The Game-Changers

Ikram Sehgal | With US President Trump scrapping the Iran nuclear deal and re-imposing sanctions, the possibility of conflict in the region has increased dramatically....

Witch-hunt or a blunder?

Waqas Shabbir | After the Supreme Court beleaguered Nawaz, he is at loggerheads with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Despite Chairman NAB’s assurance that the...

Israel-Iran flare-up raises spectre of major confrontation

AFP | Deadly strikes by Israel against alleged Iranian sites in Syria have raised fears of a dramatic escalation in the regional conflict, but the...

Belt and Road Initiative attracting car manufacturers in Pakistan

News Desk | Addressing a China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Conference at the National Institute of Transport (NIT) and the University of Science and Technology...

‘Bloody Gina’, the new CIA chief, will obey her moral compass, not President Trump!

News Analysis | Answering to US Senator Mark R. Warner’s question to define her moral code as far as CIA’s notorious interrogation techniques are concerned,...

COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa in Forbes ‘75 most powerful people’

News Desk | Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, has been featured in Forbes this year’s list of  '75 Most Powerful Leaders...

IHC orders halting of TV shows ‘promoting obscenity, indecency’ in Ramazan

News Analysis | The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ordered to put an end to the airing of programmes like 'Neelam Ghar' and those "appearing to...

Katas Raj at ease: SC orders Cement factories to find water elsewhere

News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled that Bestway Cement and DG Khan Cement will find an alternate source of water. The two...

Do you want a better job? Improve your soft skills!

When applying for jobs, most of us focus heavily on hard skills. These are the skills that are quantifiable and measurable, like having a...

Ineffectiveness of SAARC and recommendations to make it effective

Bhakhtawar Liaquat | The cause of the SAARC’s institutional dysfunction can be traced in the Indian hegemonic designs and its indifferent behavior towards Pakistan and...

Italian-Pakistani girl’s strangulation confirms need for strict regulations against honor killings

News Analysis | Sana Cheema, a 26-year-old girl, who was on her homecoming tour from Italy last month, was strangled to death, contrary to earlier...

Government seek inquiry into NAB’s probe of money laundering allegations against Nawaz

News Analysis | The President of Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) and the Chief Minister of Punjab, Shehbaz Sharif has demanded an investigation into NAB’s...