Dangerous arctic chill sweeps over US Midwest

AFP | The polar vortex is here tens of millions of people in the United States braced Tuesday for a deep arctic chill, which authorities...

Canadian serial killer pleads guilty to eight murders

AFP | A Canadian landscaper on Tuesday pleaded guilty to the murders of eight men with links to Toronto's gay community and the mutilation of...

French jihadists in Syria may be allowed home, Paris says

AFP | France on Tuesday opened the door to repatriating more than a hundred jihadists being held in Syria, in a marked change in stance...

NBP declares half-yearly profit as NBP Funds inaugurates new Islamic savings centre

News Desk | The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has declared a half-yearly profit for the period July to December 2018, on deposits of Profit/Loss...

CJP Khosa shares his take on Aasiya Bibi’s #10YearChallenge – Maleeha Hashmey

Maleeha Hashmey | Man is the crown of all creations. At his best, man is the noblest of all animals, separated from law and justice...

Sahiwal Tragedy: Should the government form a Judicial Commission?

News Analysis | In a major development, the Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Tuesday rejected the joint investigation team’s (JIT) report on Sahiwal massacre,...

Trust Trump’s money for Facebook with earnings due

AFP | Winning back trust is seen as the key priority for Facebook as the world's biggest social network readies its update on the final...

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...

Cement exports rise 32.4 % as new lines join production

News Desk | The export of cement from the country witnessed an increase of 32.4 percent during first half of current fiscal year as compared...