4 Pakistanis executed for rape and murder in Saudi Arabia

AFP plus additional input from News Desk | The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has executed four Pakistani men on charges of raping and murdering...

Is Daesh in Afghanistan benefiting from the mistrust between Islamabad and Washington?

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | President Ashraf Ghani led National Unity Government and Trump administration have been scapegoating Pakistan, instead of critically examining the causes...

IHC threatens government authorities with contempt charges over non-compliance

News Analysis | The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Shaukat Siddiqui resumed the hearing of a case on Friday related to the dharna (sit-in) at...

What role is India playing in the crisis in the Maldives?

James M. Dorsey | The outcome of a power struggle in the Maldives that has sparked declaration of an emergency, military control of parliament, and...

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...