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Dr Adil Haider joins the ranks of seven US presidents, several world leaders and two Nobel Prize winners with the award. A Pakistani-American trauma surgeon in the United States has been awarded one of the country’s most prestigious awards for immigrants “The Ellis Island Medal of Honour” in recognition for his expertise in the field and his service to those ... Read More »

10-year-old journalist Janna Jihad conveys Palestine’s message given to the world Janna Jihad, a 10-year-old Palestinian girl, who highlights her country’s problems via reporting on social media, has been honoured with award titled “brave heart journalist” in Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan awarded the prize to the young journalist during the International Benevolence Awards, organized by Turkey’s Diyanet Foundation, at the ... Read More »

La La Land leads with 14, Arrival and Moonlight get 8 nominations. Emma Stone competes against Natalie Portman for Best Actress La La Land unsurprisingly leads the 2017 Oscar nominations — after clinching a historic seven Golden Globes — while films like Moonlight, Fences, and Manchester by the Sea earned several nods. La La Land tied the record for most ever ... Read More »

The movie “La La Land” set a new record for the most Golden Globes by a single movie by winning 7 awards “La La Land” dominated the 74th Golden Globes on Sunday by taking home a record-breaking seven awards for every category it was nominated in. The jazz-infused, Popsicle-colored, La La Land collected awards for best comedy or musical and acting ... Read More »

Different delegates from 17 countries and 41 participants represent Pakistan in contested in Taipei international arena Pakistan has won three Gold medals and six Silver medals at the Asia Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA) 2016 ceremony held in Taipei, the Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT & ITES (P@SHA) announced this afternoon. Leading the way with the Golds were a young ... Read More »

Two Pakistani women, Gulalai Ismail and Saba Ismail, receive Foundation Chirac Prize for “Conflict Prevention” PARIS (France) – Two young Pakistani women were awarded the prestigious Chirac Prize for Conflict Prevention in recognition of their contributions toward development of a culture of peace and non-violence through the action of women and youth in Pakistan in Paris. Ms. Gulalai Ismail and ... Read More »

Pakistani filmmaker, Shahnawaz Zali’s documentary ‘100 Steps’ gets a Student Oscar nomination Young Pakistani director and cinematographer Shahnawaz Zali’s documentary 100 steps – Sau Qadam has been nominated for the Best Film (in the narrative category) for the 43rd Student Academy Awards. The film, made in 2015, revolves around a young boy who is dragged into suicide bombings. Shahnawaz Zali ... Read More »

Young Entrepreneur Award winner Dr Sara Saeed from DoctHERs and Lifebuoy take ‪‎collective action by partnering up to improve healthcare access in Pakistan ISLAMABAD – Lifebuoy and doctHERs have agreed to work together for the improvement of healthcare across Pakistan, the two companies have announced. The partnership between Lifebuoy and doctHERs will enable increased outreach of quality healthcare by educating new mothers about simple ... Read More »