Afghan woman among nine new IOC members
AFP | Samira Asghari, a 24-year-old Afghan woman, was among nine new International Olympic Committee members elected Tuesday, but there was still no place for...
Journalist’s disappearance forces Trump hand on Saudi Arabia
AFP | Allegations that Saudi Arabia killed a journalist inside its Istanbul consulate have forced Donald Trump into a position he never expected -- raising...
Saudi Arabia to let Turkey search consulate over missing journalist
AFP | Saudi Arabia agreed to let Turkish authorities search its Istanbul consulate as part of the investigation into the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi,...
YouTube driving global consumption of music
AFP | If you are listening to music, chances are you're on YouTube. A music consumer report by the industry's global body IFPI published on...
Iran has ‘unclean hands’: US tries to deflect in world court
AFP | The United States accused Tehran Monday of having "unclean hands" as it fought an Iranian court bid to unfreeze $2.0 billion dollars earmarked...
Vikas Bahl calls #MeToo campaigners, opportunists
News Desk | Filmmaker Vikas Bahl has been in the news ever since four women including a former Phantom Films employee accused him of sexual...
Abrar-ul-Haq should focus on singing, not politics
News Desk | Abrar Ul Haq and Aima Baig paired up for a song called ‘Ballay Ballay’ in season 11 of Coke Studio. This song...
What caused the resignation of the US Ambassador to UN?
News Analysis | The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, tendered her resignation on the 9th of October, Tuesday. The timing of...
In Iraq’s city of bookshops, theology and poetry rub spines
AFP | In the covered alleyways of old Najaf in Iraq, poetry and philosophy books compete on laden shelves with economic treatises, the Koran and...
Murder of Saudi Journalist: A ticking time bomb between Turkey and KSA
News Analysis | Turkish officials have been granted access to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul who, as per the Turkish authorities a murder of a...
Asian markets cautious after US volatility
AFP | Asian markets were cautiously higher Wednesday, after a volatile session for US equities and as yields on Treasury bonds retreated from a seven-year...
Textile Industry: 100 mills to open as Govt allows subsidy
News Desk | All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) announced a decision to reopen a hundred former mills in Punjab. The decision was borne out...