Pakistani envoy unlawfully detained in India
News Desk | An official of the Pakistan High Commission was arrested by the Indian authorities on Sunday, January 13, 2019, and was released after...
US newspaper reports White House sought military strike against Iran
AFP | The White House demanded that the military draft plans for strikes on Iran after attacks in Iraq last year, sparking concern at the...
Hafiz Jalandhri: The man who penned national anthem
News Desk | Today marks the 119th birthday of Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jalandhari. The poet of Pakistan’s national anthem was born on Jan 14, 1900,...
Pompeo to press Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi’s murder
AFP | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday arrived in Riyadh, where he is set to press Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman...
‘Sister’s Day’: Can University of Faisalabad reform Valentine’s Day?
News Analysis| A Pakistani university is rebranding Valentine's Day as "Sister's Day", and debating marking the holiday widely seen as a Western import by handing...
APS survivor becomes first Pakistani to receive ‘Points of Light Award’ in UK
News Desk | Ahmad Nawaz, a survivor of the terrorist attack on Army Public School Peshawar, has been given "Points of Light Award" from 10...
Qatar rejects normalising ties with ‘criminal’ Assad
AFP| Qatar's foreign minister ruled out on Monday the possibility of re-opening an embassy in Damascus, in line with some other Gulf countries, calling Syrian...
Temple conflict: Right wingers threaten Indian heroic women
AFP | Bindu Ammini and Kanakadurga are living on the run since infuriating Hindu traditionalists by entering one of India's holiest temples that for generations...
Iran to launch two satellites in ‘coming days’
AFP| Iran's president said Monday the Islamic republic plans to launch two domestically made satellites into orbit in the "coming days" to gather information on...
Political monopolies damaging democracy in Pakistan – Farid A Malik
Dr. Farid A Malik | During his speech in 1966, President John F. Kennedy quoted a Chinese curse, ‘May you live in interesting times’. He...
Remembering Pakistan’s genius – Arfa Karim
News Desk | Today (January 14) marks the seventh death anniversary of youngest Microsoft professional Arfa Karim, who passed away at the age of 16...
Celebrating without cause? – Saad Rasool
Saad Rasool | Earlier in the week, as reported, the honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan referred the JIT Report (regarding money laundering by Asif Zardari...