US squeezing Iran: Difficult choices for Pakistan?

Najmuddin A. Shaikh | The EU, France, Germany, China, and Russia; signatories of the JCPOA (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) and the IAEA, which...

Price of refusing a marriage proposal: one more girl killed by her brother

News Analysis | According to media reports a brother, identified as Shoaib, has killed his sister for refusing a marriage proposal of his liking. Sources...

Is PML-N boycotting Punjab assembly out of political frustration?

News Analysis | Leaders of former ruling party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) announced on Friday that they would not attend any session of the Punjab...

Bolton headed to Russia amid fears US leaving nuclear deal

AFP | US National Security Advisor John Bolton will meet Saturday in Moscow with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, amid reports that Washington will tell...

US indicts Russian woman for interfering in 2018 election

AFP | The finance chief of Russia's leading troll farm was indicted by the US Justice Department on Friday for interfering with US elections, the...

PM Imran to attend investment conference amidst Khashoggi saga

News Analysis | Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary has confirmed that Prime Minister Imran Khan will be travelling to Saudi Arabia to attend the Future Investment...

Pakistan’s Bureaucracy: A legacy of British colonial era?

Dr. Zafar A. Bokhari | Worldwide bureaucrats are educated and talented people to run respective government departments, not cities, municipalities, and towns. Bureaucracy plays a...

IMF assistance: more detrimental than beneficial for Pakistan

M Fazal Elahi | Eventually, the incumbent coalition government of Pakistan has chosen to jump into the lap of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for...

Airline steward stole Dh18,500 from 3 brothers on plane

Gulf News Courts | Dubai: A flight steward has been accused of stealing Dh18,500 from three brothers in an airplane’s business class cabin, while they...

Cutting Financial Aid To Pakistan May Not Bring Peace To Afghanistan

Fatemeh Aman | A new report by the State Department on terrorism criticizes Pakistan for failing to prevent terrorist groups, especially the Afghan Taliban and Haqqani Network...

‘More to do’ is the new ‘do more’

Imran Jan | General Joseph Votel, Commander of the US Central Command, said of Pakistan, “I do acknowledge that they have done a lot in...

Khashoggi crisis highlights why investment in Asia is more productive than in the Middle East – James M Dorsey

James M. Dorsey | Growing Western political and corporate reluctance to be associated with Saudi Arabia in the wake of the suspected killing of journalist...