National Book Foundation (NBF) under the auspices of the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training hosted the ...

Pakistan held its first polio vaccination drive of 2025, sending workers door-to-door to vaccinate 45 million children. A spike in cases in 2024 was a setback for the eradication of the disease.

Mabaahis. Najeeba Arif, a former academic now serving as chairperson of Pakistan Academy of Letters, Islamabad, has candidly ...

Legendary broadcaster and Radio Pakistan's Urdu Newscaster Taskeen Zafar was laid to rest in Rawalpindi on Sunday. Veteran politician Raja Zafar-ul-Haq, Director of News and Current Affairs Radio ...

Legendary voice of Radio Pakistan, Urdu newscaster Taskeen Zafar passed away in Rawalpindi today after brief illness. She was 67. Her Namaz-e-Janaza will be offered at 4:30 pm at Eidgah, Lalkurti in ...

Pakistani cricketer Usman Qadir, who has now settled in Australia, was invited by Cricket Australia (CA) on January 30 to ...

The students and people of Mymensingh observed spontaneous general strikes, processions and rallies in 1948 and 1952, resisting the Pakistan government's bid to declare Urdu as the state language ...

I do not remember what kindled my interest in Urdu, but while I was in college, I joined Jamia Millia University’s correspondence course to learn it. It did not take me far, and then other priorities ...