Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar’s release: A hit and trial move to bring Taliban to negotiations
News Analysis | Afghan Taliban have said in a statement that their former deputy chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has been released by the Pakistani...
Should Pakistan ‘establish contacts’ with Israel just like KSA?
News Desk | A tweet from an Israeli journalist that an aircraft flew from Tel Aviv to Islamabad has sparked a new controversy in Pakistan. According...
Defamation under freedom of expression
Abdul Rasool | The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) made history by rejecting the plea by an Austrian woman that her conviction for blaspheming...
The richest yet the least influential dead man
Imran Jan | Mohammad Bin Salman, referred to by his initials MBS, in March pledged to invest $400 bn in the United States in ten...
Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui challenges CJP over his termination
News Analysis | Former Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui on Friday challenged his termination as a high court judge in the Supreme...
Tigers dwindling: just six sub-species remain, says study
AFP | Six different sub-species of tigers exist today, scientists confirmed Thursday, amid hopes the findings will boost efforts to save the fewer than 4,000...
Macron, Trump confer ahead of Istanbul Syria summit
AFP | French President Emmanuel spoke by phone Thursday with US leader Donald Trump about strategy ahead of a four-way summit on Syria in Istanbul...
No compromise on ‘National Interests’, FO reaffirms
News Analysis | Pakistan’s Foreign Office has once again clarified that there will be no compromise on the national interests. Spokesperson of FO, Dr. Muhammad...
Taliban leader freed after US talks with the group
AFP | A top Taliban commander held in Pakistani detention for more than eight years has been freed, sources said Thursday, in an apparent move...
Is 21st century Peshawar getting out of control?
M Zafar Khan Safdar | I was born and raised in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), a transit hub near the famed Khyber...
Indian police raid Amnesty office over ‘foreign fund violations’
AFP | Amnesty International on Friday accused the Indian government of seeking to "instill fear" among rights groups after police raided one of its offices...
In Israeli-occupied Golan, Druze struggle over first ever vote
AFP | An election poster at the entrance to Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights offers a rare reminder that the Druze community is...