China’s gateway to N. Korea pins hopes on Kim-Trump summit

AFP | After a sanctions-driven hiatus, dozens of North Korean women are again cutting cloth, pedalling sewing machines and manning production lines at a garment...

India, Pakistan ex-spies spark furore with secret book project

AFP | It began with hushed conversations in hotels dotted around Asia, and resulted in a nearly unthinkable book: "Spy Chronicles", a secret collaboration by...

Pakistanis enchanted by 11-year-old motivational coach

AFP | Several hundred Pakistani university students sit enraptured as Hammad Safi lectures them on the merits of bettering their diction by watching Barack Obama...

China hosts summit with Russia and Iran as nuclear deal wobbles

AFP | Iran, China and Russia may seek ways to salvage the nuclear deal ditched by Donald Trump when their leaders meet this weekend at...

NAB initiates probe against Nawaz, Abbasi and Shehbaz over ‘misuse of authority’

News Analysis | The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has approved inquiries against the former Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, chief ministers Shahbaz...

Maryam Nawaz to join politics officially by contesting 2018 elections; no more a ‘housewife’?

News Analysis | Maryam Nawaz, daughter of the ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has finally decided to contest the upcoming general elections from Lahore. She...

SC directs Nawaz and others to file written replies in Asghar Khan Case

News Analysis | The Supreme Court (SC) has directed all the respondents in the Asghar Khan Case to file their written replies before 9th June,...

PTI demands ECP to scrutinize politically motivated transfers in last-weeks of PML-N tenure

News Analysis | Pakistan Tehrek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday accused the former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government of making shady appointments in last weeks of its tenure to rig...

SC orders election candidates to submit a mandatory affidavit in a bid to overcome omissions in Form A & B

News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday declared it mandatory for all candidates contesting in the upcoming general elections to submit an affidavit that...

Why Nawaz will have to pay the price for his part in pre-poll rigging in 1990 elections?

News Analysis | The Supreme Court adjourned the hearing of the Asghar Khan case till June 12, after directing ousted Prime Minister Nawaz to appear...

Videos allege Indian media houses promised to favor Hindu nationalism in exchange for cash

VISHAL | A viral series of videos on social media show that Indian media houses may be accepting large sums of money in exchange for...

2 PIA Aircraft Got Hit by Ground Vehicles in Yesterday’s Storm in Lahore

News Desk | Yesterday's rain may have brought a cooling relief to Pakistan, but wrecked havoc on PIA as at least two Pakistan International Airlines...