Balochistan has been and remains a bleeding sore. Regardless of the characterisation we attach to it, it is Pakistan’s number one problem awaiting a solution. There are two sides to the ‘conflict’ (it isn’t an insurgency anymore): Dissident groups who are estranged against the state and have camps and hideouts outside Pakistan, possibly aided, funded […]
Cosmology is a grand science; it takes our imagination into the vast depths of the Universe. The Universe is so big that we cannot, in principle, see the whole of it. The universe, observable to earth-dwellers, is only 46.5 billion lightyears in every direction from our Earth, where each lightyear is a length of 9.46 […]
Cosmology is a grand science; it takes our imagination into the vast depths of the Universe. The Universe is so big that we cannot, in principle, see the whole of it. The universe, observable to earth-dwellers, is only 46.5 billion lightyears in every direction from our Earth, where each lightyear is a length of 9.46 […]
On a cold, hazy morning, hundreds of kite-flying enthusiasts lined up at Mochi Gate in Lahore’s Walled City, waiting for their turn to buy kites ahead of this week’s Basant festival, which is returning after a year-long hiatus. Hundreds of others swarmed the adjoining streets as kite sales commenced at some 300 designated places and […]
Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, is facing growing challenges in responding to fire emergencies as limited resources, outdated equipment, and weak preparedness continue to expose serious gaps in public safety. Despite repeated fire tragedies, Punjab has not added major firefighting resources since 2019. Currently, the province has over 300 firefighting and rescue vehicles. In Lahore, […]
Türkiye and Saudi Arabia will enhance their defence industry cooperation, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his return flight from Egypt, noting the praise for the homegrown Turkish stealth fighter jet KAAN, with prototypes of the pioneering aircraft set to take flight this summer. “We’ve received a lot of positive feedback on KAAN. There […]
The United Nations human rights chief said on Thursday that his agency was “in survival mode” due to funding shortfalls, as he launched a $400 million appeal to tackle global rights crises in 2026. Volker Turk warned countries that at a time when global human rights are under significant assault, his office was facing dire […]
Indian police said on Thursday an investigation had been launched into the suspected suicide of three young sisters over concerns that they were heavily “influenced” by games and films online that they were later denied access to. Local media reported the sisters, aged 12, 14 and 16, had jumped from their home on Wednesday in […]
The son of Norway’s crown princess denied in court on Thursday that he ever drugged the alleged victim of one of the rapes he is charged with, on his second day of testimony in a trial that has transfixed Norway. Marius Borg Hoiby, 29, who joined the royal family when his mother Mette-Marit married Crown […]
Greenpeace activists staged a protest in Milan on Thursday against the sponsorship of the Milan-Cortina Olympics by energy giant Eni, warning that fossil fuel emissions were threatening the viability of winter sports. Bearing banners saying “Kick polluters out of the Games”, the activists set up a model of the Olympic rings covered in black oil […]