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...

Monsoon in India to add insult to virus injury

With hospitals already severely stretched, coronavirus-hit India is now bracing for the monsoon and its deadly annual onslaught of mosquito-borne illnesses, with an overwhelmed...

Pakistan’s positivity rate of the COVID-19 is 22%, WHO

Pakistan’s positivity rate of the deadly coronavirus is now 22 per cent, finds a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Positivity rates, which...

Chennai lockdown reimposed amid flurry of new coronavirus cases

Authorities in the Tamil Nadu state capital Chennai are imposing a new 12-day strict lockdown amid a resurgence in coronavirus cases in the region....

Achilles heel for PTI: The foreign funding case

Seventy is the number of times the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) scrutiny committee has met, so far, in the PTI-foreign funding case. Make...

Iran violating nuclear deal: Israeli intelligence report

Tehran called on the international nuclear watchdog to maintain neutrality and refrain from “unconstructive” decisions based on a biased Israeli intelligence report that claims...

Top Russian newspaper editors quit, denouncing censorship

Senior editors at Russia's leading business newspaper quit Monday in protest against what they say is censorship under new ownership, as a months-long dispute...

Karachi affair: why has a French court convicted three former government officials?

A Paris court has found three former French government officials and three others guilty on charges involving kickbacks from arms sales to Pakistan and...

EU and US talks against China: EU diplomatic chief

The EU's chief diplomat on Monday called for Europe and the United States to launch talks aimed at forging a common transatlantic front against...