Afghan forces search for Taliban fighters after major attack
AFP | Afghan forces launched a clearing operation Friday, searching for Taliban fighters following a major assault on the southeastern city of Ghazni, after US...
Drill music deaths reveal hard truths of London streets
AFP | this year and police are accusing the genre of fuelling the violence. But defenders of a drill, a form of hip-hop, argue it...
Pakistan’s Imran Khan to be sworn in as PM August 18: Party
AFP | Pakistan's World Cup cricket hero Imran Khan will be sworn in as prime minister next week, his party said Friday, announcing it has...
‘Time has come’ for US Space Force, sixth military branch: Pence
AFP | Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday unveiled details of plans to build a US Space Force that would become the sixth branch of...
Dr. Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau: “Mother Teresa of Pakistan”
News Desk | Dr Ruth a German-born physician and nun of the Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (born 9 September 1929) dedicated her...
Shahbaz Sharif demands Parliamentary committee probe into election rigging
News Analysis | In a press briefing after meeting his elder brother Nawaz Sharif, the former Chief Minister of Punjab and current leader of the...
Saudi Arabia and Iran woo incoming Pakistani prime minister
James M Dorsey | An offer by a Saudi-backed bank to lend financially strapped Pakistan US$4 billion is likely intended to bolster Saudi influence when former international...
Will the PTI-MQM-P rocky relationship survive?
News Analysis | Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Khawaja Izharul Hasan has opposed the possible nomination of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Karachi President Shamim Naqvi as leader...
Elections 1977 and 2018: A comparison – Farid A Malik
Dr. Farid A Malik | I have the honor and privilege of voting in all national elections since 1977. During my study period in the USA,...
Does money dominate the outcome of the electoral process?
Saad Rasool | As we settle our democratic nerves, in the post-election scenario, all energies (of media personnel and political operatives) have been focused on...
Mega corruption in Indian defense deals?
News Analysis | India’s audit agency is questioning the decision by the Ministry of Defense to award a $2.13 billion contract to Boeing for eight...
Peaceful neighborhood imperative for prosperity
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Pakistan has unsettled borders with India and Afghanistan. Its relations with India are warlike and with Afghanistan full of mistrust....