Elephants in the room: Bureaucracy & the Privileged Classes?

M Zafar Khan Safdar | The gradual erosion of social infrastructure, endemic poverty and the growing inequality between the regions undermined the civil society and...

Islamists & Liberal Fascists: Two extremes of Pakistan

Farah Adeed |  In Pakistan, unfortunately, both religion and history have been used for the vested and narrow interests and purposes of our political elite and...

1,001 ways to lose a Nobel Prize

AFP | It's easier to lose a Nobel Prize than to win one. Smuggled out to impress girls in a bar, or dissolved to prevent the...

Asian markets rally with Wall St on growth optimism

AFP | Asian markets rose Friday, tracking a rally on Wall Street where investors were buoyed by the Federal Reserve's positive outlook for the US...

Six dead in Occupied Kashmir violence ahead of polls

AFP | Six people were killed in mounting violence ahead of local elections in Kashmir as Indian authorities imposed a curfew and suspended mobile internet...

Storm in Sindh Assembly: PPP and MQM still use ethnic politics to attack each other

News Analysis | The session of Sindh Assembly became highly controversial when lawmakers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) indulged...

Pakistan drop struggling Amir from Australia Tests

AFP | Pakistan on Thursday left out struggling pace spearhead Mohammad Amir from the 17-member squad for the two-match Test series against Australia starting in...

Indian Supreme Court: Temples must allow entry to women of all ages

AFP | India's top court on Friday revoked a ban on women entering a famous Hindu temple following a decades-long legal battle, ruling that patriarchy...

Iran’s FM rejects Israeli allegations of “atomic warehouse”

AFP | Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday dismissed Israeli claims that Tehran was harbouring a secret atomic warehouse. "No arts & craft show...

Canada strips Aung San Suu Kyi of honorary citizenship

AFP | Canada's parliament voted unanimously on Thursday to effectively strip Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship over the Rohingya...

New UN panel to prepare indictments over Myanmar atrocities

AFP | The UN Human Rights Council voted Thursday to set up a panel to prepare criminal indictments over atrocities committed in Myanmar, amid allegations...

Pak FM slams India over Sushma Swaraj’s antics

News Analysis | Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Shah Mehmood Qureshi has severely criticized India for its irresponsible attitude toward the South Asian Association of Regional...