There was a time where I wanted to perform an item number myself: Hamza Ali Abbasi

News Desk | Hamza Ali Abbasi, an actor turned social media activist, made an intriguing revelation in his latest interview to GVS publication about his...

Four questions on Iran’s legal challenge to US sanctions

AFP | Iran's legal challenge against renewed sanctions by the United States goes before the UN's International Court of Justice on Monday. Here are four key...

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...

Common man’s uncommon PM -Ikram Sehgal

Ikram Sehgal | Imran Khan won over the hearts of the masses by his very candid and honest manner in his address to the nation...

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...