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Pakistan fares as the happiest South Asian nation on UN Index
A scene of food market in Lahore, Photo: FaizanM41/Wikimedia Commons Pakistan, with an encouraging economic outlook and a sense of improvement in life among its people, ranks as the happiest nation in South Asia, leaving neighboring...Mar 15, 2018 1032 0 -
Trump replaces Tillerson with Pompeo as top U.S. diplomat; picks Gina Haspel as new CIA chief
Mike Pompeo, Photo Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons President Donald Trump has decided to replace Rex Tillerson as America’s top diplomat with CIA director Mike Pompeo and elevate senior intelligence official Gina Haspel as leader of the Central...Mar 13, 2018 941 0 -
Washington metro area emerging as the top contender for Amazon HQ2
Photo: Skyline of Tysons Corner at sunset, Credit :Grayscapturedmoments/Wikimedia Commons Amazon is holding out the multi-billion prize of its second headquarters but staying silent about which cities it considers as front-runners among those competing to house...Mar 12, 2018 1530 0 -
Pakistan’s political scene tense after shoe hurled at Sharif
Pakistan’s political temperature rocketed Sunday after two men lobbed shoes at former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, who last year resigned after Court conviction in a corruption scandal but continues to enjoy significant support among voters...Mar 11, 2018 1077 0 -
Friday Blog: Finally, a positive North Korea news for the Trump White House
Photo: An aerial view of Washington Monument. Credit: U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway/Wikimedia Commons Thanks God it’s Friday (TGIF) Somewhat chill in the Air… کچھ کچھ خنکی سی Altogether it’s a lovely Friday evening...Mar 9, 2018 1963 0 -
Pakistan elects first Hindu woman Senator Krishna Kumari
Pakistan’s Parliament took a significant step toward inclusive democracy on Saturday, when the upper chamber elected its first woman senator from the Hindu community of the Muslim majority nation. Krishna Kumari, who hails from southern Pakistan’s...Mar 3, 2018 3508 0 -
Afghan president makes talks offer to Taliban without preconditions
A view of Kabul, the centre of Afghanistan’s social and political life. Photo UNAMA/Fardin Waezi Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani has made unconditional peace talks offer to the warring group Taliban, saying negotiations could help end 16-years long...Feb 28, 2018 1284 0 -
U.S. says Afghanistan ultimately needs a political solution
State Department HQ Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid /Wikimedia Commons The United States believes Afghanistan ultimately needs a political solution which could best be achieved if the Taliban enters into Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace talks. A State Department spokesperson...Feb 27, 2018 1259 0 -
Supreme Court declines to hear DACA case; leaving the program in place for now
Photo: Daderot/Wikimedia Commons The Supreme Court Monday declined to review a federal judge’s order that the Trump Administration continue the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, meaning the measure – which protects individuals brought to the...Feb 26, 2018 1358 0 -
Foreign defense officials see Kashmir situation firsthand as Pakistan-India tensions soar
Defense attaches from the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Turkey and Indonesia visited the Line of Control (LoC) in Rawalakot sector of Jammu and Kashmir after days Indian shelling into Pakistan-controlled part of the disputed territory....Feb 23, 2018 1151 0