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| 21.08.2024 | Pakistan's Independence Day highlights deepening ideological divide | On Aug. 14, Pakistan celebrated its 78th Independence Day against the backdrop of a widening ideological and societal divide between proponents of Islamic nationalism and those championing democracy. Seizing the occasion, both the military ... |
| 30.07.2024 | Pakistan’s political scene looks increasingly unsettled and complicated | The deep rift between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and Pakistan’s civil-military establishment shows no sign of weakening but appears to be shifting. The coalition government and its military sponsors, so recently seen as having... |
| 17.01.2024 | Harken Sweets CEO elicits nostalgia with better-for-you candy bars | Katie Lefkowitz, former COO of Caulipower, knows how upstart brands can transform a product by creating a better-for-you alternative.
Today, the New York-based founder and CEO of Harken Sweets, launched two plant-based “chocolate” bars that... |
| 22.12.2023 | How Christmas is celebrated in 21 places around the world | News How Christmas is celebrated in 21 places around the world
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| 22.09.2023 | Enzo Zelocchi Hopeful Contender to Replace Tenoch Huerta as Namor in the next Marvel Franchise | Share
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In the wake of the #metoo movement, how far will Hollywood raise the bar when it comes to tolerating sexual assault allegations among its biggest stars? One studio under the spotlight to answer this delicate qu... |
| 17.08.2023 | The Fintech Startup Environment In Pakistan: From Idea To Execution | Khurram Akhtar - Co Founder of ProgrammersForce. |
| 26.06.2023 | North Africa Condemns Europe’s migration policy | North Africa has condemned the Europe’s migration policy after the death of 23 migrants who tried to cross into Melilla. Image by gettyimages.com
Human rights activists from across North Africa have condemned Europe’s migration policy, one ... |
| 07.06.2023 | WhatsApp: New ‘HD’ photo quality upgrade rolled out | WhatsApp will now allow users to view images on “HD”. Image: iStock Images
WhatsApp is on course to roll out a new “HD” setting on beta versions of its mobile apps, allowing users to send, and select photos in much better quality.
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| 02.06.2023 | US punishes Sudan with sanctions over ceasefire defiance | The US to punish Sudan with sanctions.
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The United States announced sanctions Thursday 1st June, 2023 on Sudanese leaders it blames for the breakdown of US and Saudi-brokered ceasefire efforts after shelling and air strik... |
| 18.05.2023 | Pakistan Announces Fresh Ban on Crypto, but Adoption as a Hedge Remains Popular | Pakistan's government has hardened its stance against cryptocurrencies, even as retailers continue to hedge their financial bets against a devaluing Pakistani rupee partly due to a volatile political situation in the nation.
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| 18.05.2023 | Millions are trapped in 'modern-day slavery' at brick kilns in Pakistan. Here's how you can help. | News Millions are trapped in 'modern-day slavery' at brick kilns in Pakistan. Here's how you can help.
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| 18.05.2023 | 95-year-old US judge under pressure to vacate bench | Image by Daniel Bone from Pixabay
At 95, US Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman, who was appointed by president Ronald Reagan, is the oldest sitting federal judge in the United States.
Newman has served on the court since 1984. She is a le... |
| 10.05.2023 | Pakistan will do anything to get cheap oil as its economic crisis drags on — including paying for it in the Chinese yuan | Pakistan will do anything to get cheap oil as its economic crisis drags on — including paying for it in the Chinese yuan. Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images
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| 27.03.2023 | Creed III star Jonathan Majors arrested on assault charges | US actor Jonathan Majors attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP
After reportedly assaulting a woman, Jonathan Majors was detained early on Saturday morning.
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| 09.03.2023 | Three arrested in Japan for ‘sushi terrorism’ pranks | Image by Kevin Petit from Pixabay
Three people have been arrested in Japan over unhygienic pranks at a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant after footage of their antics — dubbed “sushi terrorism” — sparked outrage online.
