India’s three-time prime minister Vajpayee dies aged 93

AFP | Three-time Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee died Thursday, sparking tributes from across the political spectrum as current leader Narendra Modi mourned the...

Can Pervez Elahi backstab Khan in Punjab?

News Analysis | Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q’s) stalwart Pervez Elahi’s ascendance in Punjab to a coveted position of Speaker Punjab Assembly has consolidated PTI’s position...

UK inflation erodes wages but boardroom pay spikes

AFP | British inflation accelerated last month on high transport costs, hitting average workers' purchasing power but boardroom pay has surged, data showed Wednesday.  The...

Ghazni might be safe but the Afghan Government is surely falling?

News Analysis | A gunfight ensued in Kabul for over seven hours on Thursday after gunmen attacked a training center of Afghanistan’s intelligence service in...

Nigerian soldiers protest as Boko Haram attacks surge

AFP | Disillusioned and exhausted, Nigerian troops battling a surge in Boko Haram jihadist attacks have reached a breaking point, protesting less than six months...

Arrest warrants issued for Zardari in money laundering probe

News Desk | A local white-collar criminal court on Friday, the 17th of August issued non-bailable (a section of the media is reporting them as bailable)...

Chinese e-commerce giant to begin services in Pakistan this year

News Analysis | Alipay, the online payment platform owned by the Chinese tech giant Ant Financial and e-commerce leader Alibaba, is set to begin its...

Why Shehbaz may not serve as the opposition leader?

Waqas Shabbir | Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif, who is the candidate of Grand Opposition Alliance...

PTI MPA slapped a man: Is this something new in Pakistan?

News Desk | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's MPA Dr. Imran Ali Shah has reportedly been suspended after a road rage incident in Karachi. Dr. Imran Ali Shah...

Eid-ul-Adha 2017: Glimpses from around the world

Eid-ul-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, is the second most revered festival in the Muslim world, which is celebrated to mark the end of...

The game of skins; how Eid-ul-Adha used to be a time of fear

Eid-ul-Adha is the holiest of Islamic festivals but ironically, these sacred days provide a bonanza for the whole criminal spectrum from the low-level hoodlums...

Post-election predicament: Another episode of anti-institutional propaganda setting

Merwah Qureshi | The post-election atmosphere in Pakistan tells the tale of an anti-institutional propaganda setting. Most of the defeated politicians, after losing their tokens...