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...
Young blood: Fresh faces grace the new Parliament
News Analysis | Members of Pakistan’s newly-elected parliament have been sworn in following general elections last month that was marred by allegations of fraud. The...
Cows help rehabilitate prisoners in Sweden
AFP | It's barely 6:00 am and Alfred is already busy milking cows. But when his chores on the farm are done, he won't be...
Amid soaring ties with Canada, Saudi Arabia trying to better relations with Iran
News Analysis | In a breakthrough move, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has decided to allow an Iranian official in Riyadh to administer Iranian interest in...
Caspian Sea nations sign landmark deal
AFP | The leaders of the five states bordering the resource-rich Caspian Sea signed a landmark deal Sunday on the legal status of the inland...
Excerpts from Jinnah-Gandhi letters
News Analysis | On the 71st Independence Day of Pakistan, it is useful that we remind ourselves why there had to be a separate nation...
Challenges for Imran Khan: Facts, comments and analysis
Farah Adeed | After a long political struggle of 22 years, Imran Khan is finally scheduled to take oath as Prime Minister of the Islamic...