امریکہ نے اقوام متحدہ کی سلامتی کونسل کو لکھے گئے ایک خط میں واضح کیا ہے کہ گزشتہ ہفتے ایران پر کیے گئے فضائی حملوں کا مقصد ایران کی یورینیم افزودگی کی صلاحیت کو مکمل طور پر تباہ کرنا اور اسے ایٹمی ہتھیار حاصل کرنے اور استعمال کرنے سے روکنا تھا۔ خبر رساں ایجنسی ”روئٹرز“ […]
The National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) has shared its data with the country’s telecom regulatorthe Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)as the latter prepares to launch a crackdown against those using SIM cards issued to people who are now deceased. The PTA is going to block all such SIM cards as they are also being used in […]
Political space for opposition parties, particularly the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), may have further shrunk after the establishment bolstered its ties with the West, as analysts suggest that the beleaguered party’s chances of making a political comeback during the current regime were virtually nonexistent. However, they caution that the budding relationship with the Trump administration could […]
Pakistan has advanced to the semi-finals of the Asian Team Snooker Championship after defeating compatriots Pakistan team 3-1 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Pakistan One will now face Malaysia in the semi-final. Three-time world champion Muhammad Asif and teammate Awais Munir — representing Pakistan One — outplayed the duo of former Asian champion Mohammad Sajjad and […]
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday rejected a report that the country’s military commanders ordered their soldiers to fire at Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid in Gaza. Left-leaning daily Haaretz earlier quoted unnamed soldiers as saying commanders ordered troops to shoot at crowds near aid distribution centres to disperse them even when they posed no […]
Should India draw any lessons from the latest fiasco that an arrogant Israel suffered? Technological superiority can guarantee defence but it can hardly enforce total submission by a nation that prides itself on thousands of years of nationhood – also gelled by a common religious belief. Let us first glance through the Indian conduct post […]
Master disclaimer: If I manage to cover all disclaimers in this piece, I will get to the core of my argument today. Otherwise, perhaps I will rename it Disclaimers and leave it at that. But you will appreciate these disclaimers are necessary. First disclaimer: The phrase “order out of chaos” (“ordo ab chao” in Latin) […]