Increasing demand for Sukuks in Pakistan: The Islamic Shariah bond
Islamic bonds or “Sukuk” is giving a new opportunity for funding for local companies that is otherwise lacking in pakistan. Islamic markets are an important focus area...
Thanks to climate change bread is less tasty
Glenn Fitzgerald | The concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is increasing. Everything else being equal, higher CO₂ levels will increase the yields of...
PSL final: Pakistanis will be the real victors
Ikram Sehgal | A bomb blast in May 2002 targeting the French naval technicians in a bus outside the Sheraton and Pearl Continental Hotels in...
US-EU start a Visa War
A surprising war has started between the US-EU, a visa war. Since US won't allow visa-free entry for citizens of some EU member states,...
Syrian army defeats ISIS by liberating Palmyra
Alexander Mercouris | Russian Defence Minister Shoigu reports to Russian President Putin that Palmyra has been fully liberated from ISIS. Dmitry Peskov, Russian President Putin’s spokesman,...
KP passes a laudatory bill against dowry
On Thursday, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly approved a law which they titled as, ‘The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Dowry, Bridal Gift and Marriage Functions Restriction Act, 2017’. The...
Barbarity with Modernity: India introduces new pellet guns for Kashmiris
With the killing of Burhan Wani, Hizbul militant, by Indian forces last year, protest broke out against this action. CRPF personnel used pellet guns...
How science can make your learning 50% easier?
Like or not, to become successful in many areas of life, whether it be in school, college, at work or just in learning a...
We Should trust Supreme Court to give us justice!
Nasim Zehra | Obviously, only fools can call for a weakening of democracy. After all military interruptions in Pakistan that have disrupted democratic governments have...
PSL in Lahore: Ego or rationality to go ahead with the game?
By Gen. Ghulam Mustafa | 13 February 2017 appears to have faded from nation’s memory as indeed all other such days which took away so...
Pentagon’s “Devastating impact” plan for ISIS
Sophie Mangal| The U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis had presented a preliminary version of the Pentagon’s new plan to rapidly defeat the Islamic State of...
Has Iraqi Government compromised with Saudi Arabia?
Adam Garrie | The timing of Iraq’s bombing of Syria continues to appear increasingly suspicious. The day after the bombing, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir...