Iranians find joy in serving pilgrims on road to Karbala

AFP | A 15-minute walk from the Iraqi border in the west Iranian town of Mehran, three young clerics are hard at work polishing the...

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...

Suspected separatists shoot dead five in Indian state

AFP | Suspected separatist gunmen on Thursday shot dead five people they singled out in an Indian village where ethnic tensions are simmering over a...

Relations beyond the veil: Pakistan, Israel and the Muslim world

Dr Zafar Khan Safdar | The conflict between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs has endured for more than a century. It centers on control of...

TLP protest: Did government place Asia Bibi’s name on ECL?

News Analysis | As the situation continues to remain uncertain and chaotic in Lahore and Islamabad due to the protest led by Khadim Hussain Rizvi’s...

Will government use force against the TLP protesters?

News Analysis | Despite stern warning by the Prime Minister Imran Khan, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan is protesting and reportedly challenging the writ of the state. PM...

‘DIRECTORATE S‘ by Steve Coll’: Biasness at its peak

Imran Jan | Yet another ISI-bashing book unsurprisingly by Steve Coll. It is merely a repetition of the boring and bias-laden anti-ISI narrative. It is...

Oppressed Kashmiris and the right of self-determination

Abdul Rasool Syed | Like every year, the people of Kashmir marked 27th October as a black day. On this very fateful day in 1947,...

BRI: Responses of the US and EU

Haseeb-Ur-Rehman & Dr. Farwa Sial | In contrast to other development funds and economic corridors, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is distinct in its...

SC says Senator Azam Swati should resign

News Analysis | The Supreme Court on Friday, 2nd November, said that the Minister for Science and Technology Senator Azam Swati should resign from his...