State Life Insurance chips in against illiteracy in Pakistan
News Analysis | In Pakistan, like many countries with a lower literacy rate, awareness of the benefits of insurance policies is negligible and exists only...
Dawn of Accountability: Zardari’s close aide being investigated by FIA
News Analysis | Hussain Lawai, a close friend of former President Asif Zardari and Chairman of the Board of Pakistan Stock Exchange has been questioned on...
Pakistan’s financial crisis puts OBOR in jeopardy
James M Dorsey | Increased Pakistani dependence on China to help it avert resorting to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to avoid a financial and...
Modi’s India exposed: Hindu extremism seeps into universities
Merwah Qureshi | India is going through the dark age of extremism and fanaticism. With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the center the Hindutva...
Let the Games begin: Netflix releases first Indian series
AFP | Netflix's first original Indian series releases on Friday as the US streaming giant battles with Amazon Prime for a slice of the country's...
Lal Masjid Cleric to tell his followers how to vote during today’s Friday Khutbah: Security officials in Frenzy
News Analysis | Islamabad administration, police and security agencies are in a state of frenzy as it has been conveyed to them by intelligence agencies...
Trump unleashes trade war with tariffs on China
AFP | Punishing US tariffs on Chinese imports took effect early Friday, marking the start of President Donald Trump's trade war with the largest US...
Senate committee stops power ministry from installing new transformers before election
News Desk | Senate Standing Committee on Power has recommended Ministry of Power to not install any new transformers or towers in any part of...
Shehbaz Sharif presents PML-N’s manifesto; offers promises and hope
News Analysis | Pakistan is all set to hold the general elections on July 25, 2018. Political parties are persistently working on their respective strategies...
Ex-PM Sharif sentenced to 10 years for corruption
News Desk | Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison by a corruption court in Islamabad Friday,...
The nation awaits the accountability court decision
News Analysis | The nation eagerly awaits the accountability court decision, which can have a huge impact on the dynamics of national politics. All the eyes...
Pompeo in Pyongyang to seek concrete nuclear commitments
News Desk | Washington's top diplomat engaged in an intense day of negotiations with his North Korean counterpart Saturday as he strove to nail down...