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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

Assad, Russia envoy discuss Syria constitutional committee

AFP | Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and an envoy from ally Russia on Sunday discussed "removing the obstacles" to forming a constitutional committee demanded by...

Pakistan’s medal-winning female power athlete slams federation for non-support

News Desk | Rabia Shahzad is a medal-winning power athlete from Pakistan. The 20-year-old from Karachi has won medals at international powerlifting competitions including silver...

It’s in our DNA: Youthful Pakistan race to Twenty20 domination

AFP | Brash young players, peak fitness and a winning mentality "in their DNA", Pakistan are the current kings of international Twenty20 cricket. The last...

Jemima Goldsmith expresses diappointment over Asia Bibi case

News Desk | Jemima Goldsmith, the former wife of Prime Minister Imran Khan slammed the government of Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaf for surrendering to the protestors demand...

“No Appeasement”:Shireen Mazari praised for her stance against extremism

News Analysis | In the latest development, Dr. Shireen Mazari, Minister for Human Rights, has categorically stated that the policy of appeasement to avoid bloodshed...