A soldier’s romance with martyrdom

Samson Simon Sharaf | Colonel Sohail Abid Raja our little soldier boy was commissioned in First Sindh Regiment (Fakhar e Sindh). We called him Raja...

Trump-Kim summit in play as Moon visits White House

AFP | Donald Trump holds a high-stakes meeting with South Korea's president at the White House Tuesday, talks that could decide whether the US president's...

Nawaz’s last tactic for survival – Early elections

News Analysis | After consultation with the PML-N leaders Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif at Jati Umra, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will conduct his...

Kashmir: Ramadan break from violence?

Murtaza Shibli | The recent announcement by New Delhi to halt its military operations in Kashmir that seek to kill nominally trained and scantly armed...

Can PTI’s 100-day plan overcome Pakistan’s economic woes?

Waqas Shabbir | Pakistan Tehreek Insaf’s (PTI) ambitious plan while delighting the party workers, it baffled the opinion makers and opposition in particular. Read more: PML-N denounces...

Jeremy McLellan introduced his baby girl with a tribute to Nawaz Sharif

News Desk | Jeremy McLellan, an American comedian was blessed with a baby girl on 18 May.  An avid supporter of Pakistan, McLellan posted a...

Will South Punjab be a Province?

Qaiser Sajjad | A great political upheaval has been witnessed in South Punjab during last month when some lawmakers of PMLN elected from South Punjab...

India’s biggest internal threat strikes again

News Analysis | At least six police officials were killed and another was critically injured on Sunday when Maoist rebels targeted their vehicle with a...

PML-N denounces PTI’s first 100-day Plan

News Analysis | Reacting sourly to the Pakistan Tehrek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) ambitious agenda to change policies in the first 100-days of governance , the ruling Pakistan...

The battle for the Iranian nuclear deal: China approaches a watershed

James M. Dorsey | Conventional wisdom has it that China stands to benefit from the US withdrawal from the 2015 international nuclear agreement with Iran,...

More IS fighters leave Damascus district

AFP | The second batch of fighters from the Islamic State jihadist group left their final Damascus stronghold overnight, a monitor said Monday, bringing the...

Trump ‘demands’ probe of alleged spying on his campaign

AFP | US President Donald Trump sharpened Sunday his accusations that his presidential campaign was "infiltrated" or spied on for political purposes, saying he would...