AFP Pakistan put their miserable hammering by arch-rivals India behind them with a shock 19-run win over South Africa at Edgbaston on Wednesday that kept their Champions Trophy semi-final hopes alive. Just three days after suffering a humiliating 124-run defeat by title-holders India at Edgbaston in their opening group match, with former skipper Shahid Afridi among those slamming a …

By Andrew MacLeod Recent infrastructure investments in Silk Road countries are putting the historic pathway back on the map. As Andrew MacLeod writes, a trip down the ancient route is not only a glimpse into history – it is a preview of the future   Along the Great Silk Road the shadows of predator and prey chase each other across the wide grassland still …

Syrian troops deployed in support of Kurdish forces around a strategic northern city on Friday, in a shift of alliances hastened by last week’s announcement of a US military withdrawal. Nearly eight years into Syria’s deadly conflict, the move marked another key step in President Bashar al-Assad’s Russian-backed drive to reassert control over the country. Buoyed by its military victories, …

  HAH Report   A 12-year-old boy has been found alive after being buried under an avalanche in the French Alps for 40 minutes, with rescue workers calling it "miraculous". Associated PressDecember 28, 20184:20am A 12-year-old boy has been found alive and uninjured after being buried under an avalanche for 40 minutes in the French Alps, an event his rescuers …

By Laila Raza   KARACHI:  The provincial Ombudsman has ruled in favour of Shifa Imtiaz on December 20 in the case of sexual harassment and intimidation against Hassan Abbas Zaidi, a lecturer at Karachi University’s (KU) Petroleum and Technology Department. “Accused Hassan Abbas Zaidi is penalised under section 4(4) (c) of the Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace …

  By Zameer Abbas I shared the first part of this piece on an elitist WhatsApp group of government officials, assuming that the members would read and comment on it. But, barring two out of 49 participants, the piece was met with a bureaucratic indifference. Perhaps the group members, well-educated by all standards, found the piece uninteresting even though most …