According to Our World in Data, the world’s populations has grown from 1 billion in the 1800’s to 7.7 billion in 2021. And as of yet China has been holding the title for the world’s most populated country for the last few centuries. As stated by the data collected, in 2021, China is still in…
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We all enjoy a good slice of scary every now and then. With the technology progressing at an alarming rate, each new horror flick is better than the last. But have we ever stopped to wonder about the first-ever horror film created? And the kind of impact it might have caused on the people watching?
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Despite being an individual country for well over half a century, Pakistan holds little recognition globally when it comes to its culture. Generally, when one thinks of South Asia, India immediately comes to mind with its vast diversity of people, languages, cultures, and ethnicities. This can be attributed to the fact that 74 years ago…
Known by millions then, and yet still, the portrait of the Afghan girl had a widespread impact around the world. Published as a cover of National Geographic magazine in June, 1985, this portrait was that of one adolescent girl named Sharbat Gula, who is depicted wearing a tattered reddish maroon dupatta (headscarf), with…
According to PMD (Pakistan Meteorological department), many cities in Pakistan have hit record-breaking heat in the summer of 2021. Data collected shows that almost every city in Pakistan has recorded over 40 degrees Celsius with areas like Jacobabad reaching 48 degrees while KPK and surrounding areas recorded the temperatures to be between 46 degrees to…
When a Pakistani hears the word ‘Freemasonry’, their mind crowds with conspiracy theories, satan worshipping, Jews taking over the world, and other hogwash. The truth is that they are not the only ones who stigmatize Freemasonry, it is done all around the world since the practice started. Historians have been unable to find a fixed…
The architecture of any land is a physical record of its cultural history. The region which is now called Pakistan has seen diverse throngs of settlers and rulers and the evidence is in the architecture. The land itself might not be able to tell tales of the millions of different feet that stomped and walked…
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Pakistan has been officially declared the 6 th most dangerous country for women to live in. And it comes as no surprise considering the number of cases related to violence, abuse, rape, child rape and sexual harassment that have been emerging on a daily basis. According to The News, official statistics…
Cinema has always been celebrated as a source of entertainment only but the truth is that it is much more. People might see movies as a leisure activity but the fact is that it passes on information on the topic being shown in the films. In Sajid Varda’s opinion , CEO and founder of…
There was a time when terrorism was ripe throughout the country of Pakistan and the world saw it as a terrorism-ridden country like Afghanistan. The locals would venture out of their houses for everyday life operations with their lives on the line but that is just how life was. Tourism in the country was almost…