World Press Freedom Day: 48 journalists murdered in Pakistan since 2002
News Analysis | Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) has revealed on Thursday that 48 journalists in the country were deliberately targeted and murdered for their reports...
Sri Lanka blasts show Asia is fertile ground for IS ideology
AFP | The Islamic State group's self-proclaimed "caliphate" may have collapsed in the Middle East but Asia provides fertile territory for a resurrection, analysts say,...
HIV-positive doctor transmitted HIV among patients in Larkana: Sindh Health Minister
News Desk | Sindh Health Minister Dr. Azra Pechuho informed the Sindh Assembly on Thursday that a HIV-positive doctor has spread the Human Immunodeficiency Virus...
Xinjiang crackdown at the heart of China’s Belt and Road
AFP | Traders travel freely through the bustling Khorgos special economic zone that straddles the Kazakhstan-China border, but signs on the Chinese side bear a...
Not PTM but few individuals working against the state: COAS
News Analysis | Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday said that while the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) is itself "not an...
Ban on plastic bags across cities in Pakistan
News Desk | The ban on the sale and purchase of polythene shopping bags is being enforced in different cities of Pakistan to curb plastic...
Who are Sri Lanka’s Christians?
Mathew Schmalz | Nearly 300 people were killed in several coordinated bomb attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter. Several Christian communities spread across...
Seven Indian companies supplying IED components to Islamic State: Report by CAR
News Desk | A groundbreaking research by the Conflict Armament Research (CAR), titled “Tracing the Supply of Components used in Islamic State IEDs”, named seven...
Who’s a Good Boy? Wolves, not dogs, apparently
AFP | If you're looking for a word to describe your adorable pet pup, "selfish" might not top the list. But a new study published...
Kazakhstan arrests dozens of protesters ahead of vote
AFP | Police in Kazakhstan arrested dozens of protesters opposed to the country's regime on Wednesday, after rare demonstrations decrying upcoming elections that critics say...
Alaska’s indigenous people feel the heat of climate change
AFP | The cemetery has already been moved twice, the old school is underwater and the new one is facing the same fate as erosion...
Is Shahbaz Sharif not coming back?
News Desk | Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)’s move to nominate Rana Tanveer as Public Accounts Committee chairman and Khawaja Asif as parliamentary leader on Thursday...