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Pakistan rescues Iranians from sinking boat in the rough sea
Pakistan rescued 11 Iranians in a fast-paced operation from a sunken boat in the rough seas, plucking out the fishermen with its Navy Sea King helicopters. The Iranian boat sank in the open sea, south west...June 9, 2018 1072 0 -
Pakistan attracted two million foreign tourists in a year amid improving scenario
Shangrila Resort Skardu Photo Credit: Zaeem Siddiq via Wikimedia Commons Travel advisories or internationally negative perceptions are no more keeping foreign tourists away from the stunning landscapes and breathtaking mountain ranges of Pakistan. As law and...June 4, 2018 1649 0 -
What is driving Bangladesh’s amazing economic success?
Dhaka, the capital Photo: ASaber91/Wikimedia Commons During much of the period before 1971, policymakers generally considered baby boom and natural disasters like cyclones and floods in the then East Pakistan and now Bangladesh as the major...May 30, 2018 1459 0 -
India refuses to comply with U.S. sanctions against Iran
India, a major oil importer of Iranian oil, has ruled out implementing the U.S. sanction against Tehran as New Delhi fortifies its relations with Russia and works out a rapprochement with China, the two regional powers....May 28, 2018 1550 0 -
Pakistan to hold nationwide elections on July 25
Pakistan will hold general elections on July 25 in what would be the unprecedented third successive polls on the completion of two five-year terms of democratically elected governments. The PML(N) government, elected in May 2013, will...May 26, 2018 1345 0 -
Pakistan makes historic move to mainstream militancy-hit tribal areas
Pakistani tribal areas, Credit: Hbtila at en.wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons In a development likely to boost economic development of Pakistan’s remote tribal regions – which have been a scene of militancy in the post-911 years – the country’s...May 25, 2018 913 0 -
Indian shelling kills Pakistani woman, her three children in Sialkot area
The floodlit border zone between India and Pakistan has a distinctly orange hue in this astronaut photograph, Credit: NASA/Wikimedia Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Indian High Commissioner, Ajay Bisaria, to condemn the “unprovoked and continuing “...May 19, 2018 1029 0 -
North Korea casts doubt over U.S. summit
Image of North Korea’s ICBM missile test on July 4, 2017 Photo: Screenshot/CNN-KCTV After weeks of positive messaging about its intent to resume international engagement, North Korea on Wednesday appeared to threw doubts over a summit...May 16, 2018 907 0 -
Pakistan allows U.S. diplomat involved in fatal crash to leave the country
Constitution Ave, Islamabad, Credit: Zacharie Grossen/Wikimedia Commons In a development that could take some of the tension off the U.S.-Pakistan relations, American diplomat Colonel Joseph Emanuel Hall, who was involved in the fatal accident in the...May 14, 2018 1008 0 -
Sunflower growth promises to be premier source of edible oil
Crowned by glittering yellow flowers, his bountiful field in central Punjab is a source of hope and accomplishment for farmer Ahmad Hussain as the oil seed sunflower crop nears harvest. “I have cultivated sunflower for the first time in...May 11, 2018 1497 0
