Despite tiresome endeavors of NGOs and iNGOs the dilemma of gender discrimination still remains unresolved. Feminists, individually as well as communally, are pervading their vigorous part for the main stream struggle around the globe. The dismal and miserable depiction of the situation reroutes our attention toward the necessity of action […]
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2017 – Not a good year for Pakistan’s Film Industry
Revival of the Pakistan’s film industry continued in 2017 as over 20 movies were released during the year. Punjab Nahi Jaungi remained the most successful movie on box office. It is also the all-time highest grossing movie of the Pakistani film industry with IMDB rating of 8.4. It received good […]
International Media, Cultural Internalization and Entertainment: Media undermining culture
This article focuses on the media and its globalized nature that is rapid and is rapidly effecting and undermining cultures. In order to study and investigate this further, different medium of messages are studied but mostly, the focus is on advertisements, that how representations and projections through this medium influences […]
Air pollution will soon make Lahore uninhabitable
The air quality index (AQI) in Lahore reached 515 on December 25 surpassing the other most polluted cities in the world. This is not the first time Lahore has been in headlines regarding air pollution. The city remained under dense smog for the better part of October and November this […]
Challenging the Saudi Crown Prince: Alwaleed bin Talal toughs it out
Incarcerated for almost two months in a gilded cage in Riyadh’s luxurious Ritz Carlton Hotel, Saudi billionaire businessman Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal appears to be putting up a fight that could challenge Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s assertion that his two month-old purge of scores of members of the ruling family, senior […]
US stands isolated on declaring Jerusalem as capital of Israel
A UN general assembly resolution condemning US decision of declaring Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has been passed with an overwhelming majority. A total of 128 states voted in favor of the resolution, 9 voted against it, while 35 abstained. Before the vote on the resolution, Nikki Haley the […]
Circular Economy – using and re-using instead of using up
We have plundered our planet’s resources at such a high rate during the last few decades that it has endangered the very existence of all living beings on earth. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) had warned us about this fact a long time ago. The ever increasing human population along […]
Climate change is real but our efforts aren’t
The Federal minister’s inability to answer a simple question regarding NDCs relevance to Pakistan and insistence upon giving his five-minute long written speech at COP23 conference sums up our seriousness towards climate change. The COP23 conference at Bonn was in fact used as an excuse to visit Germany by officials […]
Ten things to know about Lana Del Rey
Lana del Ray, one of the biggest fan of Kurt Cobian, has always fascinated most of us with her dreamy voice and angelic looks. The vintage-cladded superstar is known for her eccentric songs that have a dreamy effect on listeners; however these ten facts about the queen of 80’s will […]
Venus and Jupiter to cross paths this Monday
Jupiter and Venus, two of the brightest planets in our solar system, will be coming close together for some time before dawn on Monday, November 13. Both of the planets will be visible to the naked eye only during the civil twilight before dawn as Jupiter will not be visible […]