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....
After Charlottesville, American neo-Nazis in disarray
AFP | A year after American white supremacists marched with flaming torches through a southern university and delighted in President Donald Trump's response after protests...
China denies internment of 1 mn Uighurs
AFP | China vehemently denied Monday allegations that one million of its mostly Muslim Uighur minority are being held in internment camps, insisting all ethnic...
Iraq’s top musicians play on despite unpaid wages
AFP | In a dusty Baghdad dance studio, conductor Mohammed Amin Ezzat tries to fire up the musicians of Iraq's National Symphony Orchestra, whose enthusiasm...
Why has Turkey’s currency fallen so sharply?
AFP | Turkey's lira has bled value against the dollar, leaving the country under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan facing its most serious economic challenge since...
Kabul deploys more soldiers to embattled Ghazni city
AFP | Afghanistan is sending fresh reinforcements to the embattled provincial capital of Ghazni, officials said Monday, where residents described Taliban fighters openly roaming the...
Protests before Hong Kong independence activist talk at press club
AFP | Rival protesters gathered outside Hong Kong's Foreign Correspondents' Club Tuesday as it was set to host a talk by an independence activist, despite...
Should the national anthem of Pakistan be re-written in Urdu Language?
News Desk | Have we ever wondered how many of us know the meaning of our national anthem? Our harmonious and beautiful “Qaumi Trana” consists...
CPEC provided “favorable financing arrangements”
AFP | Pakistan recently defended its economic partnership with China, amid fears that the terms of opaque multi-billion dollar investments by Beijing could be exacerbating...
Britain’s Prince Louis christened without Queen
AFP | Britain's Prince Louis of Cambridge, the baby son of Prince William and his wife Kate, was christened on Monday but Queen Elizabeth II...