BY JAMES M. DORSEY Muslim religious soft power rivalry, a battle for the soul of Islam, just got hotter.The rivalry’s latest battlefield is not Mecca, Medina, Cairo, Tehran, or Istanbul. It’s Hindu nationalist Delhi. That is because, for the next year, India chairs the Group of 20 largest economies in […]
MUSK -UNS/AFP: A Japanese startup’s spacecraft was launched to the moon on Sunday in the country’s first-ever lunar mission and the first of its kind by a private company. The launch was carried out by Elon Musk’s SpaceX in Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida after two postponements […]
PESHAWAR-UNS: Member of the Provincial Assembly Khyber Pakhtunkhwa introduced a resolution in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly demanding the Federal Ministry of Health and Cabinet not approve the manufacturing of Electrically Heated Tobacco Products (HTPs) in Pakistan. Products and the Proposal by Federal Govt to Reduce Pictorial Health warnings from 60 to […]
ISLAMABAD : The latest political developments show a thaw in relationships between the Chaudhrys of Gujrat and the Sharifs’, signaling chances of a new political alliance in coming days. Moreover, there are reports that contacts between the top political gamblers of Punjab Chaudhry brothers — Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi […]
Tulips and bitcoin have both been associated with financial bubbles in their time, but in a giant greenhouse near Amsterdam the Dutch are trying to make them work together. Engineer Bert de Groot inspects the six bitcoin miners as they perform complex sums to earn cryptocurrency, filling the air with […]
PESHAWAR -UNS: More than four terrorists killed by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and security forces on Saturday — allegedly belonging to the militant Islamic State group — in a mountainous area near the Pak-Afghan border in North Waziristan. According to a CTD press release, the terrorists from […]
QUETTA-UNS : Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir has said that every effort will be made for the security and safety of the people of Balochistan to ensure conducive environment for the socio-economic development resulting into sustainable peace and prosperity. Army Chief visited Quetta and Turbat in Balochistan […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday touted close security and energy ties with Gulf nations during summit meetings in Saudi Arabia that have highlighted tensions with Washington. On the third and final day of his visit, Xi attended summits of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and a broader China-Arab […]
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday admitted a petition filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) seeking early decision in foreign funding cases against the PML-N, the PPP and other political parties. IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq ordered the court registrar to fix the petition for hearing on Dec 22. […]
