After pledging a softer version of their brutal and repressive regime of the 1990s, the Taliban are tightening their control of women's freedoms one month after seizing power. This has sparked rage over the dramatic loss of rights.
Over 500 policemen were deployed for duty in Islamabad and Rawalpindi including five SPs and SSPs who were leading the team. Policemen were served Biryani, twice a day leading to a cost of Rs. 2.7 million during the eight-day tour of the New Zealand cricket team.
A sense of deja vu swept the country on Friday when New Zealand abruptly pulled the plug on their first Pakistan tour in 18 years, citing a security alert. It is a massive setback for the cricket-mad nation which moved heaven and earth to project itself as a safe destination.
According to Prof. Abdul Shakoor Shah, digital parenting is not only related to children’s digital safety, it also inculcates parents’ learning, surfing, restrictive, and managing skills. The restrictive approach to digital parenting undermines children’s digital skills and innovation.
Security forces kill a TTP leader in North Waziristan. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the TTP leader murdered four female representatives of an NGO. He also target-killed engineers belonging to the Frontier Works Organisation in November 2020.
Farah Adeed, a student of political science at San Diego State University, California, discusses how the Americans earned their freedom and laid down the foundation of a new country. America’s historical experience was different which led to the making of a different society.
Dr. Tahir Ashraf talks about SCO's efforts to step present a unified vision on dealing with Afghanistan, a nation that sits literally at its geographic core. The Summit focus is to reflect a fractured regional view of how to handle the new Taliban authorities in Afghanistan.
Virat Kohli, who has been with RCB since the inaugural IPL in 2008, announced in a video message on his team's Twitter feed that he will step down as captain of his Indian Premier League side RCB after the ongoing edition of the Twenty20 tournament.
A North Korean ministry official said that the US double-dealing attitude seriously threatens world peace and stability. These are extremely undesirable and dangerous acts that will upset the strategic balance and trigger off a chain of the nuclear arms race.
Pakistani edtech startup 'Maqsad' gets $2.1 million in pre-seed money to help achieve its aim of increasing educational accessibility to the students of Pakistan. It is a one-stop-shop for after-school academic content in the country.
American political commentator & journalist Glenn Beck appreciates PM Khan's evacuation role in Afghanistan. In a series of tweets, Glenn Beck explains how PM Khan was the only global leader who had swiftly responded to the calls of help.
Turkey and Indonesia may end up competing for the leadership of the Muslim world, argues, Prof James Dorsey. This is a battle, no one saw coming, which is likely to determine which Muslim-majority country or countries will be recognized as leaders of the Islamic world.
