Bitcoin extends downtrend, falls 12.1% to $47,176

Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is down 31.6 percent from the year's high of $69,000 reached on November 10. Bitcoin dived 12.14 percent to $47,176.09 on Saturday, losing $6,567.6 from its previous close

Pakistan re-elected to the executive council of OPCWs

Pakistan has been re-elected to the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for the term 2022-2024. The elections were held during the recently concluded 26th Session of the Conference of States Parties.

Iran not serious about reviving nuclear deal: Blinken

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said that the latest round of Iran nuclear talks ended because Iran right now does not seem to be serious about doing what is necessary to return to compliance with a 2015 deal

Pakistani teen climber passed bodies of heroes on K2 Summit

Kashif became the youngest person to summit both Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, and K2, the second-highest. It was on K2, that he passed the bodies of Iceland's John Snorri, Chile's Juan Pablo Mohr, and Pakistani climbing legend Ali Sadpara.

UN report on excessive use of force and violations of human rights in India

India is playing the anti-China card in order to gain favor with the US and its allies. However, the UN has exposed India's true face by publishing a report on the use of excessive force by police on public roads against journalists and human rights defenders Chandra Bhushan Tiwari and Aakash Hassan

Punjab counters pollution, bans cars without M-tags on motorway

LHC announced to ban vehicles without M-tags on motorways. The ban comes as the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) raised concerns regarding air quality at toll plazas, which according to the Air Quality Index, is the highest. 

BRT Peshawar gets international recognition

The BRT Peshawar has received an honorable mention in The Sustainable Transport Award 2022 for its sustainable impact. The award recognizes cities that implement innovative and sustainable transport projects in the preceding year.

Let’s save Pakistan from getting lynched in Sialkot – Again

Priyantha Diyawadana, a Sri Lankan national who worked as general manager of a factory of the industrial engineering company Rajco Industries in Sialkot, Punjab, was set upon by a violent crowd on Friday. This religious bigotry in society is our new nucleus

Iran not interested in nuclear talks: US

When asked what options the US has to contain Iran's nuclear program, Blinken said that the US in consultation with other partners in the region, including Israel, China and Russia. 

Darul Uloom Haqqania and the new cabinet of the Taliban in Afghanistan

Darul Uloom Haqqania, one of Pakistan's largest and oldest seminaries, has produced more Taliban leaders than any school. Now its alumni hold important positions in Afghanistan. The seminary's old students established the Taliban movement and governed Afghanistan in the 1990s.

Forced marriages banned in Afghanistan: Taliban

“Adult women's consent is necessary during Nekah/marriage,” Taliban supreme commander Hibatullah Akhunzada said in a special decree, asserting genders “should be equal.”

Yogi Adityanand’s offer of body, mind, wealth and guns smacks seditious

On September 28 2015 seven members of BJP leader, Sanjay Rana’s family of the nine accused in the murder of Mohammad Akhlak. In response to the police investigation, the controversial Member of Parliament from Gorakhpur Yogi Adityanath offered mind, wealth and guns to the Hindus