‘84,000 riddles’: The story of Asia’s largest cemetery of unknowns
Nadeem Baloch, 40, pulls out a bucket full of water from the well and fills a utensil for the birds to quench their thirst in the scorching midday heat....
Freedom, finally
Almist a decade after she was wrongly accused of blasphemy, Aasia Bibi was acquitted by the top court in October 2018. This Tuesday, the Supreme Court dismissed the final...
SAUDI CROWN PRINCE TO ARRIVE IN PAKISTAN ON FEB 16: SOURCES
Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman is arriving in Pakistan on February 16, and will participate in an international investment conference, sources said on Wednesday.
According to the sources, the...
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HIGHEST IN 45 YEARS, REVEALS STALLED REPORT: 10 POINTS
The country's unemployment rate was at a 45-year-high of 6.1 per cent in 2017-18, according to the National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS), which has...
AFGHANISTAN RANKED AMONG 10 MOST CORRUPT COUNTRIES
According to Transparency International, Afghanistan has scored only 16 points out of 100 on the 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Based on the report, Afghanistan averaged 14.23 points from 2005 until...
COURT TURNS DOWN IMRAN’S PLEA TO RETURN DEFAMATION SUIT AGAINST HIM
A local court on Wednesday rejected an application of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s lawyer for returning a defamation lawsuit against his client contending that the court doesn’t have the...
GUIDEBOOK FOR CHINESE NATIONALS TO BOOST TOURIST ARRIVALS IN SL
In a bid to boost the Chinese tourism market in Sri Lanka, a guidebook on ‘Consular Protection and Assistance’ was recently released to help Chinese nationals visiting Sri Lanka.
China...
Illicit money gushing out of Bangladesh
Illicit capital outflows from Bangladesh go unabated and as much as US$81.74 billion was siphoned off the country during the period 2006-2015, according to a recent study by the...
Falcon Talon: Air chief participates in bilateral air exercise
Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan participated in the culmination phase of the bilateral exercise Falcon Talon between Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and the...
Trump says Afghanistan talks ‘proceeding well’
Negotiations in Afghanistan are going well, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, after US officials earlier this week said there had been significant progress in talks to end...
Statistics agency members quit after Modi govt ‘withheld job data’
The resignation of two independent members has put the spotlight on the government's failure to create as many jobs as pledged and the alleged bid to sit on the...
Can India weather the Middle East Strategic Alliance?
New Delhi may never have felt more vindicated in its Middle East policy than it does now. Its close ties with all the major powers in the Middle East,...
India’s infrastructure needs will push it to reconsider BRI: analysts
The weak balance sheets of some Indian commercial banks as well as concerns about the credit environment have posed challenges to India's flagship projects, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank...
Acknowledging the elephant in the room
The ruling National League for Democracy has initiated the process of forming a joint parliamentary committee to work on amending the country’s military-drafted Constitution. Facing public frustration and sensing...
PAKISTAN’S TOP COURT UPHOLDS FARM WORKER’S BLASPHEMY ACQUITTAL
Pakistan's Supreme Court yesterday upheld the acquittal of a Christian woman who spent years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy, dismissing a petition filed by Islamists who...
BANGLADESH TO SUE PHILIPPINE BANK OVER US$81 MILLION CYBER HEIST
Bangladesh will on Wednesday (Jan 30) file a lawsuit in New York against a Philippine bank over its involvement in one of the biggest-ever cyber heists, the country's central...
UPDATE 2-BANGLADESH SEEKS DEVELOPERS FOR ITS FIRST ONSHORE LNG TERMINAL
Bangladesh is seeking expressions of interest to build the country’s first onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal, according to a company official and a document posted on the...
ADECS 2019: A ‘dragon’ is tilting the Indo-Pacific’s naval balance of power
At this year’s ADECS 2019 conference in Singapore, there were few delegates willing to address the South China Sea and China’s growing assertive in the Indo-Pacific region. However, one...
‘Smart’ perimeters at airbases to help Indian Navy thwart terror attacks
The Indian Navy is going in for a comprehensive upgrade of the perimeter security of its major air stations around the country to protect its valuable assets, including the...
China outreach to Bhutan poses fresh challenge to India
As China seeks to intensify engagement with Bhutan, a country it does not have diplomatic relations with, Chinese ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui is visiting Thimphu again, starting Tuesday.
China’s...
CONGRESS TO PILE PRESSURE ON GOVERNMENT TO PROBE IRREGULARITIES IN WIDE-BODY AIRCRAFT PURCHASE
The main opposition Nepali Congress has said that it will continue to put pressure on the government through February 4 nationwide protest to conduct a fair investigation into the...