The four-day Indo-Pak spat

Five weeks after the Indo-Pak confrontation, although hostilities have come to an end, the pit and cauldron of doubt and antagonism continues to simmer. War shocks still continue after closure of the four-day spat on 10 May 2025 in the shape of bluff and bluster and propaganda and misinformation. On the Pakistan side, there continues […]

Varsity victory

The QS World University Rankings is a prestigious international ranking of the world’s top universities, released annually by UK-based higher education analytics firm Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). Last year, 10 Pakistani universities made the cut among approximately 1,500 universities from more than 100 countries. Impressively, this year, 18 Pakistani universities have joined the ranks of globally […]

PTMs: student perspective

Out of the troika – parents, teachers and students – of the education of a child, I have already written on the roles and rights of parents and teachers in the parent-teacher meetings organised regularly by educational institutions, and I am surprised how I could delay writing on the students’ perspective on the PTM after […]

San Diego Comic-Con 2025 panels include Space Command and Apex Comics exclusives

While the full schedule for San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) 2025 will officially drop between July 10–13, early announcements from studios, publishers, and creators have already begun trickling in. The annual pop culture event returns this July, and fans are keeping close tabs on which properties will appear during the convention. A regularly updated master list […]

No radioactive risk detected in Gulf after US strikes on Iran, say watchdogs

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait said on Sunday that no radioactive contamination has been detected across the Gulf region following US military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. In a statement posted on social media platform X, Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Commission confirmed that environmental monitoring showed “no radioactive effects” in the Kingdom or neighbouring […]