The AI-powered Ameca, made by the UK-based engineered Arts and described as a perfect platform for human-robot interaction, greets visitors at...
The disqualification of now-former chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan Khalid Khursheed by the GB Chief Court on a fake foreign degree charge has...
“Rescue 1122 was also tasked to bring a rescue crane, but it was not arranged even though it was recorded in the meeting minutes held by the...
Pakistan’s Right to Information Act is playing an instrument role in generating information that can help hold the corrupt accountable for their...
Never has the constitutional right of assembly ever been put to the test till now. This has now changed. While the federal government wants to curb...
It took more than two years for a widow to get relief from the ultimate office of the head of the state, for the release of a small amount of around...
In a case of severe medical negligence at a healthcare centre in Multan, at least 12 patients completely lost eyesight in one eye after they...
In a classic example of double jeopardy, consumers in Pakistan are faced with raging inflation and a virtually nonexistent smart price management...
The neglect to recognize the healthcare community in the recently announced ‘Pakistan Civil Awards’ has once again raised questions regarding...
Abdul Sattar Edhi once said: “Even many poor who come to me for aid have a cigarette pack in their packet.”On the occasion of this year's World...
After a long haul, this month’s decision by the Council of Common Interest to have uniform food standards in the whole country might be a step...
Finally, the FATF debate has reached parliament – where it belongs, because the FATF is not a one-time compliance but an evolving hybrid...
Are we going towards a scenario where cigarettes are replaced with safer nicotine delivery products like vaping or e-cigarettes under well-defined...
Some years ago, when celebrated human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir was approached for a fee quote to file public interest litigation in the...
The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication , has once again revealed its intentions to establish a legal framework to protect...
It’s between reality and fiction, between half hope and half fear. The National Action Plan to contain Covid-19 through short and long-term...
The existing federal and provincial policy frameworks regarding disaster management and epidemic diseases fell flat on the face of the severity of...
“Your T-shirt might be cheap, but that price might only be possible because someone is working under terrible working conditions for a...
It’s almost every day that the Islamabad district administration publishes the rate list of fruits and vegetables on social media. People still...
In the existing bureaucratic food regulations to ensure access to quality food, a consumer cannot get a food sample tested from an accredited...
In March 2000, an additional sessions judge in Lahore sentenced an alleged serial killer Javed Iqbal, 38, to death by hanging for sexually molesting...
In a catch-22 situation, Pakistan is all set to reap the dividends of the digital economy, but its consumer protection regulatory framework is...
After a dozen vaping-related deaths due to mysterious lung illness in different states of the US, the Centres for Disease Control has urged...
Like other developing countries, Pakistan is facing a huge regulatory dilemma of involving private schools in achieving its UN and constitutional...
Pakistan's struggle against corruption is as old as itself, yet it remains a bureaucratic exercise without any anti-corruption hero –...
Not every conflict of interest situation leads to corruption. An honest and correct decision can be made in the larger public interest by a...
Unlike polio eradication and population control, where religious misconceptions are often cited for not achieving the desired goals, health...
It has been almost two decades since Pakistan has been boasting of making itself poppy-free. However, the country becoming drug-free remains an...
With the restoration of peace, Pakistan has a golden opportunity to convert the 'war on terror' into a big film business activity by officially...
Despite the fact that the constitution identifies Islamabad a different territory from the four provinces, its administrative status remains...
While the world is observing ‘No Tobacco Day’ today by highlighting the hazardous impact of smoking on lung health, the tobacco industry has...
While research tries to find the treatment for antibiotic resistance, so far prevention by controlling the over prescription and overuse of the...
Being on the same page with all state institutions, the PTI government is well positioned to lay the foundation of a single anti-corruption agency...
Despite the Supreme Court’s verdict in early January on the need to defuse the ticking population bomb, the prevailing confusion in our official...
In a win-win situation for consumers and the automobile industry, just a year before ending of the UN’s Decade of Action for Road Safety in 2020,...
The PTI government’s decision in December 2018 to impose a sin tax to enhance budgetary allocations for health has come as a pleasant surprise. If...
