Rao Anwar’s name placed on Exit Control List
News Analysis | The name of former SSP Malir Rao Anwar has been placed on the Exit Control List (ECL) by the Supreme Court (SC)...
Is the Saudi Crown Prince still encouraging moderate Islam?
James M Dorsey | Recent Algerian media reports detailing Saudi propagation of a quietist, apolitical yet supremacist and anti-pluralistic form of Sunni Muslim ultra-conservatism raises...
Akshay delays his movie for ‘Padmaavat’ as new controversy brews
News Desk | Akshay Kumar has announced to delay the release of his movie ‘Padman' because of the clashing release date with long-awaited 'Padmaavat'. His movie will now...
‘Punjab Nahi Jaungi’ Pakistan’s most successful film ever
News Desk | Punjab Nahi Jaungi has become the highest grossing Pakistani film ever. The movie starred heavy-weights like Mehwish Hayat, Humayun Saeed and Urwa...
7,000 used cars stuck at Karachi port as dealers and government lock horns
News Analysis | Importers of used cars (that were handicapped by the governments’ refusal to give access to used cars at the port) are claiming that the...
Former ambassador Haqqani booked in three FIRs
News Analysis | Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States (US), Husain Haqqani, was booked in First Investigation Reports (FIR) in three different police stations...
Sindh sugar mill owners fail to settle crisis even after SHC intervention
News Analysis | The representative contingents of Sindh-based growers and sugar mill owners failed to come to a settlement in the dispute over sugarcane prices...
Rao Anwar has the right to a transparent investigation: Bilawal
News Analysis | Pakistan’s People Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari demanded a ban against police encounters all over the country. He said that while addressing...
Kabul hotel attack death toll rises to 22
AFP | At least 22 people are now known to have died when Taliban militants slaughtered guests at a luxury Kabul hotel, Afghan officials said...
Is Gulf crisis turning Qatar into the region’s Israel?
James M Dorsey | Prominent US constitutional lawyer and scholar Alan M. Dershowitz raised eyebrows when he described Qatar as “the Israel of the Gulf...
Saba Qamar’s ‘Hindi Medium’ wins Best Film at India’s Filmfare Awards
News Desk | Saba Qamar' Bollywood debut movie ‘Hindi Medium' was declared the 'Best Film' at the recent Filmfare awards. The movie earlier bagged nominations in...
PTI seeks to become party in Hudaibiya Paper Mills case
News Analysis | The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has decided to become a party in the Hudaibiya Paper Mills case against the former premier Nawaz Sharif,...