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Paris, April 20 (AFP/APP): French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent public appearances have been met with a clamour of pot clanging by demonstrators furious over his decision to hike the retirement age. As authorities try to put the lid on the protests, we look at how […]

PESHAWAR, Apr 15 (APP): Abandoned by families due to societal pressure and the stigma associated with their nontraditional gender identity, the transgender community becomes overwhelmed with the sentiments of nostalgia during the holy month of Ramazan, wishing to return to the time when they used […]

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 10 (APP): Despite global promises and progress, some 263 million children and young people are out of school, indicating that achieving quality education for all by 2030 is “seriously off track”, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed warned Monday. The issue is under […]

ISLAMABAD, Apr 9 (APP): In a heartwarming act of generosity, a United Kingdom-based Pakistani family has quietly distributed over £500,000 in the last five years to white-collar destitute individuals in Pakistan sans hurting their self-esteem. The family, comprises Abid Hussain, the father, Rukhsana Shaheen, the […]

ISLAMABAD, April 03 (Online): An individual’s native language can shape how they think. For instance, while there is a single word for colors in the blue spectrum in English, there are two distinct words in Russian that distinguish between light and dark blue. Interestingly, native […]

MULTAN, Apr 02 (APP):Literature is the common heritage of human beings. It is just like a mirror through which history, culture, tradition, customs, sorrows and joys of people and thoughts of the era are reflected. Known as a sweet language, the history of Saraiki dates […]

ISLAMABAD, March 30 (Online):The biggest hits songs of Hindi cinema were written by the lyricist par excellence – Anand Bakshi. Unlike the other great lyricists of Bollywood like Sahir Ludhianvi, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Shakeel Badayuni, Javed Akhtar, Bakshi was predominantly a film lyricist who understood the […]

ISLAMABAD, 26 Mar (ONLINE): When it comes to physical activity, all exercise counts, no matter what time of day you do it. And for many, the best workout schedule is whatever helps you move more often and regularly. But for those who want a little […]

ISLAMABAD MARCH 25 (ONLINE): Hollywood legend Dick Van Dyke revealed he is ‘sore all over’ after ‘faceplanting into his steering wheel’ and sustaining moderate injuries from crashing his Lexus LS 500 into a gate in Malibu last week. On his first public sighting since the […]