Pakistan Today

As compared to other countries particularly those in the region, Pakistan is somehow ranked low in the region in terms of educational indicators such as expected years of schooling, mean years of schooling and inequality in education. The incumbent federal government quite obviously is fully cognizant of the national education crisis, as over 22.84 million children were still out of...

As the clock ticks towards 2030, it is time to start thinking out-of-the-box if Pakistan wants to solve the escalating natural environmental and resource degradation problems. Green innovation is critical in developing and scaling up the solutions for reducing and reversing the adverse environmental impacts of global climate change. It can guide us towards a net-zero, carbon-resilient pathway towards...

The word resilience refers to the ability to face and overcome challenging and trying situations in life. It can also be defined as the ability to recover quickly from difficulties and adversities. Resilience is necessary for human thriving. It helps to develop mentally healthy and adaptable people. If someone is resilient, he would be mentally and emotionally strong enough...

The first phase of the much touted Single National Curriculum (SNC) is being taught across Punjab. Initially, the children from grade 1 to 5 are being covered in the first phase. Next year, the students from grade 6 to 8 will be included while by 2023, it will be extended from grade 8 up to 12. On paper, the...

History witnesses that powerful nations have peacefully competed or indulged in the cold war to attain regional and global domain. Similarly, the rivalry between the US and China is also intensifying based in terms of economic and military power and there is a clear manifestation of emerging the seeds of the cold war between both countries. The US is...

President Arif Alvi while addressing the 15th Summit of the Heads of States of the ECO in Turkmenistan has stated that peace in Afghanistan is the key to regional connectivity among the members of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO). The president stated that peace in Afghanistan was essential for peace in ECO countries, adding that the Afghan people should particularly...

The Auditor-General’s report on the PM’s special programme for Covid-19 has been released after being held up by the Finance Ministry for six months, not because the government was driving for efficiency, but because it’s being made public was one of several conditions laid down by the IMF for the resumption of its $6.6 billion EFF programme, with $1...

The emergence of the new omicron variant of the covid-19 coronavirus has set up barriers which had been taking their time coming down. Pakistan’s imposition of a ban on travelers from southern Africa, such as South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia and Lesotho, reflects both that these countries are where the new variant has emerged, and that Pakistan so far has...

Planning Minister Asad Umar has announced on Sunday that the commercial operation of the much delayed Green Line bus project in Karachi will begin from December 25. "I conducted a detailed reviewed the Karachi Green Line project yesterday (Saturday). With the grace of Allah, this project will be ready for trial operation in the next 10 days," Umar stated in...

The Sindh government has imposed Section 144 around Nasla Tower, on the request of the Deputy Commissioner District East and a notification has been issued by the Home Ministry. According to the notification issued, there will a complete ban on assembly of four or more people at the surrounding of and inside Nasla Tower, Karachi. According to the notification, some people...

Indian comedian Munawar Faruqui, has hinted at quitting after multiple show cancellations in recent months. It is pertinent to note that Faruqui was jailed earlier this year for allegedly hurting religious sentiments with his jokes. As per the reports, Faruqui’s upcoming show in Bangalore was canceled after Bangalore police asked the Good Shepherd Auditorium management to stall it citing a possible...

Pakistan Army has organised a three-day lunar festival for the local people and youth of the mountainous Astore district of Gilgit−Baltistan which ended on Sunday. The aim of the festival was to promote healthy activities among the populace of the region and to strengthen the goodwill between the locals and the army. The festival featured cricket, volleyball, tug-of-war, weightlifting, athletics, horse...

In yet another conspiracy against Imran Khan by Mian Nawaz Sharif, there has been an audiotape released of the former Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Justice (retd) Saqib Nisar, supposedly telling someone else that it had been decided to ensure that Nawaz and his daughter Mariam went to jail. This is after he was calumniated by a former Chief Judge...

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani mother who has a son with disability is now working to build an institute for other disabled children to have the same opportunities as her son had in Europe. This could be not only interesting but very encouraging and motivating to know that a mother of disabled child in Pakistan built an institution to reduce sufferings of...

JHELUM: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry in reaction to a viral video of voters being allegedly bribed ahead of Lahore's NA-133 by-election, has asked whether "buying votes for Rs2,000" is how respect is accorded to the vote. His remarks, during a rally in Pind Dadan Khan, Jhelum, were in reference to the PML-N mantra "vote ko izzat...