Bravo, Sherry Rehman!The PPP’s Sherry Rehman is a woman who can. And presently, she is all set to assume the position of Leader of the Opposition in the Senate; having secured the support of some 33 Upper House lawmakers....
Farewell, Stephen HawkingWith the death of British physicist Professor Stephen Hawking — it is not just this field of modern science that has lost one of its brightest stars. The world has, too. For Hawking’s mind did not jus...
Clean chit from IAEAWhen the global nuclear watchdog turned 60 last year, it decided to celebrate by reminding member states of its motto: Atoms for Peace and Development. That message was reiterated when the director ge...
Islam’s contribution to Europe — IIIThere is another connection between Dante and Islam. Manuscripts of Brunetto Latini’s book Li Livres dou Tresor (The Book of the Treasure), which equates treasure to knowledge, features depictions of...
Pakistan’s primordial Hindu heritageThe election of 39-year-old Krishna Kumari as the first Hindu Dalit woman to occupy a place in Pakistan’s Senate shines a spotlight on Pakistan’s long-suffering Hindu minority. Escaping a life of forc...