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...

Key events in Sri Lanka political crisis

AFP | Sri Lanka has plunged into a constitutional crisis after its president sacked the prime minister and appointed a controversial former strongman ruler in...

Radicals attack Hindu retreat as gender protests mount

AFP | Suspected Hindu radicals on Saturday attacked a spiritual retreat founded by a preacher who backed letting women enter a renowned Indian temple, police...

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar’s release: A hit and trial move to bring Taliban to negotiations

News Analysis | Afghan Taliban have said in a statement that their former deputy chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has been released by the Pakistani...

Should Pakistan ‘establish contacts’ with Israel just like KSA?

News Desk | A tweet from an Israeli journalist that an aircraft flew from Tel Aviv to Islamabad has sparked a new controversy in Pakistan. According...

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...

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...