Sharjeel Memon indictment shows the discriminatory role institutions play for PPP and PML-N

News Analysis | Former Information Minister of Sindh Sharjeel Memon and 11 others were indicted by the accountability court in Karachi in a corruption reference...

Hamza Ali Abbasi Asks the censor board to Grow Up

News Desk | Pakistani actor and social media activist, Hamza Ali Abbasi confronted an onslaught of criticism on social media following his tweet that condemned...

Pakistan’s Defense Minister hits back at India

News Analysis | On February 14, 2018, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir while making a policy statement in the Senate on defense policy said, “India...

Under Foreign Pressure: Punjab government seizes assets of JuD and its welfare wing

News Analysis | Punjab government has swiftly acted on a notification issued by the federal government to seize all the moveable and immovable assets of...

View from Lodhran: NA-154 Lodhran-Death of Political Parties?

Qaiser Sajjad | There has been a lot of hue and cry over the recent election in NA-154 Lodhran in Pakistan. Political circles have termed...

Saudi cleric endorses Valentine’s Day as ‘positive event’

AFP | A prominent Saudi cleric on Wednesday endorsed Valentine's Day, long forbidden in the ultra-conservative kingdom, calling it a "positive social event" that was...

17 killed in Florida school shooting by former student: sheriff

AFP | Authorities in Florida could offer no explanation Wednesday night as to why a former student armed with an AR-15 rifle opened fire at...

Pakistan will have to pay for Kashmir attack: India

News Analysis | On February 13 2018, India’s Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman passed a statement in the backdrop of a suspected militant attack on Monday...

Corrupt Israeli PM to be investigated by police

AFP | Israeli police recommended Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted for alleged corruption, shaking the country's politics and raising questions over whether...

NAB requests interior ministry to place name of Nawaz, Maryam and Safdar on ECL

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday requested the Interior Ministry to place the name of former premier Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz...

Saudi Arabia surrenders great mosque in Brussels

James M Dorsey | Saudi Arabia, in an indication that it is serious about shaving off the sharp edges of its Sunni Muslim ultra-conservatism, has...

Mashal’s family challenge ATC verdict in the Peshawar High Court

News Analysis | On Wednesday, Mashal Khan’s family filed an appeal against Anti-Terrorist Court’s (ATC) verdict on the Mashal Khan lynching case. The appeal filed...