Accountability court allows NAB to record witness statements via video link

News Analysis | The accountability court hearing three corruption cases against Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and Capt(Retd) Safdar on Friday, allowed National Accountability Bureau (NAB)...

Cuban icon Fidel Castro’s son commits suicide

AFP with additional input from News Desk | The popular eldest son of the late Cuban president Fidel Castro committed suicide on Thursday, state media...

PML-N senator public groping : Has child harassment become normalized in Pakistan?

News Analysis | A video of a senior PML-N senator groping a young girl in Karachi sparked a huge outcry on social media on Wednesday....

Three local releases to light up the silver screen this weekend

News Desk | Three local releases are set to clash on Pakistan's box office on Friday, February 2nd, 2018. The local releases include highly anticipated...

Kabul & Washington: On same wavelength

Mujib Abid | The brutality of the Afghan war, while consistently downplayed – in civilian casualty reports, disputed territory, vulnerability of Kabul government, among other...

How to tackle radical madrassas in Pakistan

James M Dorsey | This is an edited version of remarks by James M. Dorsey at the launch in Islamabad on 30 January 2018 of...

Supreme Court sets ten-day deadline to capture SSP Rao Anwar

News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has today ordered all-state institutions including intelligence agencies to facilitate the Sindh Police in tracking down the...

Accountability court delays JIT head testimony till Feb 8 in Dar corruption case

News Analysis | The accountability court has postponed the testimony of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) head and FIA Additional Director Wajid Zia until February...

Acid attacks continue to destroy lives

Mominah Zahid | On January 31st 2018, a man in Malakand threw acid on his second wife and his daughter as a family feud erupted...

FBR to catch non taxpayers living in apartment buildings in Islamabad

News Analysis | In face of its failure to apprehend tax evaders and subsequently the inability to narrow down the tax base, the government is...

SC takes suo motu notice of Swiss Bank accounts

News Analysis | The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar took suo motu notice of the foreign bank accounts held by Pakistani citizens....

‘Baaghi’ producers accused of exploiting Qandeel Baloch’s parents

News Desk | Controversy surrounds ‘Baaghi' just before its final episode is set to air on February 1st, 2018. The highest grossing drama ‘Baaghi' was inspired...