Gulf crisis shows separation of sports and politics unlikely
James M Dorsey | The Gulf crisis that has pitted World Cup host Qatar against a United Arab Emirates-Saudi Arabia-led alliance for the past eight...
Shehbaz Sharif most likely to be new PML-N president
News Analysis | Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shehbaz Sharif is expected to become acting president of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). Ousted Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz...
Imran Khan weighs in on bureaucrat protests
News Analysis | Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan has threatened that if the protesting bureaucrats do not reopen their offices on Monday, he will...
Sajal Aly mourns ‘Mom’ Sri Devi’s death
News Desk | Pakistani actress Sajal Aly expressed her sorrow after the death of magnificent Indian actress Sri Devi on late Saturday in Dubai following...
Close to the Dead End, Sharifs Out to blow the system
Shaheen Sehbai| I am happy to write this in Calibri font, as it is not illegal anymore. But this piece can only be written in...
The pitfalls of Judicial Activism and what to do about It
Abdur Rahim | American historian and public intellectual Arthur Schlesinger Junior introduced the controversial term “Judicial activism” in Fortune Magazine in an article titled “...
Bureaucrats united against NAB over Ahad Cheema’s corruption charges
News Analysis | Bureaucrats of the Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) have created a deadlock by observing a pen-down strike on Friday against the arrest of...
Suicide bomber in Kabul kills one, injures six
AFP | At least three people were killed and more than a dozen wounded in multiple suicide bombings in Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, the...
Is Democracy merely rule of the majority?
Farah Adeed | Democracy is under the threat not only in Pakistan but across the globe. Authoritarian tendencies of political leaders in both established and transitional...
US to open Jerusalem embassy in May for Israel’s 70th anniversary
AFP | The United States said Friday it will relocate its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in May, bringing forward the contested move to coincide...
Trump announces ‘heaviest ever’ sanctions on North Korea
AFP | US President Donald Trump has rolled out fresh sanctions against North Korea-linked shipping assets, hailing the package as the "heaviest sanctions ever" levied...
Election campaigning on the roll: three parties three narratives
News Desk | As the 2018 general elections draw near, the three major parties in Pakistan: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan...