News in Picture

Ali Nawaz Rahimoo Tharparkar: Dr Harchand Rai Lakhani, a revered Pakistani physician, politician, humanitarian, social worker, and cultural activist of Tharparkar and Sindh, passed away on March 4, 2013, at his residence “Ren Basera” in…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: In the contrasting chaos of Karachi and Islamabad, two women – one seated in searing sun to hawk household goods, the other crouched in filth rummaging through refuse – symbolize the real cost of a nation’s…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: By all accounts, Pakistan remains a land of staggering contradictions. These three photos, taken barely days apart, tell a story that no donor report, government press release, or social media campaign can…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: On a regular day in Karachi, two luxury vehicles a Range Rover and a Toyota Hilux Revo cruised past traffic lights and checkpoints with an air of immunity. One flaunted a foreign number plate (“BJ72FEX”),…

Muhammad Talha Zubair Rawalpindi: Gender-based violence (GBV) is not confined within the borders of a single country—it is a global epidemic tearing apart the very fabric of human society. Simply put, gender-based violence refers to…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: The recent collision involving the Shalimar Express near Faisalabad, where a brick-laden trolley collided with the train, causing significant damage and derailment, underscores the perilous state of…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: This heartbreaking photograph from Multan, two young girls traverse an active railway bridge, their schoolbags heavy with books and dreams. This daily journey underscores a grim reality: for many children in…

Faiza Hassan Rawalpindi: Back in 2013, during a field visit to a slum area in Rawalpindi, I took a photo that has stayed with me ever since. It was of a young girl — smiling genuinely, splashing joyfully in what could only be described…

Asem Mustafa Awan Rawalpindi: In the stillness of night, under the dim glow of streetlights, a watch shop at Dhaman Mor near Main Adiala Road, Rawalpindi, was stripped of more than just timepieces it was robbed of a man’s entire…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: There are images that haunt the soul long after the eyes have turned away. One such image is of an old man in Multan, white-bearded, frail, and seated in a hand-driven wheelchair. Perched on his lap is a…