Kidnapped from Pakistan, murdered in Afghanistan: The curious case of SP Dawar

News Desk | The Superintendent of Police (SP) Rural Peshawar, Tahir Khan Dawar, who went missing from Islamabad last month, has been reportedly killed in...

Pay Rs 1-per-litre tax or exit the industry, CJP tells Bottled Water Companies

News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed all provinces to impose Rs 1-per-litre tax on companies selling bottled water and constituted a...

Fact-check: Did Aasia Bibi meet the Pope?

AFP | A photo that claims to show Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who was acquitted of blasphemy, kissing Pope Francis is circulating on...

Are Nawaz Sharif & Khaqan Abbasi traitors?

News Desk | A full bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) has adjourned the hearing of a petition seeking start of treason proceedings against...

Indian court to review women entering flashpoint temple

AFP | India's top court Tuesday agreed to hear challenges to its decision to overturn a ban on women of menstruating age from entering a...

Baluchistan: The target of fifth generation warfare

Abdul Rasool Syed | Baluchistan, the El-dorado of Pakistan and a province of highly geo-strategic, geo-economic and geo-political importance seems to be witnessing fifth generation warfare....

Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur cherishes dual role after record feat

AFP | Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim said he enjoyed his dual role in the team as wicketkeeper and batsman after scoring a record double hundred against...

Facebook shuts more accounts aimed at political meddling

AFP | Facebook on Tuesday said it shut down more accounts aimed at influencing the US midterm election and that it is exploring a possible...

Deadly Smog: ‘lungs’ turn sickly brown in days

AFP | A pair of artificial lungs put up in New Delhi to demonstrate the lethal effects of smog have turned a sickly dark brown...

As US retreats, China touts its trade deal wares to Asia

AFP | China is touting itself as the new defender of global commerce as it works with Asia-Pacific leaders to hammer out the world's largest...

Water war between Pakistan and Afghanistan?

News Analysis | Overshadowed by the precarious state of the security situation in both the countries, culminated over years of distrust and divergent objectives, the...

Qatar considering offers to host World Cup teams abroad: organiser

AFP | Qatar is considering offers from other countries to host teams during the 2022 World Cup, but no decision has been taken yet, the...