Defamation under freedom of expression

Abdul Rasool | The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) made history by rejecting the plea by an Austrian woman that her conviction for blaspheming...

Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui challenges CJP over his termination

News Analysis | Former Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui on Friday challenged his termination as a high court judge in the Supreme...

Moral Policing at PU: Will three-member committee probe the matter conclusively?

News Analysis | In the latest development, the University of Punjab, (Lahore) has constituted a three-member committee to probe into the recent incident in which...

Afghans risk their lives to vote in delayed Kandahar poll

AFP | Afghans risked their lives to vote in legislative elections in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, after the Taliban-claimed killing of a powerful police chief...

Sri Lanka President sacks PM, installs former strongman

AFP | Maithripala Sirisena installed Sri Lanka's controversial former strongman leader Mahinda Rajapakse as the country's new prime minister Friday, the president's office said, in...

NBP donates Rs. 19.5 Million in Diamer Bhasha Dam Fund

News Desk | National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) President Tariq Jamali met the Prime Minister Imran Khan to hand over a cheque of Rs19.5 million...

Is another NRO around the corner?

News Desk | Despite all stakeholders asserting that an NRO is neither demanded nor is anyone willing to give one, rumours of another possible NRO continue to circulate...

Is it time for Israel-Pakistan potential talks? – Jan Achakzai

Jan Achakzai | Israeli Prime Minister’s visit to Oman, the tiny Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) country and meeting the Sultan of Oman, Sayyid Qaboos bin...

NATO soldier killed in Taliban-claimed attack in Afghanistan

AFP | A NATO soldier was killed and two others wounded in a Taliban-claimed attack in Afghanistan on Monday, days after a US general was...

No compromise on ‘National Interests’, FO reaffirms

News Analysis | Pakistan’s Foreign Office has once again clarified that there will be no compromise on the national interests. Spokesperson of FO, Dr. Muhammad...

Taliban leader freed after US talks with the group

AFP | A top Taliban commander held in Pakistani detention for more than eight years has been freed, sources said Thursday, in an apparent move...

Is 21st century Peshawar getting out of control?

M Zafar Khan Safdar | I was born and raised in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), a transit hub near the famed Khyber...