Korean liaison office destroyed by North Korea amid rising tensions with South

North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office on its side of the border on Tuesday, after days of increasingly virulent rhetoric from Pyongyang....

From Chiniot to Harvard; the story of a boy from Pakistan

From matriculation in Chiniot and a Bachelors degree in Karachi to Harvard University in USA; my journey has had me attend top institutes in...

Second global wave of coronavirus nigh amid cases in New Zealand and China

More than two dozen new coronavirus cases in China and the first New Zealand infections in almost a month on Tuesday underlined the immense...

Repercussions of tensions between India and China for Asia

The uprising of Ladakh in 1959 had transformed into a full-fledged war between China and India in 1962. It resulted in a rather unfavourable...

Foreign investment obliterated by pandemic: UN

Global foreign direct investment flows are likely to plunge by 40 percent this year due to the coronavirus crisis, the UN said Tuesday, with...

Three Indians killed in Ladakh clash with China

Three Indians have been killed in a "violent face-off" in Ladakh clash with China on the border, the Indian army said Tuesday following weeks...

What makes ICC investigation of US war crimes in Afghanistan highly sensitive

Britain has joined France and Germany to break with the United States over President Trump’s Executive Order on June 11 authorising economic sanctions against...

A complete list finalized to lock down streets of 32 areas in Lahore

A list has been finalized to lock down the streets of 32 areas in Lahore to counter novel coronavirus and will be presented in...

Hajj on the brink as Saudi Arabia mulls decision amid virus spike

Saudi Arabia is expected to scale back or call off this year's hajj pilgrimage for the first time in its modern history, observers say,...

Pakistan’s governance structure notorious for delayed decision making

Delaying of decisions to defy needed change is fatal for any country. A well-known proverb says ‘Never put off till tomorrow what you can...

Saudi-led coalition removed from UN blacklist

Campaigners reacted angrily on Monday to the removal of the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen from a list of groups violating children's rights, in...

How to help rural Pakistan’s women amid Covid-19

With COVID-19 wreaking havoc to the economic, social and political fabric of societies worldwide, the gendered impact of the outbreak is being debated by...