Australia will head to the polls for a federal election on 3 May, in what is predicted to be a tight race. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, whose Labor Party will be defending a small majority, announced the date from Parliament… Continue Reading
Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry the troubled and bitter Rasheed, who is thirty years her senior. Nearly two decades later, in a climate of growing unrest, tragedy strikes fifteen-year-old Laila, who must leave… Continue Reading
IN times of erosion of trust in our institutions — parliament, the judiciary, army and the state — it is challenging to talk about labour unions struggling on the fringes for decades and held in low esteem by our elite… Continue Reading
ROME: Fifty-nine people died, including some children, when a wooden sailing boat carrying migrants crashed against rocks on the southern Italian coast early on Sunday, authorities said. The vessel had set sail from Turkiye several days ago with migrants from… Continue Reading
QUETTA: The Marri woman who last week was rescued from captivity along with her children after spending years in a private jail in Barkhan town narrated her ordeal on Sunday, recalling that the family was subjected to torture, kept separately in… Continue Reading
The books’ publisher said readers will now be free to choose between different versions of Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s novels Penguin Random House has opted to publish unedited versions of Roald Dahl’s children’s books, after the UK-based company revised passages… Continue Reading
THE government’s decision to declassify and make public the record of the Toshakhana gifts and their buyers is a welcome change of heart on its part. Only a few weeks ago, the government had told the Lahore High Court that… Continue Reading
WHILE the violation of fundamental rights is a nationwide phenomenon, the situation in Balochistan is particularly acute. In this neglected corner of the country, dead bodies are discovered in unexplained circumstances, mass graves have been found, while various strands of… Continue Reading
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global financial crime watchdog, on Friday suspended Russia’s membership, saying Moscow’s war in Ukraine violated the organisation’s principles. The FATF is an inter-governmental organisation set up to combat money laundering and terrorism financing… Continue Reading
Pakistan, Uzbekistan sign $1 billion trade deal Pakistan and Uzbekistan signed on Friday a $1 billion deal to increase bilateral trade, a statement from Pakistan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs said. The deal was sealed at the 8th meeting of the Pakistan-Uzbekistan… Continue Reading