Afghanistan announces ceasefire with Taliban for Eid

AFP | Afghanistan announced Thursday an apparently unilateral ceasefire with the Taliban for Eid, the holiday that caps off Ramadan, though operations against other groups...

Interim Prime Minister heads recent cabinet meeting

News Desk | Prime Minister, Justice (Retd.) Nasir-ul-Mulk chaired a meeting of the caretaker Federal Cabinet at the Prime Minister’s Office. Secretary Interior gave a...

Why is the appointment of Hassan Askari critical to free and fair elections?

News Analysis | Professor Hasan Askari Rizvi, much to the dismay of the PML-N took oath as caretaker Punjab chief minister at Governor House today...

Shakarparian cricket stadium plan is scrapped

News Desk | The Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) ambitious project to build a cricket stadium in Shakarparian, Islamabad. The...

Bill Gates called Gen Bajwa, appreciated armed forces efforts in eradicating Polio

News Desk | The Co-founder of Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates called Pakistan's Chief of Amry Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa. Gates appreciated Pakistan Army's constant...

Nawaz Sharif: All is happening beyond the law

News Analysis | Former Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif stated “everything is happening beyond law and constitution” favoring him. He said this while commenting on...

ECP declares E-voting impossible for overseas Pakistanis in general elections

News Analysis | Overseas Pakistanis once again stand deprived of exercising their right to vote as Election Commission (EC) has declared electronic voting impossible in...

World Bank doesn’t want Pakistan to pursue the Kishanganga Dam dispute

News Analysis | Pakistan will not beg for negotiations regarding Kishan Ganga Dams, warns FO The spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr Muhammad Faisal has...

Shahid Afridi urges CJP to take notice of ‘black sheep’ in judiciary

News Desk | Star cricketer Shahid Afridi has congratulated the Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, for taking an aggressive approach towards the humanitarian...

India, Pakistan ex-spies spark furore with secret book project

AFP | It began with hushed conversations in hotels dotted around Asia, and resulted in a nearly unthinkable book: "Spy Chronicles", a secret collaboration by...

NAB initiates probe against Nawaz, Abbasi and Shehbaz over ‘misuse of authority’

News Analysis | The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has approved inquiries against the former Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, chief ministers Shahbaz...

Maryam Nawaz to join politics officially by contesting 2018 elections; no more a ‘housewife’?

News Analysis | Maryam Nawaz, daughter of the ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has finally decided to contest the upcoming general elections from Lahore. She...