Axact back in the limelight over fake degrees scandal

News Analysis | Pakistan based IT company Axact came back into the limelight after the BBC exposed a fake degrees scandal on Tuesday. The BBC...

UK appoints ‘minister for loneliness’

AFP | Britain appointed a "minister for loneliness" on Wednesday to tackle what Prime Minister Theresa May described as "the sad reality of modern life"...

Saudi Arabia announces $2 billion bailout for Yemen government

AFP | Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday that it would transfer $2 billion to Yemen's central bank, following desperate calls for funding from the war-torn...

BJP leader responsible for ‘Free Balochistan’ signs abroad

News Analysis | A close aide of the Indian Prime Minister Narendar Modi and Bhartiya Janata Party's New Delhi spokesperson has extensive links to the...

Dubai’s state-owned DP World looks to take over companies to push political agenda

James M Dorsey | The $6.85 billion acquisition in 2006 of Peninsular & Oriental (P&O) Steam Navigation Company, a storied British shipping and logistics company,...

Banning primary education in English might backfire on Iran

Andrew Korybko | Iran banned the teaching of English in both government and non-government primary schools. The decree comes after a week of protests at...

Indian criminals to undergo ‘cow therapy’

AFP | Indian inmates are to be exposed to the "magical power" of cows under a radical rehabilitation programme involving rearing the beasts -- revered...

Sharif appears before the accountability court amid tight security

News Analysis | Former premier Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain (Retd.) Safdar appeared before the accountability court today amid tight security...

Malala donates $700,000 for construction of school in Swat

News Desk | Social activist Malala Yousafzai has donated 700,000 dollars for the construction of a school in her hometown in Swat Valley. The school is...

Film banned in Pakistan becomes biggest hit of Salman’s career

News Desk | ‘Tiger Zinda Hai' has become Bollywood's highest grossing movie of 2017. To be exact the movie has earned the profits of Rs.325.71...

Over 20 million Yemenis in need of aid: UN

AFP | More than three-quarters of Yemenis are now in need of humanitarian aid as the war between rebels and the Saudi-backed government nears its...

New Baluchistan CM to reform police force

News Analysis | While addressing a press conference in Chief Minister Secretariat, the new Chief Minister Baluchistan Abdul Quddus Bizenjo said that the police force...
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