Pentagon expects Turkey to buy US missile system
AFP | US Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Tuesday he was confident that Turkey would drop its plan to purchase the Russian S-400 missile...
Improving business environment – Farid A Malik
Farid A Malik | The business environment in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan continues to be unfriendly. It is because of this, the country has...
Burger King goes… vegan? The meatless Whopper is here
AFP | For decades, fast-food giant Burger King has been the undisputed Home of the Whopper -- the chain's signature sandwich featuring one of its...
Sugar rush fades for Indian farmers ahead of vote
AFP | India is vying to become the world's top sugar producer, but for its millions of sugarcane growers life is far from sweet as...
Brunei introduces stoning to death for gay sex, adultery
AFP | Brunei on Wednesday introduced harsh new sharia laws, including death by stoning for adultery and gay sex, despite a storm of global criticism...
What should NAB do before it files new references?
News Analysis | In the latest development, the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) executive board has approved the filing of the first reference pertaining to the...
Communal violence & Hindu supremacy: Modi’s India unsafe for minorities
News Desk | Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has expressed profound remorse over the international community’s failure to break its prolonged silence over the heightened...
IS PTI going to repeal 18th Amendment?
News Analysis | Asad Qaiser, prominent Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader and National Assembly Speaker, has ruled out any consideration to revoke the 18th constitutional amendment,...
South Korea to launch world’s first national 5G networks
AFP | South Korea launches the world’s first fully-fledged 5G mobile networks Friday, a transformational leap that already has superpowers sparring for control of an...
Gandhi promises Indians cash, jobs and cleaner air
AFP | India's main opposition Congress party vowed Tuesday to end abject poverty by 2030, hand cash to 50 million families and tackle the "emergency"...
UN adopts resolution as Pakistan warns of threat to global peace from Islamophobia
News Desk | The UN General Assembly on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution, co-sponsored by Pakistan that strongly condemns continuing violence and acts of terrorism...
Trump says ‘100%’ ready to shut down Mexico border
AFP | President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is "100 percent" prepared to close down the US-Mexico border, warning Congress and Central American governments to...