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Resolving Pakistan-India dispute over Kashmir requires international goodwill
A top United Nations counterterrorism official has said that a resolution of the Kashmir conflict between and India required goodwill of the member states. “We need also a goodwill of member states. How can we resolve...July 23, 2016 941 0 -
Ex-Portuguese PM António Guterres Ieads race to be next U.N. chief
The Security Council held its first “straw poll” for the next secretary-general of the United Nations on Thursday, with António Guterres, a former Portuguese prime minister who served as U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees for 10...July 22, 2016 770 0 -
Pakistan aims to lift IT exports to $ 6 billion
Pakistan, which has doubled information technology exports in a digital upsurge during the last three years, aims to scale $ 6 billion annual mark by 2020. According to IT and Telecom State Minister Anusha Rehman Khan,...July 22, 2016 1006 0 -
Activists shocked at Qandeel Baloch honor killing
Pakistani human rights and social media activists reacted to the murder of Internet sensation Qandeel Baloch with shock and renewed calls for passing of laws that deal strictly with perpetrators of honor killings. Baloch, a bold social...July 16, 2016 1597 0 -
Erdogan controls Turkey after failed coup and chaos
Turkey was still reeling from chaos of a thwarted military coup and violence, when President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared in public to calm his bewildered nation Saturday morning. The overnight dramatic event plunged the NATO and...July 16, 2016 888 0 -
What a noble heart can do for humanity
Abdul Sattar Edhi, who passed away in Karachi on Friday at the age of 88, embodied so many noble traits that it is difficult to pay tribute to him by highlighting any one of them that...July 8, 2016 2107 3 -
UN, US condemn bombings in Saudi Arabia
Muslims across the world have expressed shock and outrage over bombing outside Prophet’s Mosque in Madinna – one of the holiest places in Islam – on Monday, after a suicide attacker detonated explosives in the parking space....July 5, 2016 796 0 -
Bangladesh Carnage: ISIS or Homegrown?
The brutal killing of more than 20 hostages in Dhaka during an 11-hour siege of a posh restaurant has amplified challenges Bangladesh faces from domestic and international militancy that has rocked several countries. Dhaka’s terror troubles...July 3, 2016 1037 0 -
How a vote in Britain slows down the clock of globalization
The Brexit has happened, and it has not happened fully yet in terms of fallout it is likely to trigger in the months and years ahead. Already volatility in financial markets across continents and uncertainty within...July 2, 2016 937 0 -
US-Pakistan relations fundamentally significant : John McCain
Senator John McCain, who heads the Senate Armed Services Committee, has emphasized the United States and Pakistan have a fundamentally important relationship, and the emergence of ISIS security threat in Afghanistan has further heightened the significance...June 30, 2016 770 0