The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is delighted to announce that Farieha Aziz has been awarded the first IA Rehman Research Grant. Farieha Aziz will study the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 and its consequences for the fundamental rights of
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will pay a three-day visit to Pakistan from February 16 and will address an international conference on 40 years of hosting Afghan refugees in the key South Asian country. The two-day conference, which will be inaugurated by
Pakistan is observing Kashmir Day since 1990 to express solidarity with Kashmiri people on February 5 each year with special events from the Parliament House to the presidency, the Prime Minister’s House to the foreign missions and provincial governments to common people. Radio
Former cricket legend Wasim Akram, who is happy to lend his support to any initiative that helps promote diabetes, urged people to follow a healthy lifestyle and exempt oily foods from their routine. Speaking at the Fit For Health launch event in Islamabad, he asked
A three-day snow festival has been kicked off in Galyat, featuring a number of winter sports, games and competitions to promote the scenic area as an adventure tourism destination across the globe. Galyat Development Authority spokesperson Ahsan Hameed said that the event
Four Pakistani students who were tested positive for the new coronavirus in China are recovering quickly and are out of danger, as Pakistan Embassy is also monitoring their health conditions regularly, Pakistan Ambassador to China Naghmana Hashmi said. All four of them
Pakistan time and again tried to convince the global audience about hosting with all manners and its treatment of refugees especially from Afghanistan, as President Dr. Arif Alvi compared the handling of migrants from different Middle Eastern and other war-hit countries with
Majid Al Futtaim, the leading shopping mall, communities, retail, and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, has joined hands with the Miracle School Ministries, a Lahore-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), to support fifty underprivileged families in the current harsh winter
Filmmaker and actor Sarmad Khoosat have said that there have been attempts to stop his upcoming film Zindagi Tamasha from releasing despite it being cleared by the Central Board of Film Censors. In an open letter, he detailed his contribution to Pakistani
British royal family members Prince William Windsor and his wife Catherine Elizabeth Middleton, both Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, visited MyLahore, a flagship restaurant, where they made mango and Kulfi milkshakes and met former boxing world champion Amir Khan. The royal couple
Skywatchers in Pakistan also witnessed a first lunar eclipse of the year 2020 during the night between Friday and Saturday, as the first month of the new decade continues with a penumbral lunar eclipse – a different from a total eclipse, according
