Afghan-style democracy faces test in legislative election

AFP | At least 10 election candidates have been killed, thousands of polling centres closed, and many voters are likely to stay home due to...

Mattis to meet Chinese counterpart amid tensions

AFP | US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis is set to meet his Chinese counterpart Thursday after earlier talks were scrapped amid soaring tensions between the...

Shootout in Indian Occupied Kashmir leaves four dead

AFP | A firefight near a 14th century Muslim shrine killed at least four in the Kashmir capital Wednesday and sparked protests in the city,...

US sanctions key Iranian paramilitary force

AFP | The US Treasury Department slapped sanctions Tuesday on an Iranian paramilitary group along with a network of businesses that were providing it financing,...

China woos Bhutan, to India’s displeasure

AFP | A peep into a Thimphu toy shop shows stacks of Pokemon, all made in China, a testimony to the quiet overtures Beijing is...

What if the IMF says NO to Pakistan?

Mir Mohammad Ali Khan | What "If" the IMF indirectly says no to us. How can they do that and why would they do that....

Saudi alliance doesn’t mean US ‘downplaying’ Khashoggi question: official

AFP | The US alliance with Saudi Arabia does not mean Washington is "ignoring or downplaying" the disappearance and suspected murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi,...

Toyota Pakistan jacks up prices for the fourth time this year

News Desk | Toyota Indus Motors is dropping yet another increment bomb on its customers with an expected price jack of up to PKR 350,000...

Guantanamo prison to stay open at least 25 years: US admiral

AFP | Former President Barack Obama had vowed to close the US military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but now it will stay open for...

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...
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