Korean “peace pipeline” gains traction

M K Bhadrakumar | The two “peace pipelines” – one carrying Iranian natural gas via Pakistan to India and a second transporting Russian gas via...

China’s vice premier to visit US for trade talks: White House

AFP | China's top economic official will visit Washington next week to continue trade discussions, the White House said Monday, as threatened tariffs on billions...

Former top Chinese Communist official jailed for life for bribery

AFP | A former Chinese Communist Party official who was once tipped as a potential successor to President Xi Jinping was sentenced to life in...

Israeli soldier freed after serving manslaughter term

AFP | An Israeli soldier convicted of manslaughter for shooting dead a prone Palestinian assailant was freed from prison on Tuesday, the army said, after...

6 Ways to have an amazing life

Lifehack | Have you ever thought of yourself as a problem solver? I’m guessing not. But in reality, we are constantly solving problems. And the...

From a Yousafzai to Manzoor Pashteen – Not in my name!!

Shiffa Yousafzai | I am a proud Pathan – who speaks Urdu with an accent. Pashtuns may have entered the sub-continent from the North Western corridor,...

Climate Change: India rocked by thunder and dust storms

News Analysis | A dust storm swept through Bikaner, in India’s northwestern Rajasthan state, on May 7, five days after an electrical dust storm toppled...

World Bank refutes media claims of money laundering allegations against Nawaz

News Analysis | World Bank has categorically denied the reports floating in media regarding “world Bank’s Remittances and Migration Report of 2016, which focus on...

Fashion Industry signs #MeToo petition, supporting Meesha Shafi

News Desk | Prominent members of Pakistan's fashion and entertainment industry have signed a petition that calls for constructive steps to deal with the cases...

Daughter of Dubai’s ruler missing since escape attempt

AFP | A detained Emirate princess, a yacht seized by Indian soldiers in international waters, a Frenchman being held in Luxembourg -- accounts from key...

Foreign content hijacking Pakistani channels

News Desk | On Sunday actors, directors and producers from Pakistan's drama industry protested against the illegitimate running of foreign content on Pakistani TV channels...

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...