Hamas-Israel ceasefire holds after night of violence

News Analysis | A ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel appears to be holding, following one of the worst days of violence in the Gaza...

Ahsan Iqbal ‘taken to task’ in LHC over anti-judiciary remarks

News Analysis | On Wednesday, the Minister for Interior Ahsan Iqbal appeared before a Lahore High Court (LHC) full bench to explain his contemptuous remarks...

Pakistan Cement Industry set to boost capacity with new projects

News Desk | The eight brownfield cement projects with a total capacity of 18.8Mta are at various stages of completion and scheduled to be commissioned...

PM Abbasi asks for a national dialogue on civil-military relations

News Analysis | The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has successfully completed its tenure of five years despite all political and economic challenges the party had...

The Hardest Hard Power

Aisha Saeed | The term ‘power’ in international relations has various interpretations but remains a vital part of the subject throughout. Power is one of...

Afghan forces mistakenly kill civilians, their credibility under question

News Analysis | Afghan security forces carried out an operation in the eastern Nangarhar province which resulted in the death of 9 people and wounding...

Pakistan crosses 150 million mobile subscribers milestone

News Desk | Pakistan ended April with 150.1 million mobile subscribers, up from 144.53 million in December 2017, according to a report from the Pakistan...

Chinese-owned Mediapro grab French football TV rights in mega 1bn euro offer

AFP | Chinese-owned Mediapro crashed French football's television rights party in style Tuesday, snapping up the right to broadcast Ligue 1 matches domestically for the...

Interior ministry puts ex-spymaster Durrani’s name on Exit Control List

News Analysis | The interior ministry on Tuesday placed the name of embattled former director general (DG) Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), retired Lt Gen Asad Durrani, on Exit Control...

Murder of anti-Kremlin war reporter shocks Russians

AFP | Russia's embattled liberal community was reeling Wednesday from the murder of fiercely anti-Kremlin journalist Arkady Babchenko who was gunned down in Ukraine after...

Saudi Arabia seeks to criminalise sexual harassment

AFP | Saudi Arabia is preparing to outlaw sexual harassment, officials said Tuesday, less than a month before the conservative kingdom lifts its decades-long ban...

School shooter video game draws criticism

AFP | An upcoming video game that lets players simulate a school shooting is coming in for criticism from parents of shooting victims and from...