Modi’s India: All Talk and No Bite?

Taimur Khan | Whether it is hugging different heads of states around the world, performing yoga on the roads of Delhi or making surprise and...

Turkish daily says audio tapes indicate Saudi journalist ‘decapitated’

AFP | Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was tortured before being decapitated inside Riyadh's consulate in Istanbul, pro-government daily Yeni Safak reported Wednesday, saying it had...

Justice is served: Zainab’s rapist hanged to death

News Desk | As per the court orders, Imran Ali, convicted of raping and murdering seven-year-old Zainab and several others, was hanged in the Central...

Approaching the IMF programme – Omer Javed

Omer Javed | Half-hearted Attempts will be Harmful to the Economy First of all, let’s be clear, are IMF programmes for money or for obtaining policy...

Pompeo holds crisis talks in Riyadh on missing journalist

AFP | US top diplomat Mike Pompeo held talks with Saudi King Salman on Tuesday seeking answers about the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, amid...

Article 209 and judicial accountability – Saad Rasool

Saad Rasool | The removal of Justice Shaukat Siddiqui, of the honorable Islamabad High Court, under Article 209 of the Constitution, does not come as...

14 Iran security personnel seized on Pakistan border

AFP | Fourteen Iranian security personnel, including Revolutionary Guards intelligence officers, were abducted on the volatile southeastern border with Pakistan on Tuesday, state media reported. The...

Maldives leader blames defeat on ‘disappearing ink’

AFP | Outgoing Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has told the Supreme Court that disappearing ink and specially treated ballot papers were to blame for his...

US defence chief Mattis says Trump is ‘100 percent’ with him

AFP | US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said President Donald Trump has assured him of his full support, one day after Trump appeared to cast...

Australia target first Asia series win since 2011 – Paine

AFP | Australian skipper Tim Paine vowed his team would do its utmost to win the second Test against Pakistan starting in Abu Dhabi from...

Police on high alert ahead of Indian temple opening to women

AFP | India deployed hundreds of police Tuesday in southern Kerala state where protesters have threatened to stop women from entering a Hindu temple, despite...

Tensions rise over women’s entry to Indian temple

AFP | Thousands of devotees joined street marches in southern India on Monday as tensions mounted over a recent Supreme Court verdict revoking a ban...