A bombing and a shooting attack in Kabul killed at least three people, including a deputy provincial governor, while a deputy provincial council chief was killed in western Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said. The attacks are the latest in relentless violence in Afghanistan even as the Taliban and Afghan government negotiators hold talks in Qatar, […]
The stock market extended its splendid rally as the KSE-100 index added 443 points to the 796 points it had amassed a day earlier. But that was until the last hour of trading when companies, brokers, and insurance firms thought discretion to be the better part of valor and launched into heavy profit-selling that saw […]
An Iranian woman who became known as a “Zombie Angelina Jolie” lookalike has jailed after sharing creepy pictures online. Sahar Tabar, 19, has sentenced to 10 years in prison, her lawyer said. However, the woman, whose real name is Fatemeh Khishvand, became known on social media after sharing distorted pictures of herself in which she […]
MacKenzie Scott is giving away her fortune at an unprecedented pace, donating more than $4.2 billion in four months after announcing $1.7 billion in gifts in July. The world’s 18th-richest person outlined the latest contributions in a blog post-Tuesday; saying she asked her team to figure out how to give away her fortune faster. Scott’s […]
A delegation from the Taliban’s Qatar-based political office, led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar; arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday on a three-day visit. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi welcomed the Taliban delegation at the Foreign Office, where he held a meeting with the members. Speaking to the media after the talks; the minister reiterated Pakistan’s […]
President Dr. Arif Alvi approved the Anti-Rape Ordinance 2020 that will ensure speedy trial of rape cases; with women and children as victims and will also allow for chemical castration of those convicted of such offenses. A statement issued by the President House said that under the ordinance; special courts would establish throughout the country […]
The Single National Curriculum (SNC), which generated a national debate earlier in the year, is all set to implement in the coming academic session. The government has ordered the publication of textbooks for the purpose. New curriculum “The SNC has prepared and now provincial governments have requested to get the books published as per their […]
NEW DELHI: With Americans, Britons, and Canadians rolling up their sleeves to receive coronavirus vaccines, the route out of the pandemic now seems clear to many in the West, even if the rollout will take many months. But for poorer countries, the road will be far longer and rougher. The ambitious initiative known as COVAX […]
The US Electoral College decisively confirmed Joe Biden win on Monday as the nation’s next president and Trump defeat, ratifying his November victory in an authoritative state-by-state repudiation of President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede he had lost. The presidential electors gave Biden a solid majority of 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232, the same […]
The opposition’s Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) demanded the PTI-led government quit by January 31 or face an intensified opposition movement, including a long march to the capital. The demand was made by PDM president Maulana Fazlur Rehman while speaking to the media in Lahore alongside PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz, PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and other opposition […]
