Islamabad: The woes of Kashmiri 'half-widows' is a very serious issue and should be immediately addressed. These comments were made by the former Azad Kashmir Minister Farzana Yaqub at an online conference titled "The half-widows of Jammu and Kashmir". The conference was moderated by prominent peace activist
Yangon: Roads out of Myanmar’s biggest city were choked Friday with people fleeing the junta’s deadly crackdown on anti-coup dissent, as authorities in neighbouring Thailand said they were preparing for an influx of refugees. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung
Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai The Kashmir question is one of the oldest unresolved international problems in the world. The experience of nearly seven decades has shown that it will not go away and that an effort is urgently required to resolve it on a durable basis.
By Manavi Kapur A global economic slowdown has shrunk the world’s middle-class population and impoverished millions. In 2020, an estimated 131 million people were pushed into poverty and low-income groups, according to new research by Pew Research Center, a US think tank based in Washington. A majority
New Delhi: US Defence Secretary Lloyd J Austin - the first member of the newly elected Joe Biden administration who will be on a visit to India has been asked to raise concerns about democracy in the country with Indian officials. In a letter to
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced Wednesday he had appointed veteran French diplomat Jean Arnault to be his personal envoy to Afghanistan and the surrounding region, ahead of peace talks later this week in Moscow. Arnault will work in concert with Canada s Deborah Lyons,
Chattisgarh: Eight Christians were injured and hospitalized when Hindu radicals attacked them and accused them of religious conversion in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. More than 150 Christians were praying in a house church on March 8 in Dantewada district when the Hindus attacked them
Srinagar: Indian troops in their continued acts of state terrorism martyred 263 Kashmiris in last year (2020) in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. According to a report research report, 05 women and 11 young boys were among 263 Kashmiris martyred by the troops in 2020.
Nasim Haider The ‘Moscow Format’ is back, and with it, we are once again asking how much Russia matters in the affairs of Afghanistan. The term ‘Moscow Format’ was coined in 2017. On November 2018, Russia hosted representatives from the Taliban's political office for a dialogue -
Vatican City: Pope Francis called the Syrian civil war one of the worst humanitarian crises of current times on Sunday, saying its 10th anniversary should spur all to seek “a sliver of hope” for a devastated nation. In mid-March, 2011, peaceful pro-democracy protests developed into a