Backstreet Boys take fans on a trip to nostalgia with online concert

Backstreets Boys came together on social media to entertain their fans stuck at home in lockdown due to coronavirus across the world. With the coronavirus...

Pervez Hoodbhoy, and not Jinnah, is wrong.

Twangar Kazmi | Recently in a widely shared talk, Mr. Pervez Hoodbhoy said, “Jinnah had no idea what he was doing” and made many other...

How will developing countries deal with Coronavirus outbreak? UN answers

Developing countries, including Pakistan, will be hit hardest by the economic shock waves caused by the novel Coronavirus crisis that has shaken the world...

Covid-19: Pakistan could have tackled it better

There’s a message in Pakistani and Egyptian responses to the Coronavirus: neither ultra-conservative science-rejecting worldviews nor self-serving autocratic policies aimed at regime enhancement produced...

Could homemade masks help stop infected people spreading virus?

Is a homemade mask better than nothing at all? With an unknown number of asymptomatic virus carriers, some experts are advising people to fashion...

Strengthening lending capacity: IMF secures loans from member countries

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Tuesday its members have agreed to renew arrangements ensuring the fund has lending firepower, especially as the coronavirus...

Is PIA really going to resume International Flight Operation from April 4?

The Pakistan International Airlines has reportedly decided to partially restore international flights from April 4 from the New Islamabad International Airport. The Civil Aviation...

Hajj 2020: Saudi Arabia may delay hajj plans over coronavirus epidemic

Saudi Arabia's hajj minister asked Muslims on Tuesday to temporarily defer preparations for the annual pilgrimage amid uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this month,...

Covid-19 security threat: Trillions spent on security but no mechanism to fight Covid-19

To live in interesting times – allegedly an ancient Chinese curse. Although the phrase appears as though it is a harbinger for blessings and...

From surveillance to prison: Russia’s story of confinement

Just a week ago President Vladimir Putin declared Russia had the coronavirus outbreak "under control". Since then, a strict lockdown has been put in place...

Five things we still don’t know about the coronavirus!

Despite extensive study by doctors and scientists across the world since the new coronavirus first appeared in China three months ago, much about the...

Lock-downs in Europe could have saved 59,000 lives: Study

Strict containment measures might have already saved up to 59,000 lives across 11 European countries battling the spread of the new coronavirus, experts in...