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Karachi Mall Inferno: Families Wait in Agony as Rescuers Search for 63 Missing

Karachi Mall Inferno: Families Wait in Agony as Rescuers Search for 63 Missing

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Rescue teams in Karachi continued combing through the blackened ruins of Gul Plaza on Tuesday, desperately searching for 63 people still missing after a devastating fire that raged for nearly two days and claimed at least 21 lives. The blaze, the city’s worst in more than a decade, erupted late Saturday evening and rapidly engulfed […]

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Visa Rejections Get Personal Trump Administration Flags Obesity and Dependents as Potential ‘Burden’.

Visa Rejections Take a Personal Turn: Obesity and Dependents Now in Spotlight

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The United States is now considering obesity and the presence of dependents with special needs as potential reasons to deny immigrant visas, marking the latest move by the Trump administration to tighten immigration rules. A cable sent earlier this month by Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructs U.S. embassies to evaluate whether applicants’ health conditions […]

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