Will Track-II diplomacy help Pakistan normalize ties under PM Modi rule?
News Analysis | Pakistan and India are reportedly using different channels to normalize the relationship between the two neighboring countries. Delegations are scheduled to meet...
Taiwan allows same sex marriages; first in Asia
AFP | Taiwan's parliament legalized same-sex marriage on Friday in a landmark first for Asia as the government survived a last-minute attempt by conservatives to...
Pakistan to celebrate International Biryani Festival annually
News Desk | The Sindh Government has announced to celebrate International Biryani Festival each year. Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaf's Governor of Sindh Imran Ismail made the announcement....
Govt. plans to modernize milk and meat industry for boosting output
News Desk | Last Sunday United Business Group (UBG) leader Daroo Khan Achakzai reiterated the Prime Minister’s wish to revamp Pakistan’s agricultural sector. Achakzai who...
5 Chai spots in Islamabad for you to check out these winters
News Desk| There are two kinds of people: one that takes tea as a drink; other that inhales tea as a lifeline. There is no...
A gruesome murder bares world powers’ flawed policies
James M Dorsey | Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s gruesome murder raises fundamental questions that go far beyond Middle Eastern geopolitics. They go to the risks...
British Princess teams up with Muslim women for charity
News Desk | Meghan Markle has finally announced her first charity project as the Duchess of Sussex. The 37-year-old quickly became one of the most...
Urgent preparations as super typhoon closes in on Philippines
AFP | Preparations were in high gear in the Philippines on Friday with Super Typhoon Mangkhut set to make a direct hit in less than...
Pakistan’s massive ‘Meat Industry’ needs overhauling
News Desk |Â Officials working to regulate the Halal meat sector have said that animals are not being slaughtered according to Islamic practice as the...
Yemen pro-govt forces say main rebel Hodeida roads seized
AFP | Yemeni government forces, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, on Wednesday seized rebel supply routes into the key port city of Hodeida, military sources...
White wine and bubbles: A Hungarian passion returns
AFP | In a Budapest workshop, a shelf lined with antique glass bottles emblazoned with pre-World War II-era producer labels and topped with metal and...
Greenhouse gases from rice paddies may be 2x higher than thought
AFP | The way some irrigated rice paddies are managed worldwide, with cycles of flooding followed by dry periods, may lead to twice the planet-warming...