A recognition of blunders
In an unusually candid speech in the National Assembly on Monday, the PML(N)’s Khwaja Asif termed the conditions in the region alarming and warned...
Custodial deathsÂ
The Senate has just passed a bill tabled by Senator Sherry Rehman criminalizing the torture of prisoners in custody and custodial deaths in the...
Earthquake strikes Sindh’s Sehwan, neighbouring areas
A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck Sindh's Sehwan and neighbouring areas on Tuesday, a news outlet reported.
The seismological centre recorded the magnitude of the earthquake at...
Woman killed as rain causes flash floods in KP
PESHAWAR: Rains with windstorms continued on Tuesday in the Malakand and Hazara divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), resulting in the death of a woman,...
A gamechanger route to Central Asia
Central Asia is the core region of the Asian continent and stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China in the east...
Doing stupid is never smart
Washington Watch
I remember Albert Einstein's definition of insanity: "Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." I've been thinking about...
Historical perspective on persecution of Kashmiris
The persecution of the people of Kashmir and their struggle against oppression has roots in history. The first chapter of blood-letting was written on...
Rebel forces in Ethiopia’s Tigray region launch new offensive
CHIBA: Tigrayan forces have launched a new offensive in the conflict-torn northern region of Ethiopia, two weeks after the federal government declared a unilateral...
64 dead in fire at coronavirus ward in Iraq: health officials
NASIRIYAH: The death toll from a catastrophic blaze that erupted at a coronavirus hospital ward in southern Iraq the previous day rose to 64...
Worst violence in years spreads in South Africa as grievances boil over
JOHANNESBURG:Â Crowds clashed with police and ransacked or burned shopping malls in South Africa on Tuesday, with dozens reported killed as grievances unleashed by the...
Gayle’s half-century powers West Indies past Australia
GROS-ISLET: A Chris Gayle half-century blasted the West Indies to victory over Australia in St Lucia on Monday, clinching the five-match T20 series between...
Former Olympian Naveed Alam passes away
ISLAMABAD: Former hockey Olympian and member of Pakistan's winning team in the 1994 Hockey World Cup, Naveed Alam, died due to blood cancer in...
Pakistan wants to adopt joint regional strategy on Afghanistan: Qureshi
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday said that Pakistan wanted to adopt a joint strategy on Afghanistan after consultation with important...
Taliban warn Turkey against extending troops in Afghanistan
The Taliban on Tuesday warned Turkey against extending its presence in the country when US-led forces leave the country, insisting the decision was "reprehensible".
"The...
Universal access to Covid-19 vaccine vital to defeat health crisis, revive global economy: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said as the Covid-19 pandemic revealed the interdependence of nations, a joint action was essential to fight...