Kanye West pays George Floyd’s daughter’s college tuition fee
Kanye West has made a $2 million donation to support the families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, reported CNN. The donation includes funding for the legal fee of Arbery and Taylor’s families, along with black-owned businesses in crisis in his native Chicago and other cities. West’s representative said he established a 529 education plan […]
Asim Azhar’s ‘Jo Tu Nah Mila” crosses 100 million views
Asim Azhar’s Jo Tu Nah Mila recently crossed 100 million views on YouTube, making him one of the handful of local artists who have achieved this feat. 100 MILLION VIEWS. ️ #jotunamila And it gives me immense honour to become the youngest & only the 4th Pakistani artist (after Rahat Fateh Ali Khan sb, Atif […]
Punjab Seed Council approves Pakistan’s first-ever quinoa variety
A Reuters file photo of quinoa salad. FAISALABAD: The Punjab Seed Council has approved the first-ever quinoa variety, a super food titled Q7, which was developed by the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) scientists. This was announced by UAF Vice Chancellor Muhammad Ashraf at a Memorandum of Understanding ceremony between UAF and Shandong Normal University […]
The trouble with excess salt
Sodium doesn’t affect everyone equally, but there’s good reason to stick to moderate amounts in your diet. Published: October, 2019 On average, Americans eat too much salt — more than a teaspoon and a half a day. Most often it doesn’t come out of a shaker, but is hidden in the foods you eat. But […]
Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition Free For Current-Generation Platforms
NetherRealm Studios is a well-known video game development team that has brought out plenty of fighting games over the years. Known mainly for the Mortal Kombat series, the development team switched things up in 2013 when they brought out Injustice: Gods Among Us. Fans of the Mortal Kombat gameplay and brutal competitive fighting game series […]
Faryal Makhdoom claps back at haters judging her fashion choices
Faryal Makhdoom often comes under fire for her fashion choices on social media. She recently posted a picture of herself that became the subject of criticism, with some employing the use of swear words to express disdain for Makhdoom’s fashion choices. Many had deemed her clothing provocative and then talked about how it was especially wrong to […]
Watch: Mahira Khan shares Amjad Sabri’s childhood video
Popular actor Mahira Khan has shared a throwback video of late qawwal Amjad Sabri on her Instagram and people can’t help but miss the legend. The video shows Sabri’s childhood as he recites Allama Iqbal’s Lab pe aati hai dua in public. The heartwarming recitation and soothing voice reminds one of the great loss Pakistan’s entertainment industry […]
Controlling what – and how much – we eat
Published: October, 2011 Here is the problem: we Homo sapiens evolved to cope with conditions that predominated during the Paleolithic period, when humans hunted and gathered, and fat, salt, and sugar were in short supply. To ensure that we ate adequate supplies of each, we evolved a craving for them. In fact, some of the […]
Seed of the month: Sunflower
Published: May, 2020 Sunflower seeds, which are harvested from the centers of large, yellow-petaled flowers, have a long and interesting history. Native American Indians cultivated sunflowers some 8,000 years ago, using the seeds to make meal for bread. Today, farmers grow two main types of sunflowers. Those with solid black hulls have extra-oily seeds, which […]
Can a gluten-free diet help my skin?
Ask the doctors Published: November, 2018 Image: © fcafotodigital/Getty Images Q. I have terrible skin, and a friend recently recommended that I eliminate gluten from my diet to help manage my condition. Will this work? A. Not necessarily. Gluten has gotten a lot of attention in recent years. Some people believe that eating gluten can […]