Knock knock! Annabelle is coming home and things are about to get real scary
Following the Marvel path, The Conjuring universe has grown steadily over the last six years through both, the increasing returns that most films in the franchise have delivered and in stature through...
View ArticleIndia’s ‘Operation Isolation’ and the soft power of sports
“Our message is stronger than ever. Please stop the fighting. Please stop the killing. Please drop your guns.” Juan Antonio Samaranch, President International Olympic Committee speaking at the Winter...
View ArticleWhen khudkushi became her only freedom
The sky was a pool of black ink, dusted with stars at midnight. Arsh looked out from the window — she saw many little streets sprawled out below. She had only known these streets from inside the walls...
View ArticleIran and Iraq may not be tourist hot spots, but they offer a spiritual...
I was recently invited to a trip to Iran and Iraq by a group of close friends from Lahore, and as I had never been to these states before, I decided to take the opportunity to visit the shrines...
View ArticleRawalpindi: A chaotic labyrinth, caught between heritage and heresy
In the post-modern world, the topography of the city has undergone a drastic shift. Rapid urbanisation and growing job opportunities have resulted in many cities in the developing world being swamped...
View ArticleRaw and poignant, A Place for Us beautifully sheds light on familial love
It had been some time since I cried while reading a book. And A Place for Us changed that. Fatima Farheen Mirza’s dazzling debut novel tells the story of a South Asian Muslim family living in America....
View ArticleSea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini: A father’s lament of the barbarity we call...
“My dear Marwan, I look at your profile, In the glow of this three-quarter moon, my boy, Your eyelashes like calligraphy, Closed in guileless sleep. I said to you, ‘Hold my hand. Nothing bad will...
View ArticleIs Pakistan’s N-CPEC+ vision finally beginning to take shape?
Pakistan’s unique geostrategic location at the crossroads of East, South, West, and Central Asia enables it to function as the “Zipper of Eurasia”, as I wrote over half a decade ago in September 2015...
View ArticlePolice fail to trace stolen dialysis machines
Police have failed to recover the two dialysis machines that were stolen from the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital Murree 10 days back. The Punjab government's three-member investigation committee...
View ArticleStrategy devised to make matriculation exams transparent
In an attempt to make the upcoming annual matriculation examination completely transparent, all the education boards of the province, including the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education,...
View ArticleCantt hospital out of reach for the poor
The Cantonment General Hospital, the only government hospital in the Cantonment area which was upgraded with a grant of Rs1.17 billion provided by the federal government, has been given the status of a...
View ArticleExpatriate deprived of foreign currency
Criminals clad in police uniforms continue to rob overseas Pakistanis returning to their homes in Rawalpindi with complete impunity. In a recent such incident, armed robbers, posing as police...
View ArticleTalagang’s district status restored
Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench Judge Justice Tanveer Sultan Thursday declared the caretaker government's decision to revoke Talagang’s status as a district, as illegal and ordered it to restore the...
View ArticleOfficial for providing conducive environment for UTPs
Rawalpindi Division Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatta on Friday visited Adiala jail and reviewed the facilities. According to sources, Adiala Jail Superintendent Asad Warraich receives buried the high...
View ArticleOne killed over minor dispute
A youth was allegedly shot dead on Friday after adults jumped into a fight over a children’s dispute in the Gharibabad area within the limits of the Airport Police Station in Rawalpindi. According to a...
View ArticleWeak students allowed to sit exams
Government Alpha Christian Girls High School Principal on Tuesday handed over roll number slips to the students a day after they were barred from sitting in the matriculation examination that has...
View ArticleArmed robbers snatch Rs47.5m from trader’s driver
In a brazen daylight robbery, armed assailants made off with a staggering amount of Rs47.5 million from the driver of a shoe trader in Rawalpindi. The incident occurred within the limits of Rawat...
View ArticleTailors reaping windfall profits ahead of Eid
With a handful of days left in Eidul Fitr, tailors in the garrison city have begun basking in profit’s sun due to an overwhelming demand for stitching Eid outfits on time. Making hay over the...
View ArticleGroundwater fast depleting in garrison city
The groundwater level in Rawalpindi city and Cantonment has rapidly been depleting due to activities of illegal water hydrants. The groundwater level has fallen to almost 700 feet from 600 feet a year...
View ArticleHearing in ex-Punjab CM aide’s ‘abduction’ case put off
Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench judge Justice Chaudhary Abdul Aziz adjourned the hearing on a petition about the whereabouts of former special assistant to Punjab chief minister Zubair Ahmad Khan...
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