One of the most well-known Islamic scholars Mufti Ismail Menk has landed in Pakistan to help victims of the devastating floods that have hit the country. Mufti Menk, who is adored by millions of Muslims worldwide, arrived in Sindh, the area most impacted by floods, and started working there to aid those in need. Islamic […]
Angelina Jolie, a famous American actress, filmmaker, humanitarian, and United Nations (UN) Special Envoy, is visiting Pakistan to see the devastation caused by unprecedented monsoon rains and floods in the country. Angelina Jolie is set to visit flood-ravaged Pakistan, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said in a statement Monday, in a trip intended to draw international […]
China is willing to shape the international order together with Russia in a “more just and rational direction”, a senior Chinese diplomat said as the two countries’ leaders prepare to meet this week. Under the guidance of President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin, “the relationship between the two countries has always been on the […]
The UN mission in Afghanistan urged the Taliban to open schools for girls, saying a year-long ban on keeping girls out of high schools was shameful and “entirely avoidable.” The United Nations urged the Taliban on Sunday to reopen high schools for girls across Afghanistan, condemning the ban that began exactly a year ago as “tragic and […]
PM Shehbaz arrived in London on the invitation of British government, to represent Pakistan at the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, which would be held on September 19, announced the Foreign Office. David Gordon-MacLeod, Special Representative of the British Foreign Secretary, received the prime minister at the airport. Accompanying the prime minister as […]
Pakistan is in a political and economic depth spiral that could push it over the same cliff as Sri Lanka, as internal conflict, regional instability, and global uncertainty all threaten the survival of the state. Pakistan has struggled to recover from the pandemic and is now grappling with another spike in COVID-19 cases. But the […]
The worst floods in memory may have occasioned a reset in relations, but Imran Khan could still prove a spoiler. As millions of Pakistanis reel from the worst floods in living memory, national and international humanitarian rescue and relief efforts have coincided with a notable political development: a slow-but-steady resumption of high-level contact between Pakistan and the […]
Ukraine says it has retaken more than 1,000 sq km (385 sq miles) of territory in its south and east from Russia in the last week. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the area had been “liberated” as part of a counter-offensive since 1 September. More than 20 villages in the Kharkiv region have also been recaptured, […]
North Korea has passed a law declaring itself to be a nuclear weapons state, according to state news agency KCNA. The country’s leader Kim Jong-un called the decision “irreversible” and ruled out the possibility of any talks on denuclearisation, it said. The law also enshrines the country’s right to use a pre-emptive nuclear strike to […]
Pakistan has dropped seven places in the Human Development Index (HDI), ranking 161 out of 192 countries in the 2021-2022 period, according to a UNDP report Pakistan has dropped seven places in the Human Development Index (HDI), ranking 161 out of 192 countries in the 2021-2022 period, according to a UNDP report. According to the report, […]
