London: The UK has recorded its highest-ever number of human-trafficking referrals, with figures surging by a third over the past year, The Guardian reported. About 90 percent of the referrals — which allow civil servants to report suspected trafficking crimes through the National Referral Mechanism —
Seoul: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday expressed his “clear commitment” to North Korea’s denuclearization during his visit to Seoul, weeks after Pyongyang said it was “ready to mobilize” its nuclear deterrent. Guterres arrived in Seoul on Thursday following a trip to Japan, where he
London: A four-day “extreme heat” warning came into force in parts of England and Wales, with temperatures poised to top 35 Celsius in another heatwave that could cause wildfires and pressure water supplies and transport services. The Met Office said its amber warning, its second-most severe
Kyiv: Russia and Ukraine accused each other of new shelling near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant ahead of a UN Security Council meeting to address concerns over the facility’s security. Both Moscow and Kyiv said there were five rocket strikes near a radioactive material storage area
Karachi: The United States shares the Quaid-e-Azam's vision of a Pakistan of religious tolerance, economic prosperity and social inclusion and that is at peace with itself and its neighbouring countries, says US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome. The statement came during Blome's visit to the mausoleum
Karachi: The Pakistan Navy saved nine crew members of an Indian vessel after it drowned in the Arabian Sea near Gwadar, according to a statement issued by the Director-General Public Relations (Navy). The ship ‘Jamna Sagar’ sunk with 10 crew members aboard on Tuesday (August 9),
Barcelona, Spain: Acknowledging that the UK exiting the European Union (EU) has put more responsibility on the shoulders of Kashmiri and Pakistani diaspora in Europe, a British lawmaker said documentation of human rights violation and raising the issue at the EU parliament is more important
Islamabad: Pakistan has strongly denounced the Indian government's mischievous move of observing 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day' on 14 August. True to its characteristic revisionist agenda, BJP-RSS led dispensation has again sought to hypocritically and one-sidedly invoke the tragic events and mass migration that occurred in the
Varanasi: The Hindu priest on the banks of the holy river Ganges spoke softly, but had a threatening message 75 years after the birth of independent India: his religion must be the heart of Indian identity. "We must change with time," said Jairam Mishra. "Now we
Uzair M. Younus The year is 2047 and Pakistan, once dubbed by this author as the sick man of South Asia in 2022, is now an upper middle-income country. The economy has grown by an average of 7.5 per cent per year since 2025, raising GDP per