Afghan delegation to attend peace talks in Russia: official
AFP | An Afghan delegation will attend international talks on the war-torn country in Russia this month, officials said Monday, as the Taliban consider whether...
Saudi sent ‘cover-up team’ to dispose of Khashoggi body: report
AFP | Saudi Arabia deployed a chemist and toxicology expert to Istanbul after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in an attempt to cover up...
China to continue Iran trade despite new US sanctions
AFP | China denounced new US sanctions targeting Iran's oil and financial sectors as "long-arm jurisdiction" on Monday and vowed to continue its bilateral trade...
Will Imran’s Gulf Yatra means serious compromises?
Khurram Minhas | In Indian politics ‘Yatra’ refers to political struggle and robust campaigning for political objectives. Political parties or politicians use ‘Yatra’ as a...
‘Mission Parwaz’ : Fakhr-e-Alam becomes first Pakistani to circumnavigate the world
News Desk | Singer Fakhr-e-Alam has become the first Pakistani to circumnavigate around the world. Alam concluded his 24-day journey named ‘Mission Parwaz' in the...
The Khashoggi crisis: Putting Humpty Dumpty back together – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | The killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and potential Western sanctions against Saudi Arabia have sparked renewed debate about the value of the...
What began with a bang, ended in a whimper – Javed Hassan
Javed Hassan | “We must not make a scarecrow of the law, setting it up to fear the birds of prey, and let it keep...
Religious extremism in Pakistan: Genesis and a way forward
Farah Adeed | “Each society has its régime of truth, its ‘general politics’ of truth: that is, the types of discourse which it accepts and makes...
Nationality, Citizenship & Class in UAE & GCC: Beyond the glitzy Skyscrapers?
Sarmad Ishfaq | Living for more than 3 years in the heart of Dubai, I experienced the city as it presents itself on TV and...
Pakistani porters: the unsung masters of the mountains
AFP | He is the only man ever to have scaled K2 three times, but Fazal Ali's achievements have gone largely unrecognised, like those of...
“Begging”: PTV apologizes for typo in PM Khan’s Beijing speech
News Desk | The state broadcast channel, Pakistan Television has apologized for the typographical error of running "Begging" instead of "Beijing" on the screen along...
Polluted Delhi air akin to death sentence, say doctors
AFP | Yogesh Kumar wheezes after life-saving surgery to remove a diseased lung, but his surgeons wonder how long he can last outside hospital breathing...