The Federal Education Minister Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, who also heads Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), has said the country and its parliament cannot function without support of his party. Addressing a surgical camp for cleft lip children at Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation (KKF) here on Saturday the MQM-P’s Convener said they did not get elected to the assemblies […]
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Two US service members killed in Afghanistan
Two US service members were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said in a statement. It gave no further details and withheld the names of the service members until next of kin were informed. The latest deaths bring the tally of US service member deaths in Afghanistan to at least six […]
Chechen women go places with female-only taxi service
Checking her blind spot, Fatima Dzhambulatova changes lanes on a busy avenue in Chechnya’s capital Grozny. In this Muslim republic of Russia, she is spearheading a women-only taxi service. At the wheel of a white sedan bearing the bright purple logo “Mekhkari”, the name of the service launched this spring, the 49-year-old taxi driver explains […]
Julian Assange: a decade of stunning leaks of US secrets
The US government has regarded WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a dangerous national security threat ever since he and his organization opened a decade-long effort to expose US secrets — from military files to embarrassing Democratic Party emails during the 2016 election. But Assange’s indictment on narrow charges of hacking conspiracy Thursday seems to concede […]