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LIVE MIDDLE EAST US War on Terror Kills Nearly 500,000 in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan November 08, 2018 4:40 PM Ayaz Gul FILE - Bodies of civilians and security forces are placed at a hospital in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, Aug. 12, 2018. ISLAMABAD — A study released Thursday says the...

How moving to Karachi may be wrecking Pakistan’s economy Karachi’s streets are hardly paved with gold, but people still want to move to this mega-city because they feel it has a better standard of living. For some people, it can mean a job, or education, or healthcare. But in Pakistan this...

Poverty in Pakistan Sir: Poverty is a curse. Pakistan is a poor and under developed country. Most of its population lives in entirely adverse circumstances. Some reports reveal that more than forty percent population of Pakistan lives below the line of poverty. Four out of 10 Pakistanis are...

World Bank sees fragile economic situation in Pakistan for two years ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economic situation is expected to remain fragile for at least two years as a combination of low economic growth and high inflation due to stabilisation policies will undermine efforts to lift people out...

Threat to Muslim World Ever since Soviet Union disintegrated following Afghan War, the balance that once existed when there were two superpowers has been disturbed. The Muslim World in particular has suffered innumerable miseries, humiliation and sufferings. It is perhaps the biggest cardinal...

CJP’s dams donation drive fails to woo overseas Pakistanis ISLAMABAD: Out of Rs1.93 billion, donated to the Chief Justice’s Fund for the construction of dams, Rs1.91 billion was donated domestically. According to data available till September 6, a total Rs1.93 billion has been donated so...

World Justice Project presents Pakistan’s dismal picture PROUD MOMENT FOR CJP SAQIB NISAR ISLAMABAD: The World Justice Project (WJP) paints a dismal picture of Pakistan in regard to the rule of law, absence of corruption, and order and security. In its report for 2017-18, the WJP claims to be...

Karachi ka muqadma ‘Karachi ka muqadma’, is based on injustice, discrimination and biased. I still wonder how a nation can progress which has destroyed its own economic and commercial hub, which even in the worst situation generates over 70 per cent of country’s revenue and gets only peanuts in...

How Christian missionaries are funding naxals, their urban friends to ‘BREAK INDIA’ It is often said that the West has four wings of the armed forces-The Army, Airforce, Navy and the Church. Several security analysts and officials say that the problem being posed by the Christian missionaries...

Elections 2018: Mustafa Kamal predicts clean sweep for PSP in Karachi KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) Chairman Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday predicted a clean sweep for his party in Karachi from Sindh and a surprise showing in Balochistan for the 2018 general election. “In Karachi, our...

Christian family ‘beaten and thrown out on to the street for refusing to renounce faith’ A FURIOUS Hindu man reportedly beat his wife and four children and threw them out into the street because they refused to renounce their Christian faith. And now Ramesh Kumar is calling on fellow...

On Nagas of Nagaland State political solution The Naga population in 2011 is about 4 million. And the Nagas live in Nagaland, Manipur, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh (North East India) and Myanmar. The Nagas are comprised of various tribes, and the Nagas are culturally, socially and ethnically...

Kashmir victim: Life since pellet guns blinded me Aged 14, Insha Mushtaq was watching protests from her window when Indian security forces fired pellets into her eyes. Sedow, India-administered Kashmir – More than one year has passed since Insha Mushtaq got a good night's sleep. The teenager...

India on the verge of self-destruction Extremism is growing at an alarming rate and incidents of religious and ethnic violence are becoming more commonplace in Modi’s India. Discourse and dialogue on these incidents is actively discouraged. Jawaharlal Nehru’s book, Discovery of India is based...

The Muslims are coming, the Muslims are coming! Indian television has been at the forefront of Muslim-bashing. If stories of traitors and love jehad weren’t enough, TV channels are making us believe that the Rohingya will spread terror...

CPI calls for secular front against BJP Says Congress alone cannot fight the BJP at the national level A broad secular platform of political parties and mass organisations is imperative to fight the BJP, CPI general secretary Sudhakar Reddy has said. Addressing a meet-the-press programme...

Iran's missiles are not connected with its nuclear program and do not violate any portion of the Iranian nuclear deal, which US threats of sanctions have jeopardized. Iranian missiles do not threaten the United States, and only act as a deterrent to neighbors, Brookings Institution fellow Paul...

Almost 1,200 people, mostly minorities, killed by US cops in 2015 US law enforcement officers killed up to 1,199 people last year, the majority of whom were 'people of color'. Black men between the ages of 15 and 34 were 15 percent of those killed by police in 2015. Despite making up just...