The report entitled, Journey to Extremism in Africa: Pathways to Recruitment and Disengagement, underscores the importance of economic factors as drivers of recruitment. Desperation factor Lack of income, the lack of job opportunities and livelihoods, means that “desperation is essentially pushing people to take up opportunities, with whoever offers that”, said Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator,…
Lahore: The Lahore High Court has issued notices on the petition against the appointment and transfer by the Caretaker Government of Punjab. A hearing was held on the request of Tehreek-e-Insaaf against transfer and posting. Justice Jawad Hassan sent the petition to the Chief Justice Lahore High Court and requested that a full bench be…
File photo The commentary panel for Pakistan Super League (PSL) 8 has been announced. The commentary panel includes Simon Dole, Alan Wilkins, Waqar Younis, Danny Morrison, Arooj Mumtaz, Bazid Khan, Nick Knight, Sana Mir and Darren Ganga. Apart from this, the commentary panel also includes Mark Butcher, Dominic Cork, Vernon Flanders, Sikandar Bakht, Marina Iqbal…
Arooj Aftab, file photo Renowned Pakistani singer Arooj Aftab won the honor of performing at the Grammy Awards ceremony. Last year, Arooj Aftab won the best music performance award for his famous song ‘Mohbat’. Arooj Aftab won the honor of performing his song ‘Udhiro Na’ on the Grammy Awards stage this year. He has sung…
Photo: Social Media Atta Tarar, the leader of Muslim League-N, says that let’s not be left-handed, come to the court and face the court, it is a straightforward matter and answer whether the daughter is yours or not. While giving a press conference in Islamabad, Atta Tarar said that when they were afraid of being…
—File photo Policy talks between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are likely to lead to difficult decisions. Sources have said that Pakistan has to answer tough questions in the policy talks with the IMF. Pakistan will have to bring its foreign exchange reserves up to 16 billion 20 million dollars by June 30,…
File photo After the terrible earthquake, northwestern Syria was declared a disaster. According to the American media, the spokesperson of the White Helmets, a Syrian welfare organization, has declared northwestern Syria as a disaster. American media say that the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo is one of the areas most affected by the earthquake, where…
File photo Adnan Zafar aka Pakistani Ken Doll has expressed his opinion on the news of separation of Tik Toker duo Umar Butt and Jannat Mirza. Ken Doll has shared a new video of himself on the photo and video sharing app Instagram. In this video, he has interestingly criticized the trend in our showbiz…
Lahore: The caretaker government of Punjab has issued orders for the appointment and transfer of 67 officers. Those transferred include two provincial secretaries, a director general as well as deputy secretaries, additional deputy commissioners and 60 officers of the director rank. Sohail Ashraf has been transferred as Secretary Industries, Commerce, Investment and Skills Development and…
The Peshawar High Court has sought response from the provincial government and the Election Commission on the request to hold elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A hearing was held on PTI’s request to hold provincial assembly elections in 90 days, the court issued a notice to the provincial government and the election commission. The petitioner’s lawyer…
