National unity: PM & COAS meet 3rd time in a week
News Analysis | Ahead of the visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tomorrow, Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of Army Staff (COAS)...
Government cuts blamed for Brazil National Museum inferno
AFP | Brazilian officials on Monday blamed years of government cutbacks for an inferno that gutted the treasured National Museum, described by President Michel Temer...
Australian Catholics vow to end child abuse ‘cover-ups’
AFP | Australian Catholic leaders vowed Friday that the church's "shameful" history of child abuse and cover-ups will never be repeated, but rejected a national...
The 2018 Election: Some observations – Muhammad Zahid Rifat
Muhammad Zahid Rifat | The casting of a vote in the general election for the National and Provincial Assemblies on July 25, 2018, was my...
2+2 talks: S-400 becomes sticking point between India and US
News Analysis | India is expected to convey to the US during the upcoming 'two-plus-two' talks that it is going ahead with the Rs 40,000...
Swedes enjoy world-class healthcare – when they get it
AFP | Asia Nader didn't know whether to worry more about being diagnosed with a hole in her heart at the age of 21, or...
The opposition never was and still isn’t united
News Analysis | Despite persistent efforts by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to make the joint opposition parties drop the name of Maulana Fazlur Rehman...
Microwave weapon suspected in mystery attacks on US diplomats
AFP | Doctors and scientists increasingly suspect attacks with unconventional microwave weapons as the cause of the mysterious ailments that have stricken more than three...
Of helicopters, misplaced priorities & exploitation by media
Uzair Javaid | Prelude August 18th, Imran Khan was sworn in as Pakistan's new Prime Minister, officially taking over the charge of power in the corruption...
Accountability Court adjourns proceedings until tomorrow after Harris’s no-show
News Analysis | Accountability court adjourned the hearing of the corruption references against the incarcerated former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif—who appeared before the accountability court...
No to IMF bail out – Farid A Malik
Dr. Farid A Malik | Since the late 1980s, Pakistan has availed 12 IMF bail-out packages with disastrous results. Now a 13th package is being...
“Coke studio is a Pakistani indigenous cultural platform”: Sadaf Zarrar, IMC Manager Coke Studio
GVS News Desk | Coke studio has created a unique platform for Pakistani music – first on TV and now increasingly in the digital space–...