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Zainab’s killer gets death sentence
A court in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore has handed death sentence to a man, Imran Ali Naqashbandi, who was found guilty of raping and murdering Zainab, a seven-year old girl, whose gruesome death last month outraged...February 17, 2018 1015 0 -
Jingoism over Kashmir: Pakistan, India must heed voices of peace
Kashmir region 2004 Photo: CIA/Wikimedia Commons Amid exchange of fire across Kashmir’s Line of Control, uprising against Indian repression of the Kashmiris and the latest attacks on an Indian military base in the disputed region, Indian...February 15, 2018 1582 0 -
U.S. says Asma Jahangir’s untimely death is great loss to the world
UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras The United States is paying tribute to the memory of Pakistani human rights champion Asma Jahangir, calling her untimely death of the global icon as a “great loss to the world.” “We join...February 13, 2018 1342 0 -
Pakistan court sentences killers of Mashal Khan in forceful condemnation of militant mindset
In a loud pronouncement against militant mindset, an anti-terrorist court in northwestern Pakistani district of Haripur Wednesday sentenced killers and instigators of lynching of a student Mashal Khan after he was wrongfully accused of blasphemy. The...February 7, 2018 1246 0 -
A ninja on an aesthetic mission lands in Lahore and finds the prize
Yuki Goto, a Japanese sketch artist, is no more influenced by the international media’s portrayals of Pakistan. Before embarking her her journey to Lahore, the artist from Tokyo felt that Pakistan would be one of the dangerous...February 7, 2018 2853 0 -
Earthquake jolts Pakistan, Afghanistan, India
South Asia, NASA Image A 6.1 magnitude earthquake shook parts of Pakistan, Afghanistan and India on Wednesday, with report of a death in Balochistan province. According to Seismological Center, the quake had its epicenter near Afghanistan’s Jarm...January 31, 2018 1083 0 -
Software enabling overseas Pakistanis to vote to be ready by April
Image: Election Commission of Pakistan A software to facilitate overseas Pakistanis cast vote in elections would be ready for use by April this year, the National Database and Registration Authority informed the Supreme Court on Monday....January 29, 2018 1078 0 -
Kabul Carnage: Nearly 100 killed in bombing
A view of Kabul, Photo UNAMA/Fardin Waezi Ninety five people were confirmed killed and another 158 injured when attackers blew up an ambulance packed with explosives in central district of the Afghan capital Saturday. The Afghan...January 27, 2018 1082 0 -
Police arrest Zainab’s murderer
Police have arrested the murderer of seven-year-old Zainab in Kasur after a DNA match and polygraph confirmed a 24-year-old neighbor’s involvement in the heinous crime, official confirmed Tuesday. The culprit, Imran Ali, son of Arshad, is...January 23, 2018 1259 0 -
Widening Inequality: Richest 1% of global population received 82% of wealth in 2017
Photo: A child at Srimangal Railway station, Credit: Biovit/Wikimedia Commons The number of billionaires expanded to a new record in 2017, and so did poverty and inequality, a new study shows.. The richest 1% of the...January 22, 2018 1045 0
