Pakistan’s Azhar Ali retires from one-day cricket

AFP | Senior Pakistani batsman Azhar Ali Thursday announced his retirement from one-day internationals to allow youngsters more chances to play for the national team...

Iran nuclear deal: from US walkout to fresh sanctions

AFP | The United States last May quit the landmark 2015 Iran nuclear deal aimed at halting Tehran's nuclear ambitions. It reimposed a first wave of...

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...

Pakistan PM praised for stand against hardliners, despite protests

AFP | Pakistan's Imran Khan won praise for his stance against religious hardliners Thursday, as demonstrators blocked major roads to protest the Supreme Court's overturning...

‘Anyone can kill me’: lawyer defending blasphemy accused

AFP | After saving condemned Christian Asia Bibi from the gallows in Pakistan, her lawyer says he is facing the wrath of Islamist extremists --...

Kabul control slips, Afghan force losses at record: US watchdog

News Analysis | Kabul's control of Afghanistan slipped in recent months as local security forces suffered record-level casualties while making minimal or no progress against...

Pakistan down New Zealand by two runs in last-over T20 thriller

AFP | Left-arm pace bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi defended 17 runs in the last over as Pakistan defeated New Zealand by two runs in a...

Shirin Mazari commits to bring back Aafia Siddiqui

News Desk | Dr. Fauzia Siddiqui, sister of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, on Wednesday called on Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr. Shireen Mazari in Islamabad...

Malawi court halts ‘racist’ Gandhi statue plan

AFP | Campaigners in Malawi won an injunction on Wednesday to temporarily halt work on a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the commercial capital as...