Nigeria: Africa’s top oil producer, world’s extreme poverty capital

AFP | In the Ago Egun Bariga area of Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, there is no road, no electricity, no running water and no rubbish...

A stitch in time to save Egypt’s ancient tentmaking craft

AFP | Mohsen al-Khayami has for years watched sadly as his once lucrative craft business dwindled and fellow artisans deserted the ancient art known as...

National action plan against drugs addiction

Abdul Rasool Syed | Sadly, Drugs addiction is surging at an exponential rate in our country. It has engulfed our people especially the young generation...

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...

Jet-setting Davos elite frets about climate

AFP | A die-hard environmentalist and head of a polluting company walk into a conference centre... The World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos is one of...

Putin and Erdogan to hold Syria talks

AFP | Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold Syria talks in Moscow on Wednesday, with Turkey saying they...
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