Lia Thomas has made a splash in US collegiate women’s swimming with her dominant performances for the University of Pennsylvania. But just a few years ago, she competed on the men’s team. The 22-year-old’s runaway success in the pool this season has reignited debate about inclusivity in sports and the competition requirements for transgender athletes. … Read more
If we were to sum up this week, it was only Atif Aslam’s, from TV buffs to music buffs to everyone on the table, Atif Aslam was a hot topic of discussions and that too, for all the right reasons. The man who didn’t even think much of making a career in music when releasing … Read more
KARACHI: The Pakistani startup Codeschool.pk has won first place across South Asia in the capstone business pitch competition in the Stanford Seed Spark Programme, a statement said. The startup nominated by the National Incubation Centre (NIC) Lahore at LUMS, won top laurels and a cash prize for high-achieving entrepreneurs across South Asia. This was the … Read more
KARACHI: Eliminating beggary in the metropolis calls for quick and strong legislation and implementation. Moreover, it has also been said that the residents of Karachi are generous in giving charity and alms, which plays a role in attracting people to the business of beggary. Researchers and government functionaries stress that the present laws are not … Read more
The rising popularity of motorsports in Pakistan with time has laid a platform for the emerging drivers in off-road racing. Following the footsteps of her parents, Ronnie Patel and Ushna Patel, their daughter Dina Patel has also taken the driving seat and recently claimed the first position in the women’s stock race of Thar Desert … Read more
KARACHI: Find My Doctor, a healthcare startup, has raised a Pre Series A funding valued $5 million from TPL e-Ventures, and TPL Insurance, a statement said on Monday. The funding will be used to open dark stores, improve technology and hire new talent, it added. “We are thrilled to achieve this milestone and will be … Read more
KARACHI: An accountability court in Karachi indicted former federal minister for petroleum Dr Asim Hussain in 2016 for allegedly curtailing gas supply to the agriculture sector to benefit a particular group associated with the fertilizer industry, inflicting a cumulative loss of Rs462.5 billion to the national exchequer. The National Accountability Ordinance 1999 provides for the … Read more
Feroze Khan to release a rap song Currently starring in Aye Musht e Khaak, Feroze Khan is busy recording a rap song of his own in collaboration with rap artist Ahmed Murtaza who recently released the official anthem for Quetta Gladiators alongside SomeWhatSuper and Bilal Maqsood of Strings. The project has been reported to be … Read more
Quaid-e-Azam (QeA) Trophy’s latest edition witnessed the emerging talent of Northern’s right-handed batter Mohammad Huraira who ended up as the top run-scorer of the tournament. The 19-year-old piled up 986 runs in 11 matches with the help of three centuries and five fifties in the country’s premium long-format domestic tournament. With these phenomenal numbers, he … Read more
KARACHI: Talib S. Karim currently serves as the president, Institute of Business Management (IoBM) and played a key role in setting up the educational institution. He also has experience in the field of development finance. Mr Karim discussed a variety of issues concerning education in Pakistan while talking to Bol News. Why do … Read more
Karachi: Pakistan remained a part of international news rather frequently in the recent past due to its censorship issues. In January 2020, Sarmad Khoosat, a renowned director released a trailer for his upcoming film Zindagi Tamasha (Circus of Life). The film was released internationally and went on to obtain numerous awards and was also an … Read more
KARACHI: Despite improvement in business activities after complete lockdown, Pakistanis remain pessimistic about the fate of the country’s economy with a continuous hike in inflation, high key policy rates, and burgeoning import bill and twin deficits. At the start of 2022, the world was optimistic that the development of pioneering vaccines would restrict the global … Read more
China did not appear at a Winter Olympics until 1980 at Lake Placid and has hardly sparkled since, winning one gold medal — in short track speed skating — at the last Games, in South Korea’s Pyeongchang, in 2018. China topped the medals table at its 2008 Summer Olympics but expectations are much lower for the next month’s Beijing Games … Read more
A special exhibition, featuring 400 paintings drawn by 890 children with cancer from Jordan and abroad, ended last Thursday as part of a charity campaign aiming to boost the morale of the children fighting cancers. The exhibition, titled “Hope Canvas,” was organised by Jordanian hairdresser Nehad Dabbas, who said the show serves as a remedy … Read more
