US envoy Pompeo to return to North Korea this week

AFP | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads back to North Korea this week to flesh out the bare bones nuclear agreement between President...

A healthy democracy needs pre-poll legal scrutiny

Saad Rasool | The nomination process for electoral candidates for the 2018 general elections is now complete. Candidates have been finalized, and party tickets have...

French gangster on the run after helicopter jail break

AFP | Details emerged Monday of the daring prison escape of notorious French robber Redoine Faid, who used a helicopter in a breakout worthy of the...

More choices, lower prices; Pakistan’s much needed car revolution

News Analysis | With the auto revolution in Pakistan just around the corner, another local bike player has decided to enter the auto sphere. Regal...

Arrests in Europe over plot to attack Iran opposition rally

AFP | Belgium, France and Germany have detained six people, including an Iranian diplomat, over an alleged plot to bomb a weekend rally by an...

Dior- luxury brand above the need for “instagram bling”

AFP | Fashion powerhouse Dior brushed aside the whims of the Instagram generation with its deliberately low-key new haute couture collection Monday, arguing that the...

US sticks to goal of cutting Iran oil exports to zero

AFP | The United States remains determined to force Iran to change its behavior by cutting its oil exports to zero, the State Department said...

“I have no political agenda,” says CJP Nisar

News Analysis | The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), Saqib Nisar has remarked on Monday that he has nothing to do with politics. He is...

Pak-Sino “Talent Corridor” to offer 1000 Scholarships

News Analysis | The CPEC Cultural Communication Centre, under its ‘Talent Corridor’ scheme will offer scholarships to 1000 Pakistani students for  "one year vocational trainings"....

A fight for the capital NA-61, PTI and PML-N head to head

News Analysis | In NA 61 Rawalpindi-V, there will be neck and neck fight between (PTI) candidate Amir Mahmood Kayani and PML (N) aspirant Malik...

Protest against Bilawal showcases PPP’s status in Lyari

News Analysis | Pakistan People’s Party on Sunday faced a difficult situation in Lyari, its major stronghold in Karachi when its party chairman and much-touted...

Interior minister Sindh fears divisions within MQM could disrupt Karachi elections

News Analysis | The caretaker interior minister Mohammad Azam Khan said on Sunday that the rift within Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) can lead to clashes...