Honours conferred on military personnel
ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi, on the occasion of Independence Day, conferred honours on the members of the armed forces, Radio Pakistan reported Saturday.
The awards...
England to play two T20s in Pakistan before T20 World Cup
ISLAMABAD: England will play a two-match T20 cricket series in Pakistan before both teams leave for the T20 World Cup in the United Arab...
Soldier martyred, 3 militants killed in Balochistan shootout
QUETTA: Security forces killed three militants during a shootout on Saturday following a militant attack on a security patrol in Balochistan, the military said.
In...
Veterans recall Pakistan’s birth pangs
KARACHI:Â As Pakistan celebrated 75th Independence Day on Saturday, those who participated in the movement to carve out a separate nation for Muslims recall the...
Pakistan celebrates 75th Independence Day with traditional zeal
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Pakistan on Saturday marked the 75th anniversary of its creation and independence from Britain with a series of celebrations and military ceremonies.
At dawn,...
England ‘confident’ of Ashes tour amid travel negotiations
LONDON: The England and Wales Cricket Board is "very confident" the end of year Ashes tour will go ahead as planned even though negotiations...
One dead, two missing as torrential rains slam Japan
TOKYO: One woman was dead and two people were missing on Saturday after torrential rains touched off a landslide and engulfed at least two...
Taliban now 50km away from Kabul as US ramps up Afghan evacuations
KABUL: The Afghan Taliban tightened their territorial stranglehold around Kabul on Saturday, as refugees from the insurgents' relentless offensive flooded the capital and US...
Intra-Afghan talks: Why do they fail?
For almost a year now the Taliban and the Afghan government have been forced to sit in the same room but in vain. Today,...
Freedom — in the context of Pakistan
What is freedom? And what is Pakistan? Both questions are to be solved before discussing the question of the freedom-context of Pakistan.
Freedom doesn’t mean...
Story of North and South Korea: Division and thereafter
The Korean Peninsula is an area in present East Asia, divided into two parts North and South following the surrender of Japan in World...
Celebrating Independence Day
One is struck by the clarity of the Quaid-e-Azam’s vision about the type of country Pakistan was supposed to be in days to come...