Secures record budget of 22.1 billion euros to fund programmes for next three years ESA chief Josef Aschbacher (right), with Greek digital governance minister Dimitris Papastergiou and German’s aerospace minister Dorothee Baer meet during the European Space Agency’s ministerial meeting held in the German city of Bremen on Thursday. Photo: AFP BREMEN: The European Space…
Brigadier General Leland D Blanchard II looks towards pictures of two National Guard members who were shot in Washington, along with a picture of a suspect, Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, at a press conference in Washington, DC. Photo: Reuters KABUL/ISLAMABAD: Afghans who fled the Taliban and have waited years for a US resettlement decision say…
Says Israel continues to severely restrict entry of supplies, restoration of services essential for civilian survival Palestinians carry humanitarian aid in Gaza Strip. Photo: AFP JERUSALEM: Amnesty International on Thursday claimed Israel was “still committing genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, despite the ceasefire agreed last month. Contacted by AFP, the Israeli foreign ministry…
A UN report warns Karachi faces extreme urban heat risks, exposing vulnerable citizens to worsening climate threats A new UN report has warned of the acute danger of an “urban heat effect” on several large cities, including Karachi, raising new concerns about how the cash-strapped government will prevent or mitigate urban climate disasters. The UN…
. The writer is a geopolitical analyst. She also writes at globaltab.net and tweets @AneelaShahzad Sindoor 1.0 was a failure, but it was not given a state burial. Modi administration wants Sindoor 2.0 so that both misadventures can be cremated in a single pyre. Meanwhile, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, in his delusional and dangerously…
. Pakistan’s central bank governor could not have been more unequivocal: the country’s current growth model simply cannot sustain a population of over 250 million. With unemployment at a 21-year high and nearly half the population slipping into poverty, the governor has called for a tectonic shift in economic thinking. For too long, Pakistan has…
. Tehran took a strategic leap forward as it offered Islamabad to address its irritants on the western and eastern border, unmindful of extra-regional wrangling. The Islamic Republic termed this gesture of unconditional support for Pakistan as a ‘blank cheque’, as security concerns grow in the wake of Taliban’s adamant attitude and Delhi’s continued intransigence….
. The writer is a political, security and defence analyst. He tweets @shazchy09 and can be contacted at shhzdchdhry@yahoo.com Unambiguous command and control is the key to effective use of the military instrument. This principle cannot be violated in a military system that must always be war-ready. The Services structure is built on those lines…
. The writer is a Lahore-based academic currently associated with Forman Christian College, a chartered university Dear Salima Hashmi, If I call Narrators of Dissonance an exhibition featuring four women artists, curated by another woman of similar attributes —South Asian, multi-talented and visionary —it would only be partial information. To fully describe the premise of…
Negotiations between representatives of K-P CM, Adiala Jail administration underway Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi continued a sit-in outside Adiala Jail late into Thursday night after authorities once again denied him permission to meet the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan. Negotiations between representatives of the K-P CM and the Adiala Jail administration were underway, according…
