Agriculture development

Dr. Farid A Malik | My great friend Tariq Bucha (Late), was President Farmer’s Association of Pakistan and also headed the Agriculture and Rural Development...

Honduran families traumatized by US-imposed separations

AFP | Since being returned to his parents in Honduras, 16-month-old Johan has suffered from stomach problems and sleepwalking. They say the symptoms come from the...

India warns of ‘extremely grave’ crisis as flood toll rises

AFP | Hundreds of troops led a desperate operation to rescue families trapped by mounting floods in India's Kerala state Thursday as the death toll...

Current assemblies are the most ‘controversial’, alleges PML-N President

News Analysis | The President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shahbaz Sharif has alleged that the present assemblies are the most ‘controversial’ ones in...

The democratic Messiah to wake the nation from a deep slumber

Waqqas Shabbir | Goons have been busted, Zardaris are on crossroads. Drunkard speaker has been reelected, personal aides have been served. Nepotism is the only mantra. Mafia...

Tehran museum lionises war in which Iran took on ‘world’

AFP | With its air raid simulator and battlefield reconstructions, the state-of-the-art Holy Defence Museum in Tehran seeks to glorify the Iran-Iraq war as a...

Iraqi girls take up swimming in IS-free Mosul

AFP | Her father and grandfather gained fame in the pool. Now, 12-year-old Rama Omar hopes to do the same -- a bold move in...

Imran Khan, the 22nd Prime Minister, graces Pakistan’s democracy, supporters are in tears.

News Analysis | Imran Khan, a cricketer-turned-statesman, has been elected as the 22nd Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. His party, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf...

Prosecutor in Chilean sex abuse scandal targets bishops

AFP | The prosecutor in charge of investigating a massive sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church in Chile said several bishops could face charges...

Eid-ul-Adha 2017: Glimpses from around the world

Eid-ul-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, is the second most revered festival in the Muslim world, which is celebrated to mark the end of...

The game of skins; how Eid-ul-Adha used to be a time of fear

Eid-ul-Adha is the holiest of Islamic festivals but ironically, these sacred days provide a bonanza for the whole criminal spectrum from the low-level hoodlums...

Post-election predicament: Another episode of anti-institutional propaganda setting

Merwah Qureshi | The post-election atmosphere in Pakistan tells the tale of an anti-institutional propaganda setting. Most of the defeated politicians, after losing their tokens...