PPP’s guarded approach to Nawaz’s confrontation with judiciary

News Analysis | Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari accused ousted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of creating deliberate confrontation between judiciary and...

Russia strongly denounces US policy in Syria as Pentagon continues military presence

M K Bhadrakumar | A major speech by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday at an international conference on the Middle East turned into...

Pakistan’s critical role in the New Cold War

M K Bhadrakumar | Afghanistan, no doubt, was what brought Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif to Moscow on a ‘working visit’ on February 20. This...

Axact CEO Shoaib Shaikh’s no show displeases SHC

News Analysis | The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the absence of Axact chief executive officer Shoaib Shaikh from the court in a...

Baloch Chief Minister approves Rs. 1 billion for Gwadar’s development projects

News Analysis | The Chief Minister of Balochistan and Chairman of the Governing Body of the Gwadar Development Authority (GDA), Mir. Abdul Quddus Bizenjo approved...

Mahira defends Javed Sheikh after embarrassing LSA moment

News Desk | In her latest tweet, Mahira Khan defended Javed Sheikh and described him as her mentor in the industry after the latter confronted...

Is Pakistan close to a Free Trade Agreement with the EU?

News Analysis | In a triumphant juncture for Pakistan, especially in the face of Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) sanctions, the European...

Is Pakistan losing the battle for its soul?

Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | This story perhaps describes best what's happening in Pakistan today A grandfather tells his grandson there are two wolves inside us,...

What does the future hold for Nawaz?

News Analysis | The Supreme Court (SC) decision to bar ousted ex-Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif to lead the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) is...

Why it’s so hard to make sense of Trump’s foreign policy

Scott Lucas | Under Donald Trump, trying to predict, dissect and understand the US’s attitude to the world has become almost impossible – not that plenty...

Asia is set for a difficult year in 2018 – much of it centred around China

Nick Bisley | In 2017 we finally realised that the four decades of geopolitical stability enjoyed by Asian countries and societies had come to an end....

PML-N Senate candidates declared independent by ECP

News Analysis | Candidates nominated by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) were declared independent by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday. The ECP...