Pak sees sudden surge in Covid cases

Pakistan saw a sudden surge in the daily Covid death count as the country reported 11 new deaths overnight, as given in the data from the National Institute of Health of Islamabad on Friday.

Afghan women raise concern over Taliban’s new rule

Ever since the Taliban took over control of Afghanistan, large-scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls has been ongoing in the country, which has apparently witnessed a downfall trend.

Salman Rushdie on ventilator, may lose an eye

Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to kill him because of his writing, was stabbed in the neck and torso onstage at a…