KARACHI: Calling the current caretaker administration “a continuation of the legacy of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government”, the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) on Sunday announced to stage citywide protests on Tuesday (tomorrow) against the exorbitant rise in prices of petroleum products and growing inflation.
Addressing a press conference at the party’s...
The curtain fell in the old-fashioned way: The state-of-the-art Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident jet exploded in the great emptiness of outer Mongolia’s Öndörkhaan desert in 1971. Lin Biao, the revolution-era military hero and Marshal of the People’s Republic of China, who was on the flight with his wife Ye...
The disappearance of China's defence minister, the latest in a string of upheavals in the country's top ranks, is stoking uncertainty about President Xi Jinping's rule as an internal security clampdown trumps international engagement.
The growing unpredictability could affect the confidence other countries place in the leadership of the world's...
China is seeking to create a legal basis for police to collect biological information in cases involving minor offences, which would vastly expand a controversial practice currently used only in investigations related to terrorism, drugs and other serious crimes.
The proposed amendment to the Public Security Administration Punishments Law has...
The resurgence of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its consistent string of attacks on law enforcement agencies, primarily in the border areas of Pakistan, has sparked deep-seated concerns amongst both government officials and the general public. Questions abound regarding the underlying factors that have contributed to the resurgence of...
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is on the verge of collapse as a top official of the national flag carrier has warned that flight operations are feared to be suspended by September 15 if emergency funds are not provided, Geo News has learnt.
Speaking to Geo News on Wednesday, a senior director of the...
Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh has said that India shares a unique relationship with UNCITRAL and has been a member of UNCITRAL since its inception. He spoke about the diversity of the region and the economic strides made by the South Asian Region.
Rajkumar Ranjan...
Thirteen per cent of the Earth's surface, spanning 65 countries, experienced record high temperatures in August, while the rest of the world braved significantly higher temperatures compared to the 1951-1980 average, according to a new analysis conducted by an independent US-based non-profit organisation.
Berkeley Earth, which focuses on environmental data...
Most economists expect the global economy to weaken in the coming year amid political and financial volatility, but a large majority of over 90 per cent are confident of moderate or strong growth in South Asia, notably India, a survey showed on Friday.
At the same time, the outlook for...
Weeks after reports emerged stating that China's now former foreign minister Qin Gang had gone missing, now media reports suggest that the country's defence minister Li Shangfu has gone missing. He has not been seen in public in the last two weeks, showing the latest signs of turmoil in...
