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Imran Khan tests positive for COVID-19
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan and first lady Bushra Bibi have tested positive for coronavirus and will be self-isolating, officials confirmed. Khan had been administered the first dose of Sinopharm VID-19 vaccine just a couple of...Mar 20, 2021 516 0 -
Pakistan PM secures vote of confidence in the lower chamber after Senate debacle
Prime Minister Imran Khan easily won a vote of confidence from the National Assembly, the lower house of the parliament, on Saturday, days after his finance minister’s defeat in this week’s Senate elections. Khan, who is...Mar 7, 2021 648 0 -
Pakistan launches Al-Biruni Radius tourism project at the historical Nandana Fort
Pakistan’s newest tourism project celebrates the great Iranian scientist, who during the Gold Age of Islam, measured the circumference of the Earth in the 1th century with a surprising accuracy that continues to endure a thousand...Mar 2, 2021 2174 0 -
Pakistan, India hold fire in Kashmir; US backs dialogue on the dispute
Such has been the state of hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbors that any talk of peace looks unrealistic, though welcomed by all those who know the value of peaceful existence. But this week, the two...Feb 26, 2021 654 0 -
Pakistan’s brand new Gwadar cricket stadium stuns the world
Pakistan’s newest cricket stadium is not just the talk of the country but its breathtaking scenery has left fans around the world in awe. Opened in November, the mysterious archaic settings of brown rocky hills and...Feb 19, 2021 1142 0 -
An Andalusian philosopher who can help foster peace between Jews and Muslims
There are, perhaps, few figures in Jewish history who can match the stature of the celebrated Rabbi Maimonides. For the Jews the inscription on his tombstone in Tiberius, Israel, describes his extraordinary status: “From Moses to...Feb 13, 2021 1541 0 -
Massive earthquake jolts Pakistani, Indian cities
A severe earthquake rocked upper half of Pakistan including the capital, Islamabad and provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhawa. The 6.4-magnitude earthquake also jolted in cities of neighboring India late Friday evening. The Meteorological Department said...Feb 12, 2021 1048 0 -
Short film, Tikkun Olam, aims straight for the heart
Pakistani-American film director, Bob Ahmed (Babar Ahmed), who broke out with the 2014 movie, “Amka and the Three Golden Rules”, has created an evocative and relevant short film that tugs at your soul. You may be...Feb 12, 2021 2231 0 -
UN urges restraint, respect for human rights amid Indian farmers’ protest
Amid stalemate over Indian farmers’ protest against New Delhi’s new policies, the United Nations human rights office, OHCHR, has called on Indian authorities and protesting farmers to exercise “maximum restraint” and respect human rights. The protestors...Feb 8, 2021 486 0 -
Pakistan-India talks, not military conflict, will resolve Kashmir – UN
South Asian nuclear nuclear-armed neighbors Pakistan and should “come together and seriously discuss their problems” around the Kashmir dispute. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres underscored this while also offering the world body’s mediation to resolve the longstanding...Jan 29, 2021 641 0