SANGHAR: The ‘World Tourism Day’ was celebrated by the Sindh Culture and Tourism Department at Choutyarion Dam in Sanghar to promote local and international tourism. Newly appointed Ayub Gul who is looking after the site, arranged a gathering to aware the people regarding ‘World Tourism Day’ and promote the site. Speaking on the occasion, Prof […]
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“Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia”
Till the date, much has been written on the history of Afghanistan; it’s invasion by USSR and its collapse, which was followed by a severe wave of extremism led by the global terrorist organisation; The Al-Qaida, which exploited the Afghan soil for its goal of global jihad against west, resulting in the emergence of the […]
Pir Pappu Shah and Tariq Shah Architects of ‘New Nankana’
Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Baba Guru Nanak, enjoyed the esteem and repute of a great worship place of the Sikh community long before the Partition of India – the end of the British colonial rule. Indeed life there reached its pinnacle with glory through the preaching and teachings of Baba Guru Nanak – a […]
Ancient footprints in Saudi Arabia show how humans left Africa
WASHINGTON: Around 120,000 years ago in what is now northern Saudi Arabia, a small band of homo sapiens stopped to drink and forage at a shallow lake that was also frequented by camels, buffalo and elephants bigger than any species seen today. The humans may have hunted the big mammals but they did not stay […]
UNHCR Representative inaugurates skills development project for refugee and local women in Quetta
The UNHCR Representative in Pakistan, Ms. Noriko Yoshida on Thursday inaugurated a skills development project aimed at improving the skills and income-generating capacity of local and Afghan refugee women in Quetta. UNHCR Pakistan had signed its first-ever agreement with NAMA Women Advancement Establishment (NAMA), a private sector partner based in the United Arab Emirates, to […]
Iranian Film Festival to be held online in support of public healthcare
Organizers of the Resistance International Film Festival announced that this event will be much different this year. First of all, it is being dedicated to honor the healthcare workers all around the world fighting the pandemic and to encourage filmmakers to document and demonstrate their efforts to the general public. As well, in order to […]
Discovering the Divine on a Deserted Island: The Fantastic Story of Hayy ibn Yaqdhan
The story of Hayy ibn Yaqdhan is as unlikely as is its impact on the world centuries after it was written. The twelfth century novel was written by Abu Bakr Ibn Tufail, advisor to the ruler in Marrakesh, whose kingdom then included Andalusia, Tufail’s native land. The anthropomorphic and philosophic novel tells the story of […]
Childhood packed in a rucksack: young refugees at risk in the Balkans
A group of boys sit on a sunny patch of grass in a park in downtown Belgrade, but they are not here for a picnic. They are “unaccompanied minors” — the official name for the most vulnerable category of migrants who travel thousands of miles without adult supervision — and they came to meet a […]
Gold-hunting diggers destroy Sudan’s priceless past
When a team of archaeologists deep in the deserts of Sudan arrived at the ancient site of Jabal Maragha last month, they thought they were lost. The site had vanished. But they hadn’t made a mistake. In fact, gold-hunters with giant diggers had destroyed almost all sign of the two millenia-old site. “They had only […]
12 days for assault: Fury at weak penalties for attacks on women
Sexual harassment and assaults against women are not being taken seriously enough in Singapore, activists warn, after students at elite universities were given punishments criticised as too lenient for their crimes. In the most recent incident, a 23-year-old spent just 12 days behind bars after he tried to strangle his ex-girlfriend during a vicious assault. […]