IOK shuts down as India kills Kashmiris in Shopian

News Analysis | Parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir were under curfew, businesses and schools were also shut down on Monday to contain anti-India protests that spilled...

MQM’s existential crises

News Analysis | Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) is at crossroads. The much-publicized in fighting has cost party dearly in the March 3 Senate elections. Kamran...

Pakistan’s Cigarette industry booming as millions suffer from diseases

News Analysis | Turning a blind eye to the fact that every year 100,000 people die of smoking induced illnesses in Pakistan, data suggest that...

Car Bomb explodes near Australian convoy in Kabul

News Desk | A car bomb exploded close to a passing Australian embassy staff as they traveled through the Afghan capital, Kabul on March 2,...

MQM-P whitewashed in the Senate elections

News Desk | Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) lost all its seats in the 3rd March Senate elections. Elections for 12 Senate seats were held in...

Win in Senate elections may pave way for PML-N to legislate against judiciary?

News Desk | Senate Elections are underway. The upper house of the parliament is to be reelected today. Given the political environment of the country,...

SC did not strike down any amendment, detailed judgment reveals

News Desk | The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan has released the detailed verdict of the Elections Act 2017 Case on Thursday which was announced...

Pakistan ranks 13th on Global Firepower Index

News Desk | Pakistan Armed Forces secured 13th position on most powerful in the world on the Global Firepower Military Strength Index 2017. According to data...

China supports Ghani’s peace initiative

News Desk | China expressed its full support to the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s recent initiative to hold unconditional talks with the Taliban. China’s Foreign...

Planned Indian military base stirs Seychelles controversy

AFP | A plan for India to build a military base on an outlying Seychelles island has won favor among the archipelago nation's politicians, but...

PM Abbasi wants to reform NAB laws

News Desk | Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi stated that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) laws need reform because they were enacted by a dictator...

Will the independent candidates join PML-N after winning?

News Desk | Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah announced on Thursday that the PML-N candidates who were declared independent by the Election Commission of Pakistan...