Latest News

Showing 29 articles of 144

Dr Noshina Saleem Becomes First Woman to Lead Punjab University’s Media Faculty

Updated 1 hour ago

LAHORE: Punjab University’s Faculty of Information & Media Studies has entered a new phase with Prof. Dr. Noshina Saleem becoming its first woman Dean...

US-led drills to end six days early, South Korea says, amid Trump push for Kim Jong-un talks

Updated 6 hours ago

South Korea’s military has confirmed that joint military drills with the US will be cut short, days after Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale b...

Serial Entrepreneur Adeel Gondal Honored with Global Excellence Award in Türkiye

Updated 6 hours ago

Türkiye: Renowned Pakistani serial entrepreneur and business leader Adeel Gondal has been honored with the prestigious Global Excellence Award in Türk...

Patriot missiles have been a godsend for Ukraine against Putin, but they’re running out. Kyiv needs help and fast

Updated 7 hours ago

Invincible.” That was how Vladimir Putin described Russia’s latest generation of ballistic missiles in 2018. In 2022 he would unleash this arsenal to ...

The Euphemism of Integration: Kashmir Seven Years Later

Updated 37 minutes ago

“The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other... Elaborate euphemi...

Finally, we have a PM for the digital age. But real change requires more than just being good on camera

Updated 2 hours ago

Andy Burnham is having a good time. I can’t remember the last time a prime minister (or indeed any high-profile British politician) actually looked as...

I knew Rod Liddle and hated what he became. He would have wanted me to say so

Updated 6 hours ago

As tributes poured in for Rod Liddle, the Sunday Times and Sun columnist who has died at the age of 66, they were markedly coy and sanitised. Paradoxi...

I stand to defend vertical drinking. Is a pub that doesn’t allow it a real pub at all?

Updated 3 hours ago

It is unbelievable: unconscionable. Westminster Council is moving against “vertical drinking” in pubs, starting with Soho. It claims drinking standing...

Cockroach protests: parents of Indian students who took their own lives reveal pressure of leaked exam papers and resits

Updated 6 hours ago

When the Indian government announced the resignation of its education minister in late July after weeks of protest, there were widespread celebrations...

‘Explosive’ wildfire forces 20,000 people to flee as British Columbia declares state of emergency

Updated 4 hours ago

British Columbia declared a state of emergency on Saturday as a fast-moving wildfire destroyed homes, trapped residents and forced more than 20,000 pe...

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Updated 3 hours ago

Remember Peter Parker? Well, you shouldn’t after the end of the previous film, where Spider-Man makes everyone forget who Peter Parker is — even his l...

Tabeer Foundation, KITAAS College Sign MoU to Provide Scholarships for Deserving Students

Updated 49 minutes ago

LAHORE: Tabeer Foundation and KITAAS College have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide educational scholarships to deserving and fina...

Growth Ventures, Chinab Sign MoU to Promote Strategic Collaboration

Updated 8 hours ago

LAHORE: Growth Ventures and Chinab have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening mutual collaboration and fostering business ...

Fahad Shehbaz Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2026, Marking Major Milestone for Pakistan’s Youth Leadership

Updated 5 hours ago

LAHORE — Pakistani youth leader and public policy advocate Fahad Shehbaz has been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2026 list, a globally recognize...

Punjab University Secures Historic Double Victory at UVAS Debating Championship

Updated 8 hours ago

Lahore: In a landmark achievement for academic and debating excellence, University of the Punjab secured championship titles in both the English and U...

Adeel Gondal Appointed President of Federal Executive Board of CEOs in Pakistan

Updated 8 hours ago

Islamabad — Pakistani serial entrepreneur Adeel Gondal has been appointed president of the Federal Executive Board of CEOs under the initiative of CEO...

The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says

Updated 5 months ago

The oil crisis triggered by the Iran war has changed the fossil fuel industry for ever, turning countries away from fossil fuels to secure energy supp...

Interfaith Harmony Iftar Strengthens Unity and Social Cohesion in Lahore

Updated 3 hours ago

Lahore: The eighth annual inter-sect Iftar dinner, organized by Khayal-e-Nau under the patronage of Maulana Syed Abdul Khabir Azad, brought together s...

Fears about nuclear war are reaching a fever pitch. Another grim sign of the times

Updated 6 hours ago

Intimations of world war three – the big one, nuclear Armageddon – didn’t arise yesterday. But they got more urgent when Donald Trump was elected the ...

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds

Updated 1 hour ago

Humanity is heating the planet faster than ever before, a study has found. Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost do...

Pakistan Launches Multi-Purpose Digital Center Empowering Young Women

Updated 7 months ago

Lahore, Pakistan – In a significant step toward gender-inclusive digital development, the Department of Digital Media at the University of the Punjab,...

Pakistani Student Secures World Distinction in Islamic Law at University of London

Updated 7 months ago

Lahore, Pakistan – In a remarkable display of academic excellence, Rao Hamza Ali Khan has been awarded a World Distinction in Islamic Law in the Unive...

Israel launches fresh attacks on Tehran and Beirut

Updated 2 hours ago

Tens of thousands of people left stranded in the Middle East as conflict complicates routes home Tens of thousands of people are stranded across the M...

Zelenskyy urges Trump to visit Ukraine in speech marking invasion anniversary

Updated 4 hours ago

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed to Donald Trump to visit Kyiv, in a video address on the fourth anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion, ...

At first Board of Peace meeting, PM Shehbaz calls for end to ceasefire violations in Gaza for lasting peace

Updated 1 hour ago

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stressed on Thursday the need for an end to ceasefire violations in Gaza, saying that it was “very important” for long-l...

Tech billionaires fly in for Delhi AI expo as Modi jostles to lead in south

Updated 6 hours ago

Silicon Valley tech billionaires will land in Delhi this week for an AI summit hosted by India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, where leaders of the g...

The secret Afghan women’s book club defying the Taliban to read Orwell

Updated 7 hours ago

Four young women sit together, waiting for the phone to ring. When the call finally comes, their friend’s voice is crackly and hard to make out, but t...

Excruciating tropical disease can now be transmitted in most of Europe, study finds

Updated 3 hours ago

An excruciatingly painful tropical disease called chikungunya can now be transmitted by mosquitoes across most of Europe, a study has found. Higher te...

Environmental groups sue Trump’s EPA over repeal of landmark climate finding

Updated 3 hours ago

More than a dozen health and environmental justice non-profits have sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its revocation of the legal de...