Trump and Kim head for historic Singapore summit
AFP | Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump were heading for Singapore on Sunday for an unprecedented summit in an attempt to address the last...
A season for new books
Murtaza Shibli | Apart from the heat generated by the unruly sun, new books are scorching the milieu and pushing the ever-raging debates on Pakistan...
Bollywood star Chopra apologises over ‘Quantico’ Hindu terror plot
AFP | Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra apologised Sunday after a furore over a US TV series that showed her uncovering a terror plot hatched by...
PML-N face challenges in distributing tickets to ‘loyalists’
News Analysis | The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is under huge pressure to ensure that genuine party leaders and trust-worthy electable get the party tickets...
Waking up the neighbours: Indonesia’s Ramadan alarm clocks
AFP | Most of Jakarta is fast asleep at 2:00 am, but for Fajar Ramadan and his pint-sized comrades it's time to wake up the...
Justice for Khadija: A test for the law, the judge and the justice system!
Farah Adeed | Law has many purposes to serve in a given society. Being a formal mean of social control, the law is expected to...
Trump calls Trudeau “weak and dishonest” after refusing to sign G7 joint statement
News Analysis | When the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, was talking to media about the success of the G7 summit which Canada hosted...
Twenty years of nuclearization of South Asia: Lessons, challenges and way forward
Syed Adnan Athar Bukhari | 2018 marks twenty years of nuclearization of South Asia. India, though implicitly conducted its nuclear tests under the garb of...
Had no political agenda in past and now: Hassan Askari
News Desk | Care Taker Chief Minister Punjab Professor Hasan Askari says he had no “political agenda” in the past, and now. He said his...
Former govt borrowed $44 billion but failed to stabilize economy
News Desk | Chairman Coordination of FPCCI Malik Sohail Hussain on Saturday said PML-N government borrowed over 44 billion rupees during its tenure which is...
Accountability Court granted third extension to wrap up Sharif’s trail
News Analysis | The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday directed the accountability court to conclude the trial of ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif within one...
A generational failure
Saad Rasool | The democratic process in Pakistan has completed its second consecutive term (ten years), for the first time in the country’s history. And...