Source: Dawn HER death was the top news in all media outlets. Tributes to her from national and international leaders have been pouring in large numbers. Millions of people across the country, in jhuggis as well as in posh bungalows, are numb with grief because the voice that was unfailingly […]
Source: Dawn WASHINGTON: Seventeen US intelligence agencies have warned Congress that Pakistan will continue to slip out of America’s influence and into China’s orbit in 2019, and will become a threat to Washington’s interests in the South Asian region. The review is part of an annual report that Director of […]
This content was published on February 9, 2018 Players need to wrap up in thermals, gloves and hats and have footwear with a good grip to stop them […]
Source: Associated Press By ADIL JAWAD KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — The first woman from Pakistan’s tiny minority Hindu community is poised to become lawmaker next month, after the country’s opposition […]
Source: The Reuters ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has banned events marking Valentine’s Day, and media coverage of them, for the second year in a row after a court ruled the […]
Heartbroken that we lost Asma Jahangir – a saviour of democracy and human rights. I met her a week ago in Oxford. I cannot believe she is no more among […]
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1632167/1-asma-jahangir-passes-away-lahore/ Renowned lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir passed away in Lahore on Sunday due to a cardiac arrest. Jahangir, 66, was a human rights lawyer based in Pakistan and was Pakistan’s first woman to serve as the President of Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan. Family sources have confirmed […]
Thousands of Christians, Ahmadis and Hindus are fleeing as the government turns a blind eye to Islamic groups’ harassment of other faiths and beliefs; even atheists have now gone quiet […]
King holds talks with Pakistani premier, army commander in Islamabad By JT – Feb 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah holds talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan […]
There is nothing in Islam that it is incompatible with modern democracy so long as the modern democracy does not prohibit its exercise Times of Ahmad | News […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Thursday 8 February 2018 In this file photo, Jordan’s King Abdullah meets with members of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the US Capitol in Washington, Feb. 3, 2015. (REUTERS) ISLAMABAD: King of Jordan Abdullah II has arrived in Islamabad, on Thursday, on […]
Source: BBC News A Pakistani court has sentenced one man to death and handed life terms to five others for murdering a student who was falsely accused of blasphemy. Twenty-five […]
As India’s space program surges ahead, Pakistan’s remains an afterthought. By Raja Mansoor February 01, 2018 India’s space program is thriving as one of the […]
Source: Dawn ISLAMABAD: A senior counsel told the Supreme Court on Thursday that no political party was currently in a position to muster strength and remove any provision from the Constitution that had a slight link with Islamic injunctions. “The situation in the country today is such that it is […]
How One Scientist Helped the World Go Nuclear By Catherine Collins and Douglas Frantz On February 4, 2004, the Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer (A.Q.) Khan, then famous for his role […]
Source: Dawn THE latest wave of terror attacks in Kabul that has claimed dozens of civilian lives marks the bloodiest phase of the so far 16-year war with the insurgents getting more audacious. The escalation in fighting raises questions about the new US-Afghan strategy. Not that the Afghan capital has […]
January 27, 2018 9:14 PMhttps://www.voanews.com/a/pakistani-activist-gulalai-ismail-pushes-back-blasphemy-charges/4228239.html Nazrana Ghaffar Pakistan’s Gulalai Ismail delivers an acceptance speech after being awarded the Prize for Conflict Prevention for the work of her organization Aware Girls promoting women’s issues and equality in Pakistan, during the award ceremony of the Jacques Chirac Foundation in Paris, Nov. 24 […]
Source: ET KARACHI: Fitch Ratings has announced that it has revised the outlook on Pakistan’s long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings to negative from stable and has affirmed ‘B’ rating for both the categories. In an assessment released on its website on Thursday, Fitch – one of the […]
Boys and their toys. (Reuters/Stringer) Share Written by Hassan Abbas January 22, 2018 Quartz india Evidence indicates that it is difficult to make generalisations about the whole nuclear proliferation episode involving Pakistan, as different sets of motivations, circumstances, and players were involved in the three cases under discussion. Even […]
Source: Time By KATIE REILLY January 22, 2018 Apple is partnering with Malala Fund to educate more than 100,000 girls around the world, the company announced Monday. Malala Fund — the nonprofit founded by […]