The unplanned cities of Pakistan: A problem without solution

Dr Zafar Khan Safdar | Pakistan is one of the fastest urbanizing countries in South Asia and the share of the urban population has risen...

Rethinking the education paradigm – Saad Rasool

Saad Rasool | In matters of State and politics, the ‘urgent’ has an uncanny ability to crowd out the ‘important’. Stuck in the urgency of...

Chaman Border has become more important than LoC

News Analysis | Pakistani authorities have re-opened the Chaman and Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan after the formal request from Afghanistan government. The request was...

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...

Saudi Arabia admits critic Khashoggi killed in Istanbul consulate

AFP | Saudi Arabia on Saturday admitted that critic Jamal Khashoggi was killed during a "brawl" inside its Istanbul consulate, an explanation that President Donald...

Afghanistan braces for militant attacks as polling centres open

AFP | Afghans are bracing for more deadly violence on Saturday as voting gets under way in the long-delayed legislative election that the Taliban has...

More than 50 dead in India train disaster

AFP | A speeding train ran over revellers watching fireworks during a Hindu festival in northern India Friday, killing more than 50 people, with eyewitnesses...

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...

Major Bollywood celebrity manager attempts suicide after #MeToo allegations

News Desk | Anirban Das Blah, who co-founded one of the biggest celebrity management agencies in India, attempted suicide after being accused of sexual harassment,...

Israel ready for another blockade of Gaza?

News Analysis | Israel’s Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman has ordered an immediate halt to fuel deliveries headed to the besieged Gaza Strip in response to...
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