NISP 2018: missing the point

Imtiaz Gul | The new national security policy (NISP 2018) released recently by former Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal, is a welcome step insofar as the...

First Trump-Kim meeting scheduled for June 12

AFP | The White House said on Monday that the first meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take...

The emergency destruction of American liberty

JACOB G. HORNBERGER | Emergencies are the time-honoured method by which people lose their freedom. That’s because public officials use emergencies as a way to...

Jordanian protests: Revisiting the Arab Spring and setting a benchmark

James M Dorsey | Protests that forced Jordan’s prime minister to resign and laid bare the country’s systemic economic and political crisis shed a new...

“We are not satisfied with your answer,” CJP tells Shehbaz Sharif

News Analysis | The outgoing Chief Minister of Punjab, Shehbaz Sharif appeared before a two-judge bench at the Supreme Court's Lahore registry.  The Chief Justice...

Salman Ahmed claims Reham Khan received £0.1m from PMLN to malign Imran Khan

News Desk | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's member and famous musician Salman Ahmed has claimed that the former wife of Imran Khan, Reham Khan was given £0.1m...

SC suspends the nullification of nomination forms by LHC: Tough time ahead for Pakistani democracy?

News Analysis |  The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) has suspended the decision of the Lahore High Court (LHC) regarding the revision of electoral nomination...

Why SC Rejected LHC Ruling on Nomination Papers

News Analysis | The Pakistan Supreme Court overruled a Lahore High Court (LHC) ruling regarding reform of the nomination papers last Sunday. Its decision came...

In Gaza, grief and pain for slain ‘angel of mercy’ paramedic

News Desk | Too worn out to shed more tears, Sabreen al-Najjar recalls the last time she saw her daughter alive."She stood up and smiled...

G7 ministers criticize US tariffs and warn of trade war

News Analysis | Last week, Trump was told that the U.S. was playing a ‘dangerous game by slapping tariffs on European steel and aluminum. Therefore,...

2018 World Cup potentially set to become latest Middle Eastern battlefield

James M Dorsey | A possible Saudi-Iranian clash on the soccer pitch promises to be a highlight of this month’s World Cup in Russia. It...

Forget it, general election will be delayed: CJP

News Desk | Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar has remarked election will not be allowed to be delayed at any cost. CJP further...