What does the future hold for Muslim Uighurs of China?

Simran Shoaib | Dispersed all around the world, millions of Muslims undergo terrible atrocities on account of their religion. Following 9/11 the universal image of...

A time for hope

Saad Rasool | This week, Pakistan celebrates its 71st anniversary of independence, members of a new Parliament take their respective oaths of office, a new...

Turkish lira takes a beating

News Analysis | The Turkish currency, the lira, took a hammering on Monday as it plunged almost eight percent igniting fears that the economic crisis...

The Caspian Sea: rich in oil and gas and caviar

AFP | The leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan are meeting in the Kazakh port city of Aktau on Sunday to sign a...

Imran Khan urges people to celebrate Independence Day ‘with full fervor’

News Desk | The expected prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has asked people to celebrate the Independence Day with extreme fervor and passion. Imran...

US further sidelines Pakistan in Afghanistan peace efforts

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The National Defense Authorization Act 2019, passed recently by the US Congress, is having a slight impact on the Pakistani...

Kailashi and Sheedi communities get their first political representation in the parliament

News Desk | Tanzeela Qambrani, 39, is set to become the first African-Pakistani legislature. Qambrani is expected to take the oath as parliamentarian on 13th...

Reunited post-Aleppo battle, Syria medics mete out ‘hope’

AFP| Her scarred hands wrapped in gloves, Malakeh Harbaliyya lifted an infant out of an incubator at a hospital in Syria's rural north, holding him...

The Uyghur militant threat: China cracks down and mulls policy changes

James M. Dorsey | China, responding to United Nations criticism, academic and media reports, and an embarrassing court case in Kazakhstan, has come closer to...

NAB: Misguided Jihad is far more dangerous?

Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | In recent months we have seen a plethora of actions by the Superior Judiciary and NAB in taking cognizance of...

Tumbling fortunes in Capital: Nawaz in court as convicted criminal and Imran-a PM in waiting sworn in as legislator

Waqas Shabbir | Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appeared today before the accountability court in connection with the Al-Azizia and Flagship Investment corruption references against...

Catalogue of abuse: seeking justice for the Rohingya

AFP | Cross-legged in a windowless, almost pitch-black bamboo shack, the investigator pressed record on a video camera and asked the young Rohingya woman to...