From hypersonic to cruise missiles, North Korea started 2022 with its most intensive spate of weapons testing in years, but analysts said the barrage is more domestic political ploy than a diplomatic gambit. After a decade in power, leader Kim Jong Un has little to celebrate, with a Covid-battered economy causing food shortages at home, … Read more
A chunk of a SpaceX rocket that blasted off seven years ago and was abandoned in space after completing its mission will crash into the Moon in March, experts say. The rocket was deployed in 2015 to put into orbit a NASA satellite called the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR). Since then, the second stage … Read more
DONETSK, Ukraine – Ruslan Chebotayev was just 10-years-old when pro-Russian separatists seized his hometown in eastern Ukraine, sparking fighting that he and other teenagers say has robbed them of hope and prospects. The sounds of shelling punctuate life around the industrial city of Donetsk, where younger residents are used to tanks rumbling down their streets … Read more
Federal Minister of Information & Technology Syed Aminul Haque, who is also the spokesperson of the MQM – a key ally of the PTI government – talks to Bol News on why the PPP appears reluctant to give powers to the local bodies and the alleged role of his own party in promoting the politics … Read more
Although PM Imran Khan has removed his accountability czar Shahzad Akbar over his failure to get the Sharifs prosecuted in the infamous money laundering case, another key player of the entire accountability process Dr Muhammad Rizwan – Director FIA Lahore – is still in the ‘business’ despite many corruption cases against him. DIG Dr Rizwan … Read more
Ahmad Faisal is a volunteer with the Harimau Kita (Our Tiger) Forum, a non-profit organisation working to protect the Sumatran tiger in Indonesia. The Harimau Kita Forum has been fighting for the Sumatran tiger for many years, and the task is not easy. Hunters lay hundreds of traps in the forests that the few remaining … Read more
Imran Khan’s suspicious smile on the question about reverting to a presidential form of government during a recent programme called “Aap Ka Wazir-e-Azam, Aap Kay Saath”, a televised conversation with public over telephone, has triggered a long forgotten debate. When a caller asked where he stands on the debate on presidential form of government for … Read more
Recently, some political parties set alarm bells ringing, calling for taking notice of an allegedly organized campaign on social media in support of the presidential form of government. The opposition submitted a resolution in the National Assembly, expressing the resolve to strengthen the parliamentary form of government as provided in the 1973 Constitution. Taking the … Read more
Hundreds of people gathered in New York’s Times Square last week for a vigil in memory of another Asian American who lost her life in an unthinkable tragedy. Michelle Alyssa Go, a New York resident of Asian descent, was fatally shoved in front of a moving train by a homeless man in the Times Square … Read more
Senator Shibli Faraz, the Federal Minister for Science and Technology, is a man without fear. One of PM Imran Khan’s most trusted men, Shibli believes in paying back his opponents in the same coin when it comes to debating the key issues with the Opposition or at the talk shows. Son of legendary poet … Read more
If there is something that has the ability to trigger a huge surge of empathy between the Chinese and Indians, it would be mathematics. People from these two countries have, for years, laboured under the global stereotype that “they must be good at math.” They have lived through the similar childhood “trauma” of memorising the … Read more
With the formal induction of PNS Tughril — the first of four type 054-A/P, multi-role frigates – Pakistan Navy has added the much-needed offensive punch to its fleet, which till now has primarily remained defence oriented. The induction of the first of these state-of-the-art frigates is a great testament to not only the increased offensive … Read more
Families of victims of enforced disappearances allegedly perpetrated by an elite Bangladesh paramilitary group Friday called on the UN to ban the security force from serving as peacekeepers. They made the call a day after 12 international rights groups including Amnesty International made similar demands to the UN Department of Peace Operations in a letter … Read more
Located 45 kilometres from Islamabad, Wah Cantonment is a sprawling complex of 14 defense production and home to Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF). Its 14 defense production units and 12 subsidiaries produce 112 major defense products, commercial explosives and industrial chemicals. The main products include: automatic rifles, machine-guns, snipers, sub-machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, complete range of … Read more
