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                                           Aqsa Mushtaq                                                                                                                         21 July 2020   Recently, the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that the Hagia Sophia Museum ha...

Schools Are Reopening in September 2020   Sumera Naz                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    19th July 2020 A few days ago, the federal education minister Mr. Shafqat Mahmood has declared that all educational institutions will reopen w.e.f...

Myth-Busting Covid-19 Aqsa Mushtaq    Right now, the whole world is wrapped in a dangerous and cure-less disease known as Covid-19 or Novel Coronavirus 2019. This disease has taken the shape of a pandemic and all the developed countries of the world are trying their best to overcome it but still, no cure has been found. The world is in the shadow of fear as we face an uncertain situation, nobody knows when this epidemic will end. Nobody knows whether it will actually end or if the virus will always be here like flu. The current situation of uncertainty has given rise to many myths regarding this disease; some related myths and facts are stated below. The first myth is about face masks : It is believed by many of us that wearing any kind of face mask can protect us from the virus; this is wrong. Global research has shown that only specific disposable surgical masks are better and more effective. If we wear these masks, infected droplets cannot cross and enter our body through n...

Bushfire in New South Wales Rashid Hussain Bushfires that have devastated Australia, have crept closed in, on the country’s capital, Canberra, on Friday state of emergency was declared. In June 2019, Bushfire Season 2019-20 commenced with upsetting, uncontrolled violent fires across the Australia’s most populous states of New South Wales and Victoria then spread to Kangaroo Island and many other states that have destroyed more than 18 million hectares of wooded land and national park, more than 5 thousand buildings (including about 3000 homes) have been burnt, 34 people and millions of animals have died. Eventually, the whole country is going to suffer from a massive economic hit. The Climate change, hottest temperatures, lightning, and prolonged droughts are said to be the main cause of fire eruption but there are some other controversial reports about arson and conspiracy theories of using laser weapons. Despite rains and thunderstorms in most parts of the fire-...

Long-lasting Tension in the Middle-East and Hope for a durable piece Rashid Hussain              Since the Iranian Revolution 1979, Iran and US relations have remained strained, Iran has been struggling to become a nuclear state for a long time, Iran says it has the right to possess nuclear energy and weapons. In 1968, Iran signed Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and agreed to place its nuclear program under IAEA – the International watchdog established to ensure peaceful use of Nuclear energy, In 2015, Iran Nuclear Deal was reached between Iran and P5+1 along with EU to curb Iranian Nuclear program which was abandoned by US President Donald Trump in Nov 2018, sanctions were reinstated, and the Iranian economy started to downturn. The US-Iran relation began to get more tense after the US reimposed economic sanctions on Iran last year that provided Iran a reason to resume its uranium enrichment; besides, on April 8, 2019,...

Pakistan is facing up more social issues during the PTI Government   Rashid Hussain A vast majority of Pakistani nation desired PTI to make the central government, Imran khan-led PTI, after a long political struggle, eventually won the general Election 2018 and succeeded to form the government in the Centre for the 1st time. Due to large no of fan following of Imran Khan, who won ICC World Cup for the country, he seized the opportunity, formed PTI and started political struggle which finally earned him success and he became the prime minister of Pakistan. This is the first time in Pakistani history that a political party other than PPPP & PMN-N, has formed the government in the Centre as well as in provinces .  PTI government came into power with the “slogan of Change” but unfortunately it has been struggling to deliver and act upon its manifesto owing to various hindrances caused by government allies, opposition parties, and internationally-backed act...