Leave South China sea: Chinese warship warns US destroyer

AFP | A Chinese warship sailed within yards of an American destroyer -- forcing it to change course -- in an "unsafe and unprofessional" encounter...

We filers are idiots? – Ikram Sehgal

Ikram Sehgal | A marked deterioration in the economy, a treasury on the verge of bankruptcy and huge levels of debt made fresh fiscal measures...

Afghan election campaigning kicks off amid violence, fraud claims

AFP | Campaigning for Afghanistan's long-delayed parliamentary elections kicks off Friday, as a crescendo of deadly violence and claims of widespread fraud fuel debate over...

Reforming Public Service in Pakistan – I

Dr. Omer Javed | Overhauling Testing, Recruitment and Promotion Procedures Reform in public service, and within it civil service or bureaucracy, is much needed for better...

Railways Infrastructure in Balochistan being renovated ahead of schedule

News Desk |  Over ninety-five percent of the work for reconstructing and rehabilitating the vital Sibbi-Harnai railway track has been undertaken by the National Logistics...

At least 13 dead in suicide attack on Afghan election rally

AFP | A suicide attack on a political rally in eastern Afghanistan killed at least 13 people on Tuesday, officials said, as the country braces...

From barracks to barricades – Farid A Malik

Dr. Farid A Malik | On August 14, 1947, a new nation was born with Quaid-e-Azam as its Governor-General and Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan as...

Zulfi Bukhari will donate all his salaries to dam funds

News Desk | Zulfi Bukhari, the special assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource development has pledged to donate all...

Indonesia tsunami toll crosses 1200 as govt tries to maintain order

AFP| More than 1,200 people are now known to have died in the quake-tsunami that smashed into Sulawesi, Indonesia said Tuesday, as police pledged to...

Say no to propaganda: Government launches ‘Fake News Buster’

News Analysis | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has launched a social media account to deal with the fake news that has emerged as one...

Nandipur reference: Pervez Ashraf & Babar Awan to be indicted

News Analysis | An accountability court on Tuesday fixed October 24 as the date for the indictment of former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, Pakistan...

War on Corruption: NAB arrests former PML-N MPA Qaiser Amin Butt

News Analysis | The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested former Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) MPA Qaiser Amin Butt in a case pertaining to...