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, […]
King Charles III, as he is now known, automatically became the head of the monarchy the moment his mother Queen Elizabeth II died. Aged 73, he is the longest-serving heir apparent in British history The British royal family are constitutionally obliged to stay out of political issues, but when it comes to the Middle East […]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed gratitude through a series of tweets. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has thanked Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Czech Republic for their support to the people affected by floods in Pakistan. In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister thanked Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Salman for ordering relief goods for the flood victims […]
Apple ‘Far Out’ event is just around the corner and the company is expected to take the wraps off the purported iPhone 14 series on September 7. The company’s next generation smartphone series reportedly witnessed several ups and downs in the run-up to the launch event. The impact of global events — such as China-US […]
