Suman Bodani becomes the first female Hindu civil judge

News Desk | Suman Pawan Bodani has become the first female Hindu to be appointed as country's civil judge. Suman Bodani hails from Shahdad Kot,...

Facebook has ‘new tools’ against EU election meddling

AFP | Facebook on Monday unveiled new tools to counter online political meddling in the European elections, part of a campaign to answer growing pressure...

PM Khan inaugurates Oxford-style million dollar ‘Namal Knowledge City’

News Desk | Prime Minister Imran Khan is set to build a million dollar Oxford-style ‘Namal Knowledge City' in his hometown Mianwali. ‘Namal Knowledge City'...

Brazil mining dam collapse hits indigenous water supply

AFP | Muddy waste from a ruptured dam at a mine in Brazil's southeast is reaching an indigenous community in the region, contaminating its water...

Pakistan breakfast at Davos – Ikram Sehgal

Ikram Sehgal | This year’s meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos has been overshadowed by ongoing wars in Syria and Afghanistan as...

Brexit: What is the Irish backstop?

AFP | How to keep the Irish border free-flowing has proved to be the toughest issue to resolve in negotiating Britain's exit from the European...

SC rejects petition against Asia Bibi’s acquittal

News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday has rejected a review petition challenging the apex court's decision to acquit Asia Bibi, a...

Chinese Olympic legend finds her calling on road to 2022

AFP | She was China's first Winter Games gold medallist, a two-time Olympic champion and regarded as one of the finest short-track speed skaters of...

Sea of white: ´Hundreds of thousands´ of fish dead in Australia

AFP | "Hundreds of thousands" of fish have died in drought-stricken Australia in the last few days and more mass deaths are likely to occur,...

Asian markets sink with Wall St as Huawei hangs over trade talks

AFP | Asian markets fell Tuesday as the charging of Chinese giant Huawei in the US cast a shadow over upcoming trade talks, while investors...

US-Afghan peace talks: Long way to go before ‘drafted agreement’

News Analysis | New York Times has reported that both the United States of America and the Taliban, parties to the ongoing dialogue vis-à-vis Afghanistan,...

‘Flight of the revolution’: the Ayatollah’s return to Iran

AFP | In the dead of night on February 1, 1979, Iran's revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini took off for Tehran from Paris onboard a...