Pakistan allows traffic from Taliban controlled crossing

Pakistan opened the Chaman-Spin Boldak crossing which was closed by Pakistan for commercial traffic since fierce fighting for control of the crossing erupted between Taliban insurgents and Afghan security forces.

PM Imran Khan planning to capture Sindh in next elections?

PM Imran Khan appears to be planning to take Sindh in the next elections. GVS learns this after talking with PTI insiders including Haleem...

Mountaineer Ali Sadpara’s body presumably found on K2.

Bodies found on K2 are reported to be of Pakistan’s hero mountaineer Ali Sadpara and Iceland’s John Snorri. Sadpara’s son Sajid had set on an expedition last month to recover the bodies and make a documentary on their lives.

Book review: Political Economy and Bad Governance

Syed M Uzair reviews Jamil Nasir's work. According to Syed Uzair, Mr. Jamil's book presents an excellent comparison of the different socio-political realms of different countries in the world with it. The author argues that the essence of governance lies in how state-society relations are structured and managed, and how citizens perceive the rules of the game.

73 Pakistani businessmen awarded Golden Visa for UAE

After Fakhr-e-Alam and Shoaib Malik, now 73 Pakistani entrepreneurs and businessmen have been granted the Golden Visa that erases travel restrictions for 10 years.

UN predicts largest number of Afghan civilian deaths amid civil war

Violence has surged since early May when the insurgents cranked up operations to coincide with a final withdrawal of US-led foreign forces.

Gov’t to formulate a list of fake companies owned by Pakistanis

Imran Khan government has started work to comply with the FATF's recent and most challenging points given in the recent plenary. The implementation of these points would tighten the regulations for Pakistanis who have investments abroad.

Pakistan’s external sector doing good, but the way ahead is thorny

Pakistan's Current Account has fared pretty well on the back of high capital inflows from remittances and the textile sector, but the recent downward trajectory shows that government needs to work on policy reforms to diversify the export portfolio and maintain the promised "sustainable growth".

China to build its first “artificial carbon cycle” to reduce carbon emissions

CCUS will enhance China's carbon emissions reduction and build an "artificial carbon cycle" model as it attempts to fulfill its SDGs.

Pakistan ranks top 10 in improvement of business facilitation: Report

The report puts forward the fruits of researches on the political, economic, social, cultural, and ecological investment security in countries along the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

Israel launches strikes on Gaza yet again

The strikes came after Israel cut by half the fishing zone off the blockaded coastal territory, a common response following projectile attacks by armed groups in Gaza.

It’s not only Nawaz & Zardari but also India upset over Imran’s PTI victory in AJK: Fawad

According to the unconfirmed and unofficial results by the Election Commission of the AJK, the PTI won 24 seats.