Hartal to be staged in North against killing of two students

Nalanda: The university that changed the world

The winter morning was cloaked in thick fog. Our car swerved past horse-drawn carriages, a mode of transport still popular in the rural reaches of the eastern Indian state of Bihar, the trotting horses and turbaned coachmen looking like shadowy apparitions in the pearly-white mist. After spending a night in the town of Bodhgaya, the ancient settlement where Lord Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment, I set out that morning for Nalanda, whose red-brick ruins are all that remain of one of

28 Feb, 2023

Nikki Haley pledges to cut billions in aid to Pak, other US adversaries

US Republican Party, Grand Old Party (GOP) Presidential candidate?Nikki Haley?has said that if voted to power, she will cut every cent in foreign aid for countries that hate the US. This includes China,?Pakistan?and other adversaries as “a strong America doesn’t pay off the bad guys”. “I will cut every cent in foreign aid for countries that hate us. A strong America doesn’t pay off the bad guys. A proud America doesn’t waste our people’s hard-earned money. And the only leaders who deserve our t

28 Feb, 2023

Pakistan restricts movement of Afghans through Torkham border after rise in terror attacks: Report

Pakistan has unilaterally decided to restrict the movement of Afghans coming to Peshawar through the Torkham border, Ilhamuddin Afghan wrote in the Afghan Diaspora Network report, adding that Pakistan’s decision comes as the first two months of 2023 has proved to be deadly for the country with two major terror attacks claiming more than 100 lives. Recently, Pakistan tightened security measures and controls at the border crossings with Afghanistan since TTP has increased terror attacks within Pa

28 Feb, 2023