Imran blasts opposition for NA walkouts

News Desk | Prime Minister Imran Khan has criticized the opposition parties’ partial boycott of the National Assembly proceedings and termed it a pressure tactic...

NAB: The only casualty in ‘war of words’

News Desk | Asif Ali Zardari, PPP co-chairman, on Monday said that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman should appear before the parliament in person,...

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,...

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...

‘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...

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...

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...

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...

Iran to launch two satellites in ‘coming days’

AFP| Iran's president said Monday the Islamic republic plans to launch two domestically made satellites into orbit in the "coming days" to gather information on...

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...

Remembering Pakistan’s genius – Arfa Karim

News Desk | Today (January 14) marks the seventh death anniversary of youngest Microsoft professional Arfa Karim, who passed away at the age of 16...

Celebrating without cause? – Saad Rasool

Saad Rasool | Earlier in the week, as reported, the honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan referred the JIT Report (regarding money laundering by Asif Zardari...