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A special PIA charter flight, carrying 200 Pakistanis stranded in the United States due to coronavirus-caused air travel suspension, Sunday left Dulles International Airport for Islamabad. This is the first of six special flights Pakistan has...

Pakistan will operate first two special chartered for repatriation of stranded Pakistanis from Washington D.C. on May 10 and 13, an official announcement said Thursday.   The Pakistani government is flying Pakistanis – stranded due to...

With man-made sanctions galore against Venezuela, Iran, and other “errant” nations, comes now the sobering reminder of the sanctions imposed by Mother Nature, blind to geographical boundaries, threatening even the safety of sailors on the aircraft...

Responding to an increasing demand for ventilators in the face of fast-spreading coronavirus, Pakistan‘s auto-part manufacturers have started work on local production of the medical equipment. “We have designed the ventilator, and will come up with...

Tahir Saeed, an owner of Pakistan‘s leading brand and husband of renowned fashion designer, Maria Butt was arrested by Police after he sent his coronavirus positive chef from Lahore to the chef’s hometown Vehari in Punjab....

Image courtesy of GEO TV Pakistan’s federal anti-graft bureau has arrested a media mogul on corruption charges Thursday, in a 34 years old private property purchase case. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman – ...

The prospect of electric vehicles running cleanly on roads and highways with zero emissions looks great  – something like a pleasing sight of Elon Musk’s noiseless Tesla vehicles. In Pakistan, the goal of having such vehicles...

The Queen complained of a “bumpy” year with the behavior of some members of her family in mind. She will find this article uplifting for the positive impact other members have had.  In October 2019, Prince...

When I joined Professor Akbar Ahmed of American University in Washington DC last semester break, he gave me the magnificent illustrated book of his friend Professor Akmal Hussain, Dean IT University, Lahore. He enquired whether I...

An illustration of Emperor Akbar holding a religious assembly including Jesuit missionaries Rodolfo Acquaviva and Francisco Henriques Credit:Nar Singh/Public Domain/Wikipedia About five centuries ago, India was the center of a thriving empire under the leadership of...