Suicide attack on Kabul election workers kills one, wounds six

AFP | A suicide bomber targeting the headquarters of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday killed at least one person and wounded six, officials...

Pakistan reimposes ban on Indian content on TV channels

AFP | Pakistan's Supreme Court on Saturday ordered a ban on all Indian content on TV channels, setting aside an earlier verdict by a lower...

Arab-Israeli ties: The Doom of the Palestinian cause?

AFP | Palestinian officials on Saturday expressed concern about a potential "normalisation" of relations between Israel and Arab countries after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

Almost 2 million Iranian pilgrims head into Iraq for Arbaeen

AFP | At the border town of Mehran between Iran and Iraq, a sea of pilgrims surges forwards, en route to one of the biggest...

Moral Policing at PU: Will three-member committee probe the matter conclusively?

News Analysis | In the latest development, the University of Punjab, (Lahore) has constituted a three-member committee to probe into the recent incident in which...

Afghans risk their lives to vote in delayed Kandahar poll

AFP | Afghans risked their lives to vote in legislative elections in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, after the Taliban-claimed killing of a powerful police chief...

NBP donates Rs. 19.5 Million in Diamer Bhasha Dam Fund

News Desk | National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) President Tariq Jamali met the Prime Minister Imran Khan to hand over a cheque of Rs19.5 million...

Pakistan survive Maxwell onslaught to win series

AFP | Pakistan survived an onslaught by big hitter Glenn Maxwell to win the second Twenty20 international by 11 runs in a last over finish...

I see a world financial crisis brewing soon! – Mir Ali Khan

Mir Ali Khan | The last time I had written something along these lines was in December 2014 because of China, Commodities, Crude Oil and...

Turkey to host Syria summit with Russian, French, German leaders

AFP | The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany meet in Istanbul on Saturday to try and find a lasting political solution to the...

Is another NRO around the corner?

News Desk | Despite all stakeholders asserting that an NRO is neither demanded nor is anyone willing to give one, rumours of another possible NRO continue to circulate...

Sri Lanka President sacks PM, installs former strongman

AFP | Maithripala Sirisena installed Sri Lanka's controversial former strongman leader Mahinda Rajapakse as the country's new prime minister Friday, the president's office said, in...