Iran’s options to face down US oil sanctions

AFP | Iran faces a potentially crushing loss of oil exports when US sanctions return in November, but the impact could be blunted by its...

Regional and business leaders step into the climate breach

AFP | Thousands of governors, mayors, CEOs, and experts gathered Wednesday at a problem-solving summit to tackle global warming as a monster hurricane bearing the...

Armeena Khan called out a man abusing her on social media

News Desk| Pakistani actress Armeena Khan called for actions against cyberbullying. The actresses shared an incident in which a Twitter user hurled abuses against her....

Why PM Khan’s 5-million houses project can become a reality?

News Analysis | The Prime Minister Imran Khan’s long-term friend, British-Pakistani entrepreneur Aneel Musarrat would provide advice to the premier on his plans to build...

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...

Twitter reacts to Kulsoom Nawaz’s death

News Desk | On Tuesday 11th September, Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif passed away after a prolonged illness in...

Spain works to avoid row with Saudi Arabia over bomb deal

AFP | After blocking the sale of 400 bombs to Saudi Arabia, involved in the Yemen conflict, Spain now appears to be back-pedaling to maintain...

Is Western Media trying to make CPEC controversial?

News Analysis | A report in the UK daily, the Financial Times, has raised new controversy about the China Pakistan Economic Corridor. Some government officials...

Greenhouse gases from rice paddies may be 2x higher than thought

AFP | The way some irrigated rice paddies are managed worldwide, with cycles of flooding followed by dry periods, may lead to twice the planet-warming...

U.S quest for regional dominance and IMF’s role

News Analysis | Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said on Tuesday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assured Pakistan last week that Washington would not try to...