ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (ViaNews) – Malala Yousafzai is a human rights activist and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. Despite her impressive curriculum at such an early age, 21 years old, her popularity among the Pakistan population is somewhat low. Let’s find out why. She was born in the small village in the Swat District in the…
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (ViaNews) – The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Pakistan’s security agency, froze the account of an ice-cream vendor in Karachi who reportedly received a Rs2.25 billion (Indian Rupee) transfer into his bank account. The FIA began an investigation to determine the details of the bank transfer and has also been questioning five officials of…
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (ViaNews) – The former prime minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz, and son-in-law Captain Safdar (retired) were released from Adiyala Jail this afternoon (Sept 19). Such recent developments received a mixed response from different strata of society. In some political circles, the news of their release made headlines in all…
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (ViaNews) – Early this year, the diplomatic relationship between Pakistan may have started off on the wrong foot. Relations between the two countries might have been tense under the Obama Administration but this year’s spat between the two troubled allies appears to be part of a deeper rift, a divide that’s only widening…
ISLAMABAD, Pakistam (ViaNews) – The general election in Pakistan revealed a very interesting fact. According to Pakistan’s English-language news portal, Dawn.com, the number of voters pertaining to religious minorities in the country has climbed 30%. That’s an increase of almost one million non-muslim people, in a country where 96.57% of the population is Muslim. Previous…
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (ViaNews) – Over the last few months, Pakistani’s women have been protesting in the streets to fight for their rights. Women in Pakistan are demanding more freedom and gender equality in what relates to household responsibilities, and equal testimony right in court. In Pakistan, and according to Islam, the testimony of two women…
Islamabad, Pakistan (ViaNews) – Is the USA Government trying to strangulate the Pakistan elite businesses who are directly or indirectly linked to sensitive equipment or strategic industries? Could the U.S. Entity List be a tool harness Pakistan strategic organization? Not many know about the Entity List, a document provided by the US Bureau of Industry…
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (ViaNews) – The U.S. and Pakistan relations may face many geostrategic and geoeconomic challenges, but one, such as the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), stands above all else. The CPEC is a collection of infrastructure to modernize and strengthen the Pakistan economy by the construction of transportation networks and energy projects. Pakistan is a…
New Delhi, India (VIAnews) – For centuries, the majority of the world’s trade has been under the influence of India and China in the Eastern world, and Europe to the west. Back in the 16th century, the maritime technology power of the Europeans and trade supremacy lead to an eventual colonization of the east. Going…
Islamabad, Pakistan (ViaNews) – President Trump delivered a speech on August 21 at Fort Myer military base, near Washington, about the Strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia. He singled Pakistan out for particular criticism of their alleged role in giving sanctuary to insurgents operating from Pakistan against the USA. “Pakistan often gives safe haven to…