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| 15.02.2023 | Musk says ‘someone else’ could run Twitter this year | UAE Minister of Cabinet Affairs Mohammad al-Gergawi (L-on stage) speaks with Elon Musk attending the World Government Summit virtually in Dubai on February 15, 2023. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP)
Twitter boss Elon Musk said Wednesday that a ... |
| 13.09.2022 | ARMYs React to BTS Jin's Hilarious 3-Hour Live Gaming Stream | John Lopez, Tech Times 13 September 2022, 09:09 am
On Sunday, Sept. 11, The News reported that BTS star Jin had been spotted heading to Los Angeles for a personal schedule. The South Korean idol is said to be on his way to shooting a solo d... |
| 06.04.2022 | Telegram’s Embrace of Contradiction | For people concerned with the human rights abuses occurring in Ukraine, the self-described encrypted messaging app Telegram is an instrument of freedom. In Brazil, the Supreme Court blocked the app, if only for two days. Telegram had ignore... |
| 27.02.2022 | ESG Framework Is Evident In Global Leaders’ Response To Ukraine Invasion | Ukrainian refugees arrive at the Hungarian-Ukrainian border on February 27, 2022. (Photo by Attila ... [+] KISBENEDEK / AFP) (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images |
| 19.01.2022 | Land Grab or River Revival? Inside Pakistan’s $7 Billion ‘Green’ City
Land Grab or River Revival? Inside Pakistan’s $7 Billion ‘Green’ City | (Bloomberg) -- After the British divided Pakistan and India more than seven decades ago, Suleman Mohammad Sajjad Warraich’s father received a section of land on the outskirts of Lahore. It was a place to put roots in the new nation. Later o... |
| 26.12.2021 | WhatsApp's New Feature Identifies Nearby Businesses! Soft Roll Out for iOS Already Happening | Griffin Davis , Tech Times 26 December 2021, 10:12 am
WhatsApp consumers will soon can use the he new feature called "Businesses Nearby." As of the moment, the latest enhancement is still under development.
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| 20.12.2021 | The worst movies your favorite actors starred in this year | Even popular actors fail to impress critics sometimes. Lionsgate; Netflix; RLJE Films
Some of Hollywood’s most popular actors appeared in films with less-than-stellar reviews this year.
Tom Holland, Amy Adams, and Michael B. Jordan starred ... |
| 02.11.2021 | Pakistan’s Fintech Ecosystem Gets a Boost | Despite a growing population and a large pool of unbanked, Pakistan has been a relatively slow-mover within the digital finance space, but new opportunities brought about the COVID-19 pandemic and government-led initiatives are expected to ... |
| 16.09.2021 | Telenor Pakistan gets Rs1.36bn contract to provide 4G services in Balochistan districts | In a project that is set to benefit 0.16 million people residing in 170 unserved mauzas, Telenor Pakistan is going to provide broadband 4G services in the Chaghi and Nushki districts of Balochistan, courtesy of a Rs1.36 billion contract awa... |
| 01.09.2021 | Five Myths About the Taliban’s New Arsenal | As the Taliban swept across Afghanistan in the months after the U.S. withdrawal began in May, there were frequent reports of the group’s fighters capturing military equipment that had previously been supplied by the United States to Afghani... |
| 23.08.2021 | Shibli Faraz outlines his grand vision for science and tech in Pakistan | Federal Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz is of the view that developments in science and technology should be such that they benefit the nation, especially through the commercialization of research. He stressed the need for ... |
| 16.08.2021 | Fawad Chaudhry talks about fifth-gen warfare, says it’s not a philosophy but a reality | Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Sunday stated that digital media was the future and that the government was working on a plan to present Pakistan’s narrative to the world effectively through this technolo... |
| 24.06.2021 | World Bank offers technical support to KP for various projects | The World Bank (WB) has expressed interest in providing technical assistance and support for establishing projects such as citizen facilitation centres, integrating ease of doing business platforms and improving fibre connectivity in Khyber... |
| 09.06.2021 | Pakistan becomes the worst country for IT exports with zero facilities, as India leads in the region | An alarming report by the Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT and ITeS (P@SHA) has revealed that after the recent withdrawal of the tax exemptions granted to the IT Industry till 2025, Pakistan has become the worst country for an IT... |
| 24.05.2021 | K-2 nuclear plant hailed as a major step towards sustainable energy | The Center for International Strategic Studies (CISS) on Saturday hailed the inauguration of Karachi Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 (K-2) as a major step towards achieving sustainable energy goals and enhancing energy security.
