92 women are raped in India every day, but crime data offers some silver linings
On an average, 92 women were raped in India every single day last year. + By themselves, the latest numbers on sexual violence are grim and point in one…
Operation Zarb-e-Azb: 2nd July Developments
On the eighteenth day of Operation Zarb-e-Azab military gunship helicopter shelled militant hideouts and destroyed several compounds in the area of Khar Warsak. ISPR spokesperson said today that the operation…
Qatar Airways resumes flights to Peshawar
KARACHI: Qatar Airways has announced that it will resume flights to Peshawar effective Wednesday (today), according to the airline’s official website. The international airline had suspended its flights to Peshawar following an attack on…
ISIS’ five-year expansion plan map branded a fake
U.S.-based ABC News this week published a map that shows the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) alleged five-year expansion plan, however, the map was shot down by experts…
China bans Ramadan fast in Xinjiang region
Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region working as civil servants, students and teachers have been banned from fasting during the holy month of Ramadan on Wednesday. The move has sparked condemnation…
Israel demolishes Palestinian home, kills teen
Israel demolished the home of a Palestinian man arrested earlier in June over charges of shooting dead an off-duty police officer April, Israel's army said on Wednesday. The demolition of…
Special US Representative for Pak-Afghan to retire
Washington- The U.S. State Department says James Dobbins, its special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, will retire from his position this month.Dobbins' departure comes as Afghanistan is struggling to determine…
Suicide bomber kills eight, wounds 13 in Afghan capital
KABUL: A suicide bomber killed eight people and wounded 13 on Wednesday in an attack on a bus carrying military personnel in the Afghan capital, Kabul, officials said. The explosion happened…
India summons US envoy on spying claim: official source
NEW DELHI: India summoned the top diplomat from the US embassy Wednesday to complain for the third time about spying following new allegations that the National Security Agency targeted the…
Protection of Pakistan Bill 2014 unanimously approved in NA
ISLAMABAD: The Protection of Pakistan Bill (PPB) 2014 was unanimously approved in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Express News reported. Following the National Assembly’s approval, the PPB will now be applicable for a…