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...

Yemen activist once held by rebels slams UN peace drive as ‘naive’

AFP | A Yemeni activist who was held and allegedly tortured for months by Huthi rebels this week criticised the UN-backed peace process for his...

Indian court upholds legality of world’s largest biometric database

AFP | India's top court Wednesday upheld the legality of the government's Aadhaar national ID scheme, the world's largest biometric database, but imposed new restrictions...

SC upholds Jahangir Tareen’s lifetime disqualification

News Analysis | The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the review petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Khan Tareen against his disqualification...

10 Afghan children, 2 women dead in air strike: UN initial report

AFP | An air strike appears to have killed 12 members of an Afghan family, most of them children, the United Nations said, citing preliminary...

A year of crisis since Iraqi Kurdistan’s bid for independence

AFP | Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan, which votes for a new parliament on Sunday, has endured a year of unrest and open crisis with...

Pashtuns – Caught between Mullah, Militants and the Military – M Zafar Khan Safdar

M Zafar Khan Safdar | With over 50 million people out of 207 million, Pashtuns are the second largest ethnic group covering 25 percent of...

Cricket ‘has no boundaries’ for India-Pakistan superfan friends

AFP | Their governments might not be ready for talks, but that did not stop Pakistan's Mohammad Basheer opening his heart, and his wallet, to...

Trump claims credit for stopping assault on Syria’s Idlib

AFP |  President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed credit for saving Syria's rebel-held province of Idlib from an assault that would have "killed millions of...
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