SC rejects Imran Ali’s appeal against death penalty in Zainab murder case

News Analysis | The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday rejected the appeal of convict Imran Ali against the death sentence handed to him for the...

18 arrested in latest Indian lynching case

News Analysis | Police in India have arrested at least 18 people for the mob-style lynchings of two sightseers, attacks that were believed to have...

PML-N face challenges in distributing tickets to ‘loyalists’

News Analysis | The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is under huge pressure to ensure that genuine party leaders and trust-worthy electable get the party tickets...

Waking up the neighbours: Indonesia’s Ramadan alarm clocks

AFP | Most of Jakarta is fast asleep at 2:00 am, but for Fajar Ramadan and his pint-sized comrades it's time to wake up the...

Justice for Khadija: A test for the law, the judge and the justice system!

Farah Adeed | Law has many purposes to serve in a given society. Being a formal mean of social control, the law is expected to...

Trump calls Trudeau “weak and dishonest” after refusing to sign G7 joint statement

News Analysis | When the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, was talking to media about the success of the G7 summit which Canada hosted...

Twenty years of nuclearization of South Asia: Lessons, challenges and way forward

Syed Adnan Athar Bukhari | 2018 marks twenty years of nuclearization of South Asia. India, though implicitly conducted its nuclear tests under the garb of...

Had no political agenda in past and now: Hassan Askari

News Desk | Care Taker Chief Minister Punjab Professor Hasan Askari says he had no “political agenda” in the past, and now. He said his...

Former govt borrowed $44 billion but failed to stabilize economy

News Desk | Chairman Coordination of FPCCI Malik Sohail Hussain on Saturday said PML-N government borrowed over 44 billion rupees during its tenure which is...

Accountability Court granted third extension to wrap up Sharif’s trail

News Analysis | The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday directed the accountability court to conclude the trial of ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif within one...

A generational failure

Saad Rasool | The democratic process in Pakistan has completed its second consecutive term (ten years), for the first time in the country’s history. And...

US officials question their state’s Af-Pak narrative

Imtiaz Gul | Nearly four days before Pak-Afghan officials met in Islamabad to continue their revived dialogue under the Afghan Pakistan Action Plan for Peace...