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We spend 4 hours and 37 minutes on our phones each day, checking them around 58 times, on average. We like to tell ourselves it’s to socialise, for work, or to read the news. As per DW, most of us are addicted, and we know it. How prevalent is smartphone addiction? Study after study confirms … Read more

FM meets UN chief, raises IWT violations

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan raised concerns over India’s violations of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) during a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the UN Headquarters on Monday. Dar emphasised that India’s actions posed a serious threat to regional stability and urged the UN … Read more

When friends become family in fiction

When friends become family in fiction

KARACHI: Subplots take various shapes in fiction, with romance usually being a top contender in most media forms. Without an additional layer adding flavour to a film or show, the art piece is denied an introspective exploration of this complex phenomenon we call “humanity”. One of our favourite supplements is the found family—a trope safely … Read more

IHC startscontempt case against PM, cabinet

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has initiated contempt proceedings against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his entire cabinet for disregarding its order to provide reasons for not assisting a US court hearing the case of incarcerated neuroscientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui. “As the government has not reverted with the reasons despite being directed to do … Read more

Yellow brick road to greatness

Yellow brick road to greatness

SLOUGH, ENGLAND: A lime-green witch cloaked in black. Sparkly ruby slippers. And a yellow brick road. If this dazzling series of images does not instantly tattoo the words ‘The Wizard of Oz’ inside your brain, you missed a rite of passage in your childhood. The word ‘iconic’ is now tossed about like a football in … Read more

K-P Senate vote brings no surprises

PESHAWAR: The Senate election in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly sprang no surprise on Monday as a prior understanding between the government and the opposition parties held firm, resulting in the victory of all consensus candidates, according to unofficial results The K-P Assembly voted for 11 vacant seats in the upper house of parliament from the … Read more