Afghanistan braces for militant attacks as polling centres open
AFP | Afghans are bracing for more deadly violence on Saturday as voting gets under way in the long-delayed legislative election that the Taliban has...
More than 50 dead in India train disaster
AFP | A speeding train ran over revellers watching fireworks during a Hindu festival in northern India Friday, killing more than 50 people, with eyewitnesses...
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,...
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...
Shootout in Indian Occupied Kashmir leaves four dead
AFP | A firefight near a 14th century Muslim shrine killed at least four in the Kashmir capital Wednesday and sparked protests in the city,...
Clashes as Hindu hardliners block women from Indian temple
AFP | Clashes erupted on Wednesday as Hindu hardliners prevented women visiting one of India's most sacred temples, with baton-waving police charging stone-throwing protesters. Ugly...