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Bidhya Devi Bhandari, vice chairman of the ruling CPN-UML, was elected president of Nepal, making her the first woman to occupy the vaunted post. Bhandari defeated Nepali Congress nominee Kul Bahadur Gurung in the presidential poll...

Celebrated humanitarian Abdul Sattar Edhi declined the offer of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to donate 10 million Indian rupees to his charity. “Abdul Sattar Edhi has thanked Mr Modi and politely declined to accept his...

By Aneesa Malik Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that the implementation of the relief package announced by him has started, stated a report from Radio Pakistan. The relief package will provide monetary compensation to people who...

Until very recently, many people in Sri Lanka probably were left traumatised because of the civil war from 23rd July 1983-2nd January 2009. The civil war apparently took place in the northern and eastern provinces of...

Last night Malala Yousafzai and family attended a special screening of forthcoming film HE NAMED ME MALALA in London. The evening was hosted by Annie Lennox OBE who also introduced the film with Mabel van Oranje...

Amid fanfare, Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of south-Indian state Andhra Pradesh’s new capital Amaravati at Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district. Union Ministers M Venkaiah Naidu, Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Nirmala Sitaraman,...

More work is needed to help professionals understand new FGM reporting duties, according to a survey from Barnardo’s which reveals widespread confusion about imminent changes to the law. The charity says this underlines the need for...

By Aneesa Malik In the most disastrous pilgrimage to face the walls of Saudi Arabia in 25 years, three separate incidents in the holy country has led to a death toll of almost 1,200 people and...

By Salman Sheikh Karachi being Pakistan’s largest city and one of the fast growing cities in the world today in terms of population, one can hardly question the need for expanding its public transport system. Increasing...

By Ijaz Chaudhry The word or term ‘Terrorism’ is in use since time immemorial but appears far more frequently since 9/11. Another term, ‘Islamic Terrorism’ born after 9/11 has perhaps even surpassed ‘Terrorism’ as far as...