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...

Dear Imran Khan: Hunt or Be Hunted

Dear Prime Minister, I watch from a distance as the vessel sails into an abyss, the deck is stacked, the rules are rigged -...

Patwari Bhands of an Ancient Punjabi Regime

Javed Hassan | It’s a universal truth that change is not easy, and for those who have enjoyed a cozy cordiality with past regimes, having...

Accountability Campaign: New agreements against money-laundering

News Desk | Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar has said that the government has finalized a mutual legal assistance law...

India needs to change its Anti Pakistan policy – Subhajit Naskar

Subhajit Naskar | In a letter addressing to the Indian PM as "Modi Sahab", Prime Minister Imran Khan had suggested a meeting between the foreign...

Idlib province: Syria’s last major rebel stronghold

AFP | Syria's jihadist-dominated Idlib province is the last major area still outside regime control, after a string of ferocious assaults this year put most...

Shrines under the watchful eye: CJP orders forensic audit

News Desk | The Punjab Auqaf Department has been ordered by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to submit a forensic audit of the money which...

Iran’s new breed of charities on poverty frontline

AFP | At an outreach center in southern Tehran, teenagers are learning to be journalists, while upstairs their mothers are fine-tuning their sewing skills and...

ICC charges Sri Lankan legend Jayasuriya in anti-corruption probe

AFP | Dashing former Sri Lankan batsman and ex-chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya has been charged for not cooperating with a match-fixing probe and concealing information,...

The Lhotshampa: The unhappy people of the world’s happiest country

AFP | The Himalayan nation of Bhutan, often described as a "Shangri-La" where happiness is equated to wealth, is holding elections this week. But the Lhotshampa...

England’s northern ports look to prosper from Brexit

AFP | Brexit has brought hope to the windswept docks of the Humber River, a key goods gateway in northeast England where tens of millions...

Sushmita Sen, Bipasha Basu laud #MeToo movement

News Desk | Bollywood actresses Sushmita Sen and Bipasha Basu have appreciated the women who are courageously coming forward with their stories of sexual harassment....