Brazil dam collapse toll rises to 84, mining firm’s output to be hit

AFP | The death toll from the collapse of a Brazilian dam rose to 84 on Tuesday as mining giant Vale announced that moves to...

PM orders removing ban from maids/servants entry in clubs

News Desk | Prime Minister Imran Khan has lifted the ban from the entry of maid and servants in the elite clubs including Islamabad club...

A culture of brutality – Saad Rasool

Saad Rasool | The facts of the Sahiwal incident, the heart-wrenching videos of mortified children who survived and the shifting stance of the counterterrorism Department...

MPCL wins three awards at 11th annual CSR Summit 2019

News Desk | Corporate social responsibility, or CSR, refers to the policies established and efforts taken by businesses to affect a positive impact on their...

Apple profit stable as service gains offset iPhone slump

AFP | Apple said Tuesday that profits held steady in the most recent quarter, with revenue growth in music, movies, apps and other services offsetting...

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...

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,...