‘God will take revenge’ says Afghan father of US drone strike victim

An Afghan whose daughter was among 10 relatives killed by a wrongly directed US drone strike expressed anger Tuesday at Washington's announcement that nobody would be punished for the deadly mishit. The Pentagon has promised to pay compensation

Iran accuses Western powers of ‘blame game’ over 2015 deal

Iran accused Western parties to its 2015 nuclear deal on Tuesday of "persisting in their blame game", a day after European diplomats warned the pact would soon become defunct if efforts to revive it failed.

Salman Khan performs in Riyadh, gets honoured by Saudi Arabia

Other Indian celebrities included Saiee Manjrekar, Manish Paul, Prabhu Deva, Sohail Khan, Sunil Grover, and Kamaal Khan were also part of the tour. Salman Khan performed songs from his career-defining films like Dabangg, Maine Pyaar Kiya and Hum Aapke Hain Kaun.

ADB lends Punjab $200m for modern irrigation system

The scheme will provide reliable irrigation water supply to 704,000 hectares of land in Bhakkar, Jhang, Khushab, Layyah, and Muzaffargarh districts, making them more agriculturally productive.

How can we dismantle prejudice and stereotyping?

At present, the single most menacing non-traditional security threat rampant worldwide probably stems from the propensity of the human mind to discriminate based on stereotypes. The maiden step towards disrupting stereotypes is, to doubt objectivity and increase self-awareness

PTI govt celebrates Pakistan’s achievements on Twitter

Under PM Khan's leadership, Pakistan’s exports had the fastest growth rate in South Asia. The exports grew by 33.5% compared to Bangladesh’s 31.3 % and India’s 26.5% growth. On the development front, the PTI government managed to speed up many infrastructural projects.

Actress Alizeh Shah reacts to fashion show mishap

While returning backstage, Pakistani actress Alizeh Shah, who was a show-stopper at the show, stumbled and fell. The actress struggled to get back up as she was wearing a heavy dress. Shazia Manzoor helped the actress and took her backstage.

Time designates Elon Musk as person of the year

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has been named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year, says bitcoin is suitable as a store of value while the meme cryptocurrency dogecoin is more suitable for transactions.

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Junaid Safdar entertain guests at Qawwali night

Junaid Safdar, once again, sang at his wedding event. This time he sang a soulful rendition of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s song ‘Mein Tenu Samjhawan’. The video is bagging immense traction on social media since last night.

What is the future of the Afghan national army?

Some of the local forces fought bravely for the U.S.-backed Afghan government – and died for it. But many also simply put down their weapons, defected to the Taliban willingly or because their families faced threats, or succumbed to the other forms of bribery.

India created Pakistan & Pakistan created Bangladesh

Gen. Asad Durrani who retired as DG ISI in early 1990's was a young army major on the western front. In this discussion he recounts how there was very limited information of what was happening in East Pakistan. At one point he argues that "We created Bangladesh like India created Pakistan."

Saudi Arabia launches Virtual Black Stone initiative for Holy Mosques

Sheikh Al-Sudais said that the Two Holy Mosques possess great religious and historical relics which must be digitized and communicated to all with the help provided by the Saudi leadership. This initiative has nothing to with 'replacement' with the actual thing.