France to set penalties on non-recycled plastic

AFP | France plans to introduce a penalty system next year that would increase the costs of consumer goods with packaging made of non-recycled plastic,...

Stormy Daniels lawyer says would ‘hit harder’ to beat Trump in 2020

AFP | As the lawyer for adult film star Stormy Daniels, Michael Avenatti has been a persistent thorn in Donald Trump's side. But in the last...

Young blood: Fresh faces grace the new Parliament

News Analysis | Members of Pakistan’s newly-elected parliament have been sworn in following general elections last month that was marred by allegations of fraud. The...

Cows help rehabilitate prisoners in Sweden

AFP | It's barely 6:00 am and Alfred is already busy milking cows. But when his chores on the farm are done, he won't be...

Amid soaring ties with Canada, Saudi Arabia trying to better relations with Iran

News Analysis | In a breakthrough move, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has decided to allow an Iranian official in Riyadh to administer Iranian interest in...

Caspian Sea nations sign landmark deal

AFP | The leaders of the five states bordering the resource-rich Caspian Sea signed a landmark deal Sunday on the legal status of the inland...

Excerpts from Jinnah-Gandhi letters

News Analysis | On the 71st Independence Day of Pakistan, it is useful that we remind ourselves why there had to be a separate nation...

Challenges for Imran Khan: Facts, comments and analysis

Farah Adeed | After a long political struggle of 22 years, Imran Khan is finally scheduled to take oath as Prime Minister of the Islamic...

Trump’s America: Killer of Indian engineer sentenced

News Analysis | A man, who killed an Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla in Kansas shooting last year, has been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole....

Why Americans don’t really know Pakistan’s Imran Khan?

Najma Minhas | Imran Khan’s unassailable appeal across the world is an oft-mentioned expression, yet, sitting in Washington DC (still the apex power city of...

PM elect Imran Khan to take oath on August 18, Winning World Cup squad invited

News Analysis | Imran Khan, Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), is scheduled to take his oath as the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of...

Imran Khan’s concrete reach out to military

Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan | Bertrand Russell the British philosopher defined power as ‘the ability to produce intended effects’. This ability is definitely not lacking...