Pakistan has more mosques than schools and hospitals!

IANS | September 7, 2025 6:36 PM

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Pakistan’s first-ever Economic Census, since its independence in 1947, exposes the startling ground reality that the number of mosques is over two times the number of schools in the country, which has very few factories or hospitals for a population of 250 million people -- most of whom live below the poverty line.

Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba resigns after party's poor poll performance

IANS | September 7, 2025 3:52 PM

Tokyo, Sep 7 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Sunday announced his decision to step down, bowing to mounting pressure within the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to take responsibility for back-to-back electoral setbacks, thus bringing an end to his 11-month tenure, according to local media reports.