CISS, the think... |
| 24.05.2021 | Pakistani sellers are over the moon for Amazon listing but FBR could be knocking at their door | You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the Grim Reaper! He doesn’t disappear…he catches up. And he could be readying its Scythe for a Blyth about to enter its territory.
Last week, Pakistan officially joined the Am... |
| 06.05.2021 | US companies are exploring economic opportunities in Pakistan | The United States on Wednesday assured its support to Pakistan’s economy amid the unrelenting coronavirus challenges and expressed satisfaction over the Prime Minister Imran Khan’s focus on geo-economics.
As reported by The News, in a meet... |
| 05.05.2021 | 521 solar projects worth Rs36bn have been launched under SBP’s schemes | According to Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Dr. Reza Baqir during a webinar, various commercial banks have extended financing of around Rs 36 billion for 521 projects producing approximately 850 MW electricity under Financing Scheme ... |
| 01.05.2021 | Japan terms Pakistan “the next ICT powerhouse” | Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has termed Pakistan the next powerhouse of information and communication technology (ICT) sector as the country’s tech exports grew six times over the course of the past decade.
According to de... |
| 01.05.2021 | Hungary announces $84 million credit-line for business with Pakistan | The Hungarian government has announced an exclusive credit-line of $84 million for Hungarian companies to do business with Pakistan.
Along with this line of credit, a loan facility of $50 million for projects in fisheries and food processi... |
| 26.04.2021 | Punjab has set an 18:00 curfew and full weekend lockdown as India’s Covid-19 cases surge | Funeral pyres during a mass cremation of Covid-19 victims in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo by Mayank Makhija/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The Indian state of Punjab will go into a harsh coronavirus lockdown.
A curfew of 18:00 will be imposed on... |
| 26.04.2021 | Pakistan is fast running out of Oxygen like India but reviving this old steel plant could prevent disaster | The Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) employees have demanded the government to reactivate a Steel Mills oxygen plant, holding the capacity to produce 520 tons of pure oxygen daily, it was reported on Sunday. The majority of the 40 engineers and w... |
| 12.04.2021 | Pakistani IT companies have been encouraged to invest in Jordan | According to Ambassador of Jordan to Pakistan Ibrahim Almadani, IT companies in Pakistan should invest in Jordan as it would open up more opportunities to enhance regional exports.
Speaking to the business community at the Islamabad Chambe... |
| 01.04.2021 | 20 days later, IT Minister expresses deep concern over FBR’s crackdown on the freelancers and Online Businesses | The government continues to give mixed signals about whether it will eliminate the tax exemptions available to the IT sector or not. The Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque has expressed concern over the FBR’s t... |
| 30.03.2021 | IT secretary says there is nothing to worry about as FBR targets freelancers exempt from taxes | The federal secretary for Information Technology and telecom, Shoaib Siddiqui gave a statement similar to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s famous catchphrase, “You don’t have to worry,” as he assured the IT industry that the government wouldn’t ... |
| 29.03.2021 | Punjab begins digital mapping of Lahore, other urban centres in $150m project | The Board of Revenue Punjab has, for the first time, launched digital mapping of all provincial urban centres including Lahore under the foreign-funded $150 million project called the Cadaster of Punjab.
As reported by The News, the Board ... |
| 15.03.2021 | Punjab govt to promote chip technology in nine universities | The government of Punjab will be promoting advanced chip technology in nine universities of the province in order to bolster efforts towards its implementation.
As reported by The News, this development was announced by the Punjab Minister... |
| 11.03.2021 | Punjab approves new business centre that will provide employment to 500k locals | The government of Punjab has approved the establishment of a multi-purpose business centre at the Quaid-e-Azam Business Park under the management of Punjab Industrial Estates Development and Management Company (PIEDMC).
