and of Pakistan’s largest and most dynamic...
Asma Jahangir: Pakistan’s human rights warrior
News Desk | The Guardian noted “she has championed battered wives, rescued teenagers from death row, defended people accused of blasphemy and sought justice for...
Bano Qudisa: Pakistan’s iconic Urdu writer
News Desk | Bano Qudisa, a towering writer of her era is one Pakistan’s iconic Urdu writers. She was part of the golden era for...
