Sweden launches ‘feminist foreign policy’ manual
AFP | Sweden released a handbook of its "feminist foreign policy" Thursday for rights groups and foreign governments, showcasing lessons from the Scandinavian nation's flagship...
Thar badleyga Pakistan -Farid A. Malik
Dr. Farid A Malik | Celebrated the independence day at Thar which happens to be one of the largest single deposit of coal in the...
Another ceasefire announced by Afghanistan Government during Eid days
News Analysis | Encouraged with the jubilations between Taliban and government forces which the cease-fire during Eid ul Fitr brought, the Afghan government has announced...
Shah Mahmood to start a new era of cooperation with neighbors
News Analysis | The newly-appointed foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has acknowledged that there is a need to alter the 'direction' of Pakistan's foreign policy...
Allahuma Labaik -Flying to Hajj
News Desk | Every year, over two million Muslim pilgrims from around the world descend on Mecca to perform the Hajj. With the convenience of modern...
Bodies found as floods recede in India’s Kerala
AFP | Floodwaters receded in Kerala on Monday, leaving Indian rescuers the grim task of retrieving bodies as the death toll from the worst monsoon...
Fifty years ago, Soviet tanks crush the Prague Spring
AFP | In August 1968 Soviet tanks rolled into communist Czechoslovakia to crush a burgeoning democratic reform movement known as the Prague Spring. Here is...
US welcomes Afghanistan’s latest ceasefire offer to Taliban
AFP | The United States on Sunday welcomed the announcement by Kabul of a provisional ceasefire with the Taliban, saying the plan "responds to the...
Tributes pour in for former UN chief and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan
AFP | From his native Africa to the United States, tributes continued to pour in from around the world Sunday after UN chief, Nobel peace...
When Czechoslovaks cracked jokes in the face of Soviet tanks
AFP | Even when Soviet tanks invaded their country on August 21, 1968, to wipe out a pro-democracy movement, Czechoslovaks managed to maintain their unique...
More than two million Muslims begin hajj pilgrimage
AFP | More than two million Muslims from around the globe started the hajj pilgrimage on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, one of the world's largest...
New Cabinet takes oath
News Analysis | The Prime Minister’s cabinet in ‘Naya Pakistan’ took oath today in the early hours of today. The President of Pakistan, Mamnoon Hussain,...