Cynthia & Malala: East vs West?

Imran Jan | On Twitter, an American lady named Cynthia Ritchie has recently started arousing mixed emotions from people from various walks of people, mostly...

CJP offended over rescheduling of Mohmand groundbreaking

News Desk | Irked over not being intimated of the rescheduling of the Mohmand Dam groundbreaking ceremony, the outgoing Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar told...

Teacher, school principal sent to jail for torturing a student

News Desk | A female teacher and a school principal have been sent to jail after the court suspended their pre-arrest bail in the case...

Pakistan and UAE: Reviving the old relations

News Analysis | UAE’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, the deputy supreme commander of UAE’s armed forces paid a one-day official trip...

Govt. devises a plan for tourism in Kurram, Orakzai

News Desk | The tourism department has decided to explore the tourist attraction spots in the Kurram tribal District and Samana, a small hill station...

Interior Minister’s nephew arrested for drug possession

News Desk | The nephew of Minister of State for Interior, Shehryar Afridi, was arrested for possession of contraband. This news broke on Sunday night,...

Honeymoon period is over, Mr. Prime Minster!

Farah Adeed | It has been almost four months now since Prime Minister Imran Khan assumed the office. We understand newcomers require training, time, and deliberation...

High cost of business hurting economy

News Desk | The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) has said that the cost of doing business has increased manifold, leading to a...

18th Amendment: Zardari & Bilawal exploiting provincial fears?

News Analysis | Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday insisted there was a “grand plan” in action to force the party...

Curbs on Media-Dawn editorial

Imran Jan | Dawn newspaper editorial on December 14, 2018, is quite interesting. At the outset, I must suggest to the writer of the Editorial...

Twitter rocks with #IAmMumtazQadri on death anniversary of late Salman Taseer

News Analysis | The 8th death anniversary of late Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer was observed on Friday, Jan 4 in Pakistan. On his death anniversary...

Why Pakistan needs a ‘Private Army’?

Zeeshan Munir | The services of private contractors are used around the world. P. W. Singer, author of Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry...