Pakistan look to Yasir, Abbas to tame ‘tough’ New Zealand

AFP | Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed is confident leg-spinner Yasir Shah and medium pacer Mohammad Abbas can combine to tame "tough" New Zealand in the...

Pakistan ‘safely’ recovers five abducted Iranian guards

AFP | Pakistan on Thursday said its security forces safely recovered five Iranian guards, abducted near the countries' shared border a month ago. Jihadist group...

President irked with protocol, refuses to get out of airport

News Desk | President of Pakistan Arif Alvi expressed his disapproval, on another security protocol related issue on Friday by announcing on Twitter that he...

Saudis issue charges but exonerate crown prince in Khashoggi murder

AFP | The Saudi government exonerated the country's powerful crown prince of involvement in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi Thursday as death-penalty charges were...

Encroachment free Empress Market: The Naya Karachi of Naya Pakistan

News Desk | The picture of Empress Market recently freed from encroachments is making the rounds on the internet. For many, the rise of the...

India gets Olympic warning after Kosovo boxer denied visa

AFP | The Olympic Council of Asia has warned India it could miss out on hosting major Games after a boxer from Kosovo was denied...

UN Palestinian agency says overcoming Trump funding cuts

AFP | The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees has nearly overcome a crippling funding crisis caused by President Donald Trump cancelling the US aid...

‘Sultan of Coins’: Iran executes gold market launderer and accomplice

AFP | Iran executed a trader dubbed the "Sultan of Coins" and his accomplice on Wednesday for exploiting a surge in gold demand from savers...

British PM using Brexit for political survival

AFP | Lurching from crisis to crisis and fending off coup plots while navigating Britain's most important peacetime negotiations, Theresa May has defied the odds...

Aasia cannot leave Pakistan due to pending review: Qureshi

News Desk | Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Aasia Bibi, who has been acquitted of a blasphemy charge by the Supreme Court,...

Trump lashes Macron as Europe moves on defense without US

AFP | Donald Trump on Tuesday unleashed an extraordinary attack on Emmanuel Macron, mocking the French president's approval rating and lashing him over European defense...

Boosting exports and improving lives through agriculture

Sibtain Wahab | With a current deficit of around $18bn, quoted by our very own and trusted finance minister, we desperately need to increase exports,...