Celebrations on Independence Day, on August 14, remind us of the sacrifices our ancestors and leaders made in 1947 for an independent homeland...
It is an occasion to reaffirm our pledge to serve our country in various manifestations and professions...
Now in the midst of historic social change, the kingdom is seeking a place on the global tourism map by promoting sites such as the Al Wahbah crater, widely unheard of even within Saudi Arabia with the near absence of local tourism...
”The little-known crater, barely a four-hour drive from the western city of Jeddah, is a remnant of volcanic activity — local folklore, however, has it as having been formed when two mountains were so...
NEW DELHI: Apple said Thursday it will open a development office in Hyderabad, as its chief executive Tim Cook continued his India charm offensive with an investment boon to one of the country's top technology hubs...
“The talent here in the local area is incredible and we are looking forward to expanding our relationships and introducing more universities and partners to our platforms as we scale our operations,” Cook said in a...
KARACHI: A discussion among consuls general of Russia, France and Germany to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, and to highlight the importance of a film festival ‘World War II – Testimony Archives’ that began at the Alliance Francaise on May 6, brought into focus interesting views on the role that memory plays in our lives at the French cultural centre on Thursday evening...
He said all the major...
KARACHI: Regional and global factors beyond Pakistan’s control will impact us in the future but we are principally responsible for our future regardless of external factors...
We are going to build our country without a messiah, and it has to be a collective effort...
Replying to a question about the Indian air chief’s recent statement directing his soldiers to "be ready for action at a short notice," the air chief said Pakistan was a peace-loving country, but if the adversary went for any misadventure, "our response to any aggression by the enemy will be such that their future generations will also remember it...
The air chief said the exercises were the part of PAF’s routine training, adding:...
After our introduction, Doctor Saima and her team left the room, leaving me to interview Firdos...
Their noble project to lift khawaja saras from the bottom of our society was launched by the Fountain House in affiliation with AKHUWAT...
We could provide for our families by washing clothes,” Suraj Prakash said...
We only have a small mud house to our name,” he said...
“We have our resignations in our pockets and whenever we receive orders from our leadership we will resign from the assembly,” he added...
“We are workers of a party which has a totally different culture of loyalty,” he said and added “we will submit our resignations whenever the party leadership ordered us”...
The first Gaza war taught me that while our lush citrus grove might offer some breathing space from the congestion and difficulties of city life, it’s no refuge...
The Associated Press office is the only place in Gaza City I feel somewhat safe...
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Mohammad Zubair said on Friday the Rs500 million development package announced by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would prove to be a catalyst in the modernisation of Hyderabad, the second largest city of the province...
He said at a meeting with Hyderabad Mayor Tayyab Hashmi and Deputy Mayor Sohail Mashhadi at Governor House that the federal government believed in equal development and economic agenda for...
An IAS officer of the 1955 batch who retired as chief secretary of a united Andhra Pradesh, he is considered an authority on Hyderabad — its history and culture — and has 14 books to his credit...
His books on the founder of Hyderabad, the Nizami city, the cantonment of Secunderabad, its rockscape, the jewels of the Nizam or the coffee table book on its foremost photographer, Raja Deendayal, all reveal the depths of his attachment...
The charred body of a woman was recovered from a burnt car in the early hours of Thursday in the Tando Jam area near Hyderabad...
According to Senior Superintendent Police Hyderabad Pir Muhammad, it is believed that the woman was murdered and her body was placed in the car which was then driven to a street and set on fire...
LAHORE: Punjab University’s Institute of Education and Research (IER) Assistant Professor Dr Abida Nasreen has been suspended from service for three months for publication of wrong map of Pakistan on a flex...
PU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran on Monday took notice of the publication of wrong map of Pakistan on a flex in which Azad Kashmir was not shown part of the country...
During the decades of outright junta rule, which ended in 2011, it was one of the world's most isolated nations, a place where a mobile phone sim card could cost up to $3,000...
“I see it as an empathy machine where we can teleport ourselves to another place right away,” she told AFP...