China-Africa summit to target investment despite debt worries

AFP | African leaders will gather in Beijing Monday for a summit focused on economic ties, granting China a feel-good photo opportunity as it comes...

Gangster-turned-lawmaker is new face of Mexican politics

AFP | Pedro Carrizales's body is a hodge-podge of scars and tattoos that tell the story of how he went from street-gang thug to Mexican...

Imran Khan’s Naya Pakistan! – Haider Mehdi

Syed Raza Haider Mehdi | This is not a comprehensive review of Imran and PTI's barely 7 days in office. While the dung beetles will head...

Digitalization; a need of the hour with massive challenges

Rizwan M Mir | With the current market push towards a digital economy, every enterprise is exploring ways to move with the change. Like private...

Court blocks construction of Canada pipeline to Pacific

AFP | A Canadian court on Thursday quashed the government's approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline to the Pacific, siding with indigenous people worried that...

Pakistan closes its consulate in Jalalabad over unnecessary intervention and security reasons

News Analysis | Pakistan Embassy in Afghanistan has announced to close its consulate in the Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province. The reason cited for...

US ends funding for UN Palestinian refugee agency

AFP | The United States announced it was halting funding for the United Nations' agency for Palestinian refugees Friday after declaring the organization was irredeemably...

Plutocracy and poverty in Pakistan

Omer Javed | Mental constructs matter. Path dependencies solidify such thinking patterns. Some kind of belief system exists in every society. People have drawn from...

The Significance of Pak-US military ties

News Analysis | In the first visit of a foreign delegation to Pakistan after the new government was formed, the chief of the US military...

Pentagon official cautions India over buying Russian arms

AFP | A top Pentagon official cautioned India on Wednesday that there are no guarantees for a special waiver from US sanctions if it buys...

China denies opening a military base in Afghanistan but the idea is not at all unreasonable

News Analysis | A Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post reported that China is planning to establish a military base in the Wakhan corridor,...

One martyred as Pakistan Navy helicopter crashed in Arabian Sea

News Desk | A naval airman was martyred after the Pakistan Navy helicopter crashed in the Arabian Sea on Friday, confirmed a Navy spokesperson after...