Is the government under pressure? Federal Minister says, YES!
News Analysis | Federal Minister for Information Mr. Fawad Chaudhry, while talking to media, said that the government was under extreme pressure to sign a...
Cargo plane crashes in Iran, killing 15: Army
AFP | A military cargo plane overshot a runway, crashed and caught fire during a botched landing near the Iranian capital Tehran, killing 15 people,...
US newspaper reports White House sought military strike against Iran
AFP | The White House demanded that the military draft plans for strikes on Iran after attacks in Iraq last year, sparking concern at the...
Pakistani envoy unlawfully detained in India
News Desk | An official of the Pakistan High Commission was arrested by the Indian authorities on Sunday, January 13, 2019, and was released after...
Pompeo to press Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi’s murder
AFP | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday arrived in Riyadh, where he is set to press Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman...
Hafiz Jalandhri: The man who penned national anthem
News Desk | Today marks the 119th birthday of Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jalandhari. The poet of Pakistan’s national anthem was born on Jan 14, 1900,...
APS survivor becomes first Pakistani to receive ‘Points of Light Award’ in UK
News Desk | Ahmad Nawaz, a survivor of the terrorist attack on Army Public School Peshawar, has been given "Points of Light Award" from 10...
‘Sister’s Day’: Can University of Faisalabad reform Valentine’s Day?
News Analysis| A Pakistani university is rebranding Valentine's Day as "Sister's Day", and debating marking the holiday widely seen as a Western import by handing...
Temple conflict: Right wingers threaten Indian heroic women
AFP | Bindu Ammini and Kanakadurga are living on the run since infuriating Hindu traditionalists by entering one of India's holiest temples that for generations...
Qatar rejects normalising ties with ‘criminal’ Assad
AFP| Qatar's foreign minister ruled out on Monday the possibility of re-opening an embassy in Damascus, in line with some other Gulf countries, calling Syrian...
Political monopolies damaging democracy in Pakistan – Farid A Malik
Dr. Farid A Malik | During his speech in 1966, President John F. Kennedy quoted a Chinese curse, ‘May you live in interesting times’. He...
New alliance increases pressure on Modi’s ruling BJP
AFP | Two regional parties that were former bitter rivals announced an unlikely alliance Saturday to fight Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Hindu nationalist...