Join our Whatsapp channel THE fragility of the political system has made Pakistan extremely averse to reforms.... Result: successive governments have avoided clear decisions and the necessary speed for transformative actions.... This practice has since helped several administrations create priorities for action....

acclimatising at local military bases likely for combat in the war in Ukraine.A senior official at President

KATHMANDU, NEPAL( NYTIMES)-In April at Mount Everest base camp, where climbers acclimatise to the

A 68-year-old grandfather has become the oldest British climber to scale Everest, after training for his expedition by hiking in the hills of Devon. Graham Keene, from Exeter, beat the previous record held by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, who was 65 when he reached the world’s highest peak in 2009. The grandfather-of-five set the record following a 16-day “ flash ” expedition that was significantly quicker than normal ascents which can often take months.To avoid the crowds around Everest that might have

MELAKA: The historic city’s iconic Oceanarium will reopen its doors today after a year of closure following the Covid-19 pandemic that almost caused the popular attraction to shut down for good. The Shore Oceanarium CEO, Datuk Chew Chert Fong, said he was optimistic that the site will see an influx of domestic tourists.“ The reopening is the first step to promote the attraction to locals.“ We should be able to continue operations from now, ” he said in an interview. The attraction faced a grim f

CHITRAL: A three-member team of Georgian mountaineers scaled the northwestern face of the Sraghar Peak( 7, 303 meters) of the Hindukush mountain range in the north of Chitral last week. Team leader Archi Badriashili told Dawn the other day that it took them eight days to climb to the summit of the mountain from the base camp.... He said it was the most difficult expedition of their career because the mountain was like an ice wall. However, he said fair weather greatly helped their journey to re

BERLIN-The deployment of North Korean troops in Ukraine would be a sign of Russian desperation more than two-and-a-half years into its full-scale invasion of its neighbour, Finland's President Alexander Stubb told Reuters on Oct 22. Officials in Ukraine and South Korea have accused North Korea of dispatching troops, estimated to number in the thousands perhaps, to aid Russia in its war in Ukraine. South Korea's spy agency said last week that North Korea had shipped 1, 500 special forces troops t

Rehema “ Remi ” Muthamia, 25, welcomed families fleeing Afghanistan at her first public appearance in Walsall, West Midlands, since clinching the Miss England title two weeks ago.... Ms Muthamia volunteered with Midlands International Aid Trust to distribute donated food and supplies to new arrivals as they arrived in Britain.Ms Muthamia, a health technology consultant from northwest London, said: “ I was delighted to be invited to the launch of such a worthy humanitarian effort." As soon as I

KUALA LUMPUR: In two months’ time, Malaysian mountaineer N. Elanghovan will be attempting to scale Mount Everest at 64. Fondly known as Elango, he is set to become among the oldest Malaysians to reach the top of the world.As of now, only about two dozen Malaysians have successfully scaled Everest, which stands 8, 849m high.“ Age is not a factor.... It’s the mind that we need to conquer.... We need to have a positive mindset in order to achieve our goals, no matter how small or big they are....

SEOUL-North Korea’s foreign minister said a new multi-lateral sanctions monitoring team led by the United States was “ utterly unlawful and illegitimate ”, state media reported on Oct 20. The United States, South Korea and Japan on Oct 16 announced the launch of a new multi-national team to monitor the enforcement of sanctions against North Korea after Russia and China thwarted monitoring activities at the United Nations. The team was introduced after Russia in March rejected the annual renewal