Hafiz Saeed free to do charity work

News Analysis | On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Pakistan allowed the leader of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, Hafiz Saeed, to continue charity work and public welfare with...

Turkey expected to hike rates in new test for central bank

AFP | The Turkish central bank is expected to lift interest rates on Thursday to combat the plunge in value of the lira and rampant...

Extortion in Lahore: Buzdar inherits menace from Shahbaz

News Analysis | In the provincial capital of Lahore, criminal elements have fired at four people over nonpayment of extortion money. The targets were injured...

CJP to employ two transgender in the Supreme Court

News Desk | Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has announced to employ two transgender persons in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The decision was taken...

Yemen pro-govt forces say main rebel Hodeida roads seized

AFP | Yemeni government forces, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, on Wednesday seized rebel supply routes into the key port city of Hodeida, military sources...

Sharif’s sons refuse to attend mother’s funeral in Pakistan

News Analysis | PML-N Chief Shahbaz Sharif arrived in London to receive the dead body of sister-in-law and former first lady Begum Kulsoom Nawaz. He...

Pakpattan Incident: Former IGP Punjab submits an “expected” report to the SC

News Analysis | In a much-awaited report, the former Punjab IGP, Dr. Kaleem Imam has categorically rejected the claims that the transfer of then-DPO, Rizwan Gondal,...

Punjab government extends parole of Nawaz, Maryam & Safdar until Monday

News Desk | Punjab’s incumbent government on Wednesday extended the parole of three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain (retired) Mohammad...

Pakistan Banking Sector witnesses growth on Digital front and Agriculture

News Analysis | The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in its ‘Payment Systems Review’ for the financial year 2017-2018 has provided a statistical snapshot of...

Party vs Faith: China drafts restrictions for all religions – James Dorsey

James M. Dorsey | China intends to extend aspects of its crackdown on Islam in the north-western province of Xinjiang to all religions as is...

Viral video shows grief of grieving Nawaz and Maryam

News Analysis | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUdNrzVXovw A viral video on social media shows the imprisoned Sharif father-daughter duo grieving over the recently deceased Begum Kalsoom Nawaz. In the...

Kurds, Christians split over Syria school curriculum

AFP | Kurdish authorities in Syria's diverse northeast are facing swelling anger from the area's Syriac Christians after shutting down more than a dozen schools...