Punjab Governor signs Local Government Bill 2019 into law

News Desk | Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar signed on Saturday the Local Government Bill 2019 and turned it into a law. The governor said...

More than 1,000 dead in D.R. Congo Ebola epidemic

AFP | More than 1,000 people have now died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said, as aid workers warned that the...

Boeing plane skids into Florida river in crash-landing, no fatalities

AFP | A Boeing 737 slid off a runway into a river after crash-landing at a Florida naval air station Friday, officials said, with no...

Coronation begins for Thailand’s King Maha

AFP | The coronation ceremony for King Maha Vajiralongkorn, Rama X of Thailand, began Saturday in an elaborate show of pageantry, laced with Hindu and...

Child Marriage debate: Twitteratis slam the Council of Islamic Ideology

News Analysis | In the latest development, the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) said on Friday that a "better way" to tackle the prevalent practice...

‘Surprise package’ — Pakistan’s 150kph teen with World Cup in his sights

AFP | Four years ago, two-time World Cup winner Steve Waugh predicted young fast bowler Mohammad Hasnain would one day make a name for himself...

Is Shahbaz Sharif seeking political asylum in UK?

News Analysis | Shah Mahmood Qureshi, vice chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Foreign Minister of Pakistan said on Friday he expected the PML-N to...

Alaska’s thaw threatens prehistoric sites once frozen in time

AFP | The first artefact -- a wooden mask -- was discovered in 2007 by a child who stumbled upon it while playing on the...

North Korea fires short-range ‘projectiles’ into sea: Seoul

AFP | North Korea launched unidentified projectiles into the sea Saturday, the South Korean military said, in what could be Pyongyang's first short-range missile launch...

How to fix Nature and avoid human misery: UN report

AFP | Revamping global food production, retooling the financial sector, moving beyond GDP as a measure of progress and other "transformative changes" are needed to...

Trump hails ‘very positive’ Venezuela talks with Putin

AFP | President Donald Trump said he held "very positive" talks Friday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the crisis in oil-rich Venezuela, where...

Pakistan demands Facebook remove polio vaccine misinformation

AFP | Pakistan urged Facebook to remove harmful polio-related content from the social networking site on Friday, saying it was jeopardising eradication initiatives and putting...
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