Problems with remote learning: A dire need to reopen institutes
It is going to be almost 6 months since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in Pakistan which started back at the end of...
August Editorial Periscope: making sense of what is happening now in Kashmir
In this issue, Dr Moeed Pirzada’s well-researched piece, “Kashmir, Gurdaspur and Mountbatten” points out that design to forcibly take over Kashmir was already there; he critically examines if Maharaja could have even thought of “accession” with India without the award of “Gurdaspur” to Indian Union in the Radcliffe Award of Aug 16, 1947.
Coronavirus deaths drop in most regions: WHO
The coronavirus pandemic is still raging worldwide, but fresh data being analysed by the World Health Organization indicates that its pace is easing in...
Will Washington push Sudan close to Israel?
Will Washington succeed in pushing Sudan closer to Israel? Question becomes important as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Sudan Tuesday on a...
China and US to push forward economic deal – despite tensions
Top negotiators from the US and China spoke on the phone Tuesday and agreed to "push forward" their phase one economic deal, amid soaring...
Aamir Khan: Hindutva trolls call Junaid Jamshed, Tariq Jameel LeT activists in viral image
The online trolls misquoted the picture of Bollywood actor Aamir Khan with Junaid Jamshed and Maulana Tariq Jameel to disparage the actor. In the latest...
America erupts in protests as police shoot Jacob Blake
Police fired tear gas on Monday when protesters demanding racial justice and shouting, "Black lives matter" in the city of Kenosha in Wisconsin turned...
Brian Lara lauds Azhar Ali for finest 141-runs knock in 3rd Test match
Former West Indian cricketer Brian Lara lauded Pakistani Test team skipper Azhar Ali for playing indefatigable innings in the first innings of the third...
Respiratory influenza viruses may spread via airborne dust
A study suggests that influenza viruses can spread through the air not only in droplets which a person who has the virus releases when...
Khan asks Chinese investors to open offices in Pakistan, increase collaboration
“Chinese business houses should establish their regional offices in Pakistan,” the prime minister said while chairing a meeting with a delegation of 10 leading...
Republican convention praises Trump, dark warnings issued for the US in case of loss
US Republicans launched their national convention Monday with a full-throated endorsement of President Donald Trump's record and laid out a bleak vision of how...
Let Us Talk About Climate Change, Shall We?
Destruction is not coming, but we are bringing it. Many of the leading Astrophysicists such as Neil DeGrasses Tyson say that we only understand...