Eight young women from Shimshal, Hunza, led by Karachi-based, independent filmmaker Shehrbano Saiyid broke several records when they conquered three peaks with temperatures dipping -10 or less, at the Karakoram Range, in Gilgit-Baltistan region. According to mountaineering official from Shimshal, Qudrat Ali, "these girls summited three 6000m peaks...

On Aug. 14, 2012, Pakistan turned 65. Big streets of Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad were lit amid loadshedding (power outages), patches of celebrations with national flags and flickering green and white lights 'til the sun finally went behind to renew for another day.

Meanwhile, beyond the pendulam, something unusual was...

The focus of Pakistan foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar at local and international conferences these days is exhaustively toward the "new foreign policy" for the new Pakistan. Weeks ago she had been emphasizing military's receding interference in the foreign policy of the country. The biggest shift in the focus of...

On Press Freedom Day, Pakistan is reminded of its grave journalistic challenges.

It is known that the risks of working as a journalist in any country are highlighted most in times of political turmoil. According to reports, 2011 was one of the worst years for journalists the world over, and...