Turkey secures release of 49 hostages seized in northern Iraq
ISTANBUL: Turkish intelligence agents brought 49 hostages seized by Islamic State militants in northern Iraq back to Turkey on Saturday after more than three months in captivity, in what President Tayyip…
Pakistan to join the CERN club
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is a signing ceremony away from becoming the associate member of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN). The associate membership to the world’s top most particle physics…
FATA’s oil & gas reserves can solve Pakistan’s energy crisis
FATA’s oil & gas reserves can solve Pakistan’s energy crisis Islamabad, 20 September: “Optimal exploitation of FATA’s sizeable reserves of oil and gas can help the country get rid of…
Two pilots injured in Ziarat aircraft crash
ZIARAT: Two pilots were wounded after their MFI-17 Mushshak aircraft—fixed gear trainer aircraft, crashed near the hills of Ziarat, about 40-kilometres off Khalid Airbase Quetta, on Saturday morning. The crash was…
Scotland’s referendum stirs Kashmiri demands for vote on future
Kashmiri separatist leaders have seized on Scotland's referendum on independence to demand that India follow through on a promise to grant a similar vote in the disputed Himalayan region. …
Clashes with security forces: TTP commander killed in North Waziristan
ISLAMABAD: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Saturday said that they lost a senior commander, identified as Gul Hasan Afghani, in clashes with security forces in the North Waziristan tribal region. TTP…
Let them drown
Whilst the Indian Army is busy rescuing tourists, ordinary Kashmiris in heavily flooded areas of Indian Occupied Kashmiri (IOK) are left to fend for themselves or drown in the process.…
3 FC personnel, 11 militants killed in North Waziristan cross-border attack
Three Frontier Corps (FC) personnel and 11 militants were killed in a cross border attack on a Pakistan Army check post in North Waziristan, Express News reported, quoting Inter Service Public…
Faith and Reason
The discourse regarding the compatibility of faith and reason began life simultaneously with the birth of philosophy, naturally. The tension between the two principles, as it was cultivated in…
Death toll ratchets to 312 as waters enter Muzaffargarh
MULTAN/ ISLAMABAD:As water entered Muzaffargarh city on Monday morning, the National Disaster Management Authority said the death toll due to floods has reached 312 in the country. While an estimated…