PM urges UK to play role to unhook Pakistan from FATF grey list

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged the United Kingdom to play role to remove the country from the grey list of Financial Action...

Malala a Pride for Pakistan 

Sir, As a Pakistani expatriate settled in Malaysia, it makes me proud to witness the immense appreciation young Malay Muslim girls, adorning a Hijab,...

Covid-19 SOPs

Balochistan is a province where the majority live but there is no any follower of SOPs. As well as they are not ready to...

Water dispute among provinces 

Water shortages in Pakistan are not a new thing, but our politicians exploit this issue for personal gains and popularity. The solution to the...

Vaccine issues 

Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Sunday that Prime Minister Imran Khan himself was handling the matter of Saudi Arabia and some other...

What is wrong with dunking cookies in tea?

Tea drinkers can be divided into two categories: those who dip biscuits (or similar items) in their tea and those who do not. Now,...

Persecution of Pakistani Christians continues unabated

A month ago, the European Parliament passed a resolution on the blasphemy laws in Pakistan, focusing especially on the case of Shagufta Kausar and...

A rare chance to chart a new course toward peace

Now that the arduous wrangling between eight starkly ideologically different parties—including the Islamist Arab party Ra’am—has ended and a new coalition government will soon...

The budget debate

The budget debate has already begun albeit outside National Assembly with PML-N’s prebudget seminar followed by sparring between Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah and...

Pakistan Railways a shambles 

A train derailment is in itself a major accident requiring a thorough investigation into what went wrong. However, a train on another track crashing...

FM urges Punjab CM to ensure officials at south Punjab secretariat

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has urged the Punjab chief minister to ensure the presence of officials at the south Punjab secretariat, further stating...

Palestinian teen bears scar of eviction battle in East Jerusalem

Jana Kiswani, a 16-year-old Palestinian, was entering her home in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah when an Israeli police officer shot her...

China welcomes PM Imran’s appreciation of President Xi’s letter

BEIJING: China on Monday welcomed positive comments of Prime Minister Imran Khan on President Xi Jinping’s congratulatory message on World Environment Day and reaffirmed its resolve...

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to fly to space next month

SEATTLE: Amazon's billionaire founder Jeff Bezos said on Monday he and his brother Mark will fly on the first crewed space flight from his...

Afghan troops suffer ‘shockingly high’ casualties as violence mounts

KABUL: At least 150 Afghan troops have been killed or injured in the last 24 hours in a surge of attacks by Taliban militants...