FATA-KP merger marks historic day for people of FATA
News Analysis | 24th May 2018 marks a historic day as the National Assembly of Pakistan passed the long-awaited constitutional amendment to merge the Federally...
North Korea still open to US talks despite Trump summit cancellation
AFP | North Korea said Friday it was still willing to talk to the United States after President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled a summit between the...
Government aims to provide basic facilities to FATA
News Analysis | Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, while addressing a tribal gathering at Jamrud, sub-division of the Khyber Agency, said that provision of...
China, Russia rise in C. Africa as Western influence shrinks
AFP | Russia and China are muscling their way into the Central African Republic as Western clout in the mineral-rich, strategically important nation seems to...
Guantanamo geriatrics? Detainee population quietly ages
AFP | They arrived at Guantanamo Bay as young men, captured on the battlefields of Afghanistan and elsewhere early in America's war on terror, following...
Baked goods and Wi-Fi bring Everest closer to home
AFP | Wi-Fi, baked goods and trendy coffee: gone are the days of deprivation at Everest base camp, with hipster perks and modern conveniences ensuring...
UK mother jailed for duping daughter into forced marriage abroad
AFP | A mother who duped her daughter into travelling to Pakistan to enter a forced marriage was sentenced on Wednesday to four-and-a-half years in...
Trump can’t block his critics on Twitter, judge rules
AFP | President Donald Trump cannot legally block Twitter users who disagree with him, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in a case with potentially far-reaching...
Global warming may have ‘devastating’ effects on rice
AFP | As carbon dioxide rises due to the burning of fossil fuels, rice will lose some of its protein and vitamin content, putting millions...
US revokes invitation to China over ‘provocative military movement’ in the South China Sea
News Analysis | Pentagon has officially announced that they have made the call to revoke the invitation, which was earlier sent, to biennial naval exercises...
Who is behind Nawaz Sharif’s Disqualification?
News Analysis | The ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has once again blamed the Pakistan Army as the sole reason behind all of his political...
PML-N attacks PTI’s 100-day agenda
News Analysis | The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leaders have vigorously criticized PTI’s ambitious 100-day agenda, calling it a shoddy copy of their...