Govt of destroying informal economy: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the Modi government of destroying the informal sector of the country’s economy and trying to enslave it. He alleged that the government wants to break this sector and called upon the entire country to unite and fight against it. The BJP, however, mocked him saying he […]
Imbalance: Girl population in India set to decline: Study
New Delhi: An estimated 6.8 million fewer female births will be recorded across India by 2030 due to sex-selective abortions, according to a study that projects the highest deficits in the birth of girls will occur in Uttar Pradesh. Researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, and University de Paris, […]
Afghan president names council for peace deal with Taliban
Kabul: Afghanistan’s president has appointed a council for national reconciliation, which will have final say on whether the government will sign a peace deal with the Taliban after what are expected to be protracted and uncertain negotiations with the insurgents. The negotiations were envisaged under a US-Taliban peace agreement signed in February as intra-Afghan talks […]
UAE formally ends Israel boycott
Dubai: The ruler of the United Arab Emirates issued Saturday a decree formally ending the country’s boycott of Israel amid a US-brokered deal to normalise relations between the two countries. The deal opening up relations between Israel and the UAE was announced on August 13. It required Israel to halt its contentious plan to annex […]
Beating Covid-19: Pak set to reopen educational institutions from mid-September
Islamabad: Pakistan is all set to reopen educational institutions from mid-September after a six-month hiatus with the steady improvement in the COVID-19 situation in the country, which recorded just one death due to the disease in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. Education institutions are closed from March 16 due to the coronavirus. […]
Allowing Nawaz Sharif to visit UK was a ‘mistake’: Pak PM Imran
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that allowing former premier Nawaz Sharif to leave the country for medical treatment in the UK was a “mistake” and his government “regretted” the decision. Sharif, 70, was allowed to leave for London in November last year after the Lahore High Court granted him a four-week permission […]
Roadside bombs kill 14 in separate attacks in Afghanistan
Kabul: Roadside bombs struck two vehicles carrying civilians in separate attacks Friday in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 14 people, including three children, and wounding three others, officials said. The spokesman for Kandahar province’s governor, Bahir Ahmadi, said the blast in the first attack in Spin Boldak district killed 13 people and was so strong […]
‘Mian Biwi Aur Wagah’: India-Pak play to premiere at Urdu festival in UK
London: The UK premiere of a play based on a series of letters describing the real-life experiences of an Indian husband and his Pakistani wife are among the highlights of a first-of-its-kind virtual Urdu festival being hosted in Britain. ‘Mian Biwi Aur Wagah’ will be showcased next week at Jashn-e-Rekhta (JeR) UK, the world’s largest […]
