Fire at Mumbai rooftop party kills 15
AFP | Fire tore through a Mumbai building where a rooftop party was being held early Friday, killing at least 15 people and leaving many...
Cheaper brands of cigarettes to get a tax slap
News Analysis | The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has suspended the third slab of cigarette brands introduced by Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to harbor...
Saudi air raid kills 68 civilians in one day in Yemen: UN
AFP | Sixty-eight Yemeni civilians were killed in two separate air raids by the Saudi-led Arab coalition in one day, the UN humanitarian Coordinator in...
Canada welcomes Pakistani tech start-ups with open arms
News Desk | According to a new visa programme offered by the Canadian government, Pakistani tech start-ups and entrepreneurs will be given greater access to...
Sania Mirza makes trip to Lahore to visit family
News Desk | Indian Tennis player and the wife of cricketer Shoaib Malik, Sania Mirza, recently made a family trip to Lahore. The tennis player...
College teachers protest for structural service reforms
Qaiser Sajjad | Teachers are the builders of the nation’s future because they not only educate the students, but also play an important role in...
Gharban Waterfall – A breathtaking cascade destroyed by neglect
Mudassir Saeed | Most of the time I feel myself in complete conformity with what the famous author Tahir Shah put, in his book House...
Rihanna calls to end gun violence after cousin’s death
News Desk | Pop singer Rihanna has called for an end to gun violence after a man she claims to be her cousin died in...
Multiple blasts at Shia cultural centre in Kabul kill 40
AFP | At least 40 people were killed and dozens more wounded in multiple blasts at a Shiite cultural centre in Kabul on Thursday, officials...
Why nuclear arsenal advancement is essential for Pakistan
Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The strategic significance of the nuclear weapons is undeniable. These weapons make major or total wars less likely between the belligerent...
The quality gap in Pakistan’s education system
Myrah Qadeer Khan | In the course of recent decades Pakistan's training environment has developed to the point of being indistinguishable. Helped by inadequate open division...
A polite ‘shut up’ call
Ikram Sehgal | Along with one of my platoons, radio operator and runner, I was hugging the bottom of a steep ridge with Marri militants...