Pakistan said neighbouring Iran has violated its airspace resulting in the death of two children, hours after Iranian state media said missiles targeted two bases of militant group Jaish al Adl on Tuesday. Islamabad warned that the incident could have “serious consequences” and was “completely unacceptable” in a statement released by Pakistan’s foreign office … Read more
A MOTHER who lost her husband and son on the Titanic submersible has spoken out on the heartbreak of losing half her family. Christine Dawood, 48, is still coming to terms with the death of her husband of 20 years, Shahzada, and their precious son, Suleman, seven months after they perished at sea. 7 Christine … Read more
NEW DELHI: Allama Masoodur Rehman Usmani, a prominent anti-India cleric, was assassinated in Islamabad, Pakistan. The attack occurred in broad daylight on the outskirts of the capital, in the Ghauri Town neighborhood, on Friday.According to Islamabad police, Usmani was targeted by two unidentified gunmen who fatally shot him and injured his driver before fleeing the … Read more
Members of the transport union, protest at Jantar Mantar regarding the new laws related to hit and run, in New Delhi on January 03, 2024. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Transport unions threaten to intensify protests The All India Road Transport Workers’ Federation, a platform of various trade unions of drivers and transport workers, … Read more
Syria, Iran and Afghanistan are considered high-risk for Westerners to visit today – but when one European travelled around them in the 1970s, he discovered ‘heaven nearly everywhere’. Dutch native Frank van den Berge, 73, took incredible photographs of his time in these countries, showing Afghanistan before the Taliban, Iran in an era when people … Read more
KARACHI: Pakistan’s election body has rejected former prime minister Imran Khan’s nomination to contest the 2024 national elections in two constituencies, officials and his party’s media team said on Saturday (Dec 30). The 71-year-old former cricket star has been embroiled in a tangle of political and legal battles since he was ousted as prime minister … Read more
As far as first days go, this one will be hard to beat. I’m in Amritsar, northern India – at a farm where, after milking cows, I am dressed in a turban. Then I’m taken to the Golden Temple, a holy Sikh shrine with a marble exterior dripping with 24-carat gold. At night, it glitters, … Read more
Standing in the middle of a cafeteria at Global Affairs, Soren Antosz was testing Oscar, a new, high-tech tool popping up in federal government buildings. Antosz holds up a paper napkin. That’s compostable, flashes the message on Oscar’s screen. Next is a plastic bottle. Oscar tells him to empty the liquid then drop it into … Read more
Pakistan has been forced to artificially induce rain as it tries to curb pollution levels in cities like Lahore. This comes weeks after the authorities were forced to shut down schools and public places due to poor air quality. The city, which is located in the Punjab province of the country, is one of the … Read more
A court in Italy has given the life sentence to the parents of an 18-year-old Pakistani girl for murdering their daughter after she refused to marry her cousin. The deceased, identified as 18-year-old Saman Abbas, was living in Novellara, near Bologna, when she disappeared in May 2021. Her body was found in 2022 in an … Read more
