Price of refusing a marriage proposal: one more girl killed by her brother

News Analysis | According to media reports a brother, identified as Shoaib, has killed his sister for refusing a marriage proposal of his liking. Sources...

Is PML-N boycotting Punjab assembly out of political frustration?

News Analysis | Leaders of former ruling party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) announced on Friday that they would not attend any session of the Punjab...

PM Imran to attend investment conference amidst Khashoggi saga

News Analysis | Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary has confirmed that Prime Minister Imran Khan will be travelling to Saudi Arabia to attend the Future Investment...

Pakistan’s Bureaucracy: A legacy of British colonial era?

Dr. Zafar A. Bokhari | Worldwide bureaucrats are educated and talented people to run respective government departments, not cities, municipalities, and towns. Bureaucracy plays a...

IMF assistance: more detrimental than beneficial for Pakistan

M Fazal Elahi | Eventually, the incumbent coalition government of Pakistan has chosen to jump into the lap of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for...

Cutting Financial Aid To Pakistan May Not Bring Peace To Afghanistan

Fatemeh Aman | A new report by the State Department on terrorism criticizes Pakistan for failing to prevent terrorist groups, especially the Afghan Taliban and Haqqani Network...

‘More to do’ is the new ‘do more’

Imran Jan | General Joseph Votel, Commander of the US Central Command, said of Pakistan, “I do acknowledge that they have done a lot in...

Why SC did not disqualify PM Imran Khan?

News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has dismissed a review petition seeking disqualification of Prime Minister of Imran Khan. The petition was filed...

IHC seeks GHQ inquiry report against former ISI chief

News Analysis | In an interesting move, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ordered the interior ministry to explain as to why has the name...

Pakistan favors open diplomacy in response to India’s coercive diplomatic Approach

Merwah Qureshi | Pakistan and India do not share the warmth of friendship and good neighborhood owing to the mutual mistrust inherited since inception. Whenever,...

Votes amidst violence: Afghan candidate killed by chair bomb

News Analysis | Abdul Jabbar Qahraman, a candidate for the upcoming parliamentary elections, was assassinated when a bomb planted under his office chair exploded resulting...

The Immortal Hakim Saeed: Whose legacy is ‘knowledge’

News Desk | The 20th death anniversary (Youm-e-Shahadat) of a notable Pakistani scholar and medical philanthropist Hakim Muhammad Saeed was observed this Wednesday. Remembered as...