As the country grapples with a dire water situation this year, particularly at the fag end of the Rabi season, the country’s top leadership on Saturday called for conserving the precious resource of nature – not only for the present but also for the future generations. In their separate messages on World Water Day, President […]
On his first day in office, President Trump signed an Executive Order that put on hold for 90 days all USAID and State Department programmes. In these 90 days all programmes would be reviewed and a decision made to cancel them, keep them running, or change them to better align with President Trump’s priorities. The […]
When events are filtered through time and space, they give us patterns that help us formulate future projections. In international relations, resembling current circumstances and arrangements with past patterns greatly aid in drawing comparisons and forecasting the emerging conflicts in the world. The worst conflict that the world has dreaded since the culmination of WWII […]
What has ailed Pakistan since its very inception is not external enemies but internal challenges. Extremism, terrorism, insurgencies and radicalisation, intensified by the government’s inadequate policies to address them, have wreaked havoc on the country. These internal threats, if left unaddressed, will continue to undermine Pakistan’s stability and progress. Reforming education is the first step […]
Members of the federal cabinet have followed the lead of the National Assembly and given themselves massive pay hikes, even though the vast majority of ministers are already billionaires. Cabinet members in Pakistan who also hold elected office are essentially entitled to two separate salaries – one for their parliamentary role and one for their […]
Today the nation will celebrate the 85th Pakistan Day with a renewed zeal to overcome the crisis of governance and an existential threat that looms in the form of terrorism. The day is in commemoration of the spirit of egalitarianism that our forefathers strived for in pursuit of creating an independent homeland for the Muslims […]
The opening ceremony of the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was a spectacular event, bringing together the worlds of Bollywood and cricket, with Shah Rukh Khan playing the perfect host. The audience in Kolkata was treated to a memorable evening of entertainment, thanks to SRK’s amazing hosting skills, which added a special […]
At least 130 Palestinians were martyred and 263 wounded in the past 48 hours of Israel’s offensive on Gaza, the Palestinian enclave’s health ministry said on Saturday. Israel has resumed bombing and ground operations in the Gaza Strip as it presses Hamas to free remaining Israeli hostages. In a related development, Israeli artillery fire and […]
Melissa G. Moore, the daughter of notorious serial killer Keith Jesperson, has opened up about a chilling encounter with her father during a breakfast in 1995, just before his arrest. Moore was 15 at the time and recalls her father nearly confessing his double life as a serial killer. In an account to Fox News […]