Muhammad Luqman
Muhammad Luqman is Associate Editor at Views and News-
Coronavirus Outbreak
Pakistan finally has its own clinically tested ventilator amid deadly COVID wave
Pakistan has finally okayed its first indigenously developed intensive care unit ventilator as the country recorded the highest number of deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan approved the equipment... -
Coronavirus
Pakistan voices solidarity as COVID deaths soar in India
India continues to face record numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths as a torrid wave of the coronavirus pandemic tested the limits of its healthcare system. In the last three days, India, the second worst-hit country... -
Arts & Entertainment
Shaukat Ali, who enriched Pakistani culture with devotional music, passes away
Popular Punjabi folk singer Shaukat Ali passed away in Lahore after liver failure on Friday, leaving behind a legacy of passion-filled singing that included classic Punjabi poem, Kalam-e-Iqbal and ghazals. Ali’s protracted illness was the result... -
Bangladesh
Bangladesh violence kills 11 as protests mar Modi’s visit
Eleven people were killed and dozens injured in violent protests that raged during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Dhaka on the occasion of the golden jubilee celebrations of Bangladesh’s independence. Protestors including members of... -
Pakistan
Pakistan embarks on eight new water projects
In a bid to ensure optimal utilization of its ever depleting water resources, Pakistan has embarked upon building eight mega hydel projects that would help double its water storage capacity. Officials say the new dams will... -
Imran Khan
Imran Khan tests positive for COVID-19
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan and first lady Bushra Bibi have tested positive for coronavirus and will be self-isolating, officials confirmed. Khan had been administered the first dose of Sinopharm VID-19 vaccine just a couple of... -
Imran Khan
Pakistan PM secures vote of confidence in the lower chamber after Senate debacle
Prime Minister Imran Khan easily won a vote of confidence from the National Assembly, the lower house of the parliament, on Saturday, days after his finance minister’s defeat in this week’s Senate elections. Khan, who is... -
Archaeology
Pakistan launches Al-Biruni Radius tourism project at the historical Nandana Fort
Pakistan’s newest tourism project celebrates the great Iranian scientist, who during the Gold Age of Islam, measured the circumference of the Earth in the 1th century with a surprising accuracy that continues to endure a thousand... -
Kashmir
Pakistan, India hold fire in Kashmir; US backs dialogue on the dispute
Such has been the state of hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbors that any talk of peace looks unrealistic, though welcomed by all those who know the value of peaceful existence. But this week, the two... -
K2 Mountain
Pakistan’s top mountaineer Sadpara presumed dead in the frozen K2 region
Pakistan’s iconic mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara, who along with Iceland’s John Snorri Sigurjónsson and Chile’s Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto, had gone missing about two weeks ago during their attempt to scale the world’s second-highest peak K2,...