US federal employees protest against shutdown costing them their pay
AFP | Several hundred US federal employees who have not been paid in weeks due to the partial government shutdown protested against the impasse on...
SC orders arrest of the accused in Khadija stabbing case
News Desk | The Supreme Court on Wednesday has ordered the arrest of Shah Hussain in the Khadija stabbing case. The SC took up the...
FBI in shutdown: ‘We can’t pay informants’
AFP | FBI agents complained Monday that the month-old US government shutdown is preventing them from paying informants, buying drugs undercover in narcotics busts, and...
PM seeks financial assistance package from Doha
News Desk | Prime Minister Imran Khan has sought an economic assistance package from Qatar which includes revision of LNG price and its supply on...
Corruption, Commitment, Competence, Compassion, Courage – Farid A Malik
Dr. Farid A Malik | In December 1979 when I arrived in Arizona for graduate studies, I came to know about the five C’s of...
Crackdown on illegal gas filling agencies
News Desk | District management Rawalpindi has issued orders to seal 1066 illegal gas filling LPG agencies on Wednesday Jan 23. Civil Defense Department conducted...
Grammy nominee blasts designers for dubbing her ‘too big’ to dress
AFP | An American pop star up for Best New Artist at next month's Grammys says she's struggling to find a dress for the ceremony,...
PAF pilot martyred as aircraft crashes
News Desk | A pilot of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) was martyred in an air crash near Balochistan's Mastung area on Wednesday. “PAF’s F-7PG...
Netflix apologizes for use of Quebec rail disaster footage
AFP | Netflix has rejected a Quebec government request that it pull footage of a 2013 Canadian rail disaster from its film "Bird Box," while...
Freemasonry’s ‘Jadoo Ghar’ once existed in Pakistan
Sarmad Ishfaq | The Freemasons are secular fraternal organizations that find their roots from stonemasons of ancient civilizations. The Masons claim they are an organization...
Taliban continue peace talks amid violence
News Analysis | The United States for the first time has confirmed on Wednesday (today) that its envoy is meeting in Qatar with the Taliban,...
After a month of shutdown, US federal workers turn to food banks
AFP | Most never needed help from a food pantry. But a month since the US government shutdown began, dozens of federal employees have been...