Erdogan support for Pakistan highlights US’ worsening ties with the world

News Analysis | On Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain to express his solidarity with Pakistan. US President Donald Trump...

Pakistan’s ambitions for 2018

Ikram Sehgal | Events of national significance tend to linger on in our combined memories for some time, even then 2018 ushered in hopes of...

Azad Jammu and Kashmir vs. Indian Occupied Kashmir: The difference

Mohsin Shahid | It was 2004, a year before the devastating earthquake in Pakistan, when there was a murder in Dherkot, district Bagh in Azad...

Virushka go viral with street dancing videos in Cape Town

News Desk | The newlywed couple Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli are having a wonderful time in Cape Town, South Africa these days. The couple is...

Russian air strikes kill 18 civilians in Syria

AFP | At least 23 civilians were killed Wednesday in the Syrian opposition stronghold of Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, most of them in Russian air...

Pakistan prepared for any US action: DG ISPR

News Desk | In the midst of growing tensions between Pakistan and US after Trump’s Tweet, the military spokesperson, DG ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor...

Actors in black supporting #MeToo mocked for feeble protest

AFP | Normally ahead of the Golden Globes, the women of Hollywood would be clamoring to find the perfect headline-grabbing dress for the red carpet. Instead,...

Middle East mess expands to East Africa

James M Dorsey | The six-month-old Gulf crisis has expanded to the Horn Africa, potentially fuelling simmering regional conflicts. Renewed fears of heightened tension in the...

Trump targets Palestine in next aid cut threat

AFP | President Donald Trump admitted the Middle East peace process was in difficulty Tuesday and threatened to cut US aid to Palestinians, currently worth...

Hindu organizations booked for anti-Dalit violence

News Analysis | A case has been registered against two right-wing Hindu organisations in connection with the Koregaon Bhima violence wherein one person was killed...

Nawaz Sharif and family appear before NAB court

News Analysis | Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain (Retd.) Safdar Hussain appeared before an accountability court on Wednesday. This...

Sugarcane protests cause massive disruption in fruit exports

News Analysis | Exporters of kinnow and other perishable goods have sought governments’ intervention to save commodities worth billions of rupees stuck up near Ranipur...