Former Afghanistan ambassador blames Ghani regime for Taliban takeover
WASHINGTON: Roya Rahmani, Afghanistan's first female ambassador to the United States who left her post in July, is clearly horrified by the Taliban takeover...
Explainer: Beyond Delta, scientists are watching new coronavirus variants
CHICAGO: The continued spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spawned a Greek alphabet of variants -- a naming system used by the World Health...
Taliban interim government agrees to let foreigners leave Afghanistan
Two hundred foreigners in Afghanistan, Americans among them, are set to depart on charter flights from Kabul on Thursday after the new Taliban government...
FO hopes Taliban will work for peace, security
The Foreign Office on Wednesday expressed the hope that the new political dispensation will work for peace and security in Afghanistan and address its...
Developed countries to raise $100bn annually in climate finance to support developing countries
ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan is the 8th most vulnerable country in the world in terms of climate change, Pakistan contributed only 1 percent to the...
PML-N changes tune for elections in Cantonment Boards
ISLAMABAD: In a smart political move, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Shehbaz Sharif has silently sidelined Maryam Nawaz's group in the party’s canvassing for the elections...
Best Army worst Police?
In his speech at GHQ on the celebration of the September ‘65 War exploits of the armed forces, Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa claimed that...
Remembering 9/11
Washington Watch
I will never forget the flood of emotions that I experienced on September 11, 2001, and the days that followed. If I've learned...
Drawbacks of the Taliban regime for Pakistan
The Taliban are exactly where they were two decades ago. On the 15 August, Taliban fighters entered Kabul. President Ashraf Ghani escaped the country...
The unpopularity of EVMs
The government is relying on underhand methods to sanctify voting through EVMs and I-voting in the 2023 elections. It got election-related laws passed in...
Dizzying turnover
For most, if not all, governments of the past, civilian or military, Punjab typically became the crown jewel of any composition. Being the most...
Govt fully determined to use EVMs, says ECP’s concerns addressed
Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz on Wednesday said his ministry has submitted a report to a technical committee of the Election Commission...