By: Tariq A. Al Maeena I was on my way home last Thursday afternoon, when my cell phone buzzed with a frantic plea from my 10-year-old. Would I please pick...

BY: SARAH BAKEWELL Optimism is not generally thought cool, and it is often thought foolish. The optimistic philosopher John Stuart Mill wrote in 1828, “I have observed that not the...

Sharjah:  Peshawar Zalmi thrashed Lahore Qalandars in the 14th match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) third edition with a 10-wicket win in Sharjah on Saturday night . After deciding...

BY: Mohammed Hanif The Chief Justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court, Mian Saqib Nisar, is a man on a mission. Our senior-most judge wants to rid the country of corrupt politicians,...

BY: Rashid Paul Srinagar March 03: The J&K State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (CDRC) has asked the JK Bank chairman to hold an inquiry into a case of fraud and...

Baramulla: A noted chemist Ghulam Nabi Sidiqi escaped a bid on his life when an unknown masked burglar attacked him  last  evening while he was returning home from his Shafeeq...

By: Syed Maajid Rashid Andrabi EduCare  Education by far, has been the only tool in the hands of mankind, which has the power to influence the human nature. Be it...

By: Namra Khan Haruki Murakami, a renowned Japanese author, once said, “If you’re young and talented, it’s like you have wings”. It seems that 14-year-old Faizan Aslam Soofi, one of...

By: A.G. Noorani ABSOLUTE monarchs wield legislative and executive power. Democracies do not and cannot. It is amazing that the framers of India’s constitution blindly endowed the governments at the...

By: Imtiaz Gul Pakistan currently resembles the biblical Goliath; big and armed to teeth but stymied by a myriad of factors such as inaction, inefficiency, institutional paralysis, inter-institutional tug of...