Talking to a delega... |
| 10.03.2021 | Pakistani freelancers yet to get PayPal, get tax notices by FBR | The freelancing community in Pakistan faces uncertainty about their future and is highly concerned about the FBR’s recent announcement. The Federal Board Of Revenue (FBR) has claimed to uncover a “mega scam” with a foreign company having tr... |
| 09.03.2021 | Punjab CM invites Italian businessmen to invest in special economic zones | Italian Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese called on Chief Minister Usman Buzdar at his office on Monday and discussed matters of mutual interest.
He invited the CM to visit Italy and both agreed to promote bilateral cooperation for ... |
| 05.03.2021 | Punjab to establish career counselling centres for students | Punjab Minister for Higher Education Raja Yasir Humayun has said that career counselling centres will be set up within the province’s educational institutions to effectively guide students towards the best career choices for them and empowe... |
| 12.02.2021 | What Will It Take for Pakistan to Pressure the Taliban Into a Cease-Fire? | In Afghanistan, surging violence has worsened the sluggish pace of peace negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government, jeopardizing a potential settlement to end the country’s decades of war. Reducing the bloodshed is a necess... |
| 23.01.2021 | UN advises its staff to avoid travelling on Pakistan-registered airlines | The United Nations has cautioned its staff across the globe to avoid travelling on Pakistan-registered airlines, including Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), over the alleged dubious licenses of their pilots.
As per the advisory issued... |
| 15.01.2021 | Japan to take stern action against the illegal trade of imported cars in Pakistan | Japan has had it with the illegal trade of its cars in Pakistan. According to an official statement released by the Pakistani Embassy in Tokyo, the Japanese government is going to take strict measures to put an end to the clearance of impor... |
| 07.01.2021 | Exports of India, Bangladesh show negative growth compared to our exports: PM Imran Khan | Prime Minister Imran Khan took to Twitter today to announce that according to the export data for November and December 2020, Pakistan had shown impressive growth in exports over the past year. He pointed out that in comparison, India and B... |
| 04.01.2021 | In Pakistan, a Tale of Two Very Different Political Movements | The past few years have seen the emergence of two major new political movements in Pakistan—each of which holds important implications for understanding the country’s current state of play. One is the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), a civil... |
| 01.01.2021 | Govt invites ethical hackers to identify Ehsaas Program’s security vulnerabilities | In an attempt to ensure maximum security and efficiency, the federal government has called upon ethical hackers to identify security vulnerabilities present in its flagship program for poverty alleviation, Ehsaas Program.
As per details fr... |
| 31.12.2020 | Pakistan enters mass production of the most advanced JF-17 – Block III | In a ceremony held at the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) Kamra, the Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistani Airforce, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan officially launched the in-house mass production of the JF-17 Block III. The Air Chi... |
| 30.12.2020 | KE to spend Rs. 26 billion to upgrade Karachi’s infrastructure and stop loadshedding (hopefully) | K-Electric (KE) has allocated an amount of Rs. 26 billion to upgrade the infrastructure of Karachi to reduce the number of disruptions in the city especially due to the rain. The amount has been approved by the directors of the company.
