State Bank launches Deposit Protection Corporation & new notes

News Analysis | State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday announced that Deposit Protection Corporation (DPC), set up to safeguard the interests of small depositors,...

Will General Elections 2018 be held on time?

News Analysis | The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a schedule for general elections to be held on July 25. Addressing a news conference...

Will caretaker government be able to hold free and fare elections?

Ikram Sehgal | Headed by former Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk, the Caretaker Regime taking office today includes in its mission statement (1) running the affairs...

Indo-US nexus in Indian Ocean & beyond

News Analysis | The Pentagon is renaming its oldest and largest military command to reflect the growing importance of the Indian Ocean in US strategic...

Facebook sinking fast among US teens: survey

AFP | Facebook is rapidly losing ground against rival internet platforms in attracting and keeping US teenagers, a survey showed Thursday. The Pew Research Center report...

Telegram accuses Apple of blocking updates

AFP | Secure messaging app Telegram accused Apple on Thursday of blocking its updates for users worldwide after Russian authorities imposed a ban on Telegram...

Two girls representing Pakistan at Telenor Youth Forum in Bangkok

News Analysis | The Telenor Youth Forum’s 2017-2018 programme will commence this week at the DTAC (Total Access Communication Public Company)headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, where Pakistani prodigies Safa Iftikhar...

Dr. Fowzia voices out support for Aafia Siddiqui

News Analysis | “Aafia Movement Pakistan” leader and neuro physician Dr Fowzia Siddiqui congratulated Chief Justice of Pakistan (retd) Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk on his nomination as...

Nasir Mehmood Khosa regrets being nominated as the caretaker CM Punjab

News Analysis | Former bureaucrat Nasir Mehmood Khosa said that he regrets being nominated as the caretaker Chief Minister (CM) of Punjab, saying his candidature...

The other Kim summit: Trump keeps up Kardashian at White House meet

AFP | Days away from a historic summit with North Korea's mercurial leader, US President Donald Trump held a White House meeting Wednesday with another...

Smartphone market to stay cool this year: forecast

AFP | International Data Corporation forecast Wednesday that global smartphone sales would cool this year before heating up with help from new 5G networks and...

Heartbreaker? Smoking causing millions of heart attacks, strokes: WHO

AFP | While the link between smoking and a range of cancers is well known, the World Health Organization warned Thursday there was too little...