LEAP-Pakistan

July 8, 2021

Is North Korea a threat towards the East Asian Region?

The mountains and the uplands are divided between narrow and deep valleys in North Korea. The government system is a one-man communist state dictatorship; the president […]
July 7, 2021

Johnson unveils rules for ‘freedom day’ in England

THE majority of Covid-19 restrictions across England are set to be lifted on July 19, a day being marked by anti-lockdown citizens as ‘freedom day’ and […]
July 7, 2021

Workplace harassment law limited in scope: SC

ISLAMABAD: The Protection Against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act 2010 (PAHWWA) surprisingly in its present form is just another piece of cosmetic legislation that […]
July 6, 2021

Israel’s new government fails to extend controversial citizenship law

Israel’s parliament has failed to pass an extension to a controversial law barring Palestinians from the occupied West Bank or Gaza who marry Israelis from being […]
July 6, 2021

Govt recommends referring domestic violence bill to Council of Islamic Ideology

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan has written a letter to National Speaker Asad Qaiser, seeking a review of the Domestic Violence […]
July 5, 2021

Indonesia faces oxygen crisis amid worsening Covid surge

Indonesia’s government has ordered producers to prioritise medical oxygen amid a Covid surge and a shortage of oxygen in a number of cities. Hospitals say they […]
July 5, 2021

Northern Balochistan: from plenty to penury

I USED to travel a lot in the past. One of the places I frequented was northern Balo­chistan, which is predominantly Pashtun. My maternal uncle, who […]
July 4, 2021

Chinese astronauts make first spacewalk outside new station

Two astronauts made the first spacewalk on Sunday outside China’s new orbital station to work on setting up a 15-metre-long robotic arm. Liu Boming and Tang […]