Trump hosts Japan PM, five days before summit with Kim
AFP | With less than a week to go before meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, US President Donald Trump plays host Thursday to...
China’s gateway to N. Korea pins hopes on Kim-Trump summit
AFP | After a sanctions-driven hiatus, dozens of North Korean women are again cutting cloth, pedalling sewing machines and manning production lines at a garment...
India, Pakistan ex-spies spark furore with secret book project
AFP | It began with hushed conversations in hotels dotted around Asia, and resulted in a nearly unthinkable book: "Spy Chronicles", a secret collaboration by...
Pakistanis enchanted by 11-year-old motivational coach
AFP | Several hundred Pakistani university students sit enraptured as Hammad Safi lectures them on the merits of bettering their diction by watching Barack Obama...
China hosts summit with Russia and Iran as nuclear deal wobbles
AFP | Iran, China and Russia may seek ways to salvage the nuclear deal ditched by Donald Trump when their leaders meet this weekend at...
NAB initiates probe against Nawaz, Abbasi and Shehbaz over ‘misuse of authority’
News Analysis | The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has approved inquiries against the former Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, chief ministers Shahbaz...
Maryam Nawaz to join politics officially by contesting 2018 elections; no more a ‘housewife’?
News Analysis | Maryam Nawaz, daughter of the ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has finally decided to contest the upcoming general elections from Lahore. She...
SC directs Nawaz and others to file written replies in Asghar Khan Case
News Analysis | The Supreme Court (SC) has directed all the respondents in the Asghar Khan Case to file their written replies before 9th June,...
PTI demands ECP to scrutinize politically motivated transfers in last-weeks of PML-N tenure
News Analysis | Pakistan Tehrek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday accused the former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government of making shady appointments in last weeks of its tenure to rig...
SC orders election candidates to submit a mandatory affidavit in a bid to overcome omissions in Form A & B
News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday declared it mandatory for all candidates contesting in the upcoming general elections to submit an affidavit that...
Jemima to move court if Reham publishes her controversial book in UK
News Analysis | Jemima Goldsmith, the first wife of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan on Wednesday warned to file a lawsuit against Imran’s second...
N. Korea’s Kim turns from threats to hugs in diplomatic drive
AFP | From threats of war to brotherly hugs, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has emerged as a skilled diplomat with the unexpected assistance...