LEAP-Pakistan

August 30, 2021

Govt undecided about convening Parliament’s joint sitting

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government is still undecided about convening a joint sitting of the parliament for the mandatory presidential address due to unclear situation […]
August 30, 2021

Sindh to administer COVID-19 shots to students of grade 9 to 12 at all schools, colleges from Sep 6

The Sindh government decided on Monday to inoculate students of grades 9 to 12 against the coronavirus at all private and public sector schools and colleges […]
August 30, 2021

Palestinian president, Israeli defence minister hold rare talks

Israel’s defence minister met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for a rare high-level meeting, but a source close to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett insisted on Monday his […]
August 30, 2021

Indian defence minister’s allegations rejected

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday categorically rejected Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s terrorism-related allegations against Pakistan as completely baseless. The Foreign Office spokesperson said in a statement […]
August 30, 2021

Renewed activity at North Korea nuclear reactor ‘deeply troubling’, IAEA says

North Korea appears to have restarted a nuclear reactor that is widely believed to have produced plutonium for nuclear weapons, the UN atomic watchdog said in […]
August 30, 2021

US exit will stop IS attacks in Afghanistan, Taliban spokesperson says

The Taliban’s spokesman says they will crack down on the the militant Islamic State (IS) group’s attacks and expects them to end once foreign forces leave […]
August 18, 2021

The claim that women are respected in Pakistan doesn’t hold true: Uks, PWMN on mob attack on woman

KARACHI: Uks Research Centre and Pakistani Women’s Media Network (PWMN) have strongly condemned the August 14, 2021 incident when a woman was assaulted by 400 men […]
August 18, 2021

‘Times have changed’: some Afghan women defiant as Taliban return

Afghan women and girls who have won freedoms they could not have dreamt of under the last Taliban rule that ended 20 years ago are desperate […]