Political Affairs

ROMULO TANGBAWAN Saturday 20 October 2012 Last Update 19 October 2012 1:59 am In his recent speech Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rightly said that due to the silence of the international community, Balkan-like tragedy is developing in Syria...

According to media reports people of New York City and much of the US East Coast braced themselves for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy. New York City shut down its mass transit system, closed its schools and ordered hundreds of thousands of people to flee...

Firefighters battle a huge fire after several explosions were set off at the army's First Armored Division headquarters in Sanaa, Yemen on Thursday. (AP) Sunday 21 October 2012 Last Update 20 October 2012 5:54 pm According to media reports, at least 16...

Other side of Hurricane Sandy Wednesday 7 November 2012 Last Update 6 November 2012 9:31 pm Unfortunately, world media have failed to show another side of Hurricane Sandy while focusing all their coverage on the United States. The other side of the disaster...

Palestinians celebrate in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday after the General Assembly voted to recognise Palestine as a non-member state. (AFP) Saturday 1 December 2012 Last Update 30 November 2012 8:12 pm In a historic move, the UN General...

Pakistani polio vaccination workers carry placards during a protest against the killing of their colleagues in Lahore on Friday. (AFP) ARAB NEWS Saturday 22 December 2012 Last Update 21 December 2012 5:41 pm Killing of 10 health workers, mostly women,...

Saturday 24 November 2012 Last Update 23 November 2012 9:06 pm According to media reports, Pakistan has agreed to release several top Taleban prisoners including former Taleban Shoura member Mullah Brother who was arrested two years ago. Pakistan’s decision...

Wednesday 17 October 2012 Last Update 17 October 2012 1:54 am According to media reports, Malala Yousufzai, a 14-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot in the head at point-blank range by the Taleban, has reached the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham,...

Crimes against humanity Wednesday 7 November 2012 Last Update 7 November 2012 10:26 pm In face of a tough stance taken by Russia and China at the United Nations over Syrian crisis, the world powers are looking for other options. Now British prime minister’s...

I was quite amazed by Khawaja Umer Farooq’s claim , ( Drone attacks in Pakistan , Oct. 7), that despite “safety concerns”, Imran Khan is proceeding with long march into Waziristan to protest against the US drone attacks. Although the march was stopped...