Four passengers injured after blast derails Jaffar Express in Sindh’s Shikarpur
Representational image shows Jaffar Express derails in Bolan area of Balochistan. — X@shaibaloch_99/FileBlast derails four Jaffar Express coaches in Sultan Kot.Train operations remain suspended after explosion.Railway authorities begin repair work…
‘The Government Was Corrupt and Willing to Kill Its Own People to Stay in Power’
CIVICUS discusses recent protests that led to a change of government in Nepal with Dikpal Khatri Chhetri, co-founder of Youth in Federal Discourse (YFD). YFD is a youth-led organisation that…
When Women Lead, Peace Follows
UNITED NATIONS, October 7 (IPS) – We meet on the eve of the twenty-fifth anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325—a milestone born of the multilateral system’s conviction that peace…
No African Development from Western Trade Policies
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, October 7 (IPS) – The World Bank’s 1981 Berg Report provided the blueprint for structural adjustment, including economic liberalisation in Africa. Urging trade liberalisation, it promised growth…
Lawyer hurls shoe at India’s chief justice over religious row
This file photo shows India’s Chief Justice BR Gavai. — ANI An Indian lawyer hurled a shoe at Chief Justice BR Gavai during court proceedings in Delhi on Monday, following…
Israel’s Gaza war enters third year as besieged enclave pushed into famine
Smoke rises from Gaza after explosions, as seen from the Israeli side of the border with Gaza, October 5, 2025. — Reuters October 7 marks the completion of two years…
No-trust motion: ‘Put your own house in order first,’ Asif snaps at Asad Qaiser
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif smiles as he looks on duing an event. — APP/FileSays Nawaz Sharif’s health improving, ignore rumours.Looks to Asif Ali Zardari for easing political tensions.Asserts PML-N seeks…
FIR registered over alleged abduction of PTI activist Sanam Javed
PTI party activist Sanam Javed meets fellow members during her brief release in Islamabad on July 14, 2024.— X/@seemabiatahirCase registered at Shaqri police station.FIR filed by Sanam’s friend in Peshawar.Incident…
President Zardari steps in to diffuse PML-N-PPP tensions after days of verbal spat
President Asif Ali Zardari addresses a soint session of parliament in Islamabad. — PID/FilePresident Zardari, Mohsin Naqvi to discuss PML-N-PPP friction.PPP members boycott NA, Senate sessions over Maryam’s remarks.Party laments…
Opinion – International Recognition of Palestine and the Risk of a West Bank “Frontier”
The absence of international protection over the West Bank could see it devolve into a zone of devastation, rather than Palestinian safety.