Will PPP support Maulana Fazlur Rehman to become President?

News Analysis | Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), is confident that he is going to be the joint presidential candidate of the...

Government gearing up to approve sweeping reforms in FBR

News Analysis | The Pakistan Tehrek-e-Insaf government is in advance stages of introducing a radical reform plan for the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), in...

Another win for Russian diplomacy: Taliban accept the invitation to attend talks in Moscow

News Analysis | The confirmation came from the Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov who also expressed high hopes from the summit which will be commenced...

Playing politics with religion: Imran Khan puts himself between a rock and a hard place – James Dorsey

James M. Dorsey | Less than a week in office, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has made blasphemy one of his first issues, empowering militants...

Why Donald Trump’s new Afghanistan strategy isn’t much different from Barack Obama’s – M K Bhadrakumar

M K Bhadrakumar | United States President Donald Trump’s much-awaited policy speech on the way forward in Afghanistan was disappointing. It neither fulfilled his campaign...

The superflous debate about UAE aid offer to Kerala is diverting attention from reconstruction work

M K Bhadrakumar | It was three decades ago that a senior American diplomat Robin Raphel, who had served in New Delhi in the early...

Who siphoned off Dr. Aafia Siddiqui US$ 2 million dollars legal representative fees?

Dawood Ghazanavi | On 23rd May 2018, Pakistan Consul General, Houston Miss Ayesha Farooqui made consular visit to Dr. Aafia Siddiqui in FMC Carswell, prison,...

Beginning of a new Government – Dr. Zafar Jaspal

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Prime Minister Imran Khan’s cabinet has started working. The ministers are making promising announcements. The critics seem unconvinced with the...

What was so special about Bilawal’s first speech in NA?

Habiba Chishti | Yes! Bilawal’s speech was brilliant and it is a glimpse of a true parliamentary debate. One of the key traits he has...

PM Khan and Army Chief Bajwa meet in a cordial atmosphere

News Analysis | Prime Minister Imran Khan was congratulated by the Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on becoming the Prime Minister of...

America mourns John McCain, war hero and political icon

AFP | America paid tribute Sunday to John McCain, the Vietnam War hero and the two-time presidential candidate with a legendary temper whose personal courage...

Supreme Court grants fifth extension in corruption references against Nawaz

News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has granted another six-week extension to the accountability court to conclude the Al Azizia and Flagship corruption...