Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Pakistan: 23 deaths from Corona, positive case rate came down to 1.78%

Islamabad : 23 people died in Pakistan due to the global epidemic Corona, while the positive case rate was recorded at 1.78. According to the Corona Statistics website (covid.gov.pk) in Pakistan, 41,133 corona tests were carried out across the country in the last 24 hours, of which 735 people tested positive for the virus and 23 infected with the virus....

Indian intelligence agency “RAW” is the facilitator of Lahore blast : Firdous Ashiq

LAHORE: Special Assistant to the Punjab Chief Minister for Information Firdous Ashiq Awan has termed the Indian intelligence agency RAW as a facilitator of the Johar Town blast. Speaking on Geo News program Geo Pakistan, Frood Ashiq Awan said that the security agencies had arrested the perpetrators of the Johartown blast in a timely manner, the fabric of the incident...

Cylender Blast in Lahore, 10 vehicles burnt

LAHORE: Several gas cylinders kept in a shop in Garden Town exploded. According to the rescue, several cylinders exploded from time to time in the shop located in Barkat Market, which caused a fire in the shop and also blew up its roof. Rescue officials say the cylinder blasts burned about 10 vehicles and shattered windows in buildings adjacent to the...

Indians in South Africa Are Caught Up in an Identity Crisis

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s controversial Indian-rant politician must curry favour with facts.  Indians in South Africa are caught up in an identity crisis which controversial fringe opposition party leader Julius Malema often tried to exploit through his secret curry fetish. The leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters’ is always mouthing off angrily on South Africans of Indian origin in a distasteful manner. While...

South Africa Announced Very Strict Lockdown Regulations in a bid to “flatten the curve”

JOHANNESBURG: Despite weekend media and political criticism of the government’s sedate approach in dealing with the effects of the third wave of Covid-19, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa last night  announced a tightening of the country’s lockdown regulations in a bid to “flatten the curve”. Increased restrictions have been put in place for two weeks, effective today in an attempt...

UK HEALTH Secretary resigns after breaching S-D guidelines by kissing a colleague

London : U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who has led the country's response to the coronavirus, resigned Saturday, a day after apologizing for breaching social distancing rules with an aide with whom he was allegedly having an affair. Hancock had been under growing pressure since the tabloid Sun newspaper published images showing him and senior aide Gina Coladangelo kissing in...

Top Secreat MoD Royal Military Documents found at Bus Stop. UK Military’s Presence in Afghanistan Revealed

London: Classified Ministry of Defence documents containing details about HMS Defender and the British military have been found at a bus stop in Kent. One set of documents discusses the likely Russian reaction to the ship's passage through Ukrainian waters off the Crimea coast on Wednesday. Another details plans for a possible UK military presence in Afghanistan after the US-led Nato...

Political linguistics and power politics : Prof. Abdul Shakoor Shah

By : Prof. Abdul Shakoor Shah It is difficult to envisage any political action without language. Political linguistics is the study of the relationship between language and politics. Politicians carefully craft their manifesto to convince the reader of their credibility. Political linguistics is a tool of persuasion in politics. Language is a tool to rule. It is not neutral and translucent means to...

Country Stenches of Religious Bigotry : Ajay Shukla : Pulse

By : Ajay Shukla Has the world's largest democratic country turned into a mob system? This question is presently extant. In July 2017, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, while hearing a petition filed by Tushar Gandhi and Tehseen Poonawalla, the great-grandsons of the Father of the Nation, observed that "a citizen cannot be a law in itself, mob...

All is Well in Punjab, PM IK showing trust on Buzdar Government

Rawalpindi : Mr. Buzdar is successful, at last. Prime Minister of Pakistan Mr. Imran Khan seems to be satisfied now with Sardar Usman Buzdar, CM of Punjab. No one is going nowhere in Punjab and Buzdar Sarkar is going to complete its tenure till the next General Elections. Even top officials of PTI are now supporting SUB. Nothing is...