Former Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal dies
Once the world’s longest-serving foreign minister, Saudi Arabia’s Prince Saud al-Faisal has died, as reported by family members and a foreign ministry spokesman on Thursday. His death came over two months after he was replaced following 40 years in the job. Prince Saud, who was appointed in 1975, was the world’s longest-serving foreign minister […]
Railway stations: Home for missing children in India
Railway stations usually serve as a medium of transportation for travelers, but for thousands of homeless people, including children, they are ‘home’. Delhi railway stations in India serve as home for most of the children who go missing in the capital city. As per records, at least 3,321 children were rescued from the two stations […]
Drug addiction kills more people than terrorism in Pakistan
According to the information reported to the Senate Standing Committee on Interior and Narcotics Control on Monday, around seven million people in Pakistan are drug addicts, while 700 people die every day in the country due to drug-related impediments. Briefing the committee about steps undertaken by Narcotics Control Division for the welfare of addicts, Director […]
Europe in crisis as Greece nears Eurozone exit
The European Union is facing a huge crisis after Greece voted decisively against accepting the terms of its Eurozone bail-out deal. Early results suggested that around 61 per cent of Greeks had voted to reject the deal, compared to just 39 per cent in favor. The scale of the No vote took European leaders […]
Indonesian plane crash kills over 140
After a military transport plane crashed in a residential area of the Indonesian city of Medan, more than 140 people are claimed dead. The Hercules C-130 plane hit two houses and a hotel before bursting into flames, creating a huge fireball. Military personnel and their family members, students and other civilians were among those […]
Over 1000 dead due to heat wave in Pakistan
As over 40, 000 people suffered from heatstroke all over Sindh, at least 1000 of them have died. While the scorching heat wave gripping Karachi since Saturday showed signs of settling, the death toll across Sindh rose to 1,011, with at least 229 fatalities reported on Wednesday by government and private hospitals. As many as […]
Tattoo culture in Korea: artistic exploration in the underbelly of Seoul
As humans, we have an urge to draw and decorate everything, from walls to vehicles to clothes to everything we use in our lives. In earlier times, we used to paint on cave walls, then canvases, rooms and ceilings. Now we doodle, sketch and Photoshop. But there is one thing that has always fascinated us […]
BeGLOBAL Seoul 2015: Entrepreneurs, business and young leaders
Last Friday, I attended ‘BeGlobal Seoul 2015’, which was marketed as ‘Asia’s Biggest Startup-Tech Conference’ at one of Seoul’s most beautiful places, Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP). By the amount of hype created on social media, and the correct marketing of the event, I was already impressed. On the top of that, when it is held […]
Parents’ Day in Korea: A letter to my parents
Hello Ami and Baba, Living alone has its perks. Who else in his 20s does not want to leave his home and explore the world? Apart from the morons who think travel is only for the rich. Thankfully, I am not one of them and now I am here in Korea. As today is […]
Pakistan, Photojournalist, street photographer and filmmaker 
Trump, Kim, and the Three P’s of Summit Diplomacy: 
