KARACHI: Increased prices for di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) fertiliser, along with a lack of urea, are projected to result in a decrease in wheat production in Pakistan this year. Pakistan Businesses Forum (PBF) President Mian Usman Zulfiqar said in a statement on Saturday that wheat crop output was in jeopardy due to a severe lack of […]
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Saudi Arabia threatens victims of sexual harassment with jail, hefty fine
Saudi Arabia threatens victims of sexual harassment with jail hefty fine. After accusations surfaced that young ladies were sexually harassed as they attempted to make their way home following a canceled concert, Saudi officials cautioned that spreading misinformation on social media may result in up to five years in prison and a hefty fine. The […]
Giving Gilgit-Baltistan a cold shoulder
The game of hollow commitments and unplanned government steps paved the path where the people are likely to trust the underhanded tactics of their leaders. People of Pakistan had entrusted their interests to Imran Khan and his team by burning all the boats as the preceding parties dogged them for decades. When the party won […]
No colours on sky as ban on Basant continues
LAHORE: No colours on sky as ban on Basant continues. Traders in Lahore have urged authorities to revive Basant, the annual kite-flying festival celebrated with the advent of spring. Before the 2007 ban on Basant in the province of Punjab, the walled city of Lahore was known for the festival, due in early February. People […]
Pakistan: A hard country
A British writer, who experiences the pure land for twenty years, meets people from the upper strata of the society to the lower one, takes interviews and visits the houses of the politicians and shrines of the holy saints, and writes down a masterpiece. In his book, Antol Lieven has infused his blood to make […]
Book Review: The Wandering Falcon by Jamil Ahmad
Jamil Ahmad, the author of this book, served for a long time as a bureaucrat in the Frontier Province and Baluchistan. This novel is a product based on his personal experiences about the Nomadic life of the tribes inhabiting Baluchistan and Waziristan. He highlights the old customs, codes, traditions of the Balochi people and their […]
Dr Buriro awarded with three prestigious excellence awards
Dr Buriro extends his services in counsel, voluntary consultancy services and various international academic organisations Dr Ghulam Ali Buriro, Assistant Professor, Institute of English Language and Literature, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, has emerged as the “Pride of Pakistan” in the world academic arena because of his enviable contribution as an international speaker, teacher-trainer, academic advisor […]
School Outreach Tours launched by Citizens Archive of Pakistan
School Outreach Tours (SOT) is an educational initiative launched by CAP connecting schools across Karachi with students from grades 8th to 12th. Launched in July 2021, SOT looks at partition through personal narratives, focusing on our shared histories, cultures, and heritage sites. Through this project, CAP has connected with over 600 students from Dawood Public […]