70 HEC scholarship awardees including VC’s son declared defaulters
News Analysis | Higher Education Commission (HEC) has declared around 70 scholarship awardees as defaulters for violating the terms of PhD scholarship. The HEC website...
PM Khan ensures safe exit of staff before him as fire erupts in office
News Desk | Prime Minister Imran Khan ensured the safe exit of his staff before him as the Prime Minister office at the sixth floor...
‘Both sides’ must compromise in cross-party Brexit talks: May
AFP | British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday conceded that concluding a Brexit deal with the main opposition will need “compromise on both sides”...
Erdogan’s party to demand total recount of Istanbul ballots
AFP | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party said on Sunday it was demanding a recount of all ballots cast in Istanbul, the country’s economic...
India’s political foes sharpen attacks as vote approaches
AFP | India's ruling party and its main rival put the finishing touches to their election campaigns Sunday, sharpening their attacks before voting begins next...
UK unveils plans to hold social media bosses liable for harmful content
AFP | The British government said on Monday it will explore making social media executives personally liable for harmful content published on their platforms, in...
The Hamza Shahbaz Saga – Saad Rasool
Saad Rasool | In a gripping politico-legal drama, which would only be believable in Pakistan, Hamza Shahbaz Sharif has been able to avoid arrest (for...
Hamza avoids arrest till 17th April
News Desk | The Lahore High Court (LHC) accepted on Monday, 8th April, the plea of Leader of the opposition in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz...
Poverty, repression in shadow of Azerbaijan’s shiny new skyline
AFP | In a crowded Baku street, Gyulya Akparova talks proudly about the major transformation of Azerbaijan and its thousand-year-old capital dotted with glittering skyscrapers...
A passenger claiming to be FIA officer harasses bus hostess
News Desk | A passenger claiming to be the Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) personnel harassed a female crew on a bus traveling from Lahore to...
US Homeland Security chief Nielsen out as border crossings surge
AFP | US President Donald Trump on Sunday announced the departure of Homeland Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, underscoring his intent to toughen immigration policy amid a...
French spy turned engineer behind Sydney Opera House magic dies
AFP | A former French spy hailed as a genius for an engineering feat that made building the Sydney Opera House possible has died aged...