Turkey slaps retaliatory tariff hikes on key US products
AFP | Turkey hiked Wednesday tariffs on imports of several key US products in retaliation for American sanctions against Ankara, as a bitter dispute between...
War and Ebola: A double nightmare in eastern DR Congo
AFP | First came the war, which developed into a brutal, bloody tussle between militias who abused civilians or killed them. Now Ebola, a name...
The sweet taste of success: a Syrian’s journey from Gitmo to pastries
AFP | Ahmed Ahjam spent more than 12 years in the Guantanamo Bay prison for terror suspects, but now he has seen a dream come...
Qasim Khan Suri, MNA from Balochistan, nominated by PTI for NA deputy speaker
News Analysis | Imran Khan, chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and in-waiting Prime Minister, has nominated Qasim Khan Suri as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly...
Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly are to be elected today
News Analysis | The deadline to submit nomination papers for the slots of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly ended on Tuesday according...
Maulana Fazlur Rehman finally concedes; decides not to contest by-elections
News Analysis | Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of  Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) and Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), has clarified that he is not going to contest any by-elections....
Asad Qaiser elected NA speaker, house pays tribute to Ayaz Sadiq
News Desk | Asad Qaiser of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was elected as Speaker of the National Assembly on Wednesday, according to results announced by outgoing...
Voting under way to elect a National Assembly speaker and deputy speaker today
News Analysis | The 15th National Assembly of Pakistan will elect its speaker and deputy speaker today. The much-anticipated election for this coveted position will...
Sports narrative of Pakistan
Major Amir Bilal | Sports Narrative of Pakistan is anchored in its golden decades of the fifties and sixties when Pakistani athletes achieved monumental successes...
Amid ethnic protests, Iran warns of foreign meddling
James M. Dorsey | Iran has raised the specter of a US-Saudi effort to destabilize the country by exploiting economic grievances against the backdrop of...
Lira crisis and ‘collateral currency damage’ to other countries
News Analysis | The crisis in Turkey is no longer limited to threatening its own territory, only. In fact, this crisis is spreading to other...
Imran Khan likely to wear an old Sherwani in ‘Naya Pakistan’
News Desk | Imran Khan will not adorn a new Sherwani and is likely to follow his white dress code of Shalwar Kameez when he...