Global watchdog takes Saudi Arabia to task for lax anti-terrorism finance measures – James M Dorsey

James M Dorsey | A Financial Action Task Force (FATF) report criticizing Saudi Arabia’s anti-money laundering and terrorism finance measures puts the kingdom on the...

The art of Diplomacy – M Zafar Khan Safdar

M Zafar Khan Safdar | I still remember my professor Iqbal Tajik who during a lecture on diplomacy in the postgraduate class back in the...

Has PM Khan’s Citizenship suggestion revealed ethnic nature of Pak politics?

News Analysis | Opposition parties bashed at the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for its reckless and ‘irresponsible’ statement over the issues of refugees and citizenship....

Anti terror fight: Dismal report causes resetting of NACTA

News Analysis | The Prime Minister Imran Khan has resolved to evaluate the role and functions of the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) after receiving...

The ramifications of Saudi Arabia joining CPEC – Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The significance of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has been multiplied by Saudi Arabia’s inclination to join the project. The participation...

Punjabi Blues star Shamoon Ismail threatened by Media Company

News Desk | Punjabi Blues Trendsetter Shamoon Ismail from Islamabad recently took to social media to inform his fans that he had been threatened by...

Money Laundering Case: JIT unearths more secrets

News Analysis | The Joint Investigation Team(JIT) probing the high profile money laundering scam has discovered 33 more suspicious accounts involving 334 people in the...

UN probes ‘credible’ reports of nine Afghan civilians killed in air strike

AFP | The United Nations said Tuesday it was investigating "credible reports" that nine members of a family had been killed in an air strike...

Six killed in Kashmir, days after India cancels Pakistan talks

AFP | An Indian soldier and five suspected militants have died in fighting in Kashmir, the army said Monday, just days after high-level talks with...

Emergency evacuation: Indian flyer mistakes exit door for toilet

AFP | An Indian passenger sparked panic in mid-air when he tried to open a plane door, apparently mistaking it for the toilet, the airline...

Coalition says to open humanitarian corridors from Yemen’s Hodeida

AFP | A Saudi-led military alliance fighting in Yemen said Monday it would open humanitarian corridors between two key rebel strongholds the Red Sea city...

FM stresses arbitration for resolution of Indo-Pak water dispute

News Analysis | Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a meeting with President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim on the sidelines of...