Tag: Living

With things becoming more and more settled in Pakistan politically and socially I thought it was time that I shared a bit about my...

Labourers in the informal sector of Pakistan and other south Asian countries are living under worst condition and they are not being provided social...

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that government was pursuing the policy of raising the living standard of masses through information technology...

The Punjab government has imposed an immediate ban on Wednesday on the construction of new houses along the banks of the River Ravi. Heavy...

Pakistan fights terror like Europe fought the plague “Everyone locked up in his cage, everyone at his window, answering to his name and showing himself...

A regular route, from where I live to the place where my office is situated, takes one through many spots where plenty of street...

Since it is not unusual so I would not label it as news, but the matter of fact is that almost 50 per cent...

England’s recent demolition of India at home will have no bearing when the two teams clash again in a one-day series from Friday, skipper...

In order to improve food security and reduce poverty in the country, Pakistan needs to develop a pro-poor growth strategy and ensure social safety...

A blindfolded man stands on explosives, trembling as he confesses to spying for the CIA in Pakistan. Armed men in black balaclavas slowly back...

Nisar Ahmed, 17, gets up early in the morning and makes rounds in the streets of the federal capital to search and collect waste...

It has become a convenient norm to state per capita income as a measure of general well being in an economy, albeit with some...

KARACHI - More than 25,000 children are living on the streets in Karachi and vulnerable to diseases like AIDS, Sindh Human Rights Minister Nadia Gabol said on Sunday. "Seventy percent of these children are drug addicts," she added.
Talking to a delegation of a social welfare organisation, Gabol stressed the need for accumulated efforts to rehabilitate youth suffering from drug abuse.

ISLAMABAD - The Senate was told on Wednesday that around three million illegal immigrants, excluding Afghans nationals, were living in Pakistan. "Among these three million, 50,000 are African people and 35,000 out of them are living in Karachi, Islamabad and Rawalpindi while the remaining are living in other cities of the country," State Minister for Interior Affairs Tasnim Ahamd Qureshi told the Upper House.
The state minister also said four cases were registered in 2008, two in

KARACHI - Amid rumours that curfew has been imposed in some troubled areas of the city, two men including an activist of Haqiqi were gunned down on Monday.
Orangi Town, the hotbed of violence, remained tense on the fourth consecutive day as routine life in the Peerabad, Qasba Morr, Urdu Nagar and Kati Pahari areas remained suspended. Intense aerial firing was reported from Peerabad and Qasba Morr throughout the day. Rangers' personnel conducted snap-checking of all passengers in

It is almost an irony and an insult to the main act when the band whose name wasn't mentioned on the invite steals the show, hands down. The Cheapmunks concert, held at Ali Auditorium organized by Origami, was at best a mixed affair, the rise of some and the downfall of others, including I believe of the management,
who were able to take the 'manage' out of management. The show started off late, I'll write that off to being Pakistani. But, how and why on earth did you get those

LAHORE - CNG stations in residential areas of the city are creating nuisance for the neighbouring houses, as long vehicle queues often block the houses' entrances, Pakistan Today has learnt.
A number of CNG stations in the city are located in the residential areas. These localities include Garden Town, Iqbal Town, College Road, Peco Road and Johar Town. People said often they found it difficult to enter their houses at night, when CNG stations start filing vehicles.
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