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Farheen Ali Khan | “It’s summer. You have three months, you should take cooking classes,” my uncle uttered to me, while telling my brother to...

Working In Bollywood was a hard decision, says Meera

News Desk | Film actress, Irtiza Rubab, better known as Meera, revealed in her latest interview that it was not an easy decision for her...

Does Salman Khan’s ‘Bharat’ feature Indo-Pak partition?

News Analysis | Ali Abbas Zafar the director of Salman Khan's upcoming movie ‘Bharat' shared the pictures of India-Pakistan border on his social media account...

AMU Row: Quaid-e-Azam’s picture goes missing after Saffron attack

News Analysis | At least 28 students were injured in police baton charge on Wednesday at the Aligarh Muslim University, which has been witnessing a...

The Nordic welfare states

Farid A Malik | The Nordic welfare states are unique in many ways. All five of them (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Finland) are prosperous democratic...

When Imran Khan Rules Pakistan

Mudassir Saeed | Before the title confuses the readers, I must clarify that Imran Khan is not going to rule the country; he would rather...

US hopeful about China talks to resolve trade dispute

AFP | Senior US officials are due to travel to Beijing on Tuesday to hold talks on resolving an escalating trade dispute and they say...

Making sense of Mujahidin Victory Day celebrations in Afghanistan

Mujib Abid | Every year, hashti saur is celebrated in Afghanistan as the Mujahidin Victory Day. However, given the controversial and convoluted legacy of...

Kanye West sparks new outrage in calling slavery ‘choice’

AFP | Rapper Kanye West, on the receiving end of criticism in the music world after backing President Donald Trump, sparked fresh outrage Tuesday when...

Pakistan’s ‘Tipping Point’

Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | Malcolm Gladwell in his seminal work defined "Tipping Point" as "the moment of critical mass, the threshold...." He goes on to...

Netanyahu shows documents relating to Iran Nuclear ambitions; Tehran brushes off allegations

News Analysis | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Monday, unveiled a database of files which he claimed to have been containing crucial information about...

McDonald’s torched, hundreds arrested in May Day protests in Paris

AFP | Nearly 300 protesters were arrested Tuesday after May Day riots in central Paris, where hooded youths torched a McDonald's restaurant and several vehicles during...