So... |
| 15.12.2020 | Careem reduces its restaurant commission fee to 5% | Ride-hailing giant Careem has announced that it will be reducing its restaurant commission fee to 5%. This development has been motivated by the government-enforced closure of indoor dining as Pakistan goes through the second wave of COVID-... |
| 30.11.2020 | Foreign investors withdraw $471.7M from Pakistan’s debt market after SBP slashes policy rates | In the last five months, foreign investors have withdrawn $471.7 million from Pakistan’s debt market owing to reduced policy rates introduced by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the second wave of Corona, that seems to be worse than the... |
| 20.11.2020 | FBR to deploy video analytics system at manufacturing sites to curb tax evasion | According to a recent report, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has selected seven vendors, under Video Analytics Rules 2020, for the installment of video analytics equipment on the premises of revenue-generation units of industry sectors ... |
| 25.10.2020 | Evaluating the Trump Administration’s Pakistan Reset | Editor’s Note: Pakistan has bedeviled multiple U.S. administrations, proving itself a necessary but often hostile partner with regard to U.S. counterterrorism and U.S. policy in Afghanistan. Madiha Afzal, my Brookings colleague, examines th... |
| 20.10.2020 | The History Behind the Violence in Nagorno-Karabakh | A war broke out on Sept. 27 in the mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as the Republic of Artsakh or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). The region—no bigger than the state of Delaware—hosts a population of around 150,000 pe... |
| 23.09.2020 | Patriarchy and Violence: Why Women in Pakistan Had to Protest | On March 8 this year, women in Pakistan’s historic city, Lahore, took to the streets for the third consecutive year of Aurat March (translates to ‘Woman March’) on International Women’s Day. Many other cities staged their respective Aurat M... |
| 18.02.2020 | Why Is Pakistan’s Military Repressing a Huge, Nonviolent Pashtun Protest Movement? | Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.
On January 27, a man named Manzoor Pashteen was arrested in the middle of the night in Peshawar. He faced five charges, including sedition, criminal conspiracy, attacking ... |
| 21.08.2019 | Pakistan’s current account deficit has come down by 73% | Pakistan’s current account deficit has come down by a big margin as the government follows tough measures in line with the IMF agreement.
According to the latest statistics from State Bank of Pakistan, the current account deficit of the co... |
| 19.04.2019 | Creating jobs around the country: how Daraz is facilitating sellers and establishing businesses | According to figures, presented at a conference, Pakistan’s e-commerce sales in 2017 were $622 million, 0.34% of the retail market, which is doubling every year. It is expected to reach 1 billion US dollars by 2020.
Hence, there is no deny... |
| 07.02.2019 | Off the News: Public prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro gets $75K for private lawyers | DENNIS ODA / 2015
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro holds a news conference in the Prosecutor’s Office.
In a move that seems to add insult to injury, City Council members voted this week to have taxpayers pick up the bill for pr... |
| 24.01.2019 | Despite the push towards being a smart city, only 40% Traffic Signals in Islamabad are functional | While continuous efforts are being made to make Islamabad a smart city after Lahore, authorities seem to be failing at the very basic step of ensuring traffic regulations. A senior official of the Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) said that on... |
| 14.01.2019 | Geoengineering could solve our climate problems if anyone allowed it | This weekend, I finished reading Oliver Morton’s The Planet Remade (thanks to reader Eliot Peper for recommending it). Morton has a multitude of goals with the book, but there were two I think are deeply valuable. First, geoengineering is a... |
| 19.12.2018 | Prosecuting Pakistan’s New Extremists | Pakistan confronts a new type of extremist threat: one that challenges state institutions without rejecting the state itself.
Last year, a new and relatively unknown religious movement led by a cleric named Khadim Hussain Rizvi staged a sit... |
| 24.07.2018 | What you need to know about Pakistan’s dirtiest election in years | Pakistanis will go to the polls Wednesday to elect a new prime minister in what the country’s voters and outside observers have warned will be a dirty election soiled by a military bent on getting their own candidate into power.
The run-up ... |
| 20.07.2018 | India threatens WhatsApp with legal action after hoaxes on the app led to lynchings | whatsapp
The Indian government is threatening to take legal action against WhatsApp following a string of lynchings sparked by hoaxes and misinformation spread virally through the app.
There have been at least 20 lynchings in the last two m... |
| 14.06.2018 | Ministry of Science & Technology to establish Science & Technology Park | The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) has decided to establish Software and Technology Park along with three to four incubation centers in its Research and Development sector for rapid socio-economic development of the country.
Acc... |
| 26.01.2018 | Lahore to become the first safe city in South Asia in 2018 | The provincial capital and heart of Pakistan, Lahore will become the first safe city in South Asia in 2018.
