News in Picture

Pakistan In Picture Asem Mustafa Awan The loader motorcycle carries three generations of trash pickers who cover miles and miles in quest for their sustenance from sun up to sun down. They have spent decades in trash…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: These are one of the few million with doomed destinies, survive on a day-to-day basis, and have no means of sustenance as all their worldly possessions are displayed with nothing in hiding, unlike the elite who…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Noor Jehan, ‘Light of the world’ in its literal meaning, is fading away and the efforts that are being made seems very little or next to nothing. She is very sick and seeks support to get back on her feet. Her…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Book Review: This was a common policy and practice applied by the British authorities for the public places during their rule of India. It was perhaps this that led Mahatma Gandhi to remark when asked by a…

Pakistan In Picture Asem Mustafa Awan These four friends ran out of fuel. Soon found timely help and are again off on wheels. There are many points to ponder: firstly, personal safety is overlooked which is a concern; secondly, they…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Islamabad: The events of the last week have pushed Pakistan into even deeper crisis. As a nation, our focus should be on getting an handle on the financial and economic ruins facing the country and getting the debilitating…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: The authorities are using tear gas and other means of force including arrests of PTI supporters in order to contain and disperse the PTI supporters gathered in Lahore. All this is happening whilst plans to…

Pakistan in Picture  Asem Mustafa Awan This is not an uncommon sight. The donkey handler is a hardworking labourer, one of the lucky one who at least has means to rake out some basic living to be able to feed his family and his three…

Law of the land Asem Mustafa Awan Two traffic wardens who should be role models are trampling all laws under the sun which are forced on the commoner who fails to observe them. The photo speaks volumes about how the…