SBP approves Rs82.6mn interest-free student loan scheme

The Apex Committee for Student Loan Scheme has approved Rs82.6 million for deserving students who can't afford undergraduate and further education in Pakistan. The SBP has also released the first list of the students who have successfully availed of this offer.

The choked filters of the State of Pakistan

The filters of Pakistan have been contaminated with repeated measures of corruption, so a mere oil change is only a short-term fix. There is...

NAB given deadline to decide on Manzoor Wassan corruption case

Sindh High Court gives NAB 30 days to decide on inquiry against PPP leader Manzoor Wassan's corruption case. According to NAB, the PPP leader made assets beyond his known sources of income.

Afghan footballer among those who fell from Kabul plane

Zaki Anwari, a 19 year old Afghan footballer lost his life trying to escape from Afghanistan by clinging to the sides of a US military plane. Football world offers condolences on the tragic event.

Netizens compare Iqrar-ul-Hassan with Shahid Afridi on statements of ‘daughters’

Iqrar-ul-Hassan's statements of not having a daughter did not go well with the netizens who slammed him for giving a perception that daughters are a burden to parents. Pakistani Twitter users compared him to former cricketer Shahid Afridi who is blessed with four daughters.

Elon Musk’s Tesla reveals human robot

Tesla will launch the “Tesla Bot” prototype in 2022, Elon Musk announced during the Artificial Intelligence Event the company held today at its Palo Alto headquarters.

WSJ: Sec Blinken was warned about Kabul’s Fall

About two dozen U.S. diplomats in Afghanistan sent an internal cable last month warning Secretary of State Antony Blinken of the potential fall of...

PIA evacuate 350 more people from Kabul

Pakistan has continued to play a positive role amidst chaos in Afghanistan. It is still offering save evacuations and transit routes to those who wish to travel back home.

US defeat in Afghanistan: Ending west’s dream of hegemony over Eurasian land mass?

The ex-Soviet states of the Caucasus and Central Asia have, following the early 1990s, been “all about America's energy security” according to Bill Richardson,...

Taliban digging door to door for US helpers, UN Documents

The Taliban have been conducting "targeted door-to-door visits" of individuals they want to apprehend and their family members, the report says.

US blogger Cynthia D Ritchie claims to be poisoned in her apartment

American blogger Cynthia D Ritchie claims that two Indian men came to her apartment and asked her not to work in Pakistan. Then they intoxicated her.

Erdogan willing to talk to Afghan Taliban

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Ankara is willing to cooperate with the Taliban after they took over Kabul on 15th August....