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...

A telephone call from Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani

Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | A few hours ago I received a call from Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, former Army Chief with reference to my...

COAS urge Afghanistan to join hands to beat the common enemy

News Analysis | Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa acknowledged that Pakistan and Afghanistan have suffered heavily due to prolonged conflict and...

Chelsea owner Abramovich becomes Israeli citizen: report

AFP | Russian Jewish billionaire and Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich arrived in Israel on Monday after receiving citizenship of the Jewish state, local...

Palestinian killed in Israel strike in north Gaza: ministry

AFP | A Palestinian was killed by Israeli tank fire into northern Gaza on Monday, the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave said. It named...

England batting failures frustrate Bayliss

AFP | Trevor Bayliss is becoming ever more annoyed by the kind of England batting collapses which led to their "embarrassing" nine-wicket defeat by Pakistan...