Fearing the arrest of leader: PML-N devises future strategy
News Analysis | In an interesting development, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has reportedly decided to give the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) a “tough time”...
Will PTI fulfill its promise of creating “Janoobi Punjab Suba”?
News Analysis | In a rather unexpected development, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has said that it is ready to extend its "full cooperation" for...
Tales of displaced Yemenis: two camps, same tragedy
AFP | For many families in Yemen, the war has not only stripped them of their livelihoods, homes and belongings but something far more valuable:...
NAB goes after PPP in Sindh, pledges to be tough on corrupt mafia
News Desk | The Executive Board of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has approved inquiries against various political personalities including Nisar Ahmed Khoro, Pir Sabir Shah,...
Americans have grown fatter, shorter since 1999: US data
AFP | Americans have got fatter over the past two decades, adding girth to their bellies and even growing fractionally shorter on average, according to...
US charges two Chinese over alleged state-sponsored hacking
AFP | The United States has charged two Chinese men it says hacked the computer systems of companies and government agencies in a dozen countries,...
US bishops face pressure amid new sex assault revelations
AFP | US bishops preparing for a meeting to address the sexual abuse scandal roiling the Catholic Church suddenly find themselves in a high-stakes credibility...
FO welcomes fresh talks with Afghan Taliban
News Analysis | The Foreign Office on Monday welcomed a new round of talks between the Afghan Taliban and other international stakeholders expected to be...
Gatekeeper at Japan’s ‘Suicide Forest’ hopes music can save lives
AFP | From his hut on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest", Kyochi Watanabe blasts John Lennon's "Imagine" into the night -- hoping that music...
Fear grips ‘stateless’ millions in India’s Assam
AFP | Indian farmer Nur Mohammed can barely sleep for worrying that his wife might soon be made stateless, put in a detention camp and...
PM Imran Khan will not attend the World Economic Forum 2019
News Desk | Prime Minister Imran Khan will not attend the World Economic Forum sessions starting in Davos on 22nd January 2019. Prime Minister’s special assistant...
Jim Mattis: the ‘Mad Dog’ with a big library
AFP | Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, a softly spoken but battle-hardened former Marine, always stood in uneasy contrast with President Donald Trump, his brash businessman...