Exports increase yet the reserves are decreasing!

News Analysis | Much to the delight of the incumbent Finance Minister Mifta Ismail, Pakistan’s exports continue to show improvement along with our remittances. However,...

Do-or-die for Gandhi’s Congress in key state battle

AFP | The Congress party, which has dominated Indian politics in the seven decades since independence, will stage a last stand against Prime Minister Narendra...

Elections 2018 in Pakistan and Afghanistan: Critical juncture ahead?

Sitwat Waqar Bokhari & Saddam Hussein | Elections 2018 in Pakistan and Afghanistan are being viewed as critical in the history of both countries. Elections...

The significance of Modi’s visit to China

M K Bhadrakumar | The informal summit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping at Wuhan (April 27-28) triggered a range of opinions...

“We will always fight those who seek Azadi,” Indian Army Chief warns Kashmiris

News Analysis | The Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat, in a message to the Kashmiri youth, has said that Azadi is not possible,...

Suicide bombers, gunmen attack Kabul police stations

AFP | Suicide bombers and gunmen launched apparently coordinated attacks on two Kabul police stations Wednesday, killing at least five people, with security forces still...

Witch-hunt or a blunder?

Waqas Shabbir | After the Supreme Court beleaguered Nawaz, he is at loggerheads with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Despite Chairman NAB’s assurance that the...

Strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocks Afghanistan

AFP | A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocked northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, creating tremors felt as far away as Pakistan's capital...

New violence hits Kashmir as death of tourist condemned

AFP | Hundreds of protesters clashed Tuesday with Indian forces on the third day of deadly troubles in Kashmir as the disputed Himalayan territory reeled...

Man accused of shooting interior minister appears in Pakistan court

AFP | A man accused of shooting Pakistan's interior minister in a suspected assassination attempt possibly linked to blasphemy appeared in court Monday, with the...

Turncoats continue to desert PML-N

News Analysis | The dissolution of PML-N continues at a staggering rate. Eight PML-N lawmakers abandoned PML-N to join Imran Khan’s PTI and the newly...

Pakistan’s top judge orders probe of deadliest terror attack

AFP | Pakistan's top judge has ordered the first official investigation into the country's deadliest terror attack, a massacre at a school that killed more...