Palestinian President seeks EU support after US row

AFP | Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas will seek EU support in Brussels on Monday amid bitter acrimony with the United States, but he looks unlikely...

Bangladesh: Why Nawaz Sharif has a poor understanding of history

K. Hussan Zia | In his op-ed piece, ‘24 years of exploitation created Bangladesh’ in The Daily Times of 17th January Mr. Babar Ayaz defends Mr. Nawaz Sharif’s claim...

Akshay delays his movie for ‘Padmaavat’ as new controversy brews

News Desk | Akshay Kumar has announced to delay the release of his movie ‘Padman' because of the clashing release date with long-awaited 'Padmaavat'. His movie will now...

‘Punjab Nahi Jaungi’ Pakistan’s most successful film ever

News Desk | Punjab Nahi Jaungi has become the highest grossing Pakistani film ever. The movie starred heavy-weights like Mehwish Hayat, Humayun Saeed and Urwa...

7,000 used cars stuck at Karachi port as dealers and government lock horns

News Analysis | Importers of used cars (that were handicapped by the governments’ refusal to give access to used cars at the port) are claiming that the...

Former ambassador Haqqani booked in three FIRs

News Analysis | Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States (US), Husain Haqqani, was booked in First Investigation Reports (FIR) in three different police stations...

Sindh sugar mill owners fail to settle crisis even after SHC intervention

News Analysis | The representative contingents of Sindh-based growers and sugar mill owners failed to come to a settlement in the dispute over sugarcane prices...

State Bank optimistic after forecast growth in economy

News Analysis | The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued a statement that the prospects for economic growth remain strong, noting that the economy...

Rao Anwar suspended as public anger over Naqeeb’s death grows

News Analysis | Hours after a three-member probe committee tasked with probing the killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud in a police encounter submitted its report to...

US condemns ‘FreeKarachi’ campaign against Pakistan

News Analysis | A group of Muhajirs in the US have launched a ‘FreeKarachi’ campaign against the alleged atrocities committed against their ethnicity by the...

Israeli PM says he does not consider Pakistan an enemy

News Analysis | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stressed that his country is not an enemy of Pakistan and that the South Asian nation...

Involving establishment in politics is unsafe for democracy

Junaid Ali Malik | The well-known tendency of the ruling party PML-N with regard to involving the army in every matter is quite precarious and...