Foreign dignitary visits: PTI Govt’s foreign interaction begins

News Analysis | The first direct interaction by the PTI-led government with foreign capitals commenced on Friday when Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and Japanese...

Turkish lira tumbles another 5% as deputy bank chief steps aside

AFP | Turkey's embattled lira tumbled almost five percent in value on Thursday as the resignation of the deputy central bank governor intensified market concerns...

Down go petroleum prices

News Analysis | To the relief of the public, the government of Pakistan has decided to reduce the price of petroleum late on Friday. The...

PTI’s economic vision – I – Omer Javed

Omer Javed | Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI; translated Pakistan Movement for Justice) outlined its economic vision mainly through its Manifesto 2018, with details further highlighted in...

Dutch MP Wilders calls off blasphemous caricatures contest amid death threats

News Analysis | The anti-Islam, Islamophobe Dutch parliamentarian Greet Wilders has cancelled a planned blasphemous caricatures contest following “death threats and concerns other people could...

Hussain Haqqani: A traitor?

News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to initiate efforts for the extradition of former Pakistani ambassador...

Why would overseas iVOTE be a disaster?

News Analysis | The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a much-awaited voting schedule for the overseas Pakistani voters ahead of October 14 by-elections...

PM IK’s GHQ Visit: “Pakistan is destined to rise”

News Analysis | Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday visited the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi along with his core team of ministers. The prime...

Why Allama Mashriqi opposed the partition of India?

Nasim Yousaf | August is an extremely important month in South Asian history. In August of 1947, British rule in the Indian subcontinent (now Bangladesh,...

Bring back Hussain Haqqani, CJ tells NAB

News Analysis | Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday has directed National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to take steps for bringing back Pakistan’s former ambassador to the...

Trump insists White House a ‘smooth-running machine’

AFP | President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that his daughter played no role in the abrupt departure of his top lawyer and pushed back at...

STA-1: Impact on India’s military build-up – Dr. Zafar Jaspal

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The Trump administration has been improving its strategic ties with India to check the economically rising China in Asia. The...