KARACHI: Once a prime candidate for extinction, the population of vultures in Pakistan has shown tentative signs of recovery in the past five years, but nature’s “garbage disposal” is still facing looming threats on several fronts, experts said. The population of several species of vulture started declining in the mid-1990s due to the ingestion of livestock carcasses containing residues of deadly …

  Most passengers died trying to jump off moving train to escape blaze in Rahim yar Khan, say officials   News Desk Islamabad: At least 72 people were killed in southern Punjab on Thursday morning after a cooking stove being used on a train exploded, officials said. Witnesses said that some desperate passengers began jumping off the burning train while …

HAH Report   Islamabad: Tens of thousands of charged protesters descended on the federal capital on Thursday calling on Prime Minister Imran Khan to resign over misrule, faulty economic policy and corruption claims. The ‘Azadi (freedom) March’ organised by the religiopolitical party, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F), and supported by almost all major opposition parties to show their grievances against the government. Public and …

Young poet Humaira Amjad explains her poetry and motivation to come up with her book ‘Fixing’ with Shafqat Aziz The youth in a ‘digitized life’ seem deviated from art, culture, and literature, which could be termed as a tragedy of the modern era in the sense of scientific advancements. There have been a number of other socio-political factors that let …

Over 300 academics, media professionals will discuss new trends, challenges and opportunities in the media industry at a two-day conference at NUML on Oct 10-11. By Fatima Misbah Islamabad: Media in Pakistan has witnessed an exponential growth in recent years. The media especially electronic one is in the transitional phase facing new challenges. A paradigm shift is taking place which has …

By Ghulam Amin Beg When Harrison’s Op-Ed was published in the New York Times in 2010, it was taken by many Indian, Pakistani, Russian, European, South Asian newspapers, online blogs etc., and opinions, analysis and comments were made some condemning Pakistan and China for taking over Gilgit-Baltistan. Foreign office officials in Peking and Islamabad rejected the article as baseless, absurd …

Expresses solidarity with ‘prisoners of conscience’ in GB, their families and AWPGB struggle for rights Herald Report Islamabad: Women Democratic Front (WDF), Pakistan’s premier socialist-feminist organization, has condemned a recent verdict of an anti-terrorism court awarding 90 years prison term to political activists Iftikhar Hussain Kabalai, a leader of Karakoram National Movement. WDF president Ismat Shahjahan in a solidarity message …

Also see: https://youtu.be/Kw0NFUY5eME From the once pristine rivers of Hindu Kush to the slums of Islamabad, Pakistan is being smothered by plastic due to a lack of public awareness, government inertia, and poor waste management. CHITRAL, Aug 2: From the once pristine rivers of Hindu Kush to the slums of Islamabad, Pakistan is being smothered by plastic due to a lack …

Paris-based Watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned of an “alarming decline” in the state of press freedom in Pakistan and called on Prime Minister Imran Khan to take urgent measures to address the situation. RSF took issue with Khan’s recent statement during a trip to Washington that talking about curbs on press freedom in Pakistan was a “joke,” outlining several …

Dr Asim Sajjad PRIME MINISTER Imran Khan and US President Donald Trump presented quite a spectacle when they came together at the White House earlier this week. Much has been said and written about the chemistry, charisma and clarity on show, the absurdity of it all seemingly a side note. Pakistan, the US and the world at large appears to have got …

ISLAMABAD: An emaciated wolf rested its head on a block of ice, seeking relief from stifling heat in a zoo in Pakistan’s capital, while another gazed at a family enjoying an afternoon picnic as an elephant swayed its head nearby. The elephant, named Kavaan, generated international headlines for the zoo in 2016, when pop star Cher sent representatives to check …

Dr Asim Sajjad IT is undoubtedly true that Pakistan has been looted and plundered by ruling elites for the best part of its existence, that our collective history would read very differently if this looted wealth had instead been used to meet people’s needs, and that finding ways and means to arrest the use of public office for private gain …

The stories of murdered women are recorded with grim regularity in one and half inches of a single newspaper column Mohammed Hanif You can find the news about Pakistan’s war on women buried deep inside the metro pages of Urdu newspapers. I stumbled upon it a few years ago. I noticed that I could pick up my newspaper and almost …

Writing is the most appropriate way of expressing trauma and complications, and I will be the last one to make rules for writing in terms of impression and style, said acclaimed Indian Booker-winning author Arundhati Roy. She was speaking on her novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness while addressing a conference at International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) through Skype. The conference, ‘Getting …

Protesters call for an end to intimidation of progressive political activists and removal of names of Allama Hassan Johari, Shahzad Agha, Shabbir Mayar and others from ATA’s Schedule Four. HAH Report ISLAMABAD: Political and youth activists and progressive parties continue to protest for immediate checkup and treatment of imprisoned political leader Baba Jan and against intimidation of progressive and nationalist …