MNA Ali Wazir, other PTM leaders booked

Rizwan Shehzad | A sitting Member of National Assembly (MNA) Ali Wazir and several other leaders of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) have, inter alia, been...

A year after US nuclear pullout, Iran grapples with sanctions

AFP | A year after the US withdrew from a landmark nuclear accord, Iran's economy is suffering under renewed sanctions but Tehran is sticking to...

Pakistan to Temporarily Defer Death Penalities during the Month of Ramazan

News Desk | Prison authorities throughout Pakistan have been ordered against executing any prisoners from the first of Ramazan until the celebrations of Eid-ul Fitr...

The Pakistani popcorn seller who built his own plane

AFP | The engine is from a road cutter, the wings are burlap, the wheels are borrowed from a rickshaw: a popcorn seller has caught...

Brunei won’t enforce gay sex death penalty after backlash

AFP | Brunei's sultan has announced death by stoning for gay sex and adultery will not be enforced after a global backlash, but critics Monday...

In Iraq, religious rap meets a chorus of controversy

AFP | As the black-clad rapper spat lyrics into the microphone on stage, the Iraqi boys below beat their chests in mourning. He was, after...

41 dead as Russian plane bursts into flames on landing

AFP | A Russian passenger plane erupted in a huge ball of fire and black smoke after making an emergency landing at Moscow's busiest airport,...

Venezuela: Indigenous people are forgotten victims of crisis

Natalia Garcia Bonet | It appeared to be a confrontation between humanitarianism and military force. In February, the Venezuelan government placed troops along the country’s...

Blacklisting Muslim Brotherhood could radicalise members: analysts

News Desk | Washington is considering blacklisting the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation, but experts warn the move would risk radicalising its members and...

Pakistan needs to increase tax compliance, not new taxes: World Bank

News Desk | The World Bank has said that Pakistan does not need to impose new taxes or increase rates because the existing taxes have...

Huawei: Fears in the West are misplaced and could backfire in the long run

Howard Yu | Western fears of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei infiltrating their technological infrastructure are rooted in fears of China’s rise. Three of the “Five...

Sindh Police increasing digital surveillance on social media

News Desk | SP Suhai Aziz swiftly reacted to a case of a missing 20-year old girl Komal from DHA Karachi. A woman had posted...
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