The Safe City Project which earlier started in Islamabad, keeping the city safe (by use of modern technology) has also been inaugur... |
| 21.11.2017 | China and Pakistan negotiate Belt and Road disagreements | |
| 25.08.2016 | Pakistan’s first ever National Data Centre inaugurated in Islamabad | National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) has inaugurated Pakistan’s first ever National Data Centre in Islamabad. The inauguration ceremony held in the capital was attended by Minister of IT Ms Anusha Rahman Khan, Chairman PTA Dr. Ismai... |
| 20.08.2016 | Government launches school evaluation system in Islamabad | The government has launched an online monitoring and evaluation system for all government schools in the Islamabad Capital Territory. The initiative comes under the Prime Minister’s Education Reforms Programme (PMERP), the Capital Administr... |
| 21.07.2016 | Government launches Science Talent Farming Scheme with 1.5 billion rupees in funding | The government has launched a “Science Talent Farming Scheme” with a plan to turn under-privileged students from middle class families into future scientists.
The inauguration ceremony of the ceremony was held on Wednesday in Islamabad. Th... |
| 15.11.2015 | Norms of Cyber War in Peacetime | Editor’s Note: Cyber attacks and the appropriate response are new territories in national security. On the one hand, most attacks do little damage, and their perpetrators are often unclear. On the other hand, the potential risk is growing, ... |
| 29.09.2015 | UN Broadband Commission Releases Questionable Report On 'Cyber Violence' Against Women | The UN’s Broadband Commission has just released a report on “Cyber Violence Against Women and Girls.” That this has been put together by the Broadband Commission rather than something more directly related to either law enforcement or human... |
| 18.08.2015 | Huawei holds IT Roadshow & demonstrates latest cloud technology for Pakistani businesses | Huawei is considered one of the frontrunners of technology in China, along with Lenovo and Xiaomi. Like Lenovo, Huawei has been consistently trying to expand its global network and Pakistan is one of the countries which has gained the compa... |
| 26.07.2015 | Punjab Government makes up its mind, imposes tax again on Internet Services | The Punjab Government has finally made up their mind. According to a report released by The News, the Punjab government has imposed a 19.5% tax on mobile data usage.
The government has lately been playing games with the people on the Inter... |
| 27.04.2015 | Industry Convergence In Financial Services Is Accelerating | Christoffer O. Hernæs Contributor
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| 26.01.2015 | How the neighbourhood media saw Obama’s Republic Day visit to India | US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a post-talks press conference
The high-profile visit of US President Barack Obama to India has already set off murmurs in the south-Asian neighbourhood, particularly in the media... |
| 31.12.2014 | TechJuice: Pakistan’s 25 high achievers under 25 years of age 2014 | The world has become a much different place in the last year, we have seen many success stories sprout out from all corners of the globe. These stories tell us how talented youths from various vicinity of the globe managed to be the face of... |
| 13.02.2014 | Who Should Kill All The Terrorists? | President Obama currently knows exactly where a suspected terrorist who is allegedly plotting to kill Americans is hiding out, but he can't do anything about it. Why? The man is a suspected member of al Qaeda — but he is also a United State... |
| 29.12.2013 | The Foreign Policy Essay: C. Christine Fair on "Lashkar-e-Taiba: Pakistan’s Domesticated Terrorists" | Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT), which operates under the name Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD), is both an important and misunderstood terrorist group. LeT grabbed world attention in 2008, when its operatives attacked hotels and other sites during a multi-day ... |
| 12.12.2013 | The Bangladeshis Who Make Your Clothes Have Been Given a Pay Raise | As discouraging as it is, no number of documentaries or worthy articles is suddenly going to make everyone in the world care about the people making our underwear for $1.50 a day. A large part of that is probably because it's hard to compre... |
| 05.12.2013 | The Bangladeshis Who Make Your Clothes Have Been Given a Pay Raise | A garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh
As discouraging as it is, no number of documentaries or worthy articles is suddenly going to make everyone in the world care about the people making our underwear for $1.50 a day. A large part of that ... |
