Rising temperatures, melting ice caps, deforestation, drought, and mass extinctions-we are on the verge of the abyss as correctly identified by Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres. We need to start treating this crisis like a real crisis. There’s now a push for a new crime – ecocide – to be included in the […]
Author: Fatima Tahir
Employees say ‘Quiet Quitting’ is just setting boundaries and companies fear long-term effects
Maggie Perkins, an educator, and advocate from Georgia, “quite resigned” from the classroom after almost ten years on the job. While she would continue in her current role, she would just put in the required amount of time each week as per her contract. Exactly what it says. “No matter how much I hustle as […]
Tobacco exports increase upto 45% in July
In the first month of the current fiscal year, exports of tobacco from the nation increased by 415.01 percent compared to the same month previous year. The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics reports that in July 2022, the country’s exports of tobacco were $4.872 million, a 415.01 percent increase from July 2021’s exports of $0.946 million […]
Former top official arrested over probe: Mexico missing students
Mexico’s former attorney general has been detained in connection with the abduction of 43 students in 2014. Jesús Murillo Karam, who headed a probe into the crime, has been accused with forced abduction, torture and the obstruction of justice. While on their route to a demonstration in Mexico City, the students disappeared off their bus […]
Shadab Khan introduces Babar Azam as cricket’s ‘Cristianal Messi’ to Manchester United legend
Shadab Khan introduces Babar Azam as cricket’s ‘Cristianal Messi’ to Manchester United legend. In a meeting with Edwin van der Sar, Shadab dubbed Babar the “Cristiano Messi of cricket” during a visit by the Pakistan cricket squad to AFC Ajax headquarters. Mansoor, the manager of the Pakistan cricket team, gave a commemorative bat to AFC […]
I lost modelling jobs for supporting Palestine: Bella Hadid
I lost modelling jobs for supporting Palestine, says Bella Hadid. Supermodel Bella Hadid, who is of Dutch and Palestinian descent, has said that she is unconcerned with the loss of modelling gigs in order to maintain her support for Palestine. This comes only days after Hadid admitted that her activism has prompted several firms to […]
Mia Khan – A Pashtun unsung hero
This Pashtun father is an inspiration to everyone and a true hero. Every day, Mia Khan cycles his daughter 12 kilometres to school and waits 4 hours for her class to end. Since there are no doctors in their village and he himself lacks education, he wants his daughter to study medicine.
Pakistani filmmakers invited to submit their work for 95th OSCAR AWARD
Local Pakistani filmmakers have been invited by the Pakistani Academy Selection Committee to submit their works for consideration in the 95th Academy Awards’ International Feature Film Award category. The deadline for entries is September 2, 2022. The Pakistani Academy Selection Committee has previously submitted Zinda Bhaag in 2013, Dukhtar in 2014, MOOR in 2015, Mah-e-Mir […]