PTI leaders swing into action to obtain opposition approval for crucial FATF-related bill

Speaker National Assembly (NA) Asad Qaisar has met chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani in Parliament House and the two exchanged views on the matters related...

‘Brothers in arms’: Pakistan, Turkey jointly inaugurate new homes for war victims in Idlib, Syria

Hundreds of war victims in Idlib, Syria have moved to new houses constructed by Turkey and Pakistan. Two NGOs - Turkey’s Diyanet Foundation and...

PTI government keeps petroleum prices unchanged for September

The government of Pakistan has decided not to change petroleum prices for the month of September, according to a press release issued on Monday. The...

Op-ed: Pakistan should be cautious of the TTP even as terror group loses relevance in a new Afghanistan

In a significant development, two splinter groups of Tehreek-i–Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — Harkatul Ahrar and Jamatul Ahrar — have decided to rejoin the main...

JUI-F MPA Maulana Aisamuddin suspended for threatening to blow up assembly

Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Mushtaq Ghani on Tuesday suspended JUI MPA Maulana Aisamuddin and expelled him from the house for threatening to blow up...

Politics of Harassment: Is ‘feminism’ used as a political instrument?

Prof. Rana Eijaz Ahmad/Farah Adeed | The concept of power is at the heart of social sciences. We deal with its origin, development, forms, manifestations,...

Pakistan and Afghanistan: last battlegrounds of Polio eradication

As recently as 30 years ago, wild poliovirus paralysed more than 350 000 children in more than 125 countries every year. Today, the virus...

Pakistan: Asia’s biggest children eye hospital to be functional by Jan 2021

Asia's biggest children eye hospital is scheduled to be functional by January 2021 with a capacity of treating one hundred and fifty thousand children...

‘Heads should roll’: Celebrities lash out at authorities as Karachi drowns

A score of Pakistani celebrities has taken to Twitter to call out incompetent government officials, both past and present, for their neglect of the...

Op-ed: Will Karachi rains bring a new party in Karachi?

The devastating rain experienced in Karachi last Thursday has left city residents both shocked and disgusted. Shocked, because no one had witnessed that much...

Will former PM Nawaz be granted exemption from appearance in IHC tomorrow?

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will take up on Tuesday (tomorrow) appeals of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz, and son-in-law...

The greatest mystery of our times: How did Pakistan contain the coronavirus?

According to the latest media reports, the number of coronavirus cases globally has gone past 25 million, with deaths exceeding 844,000. The total number...