Pakistan Breaking News

Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of major opposition parties, is ready to show its power in Gujranwala today (Friday). 

The first public meeting of…

Global food prices are soaring by double digits amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to Bloomberg News. Bloomberg Agriculture Subindex, a measure of key farm goods futures contracts, is up almost 20% since June. It may in part be driven by speculators in the commodities markets. These rapid price rises…

World News

Despite strict Covid-19 restrictions in the parts of the United Kingdom under a new three-tiered system, it has recorded 143 more deaths on Tuesday,…

Sindh News

Fire that erupted at a chemical warehouse located in the Shershah area of Karachi on late Tuesday night which spread rapidly and engulfed the entire…

On October 12, 1999, Pakistani military toppled democratically elected Prime Minister Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif. This action followed the Prime Minister's sudden decision to sack Army Chief General Pervez Musharraf and the Prime Minister's simultaneous orders to deny landing permission to the Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777-200 that was bringing the Army Chief…

World News

New measures to deal with a growing COVID-19 crisis will be announced by the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday, moving to work more closely with local leaders…

Pakistan English News

The number of coronavirus infection in the country has reached 319,317 on Monday after more cases were reported in different parts of the country.

According to the…

Sindh News

After the targeted killing of Maulana Adil Khan of Jamia Farooqui in Karachi, display of arms at public places was banned. 

According to media reports, a police…

Sindh News

A woman died after she was allegedly administered a wrong injection at the Civil Hospital in Tando Allahyar on Saturday morning.

According to details, the heirs blocked traffic by placing…

In his recently published book entitled "The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous", Harvard Professor Joseph Henrich argues that western democracy and prosperity in America and Europe can be traced back to the Catholic Church's ban on cousin marriages and polygamy. These bans promoted individualism and created what is now known as a "nuclear family". Cousin marriages and strong kinship remain prevalent in present-day Pakistan,…

In a recent article entitled "Is Pakistan really handling the pandemic better than India", The Economist says Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has "crowed" about his government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. It also cites an Indian-American professor who says "test not, find not" to raise questions about Pakistan's coronavirus data. Conspicuously absent from the article is any emphasis on  the covid19 test "…

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Acting President and Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani will arrive in Sehwan Sharif today (Tuesday) to pay his respects to Hazrat Lal Shahbaz…

Pakistan Breaking News

Prime Minister Imran Khan will chair the federal cabinet meeting today (Tuesday) to discuss a 15-point agenda including the economic and political situation of the…

A recent Dawn newspaper article entitled "Getting Ahead in the West" by British journalist Owen Bennet Jones suggests that Pakistanis in the US and the UK are doing poorly relative to their Indian counterparts. It builds this narrative using the example of 3 ministers of Indian origin and just one junior minister of Pakistani origin in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's cabinet. It also cites the…

Pakistan English News

An accountability court on Monday has indicted Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman and erstwhile president Asif Ali Zardari in Park Lane and Thatta water…

Sindh News

The compressed natural gas (CNG) stations across the Sindh province will remain closed for three days in an ongoing week because of the low pressure of…

The first US presidential debate of Elections 2020 on September 29 was a very chaotic affair. It was characterized by constant interruptions by President Donald J. Trump and exchange of unprecedented insults with Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden. Chris Wallace, the Fox News anchor and moderator, found it impossible to bring order in spite of his best efforts. It resembled Pakistani Talk Shows with all the yelling, screaming, drama and insults. Trump attacked …

Pakistan's digital gig economy has surged 69% during the COVID19 pandemic, putting the country among the world's top 4 hottest online freelancer markets, reports  Payoneer, a global payments platform company based in Silicon Valley, in its latest report. Payoneer attributes it to government…

Sindh News

Middle and primary classes in Sindh resumed from today (Monday) after nearly six months closure due to coronavirus pandemic.

According to details, all public and private schools have reopened for grade…

Until 2010, Bangladesh was a laggard in South Asia region. Its per capita income was about half of Pakistan's. Now Bangladesh has surpassed Pakistan as the Pakistani economy has suffered significant slow-down from the previous decade. In fact, the Pakistan economy grew at the slowest rate in South Asia as reflected in per capita incomes. While Pakistan's per capita income more than doubled from $500 to $1,000 in the ten years 2000 to 2010, the growth has slowed to less than 30% from 2010 to…