South Asia

Kashaf AliLahore: Every outfit he wears is a simple question: does masculinity have to look only one way?Fashion in South Asia has always been more than fabric. It can praise you or punish you, signal respectability or provoke…

News Desk Ashgabat: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reaffirmed Pakistan’s resolve to expand regional connectivity with Turkmenistan through both land and sea routes, underscoring that enhanced economic linkages are central to his…

News Desk  Islamabad: Pakistan must “move beyond rhetoric” and urgently strengthen preparation, coordination, and institutional capacity ahead of the next UN climate summit, Chairman of the National Assembly Committee on Finance and…

AFP/APPBelém, Brazil: A bitter standoff over whether to reference fossil fuels in the final agreement threatened to derail UN climate talks in Brazil on Friday, as time ran out on the scheduled last day of COP30.At stake is an…

News DeskLahore: Punjab’s capital Lahore once again ranked as the world’s most polluted city on Saturday morning, as dense smog continued to blanket the metropolis and much of South Asia, severely reducing visibility and worsening…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan has strongly condemned the recent United States airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, calling them a blatant violation of international law and expressing full support for Iran’s right to self-defence…

News Desk Istanbul: Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, accompanied by Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, held a high-level meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip…

News DeskIslamabad: Light rain fell over Islamabad on Saturday morning, offering a brief respite following a prolonged spell of extreme heat that gripped the capital this June.Earlier this month, the city endured one of its worst…

Asem Mustafa AwanIslamabad: An emotional reflection of everyday life in Pakistan, a harrowing incident recently unfolded by the riverbanks, captured by chance witnesses.An elderly woman, driven to despair by an exorbitant…

AFP/APPPatuakhali:Fierce gales and crashing waves smashed into the low-lying coast of Bangladesh and India on Monday, as an intense cyclone started to weaken as it progressed deeper inland.Two people have been killed since Cyclone…