ISLAMABAD: Karachi, the port city that once gleamed with state-of-the-art infrastructure and modern education, has been ranked as the least liveable city in global survey once again. The Economist Intelligence Unit, a sister organisation to The Economist, has ranked 173 cities across the globe on a
WASHINGTON: Pakistan retained its position in the second tier in the United States State Department's annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. This is the third consecutive time Pakistan has been ranked in the second tier by the report since 2022. The department's report is divided into three
UNITED NATIONS: A senior Pakistani diplomat has brought into the sharp focus of the world community the absence of the principle of burden-sharing as developing countries have been hosting the majority of refugees and displaced persons, with over a million Afghan refugees still in Pakistan. “Pakistan
STOCKHOLM: India now possesses more nuclear weapons than Pakistan, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's (SIPRI) annual review for 2024. The report on global armaments, disarmament, and security revealed that the United States leads in nuclear capabilities, followed by Russia, the UK, France, China,
LAHORE: A decision by Pakistan’s Supreme Court recently sparked hope among Christians in Jaranwala, in Punjab province, that attacks against their communities in August 2023 would be further investigated. The court found an initial report by Punjab province authorities inadequate and requested further information on the
NEW YORK: Amid a rising tide of anti-Muslim hate, senior diplomats from Pakistan, Türkiye and Indonesia reaffirmed their governments’ collective commitment to combatting Islamophobia, while also advocating peace, tolerance, and inter-religious dialogue. They were speaking at an event co-hosted by the consulates general of the three
LAHORE: Pakistan’s Punjab police on May 29 claimed to have arrested a total of 140 suspects involved in attacking members of the Christian minority, their properties and police personnel on the issue of alleged desecration of the Quran. A charged mob led by radical Islamist Tehreek-e-Labbaik
SARGODHA: The death of Nazir Masih, a Christian in his 70s, was announced Monday, nine days after he was attacked by a mob in Sargodha, a city in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The Catholics in Pakistan website published a photograph June 3 of Masih’s body being lowered
JAVED HAFEEZ A resolution jointly sponsored by Pakistan and the Philippines was recently unanimously adopted by the UN General Assembly. It sought to foster inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue in promoting understanding and cultivating a culture of peace. It also stressed that the exercise of the right
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday reiterated its call for India to stop its ongoing campaign to suppress political activists and intimidate the Kashmiri public in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. “The headquarters of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference in Srinagar also remains sealed. India must