Monal Restaurant is built on military land in the Margalla Hills which the army wants back, Capital Development Authority (CDA) Member Planning Dr Shahid Mahmood told a parliamentary committee. He told the National Assembly Standing Committee on Climate Change that 15 years ago the CDA “did not know it was building Monal Restaurant on military grasslands until the army started claiming it.”
Rabi Pirzada has finally shed some light on the case of her leaked nude pictures, in a video interview released by a local news outlet on Thursday. The former singer started by disclosing her conversations with God. She claimed she has been guided through a trial and that the controversy has brought her closer to Him than ever before.
In a 23 minute video titled ‘From Atheism to Islam’ released on social media, Hamza Abbasi announced that he will be quitting the entertainment industry. In the video, Abbasi clarified that he is quitting acting not because it is forbidden in Islam, but because he wants to do something different in order to spread the message of God. Hamza also
All public and private schools will be closed again for two days after the air quality in Punjab and adjoining districts surpassed hazardous levels. A notification issued by the government stated, “In the wake of dense smog, public and private schools operating within the territorial limits of Lahore, Faisalabad and Gujranwala districts will remain closed on November 15 [today] and
Pakistani commando Arsalan Anwar hailing from Sindh, Pakistan has won gold medal in the Asian International Defensive Pistol Association Cup (IDPA) competition held in Bangkok. More than 100 shooters from 10 Asian countries participated in the event but Arsalan beat them all by hitting 118 targets in 6.16 minutes in the final round of practical shooting. Furthermore, he also secured 3rd position in the international category.
As Pakistan is now a permanent member of the Washington Accord, engineering degrees issued by local higher education institutions are now accepted worldwide. According to the former chairperson of Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) Engr. Rukhsana Zuberi Rukhsana Zuberi, PEC has worked hard to gain this membership which will allow Pakistani engineers to get jobs and admissions around the world without any additional qualifications.
The government has allowed import of tomatoes from Iran for a period of one month to arrest the skyrocketing prices of the vegetable in domestic market. The government believes that new crop of tomatoes and onion will reach the market in next two to three weeks from Sindh. In the meanwhile, imports from Iran will help fill the gap to some extent.
In a bid to control passive smoking, district authorities have drafted a comprehensive plan to turn Lahore into a tobacco-smoke free city. The plan seeks to ban smoking in all public spaces, including parks, marriage halls and public transport. The sale of cigarettes within 50 metre radius of any educational institute will also be prohibited and an awareness campaign will be launched.
A European non-governmental group has uncovered a network of 265 ‘fake’ news outlets managed by an Indian network to influence the European Union and the United Nations with content critical of Pakistan. During the investigation, the DisinfoLab found that the fake websites copy-pasted anti-Pakistan content from unusual press agencies and amplified material shared by politicians and obscure think tanks that supported Indian geopolitical interests.
The consumption of electronic cigarettes is rising around the world with more and more people switching to vaping from regular cigarettes leading to rise in health hazards. Ironically, many youngsters believe that vaping is safe as it does not contain tar and nicotine but according to Pakistani experts it is more life threatening than regular cigarettes and causes mouth ulcers and throat infection that can turn cancerous any minute