Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Fauzia Viqar KARACHI: Federal Ombudsperson for Protection Against Harassment, Fauzia Viqar, has expressed concern over the growing number of workplace harassment complaints, calling the trend alarming. Speaking at a media talk on workplace harassment held at the Karachi Press Club, she emphasised that efforts…
SUP’s president Syed Zain Shah. Photo: (file) HYDERABAD: The nationalist parties have announced a protest movement against the proposed 27th constitutional amendment, calling the workers to take to the streets from November 11. A meeting, hosted at GM Syed Edifice in Jamshoro district on Friday by Sindh United Party (SUP), also decided to call a…
Hollywood has long portrayed L.A. as a city enamored with driving. Think of Steve Martin hopping in the car to go to his next-door neighbor’s house in 1991’s L.A. Story or Kevin Connolly getting mocked for pounding the pavement in the 2015 Entourage film. But behind the scenes, some workers in the entertainment business make…
ISLAMABAD: Eight men wearing Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) uniforms allegedly robbed a citizen of Rs200,000 in the Tarnol area of Islamabad. According to police sources, the incident took place within the jurisdiction of Tarnol Police Station, where eight unidentified individuals, claiming to be FIA officials, stopped a local resident, allegedly assaulted him, and forced him…
Five years after the Doha Accord, Taliban’s unfulfilled promises now threaten regional stability, global security When the US and Taliban signed Doha Accord on 29 February 2020, the world was promised an end to the decades-long war. The accord had two central pillars: establishment of an inclusive Afghan government through intra-Afghan dialogue and a firm…
. The writer is an Islamabad-based TV journalist and policy commentator. Email him at write2fp@gmail.com By this time you must have encountered countless commentaries on the irrepressible victory of Zohran Mamdani in New York’s mayoral race, ranging from doting tributes to freaking out Islamophobic and socialismphobic diatribes. So, why write another piece on it? Because…
SAO PAULO — A major storm appears set to hit the Interlagos Formula 1 circuit ahead of Saturday’s sprint race, which might have major ramifications on the Sao Paulo Grand Prix schedule. Brazil’s National Institute of Meteorology has issued an orange alert for storms, predicting heavy rain and high winds in the morning. The inclement…
ABC has picked up a game show from comedian Nate Bargatze that shares a title with one of his stand-up specials. Bargatze will host and executive produce The Greatest Average American, a show that will ask contestants to “guess how everyday Americans think and live” through trivia questions and challenges. It will reward winners with…
. India’s unilateral act of putting the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) in abeyance is unlawful and devoid of rationality. Pakistan has rightly aired its concerns at every forum, soliciting the world community’s endorsement to stand up against this policy of ‘water aggression’, as it is tantamount to weaponisation of shared natural resources. Pakistan’s permanent representative…
. The relentless rise of power sector circular debt to nearly Rs1.7 trillion in the first quarter of the current fiscal year is a glaring alarm that stopgap financial measures are failing to cure the sector’s diseased core. The Rs79 billion surge from July to September this year reflects the persistent drain that circular debt…
