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...

Nation mourns Sami-ul-Haq

News Desk | As the horrific news of the assassination of renowned religious scholar Maulana Sami-ul-Haq in his home circulated on social media, the Twitter...

What will Pakistan achieve from PM Khan’s visit to China?

News Analysis | Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, on his first official visit to China, met the Chinese President Xi Jinping and lauded the way...

Asia Bibi case verdict, fallacious arguments and our national mindset

Zain Ullah Khattak | Supreme Court of Pakistan, a leading judicial body of Pakistan, announces Asia Bibi case in Islamabad; as soon as declaration has...

Maulana Sami-ul-Haq: end of an era?

News Analysis | Prominent religious scholar and former Senator, Maulana Samiul Haq was stabbed to death by unknown assailants during his sleep at his Rawalpindi...

Government signs an agreement with TLP: State surrender or political necessity?

News Analysis | In an interesting and major breakthrough, the government and Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) reached to an agreement on the eve of Friday to...

“Don’t drag army into everything,” warns DG ISPR

News Desk | The Director-General (DG) of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor made it clear on Friday that Pakistan Army had nothing...