ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday summoned secretaries of interior and defense, IGP ICT and DG FIA in person on non-compliance of orders to recover two missing brothers. The court also summoned Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) for assistance in the same case on August 15.  The bench...
Pakistan continues to grapple with severe infrastructural underdevelopment, a direct consequence of decades of administrative neglect and mismanagement. This critical issue not only hampers the nation’s economic growth but also significantly impacts the quality of life for millions of its citizens. Nowhere is this more evident than in regions like...
The US-based East Turkistan National Movement, a platform dedicated to highlighting the human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims in China's Xinjiang, has urged global authorities on International Youth Day to address the plight of millions of Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic youths, who are forcibly separated from their...
Three retired military personnel were taken into military custody in connection with court martial proceedings against former spymaster Faiz Hameed for his alleged involvement in victimising the owner of a private housing society, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a press release on Thursday. According to the statement, three...
QUETTA: Peter Charles Sahotra, the founding chairman of the Pakistan Minorities Movement, has said minority communities face insecurity and discrimination in Pakistan and called upon the government to ensure their rights provided in the Constitution. While speaking at a seminar on National Minorities Day on Sunday, Mr Sahotara said minority...
Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now residing in India, has accused the United States of playing a role in her removal from power. In a statement, Hasina claimed she could have remained in office had she been willing to compromise Bangladesh's sovereignty, particularly by surrendering Saint Martin Island and...
China’s new automobile sales fell 5.2 per cent in July, according to industry data released on Friday, marking the second consecutive month of decline due to weak domestic demand. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said that 2.26 million vehicles were sold last month in China, which included exported vehicles....
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Sunday condemned Chinese air force actions in waters of the South China Sea claimed by both countries, calling the actions "unjustified, illegal and reckless". Manila and Beijing accused each other on Saturday of disrupting their militaries' operations around the Scarborough Shoal in the first...
Aiming to keep goods made with forced labour out of the country’s supply chains, the United States recently banned imports from five more Chinese companies over alleged human rights abuses involving the Uyghurs. These China-based companies have been accused of profiting from the slave labour of Uyghurs in what Beijing...
Why is religion important and why do we need it? H.H. the Dalai Lama, a Tibetan spiritual leader and 1989 Nobel Peace Laureate, has said that all religious teachings carry important messages of love, compassion, forgiveness, and non-violence. All the major religions in this world have a great potential to...