The Maldives: a honeymoon haven in peril

AFP | Famed as an upmarket tourist destination of white beaches and turquoise waters, the island nation of the Maldives is troubled by political turmoil...

Muslim singer forced to quit French show over terror posts

AFP | A French Muslim singer who became an overnight star after dazzling judges on a TV talent show quit the contest Friday after coming...

CPEC contribution to cross $100 billion in the next 12 years

News Analysis | On 9th February 2018, the Executive Director to Center of Excellence (COE) for CPEC Dr. Shahid Rashid told journalists in a press...

Supreme Court orders prompt decision on Axact cases

News Analysis | Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan on Friday ordered the Islamabad High Court (IHC) and Sindh High Court (SHC) to decide on Axact...

Time to pluck Pakistan’s political weeds

Dr. Farid A Malik | In order to save democracy ‘political weeds’ have to be culled. While agriculture produces crops to sustain life, ‘political culture’...

Trump and Modi discuss South Asian politics over phone call

News Desk | On 8th February 2018, the White House reported that the leaders of the world’s two largest democracies Trump and Modi discussed the...

PM Abbasi finally takes notice of sugarcane farmer fiasco

News Analysis | The Federal Government has finally stepped in to address the woes of the Sindh sugarcane growers that have knocked on every possible...

Taxes should be reduced on mobile phone scratch cards: Senate Committee

News Analysis | Senate Select Committee on Information Technology thinks that percentage of tax collection on mobile phone scratch cards should be reduced. Currently various...

Intizar’s murder was not a mistake: Counter Terrorism Department

News Analysis | The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) team formed to probe into 19-year-old Intizar Ahmed’s murder case finished its investigation on Thursday. The team...

‘Verna’ to be screened in UK film festival

News Desk | Mahira Khan's latest venture ‘Verna' is among the top women-centric films that will be screened in the UK's South Asian Film Festival,...

Priyanka admits she was in a ‘committed relationship’ in America

News Desk | In her recent interview with Filmfare, Priyanka Chopra said, at one time in her life she was in a very serious committed...

Imran Khan lashes out at FBR for failing to make necessary reforms

News Analysis | Pakistan Tereek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, while addressing textile-sector industrialists on Thursday said that “I am the only Pakistani who collects Rs....