Pakistan hands over power to caretaker government as polls loom

AFP | Pakistan's civilian government completed its term Friday for only the second time in the country's history, with a caretaker administration to take over...

Mahathir’s policies could reshape Malaysia’s relations with Gulf States

James M Dorsey | Newly elected Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammed Mahathir is adopting policies that could reshape the Southeast nation’s relations with powerful Gulf States....

Placid Singapore braces for Trump-Kim storm

AFP | Singapore hotel rooms are being snapped up, police are preparing to lock down the city and thousands of journalists are set to jet...

Musharraf to face the court; interior ministry directs NADRA to block his NIC

News Analysis | The interior ministry has directed the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) to block the National Identity Card (NIC) and passport of the...

Khawaja Asif back in business, Nawaz still on the sidelines

News Analysis | In an unexpected turn of events, the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan has repealed the disqualification of the former Foreign Minister Khawaja...

There is still a ray of hope for peace in Afghanistan: US General

News Analysis | The US top commander in Afghanistan General John Nicholson has expressed optimism that peace process in war-torn Afghanistan is not absolutely dead,...

Water woes of Pakistan

Fahad Ali | Water, the true elixir of life, is one of the basic necessities of human life. In fact, the very existence of humans...

Suzuki raises prices third time this year: Will Pakistan ever stand up for itself?

News Analysis | With no regard to dark times ahead, possibly due to frequent change in government’s policies and an expected rise in competition (which...

Ahsan Iqbal ‘taken to task’ in LHC over anti-judiciary remarks

News Analysis | On Wednesday, the Minister for Interior Ahsan Iqbal appeared before a Lahore High Court (LHC) full bench to explain his contemptuous remarks...

Government takes credit for “exceptional growth” in Oil and Gas sector

News Analysis | The Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, on Wednesday, overwhelmingly praised the government for making exceptional growth in the Oil and Gas sector during last...

Social media lambasted Maryam Nawaz for her delusional ‘no-load shedding tweet’

News Desk | The social media in Pakistan continue to blast at Maryam Nawaz Sharif after she made a no-load shedding tweet two days earlier....

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...