TEHRAN: Protests rocked Iran again overnight after a seeming slowdown in recent weeks, with marchers calling for the overthrow of the government, online video posts purportedly showed on Friday. The marches in numerous cities including Tehran that began on Thursday… Continue Reading
ISLAMABAD: Amid a global economic slowdown, Pakistan’s exports of rice posted a negative growth of 15.82 per cent in the first seven months of the current fiscal year mainly due to the flood devastation of paddy fields in Sindh. In… Continue Reading
THE Gomal University administration’s decision to ban the mixing of male and female college students on the pretext of security is an absurd development, and reeks of an Afghan Taliban mindset that favours the policing of women. Female students have… Continue Reading
IF the analysis of an American government think tank stating that the Afghan Taliban are unwilling to end their support for the banned TTP is accurate, it would put to rest the illusion harboured by some in our security establishment… Continue Reading
SENSIBLE initiative is on the cards that proposes to use technology and the huge Nadra database to address critical social issues that affect young people in our midst at various stages of their life. The health ministry and the National… Continue Reading
The Chinese billionaire chairman of investment bank China Renaissance has gone missing, the firm said, as shares in the company plunged in Hong Kong on Friday. Bao Fan, who is also executive director of the bank, is a major figure… Continue Reading
India’s chief cricket selector Chetan Sharma resigned Friday, an offical told AFP, after a TV network sting caught him gossiping about players and claiming the widespread use of unsanctioned injections to pass fitness tests. The 57-year-old had accused ex-captain Virat… Continue Reading
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday set out ambitions to more than triple annual defence exports to $5 billion over the next two years, as arms firms flocked to a major air show for a slice of the nation’s… Continue Reading
Pervez Musharraf was one of Pakistan’s better dictators A protagonist in the war on terror, the former generalissimo died in Dubai on February 5th When Pervez Musharraf was appointed army chief of Pakistan in 1998, he was considered a surprising… Continue Reading
The United States will work to maintain lines of communication with China despite a rift over an alleged surveillance balloon, a top US diplomat said on Wednesday. The United States and China have “never stopped communicating and trying to understand… Continue Reading