| 25.09.2013 | Verdict On Pakistan YouTube Ban Delayed As Case Is Moved To High Court Full Bench | The year-long saga of the Pakistan government’s YouTube ban has just taken another twist, as a case to unblock the website has been referred to a panel of Lahore High Court justices who will now decide whether the country’s haphazard intern... |
| 16.09.2013 | Pakistani Activists Smell A Mole In Government’s Proposed YouTube Filtering Plan | After ignoring repeated requests to appear in a court case challenging the Pakistan government’s year-long YouTube blackout, the country’s elusive IT minister is expected to appear at a hearing later this month to outline plans to drop the ... |
| 14.04.2013 | Ex-Pakistani President Musharraf's Authority Shot Down (Not by a Drone) | While ex-Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was busy admitting on CNN that he approved at least some U.S. drone strikes on Pakistani territory during his time in office, the chief judge of Peshawar’s High Court was busy stating that drone... |
| 22.03.2013 | The Frenemy Press on Ben Emmerson's Statement | As Ben and Gregory McNeal posted earlier, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Counterterrorism and Human Rights, Ben Emmerson, issued this statement on March 14 after a three-day visit to Pakistan, in which he concluded that U.S. drone... |
| 05.02.2013 | Urologix names new CEO | Personnel Moves | Urologix promotes Fluet to CEO
Urologix (NSDQ:ULGX) promoted interim CEO and former COO Greg Fluet to be its new, permanent CEO, effective Jan. 31. Fluet replaces Stryker Warren Jr., who stepped down from the corner office in November 2012.... |
| 30.11.2012 | Discrepancies Surrounding South Waziristan Drone Strike | As I posted in my news roundup yesterday, a drone strike in South Waziristan killed two militants, according to the Express Tribune and Dawn. This seemed like an interesting real-time case study for media coverage of civilian casualty count... |
| 26.10.2012 | Pakistan To Start Monitoring All Emails, Phone Calls & 'Other Communications' With Foreigners | You may remember that, a year ago, Pakistan announced they were banning encryption online. Not that any such ban would likely to be effective, but it seems to fit in with the claim that the government has told PTCL, the Pakistani telco, tha... |
| 15.10.2012 | Today's Headlines and Commentary | As Wells has been reporting from Ft. Meade, the mammoth motions hearing in United States v. Mohammed et al resumed today at Guantanamo Bay. Here are the Assoicated Press, Carol Rosenberg of the Miami Herald, and Reuters on the subject.
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| 21.09.2012 | Today's Headlines and Commentary | Let’s begin with the continuing reports of protests and violence in the Arab world over the non-innocent film “Innocence of Muslims.” Pakistan experienced the “worst single day of deadly violence in one Muslim country” since the brouhaha be... |
| 21.11.2011 | Today's Headlines and Commentary | A thwarted terrorist plot to kick-start your week: the New York Times reports that a Manhattan man by the name of Jose Pimentel, a convert to Islam, was approximately an hour away from completing at least three bombs to detonate in New York... |
| 20.07.2011 | Today's Headlines and Commentary | Bad day for Taliban cybersecurity. The Taliban is denying that their leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar is dead, following emails to that effect from the group and a notice on a Taliban web site. The group contends instead that its systems had be... |
| 23.06.2010 | Pakistan Orders Internet Ban On Google, Yahoo, Bing, Hotmail, YouTube, Amazon & MSN | Perhaps Pakistan should just turn off its internet connection? We’ve already had stories recently about how courts have ordered that both Facebook and YouTube be blocked — but supposedly both bans had been lifted. Then came the news that th... |
| - | The troubled path ahead for Pakistan’s new prime minister | After weeks of political chaos and uncertainty that resulted in the removal of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan from the prime minister’s office through a vote of no-confidence, the president of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz ... |
| - | Blockchain This Week: As Winter Session Of Parliament Looms, Crypto Industry On The Edge, & More | Dates may have not been announced for the winter session of Parliament, however, India’s crypto startups and founders are dreading the same. Reason? Speculations about a ban on cryptocurrencies always start doing the rounds around the time ... |
