Shakeel Afridi’s jail break-plan remains un-explained

News Analysis | Opposition in the Senate staged a walkout over government’s failure to brief the upper house of the Parliament about the alleged jailbreak...

Eight-year-old girl murder trial moved out of IOK

News Analysis | India’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the trial of eight men accused of the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl to...

PM May defies expectations in England local elections

AFP | British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party fared better than expected in local elections in England as the final results were announced early...

Marx and American leftists are wrong about inequity

Jacob G Hornberger | Not surprisingly, the American left are among those in the world who are honoring the 200th birthday of Karl Marx, the...

Trump set to announce Iran sanctions move that may kill nuclear deal

AFP | President Donald Trump will confirm on Tuesday whether he will make good on a threat to re-impose US sanctions on Tehran and thereby...

ECP to conduct online scrutiny of candidates in upcoming elections, what about Election Act 2017 obstructions

News Analysis | The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has instructed the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) to devise a special software for online...

Jhelum dethroned its king: Nawaz Show, a major flop

Waqas Shabbir | Jhelum, once considered the home of Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz, gave a lukewarm response to deposed premier Nawaz Sharif. Traditional fervor and...

Chaudhry Nisar demands pay raise but Nawaz Sharif has gone bankrupt

News Analysis | The former Federal Interior Minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, came up with nothing new in another ‘bombshell’ press conference over the weekend....

Tens of thousands stage anti-Macron protest in Paris

AFP | Depicting the object of their ire as Napoleon, Dracula, Jupiter, a banker-king and Margaret Thatcher, tens of thousands marched through central Paris on...

Reviewing Asghar Khan case is damaging for Nawaz Sharif only

News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has announced to resume hearing on a slew of review petitions filed against the verdict of infamous...

Iraq journalist who threw shoes at Bush stands for parliament

AFP | The Iraqi journalist who grabbed headlines around the world by hurling his shoes at then US president George W. Bush is pitching for...

Chief Justice embarks on mission of self-accountability, summons ‘Judicial Bigwigs’ in EOBI fee case

News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has embarked on a difficult journey by issuing notices to the top guns of the judicial fraternity,...