Turkish lira takes a beating
News Analysis | The Turkish currency, the lira, took a hammering on Monday as it plunged almost eight percent igniting fears that the economic crisis...
The Caspian Sea: rich in oil and gas and caviar
AFP | The leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan are meeting in the Kazakh port city of Aktau on Sunday to sign a...
Imran Khan urges people to celebrate Independence Day ‘with full fervor’
News Desk | The expected prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has asked people to celebrate the Independence Day with extreme fervor and passion. Imran...
US further sidelines Pakistan in Afghanistan peace efforts
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The National Defense Authorization Act 2019, passed recently by the US Congress, is having a slight impact on the Pakistani...
Kailashi and Sheedi communities get their first political representation in the parliament
News Desk | Tanzeela Qambrani, 39, is set to become the first African-Pakistani legislature. Qambrani is expected to take the oath as parliamentarian on 13th...
Reunited post-Aleppo battle, Syria medics mete out ‘hope’
AFP| Her scarred hands wrapped in gloves, Malakeh Harbaliyya lifted an infant out of an incubator at a hospital in Syria's rural north, holding him...
The Uyghur militant threat: China cracks down and mulls policy changes
James M. Dorsey | China, responding to United Nations criticism, academic and media reports, and an embarrassing court case in Kazakhstan, has come closer to...
NAB: Misguided Jihad is far more dangerous?
Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | In recent months we have seen a plethora of actions by the Superior Judiciary and NAB in taking cognizance of...
Tumbling fortunes in Capital: Nawaz in court as convicted criminal and Imran-a PM in waiting sworn in as legislator
Waqas Shabbir | Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appeared today before the accountability court in connection with the Al-Azizia and Flagship Investment corruption references against...
Catalogue of abuse: seeking justice for the Rohingya
AFP | Cross-legged in a windowless, almost pitch-black bamboo shack, the investigator pressed record on a video camera and asked the young Rohingya woman to...
France to set penalties on non-recycled plastic
AFP | France plans to introduce a penalty system next year that would increase the costs of consumer goods with packaging made of non-recycled plastic,...
Stormy Daniels lawyer says would ‘hit harder’ to beat Trump in 2020
AFP | As the lawyer for adult film star Stormy Daniels, Michael Avenatti has been a persistent thorn in Donald Trump's side. But in the last...