Asia Bibi’s lawyer leaves Pakistan citing threats to his life

AFP | The Pakistani lawyer who saved a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy from the gallows left the country on Saturday, saying his life was...

Nation mourns Sami-ul-Haq

News Desk | As the horrific news of the assassination of renowned religious scholar Maulana Sami-ul-Haq in his home circulated on social media, the Twitter...

What will Pakistan achieve from PM Khan’s visit to China?

News Analysis | Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, on his first official visit to China, met the Chinese President Xi Jinping and lauded the way...

Asia Bibi case verdict, fallacious arguments and our national mindset

Zain Ullah Khattak | Supreme Court of Pakistan, a leading judicial body of Pakistan, announces Asia Bibi case in Islamabad; as soon as declaration has...

Maulana Sami-ul-Haq: end of an era?

News Analysis | Prominent religious scholar and former Senator, Maulana Samiul Haq was stabbed to death by unknown assailants during his sleep at his Rawalpindi...

Government signs an agreement with TLP: State surrender or political necessity?

News Analysis | In an interesting and major breakthrough, the government and Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) reached to an agreement on the eve of Friday to...

“Don’t drag army into everything,” warns DG ISPR

News Desk | The Director-General (DG) of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor made it clear on Friday that Pakistan Army had nothing...

Unknown attackers kills Maulana Sami ul Haq

AFP | Unidentified attackers have assassinated a key Pakistani cleric with close ties to the Afghan Taliban, officials and family said Friday. Maulana Sami Ul-Haq was...

TLP to end blasphemy protests after deal with govt

AFP | Islamist hardliners incensed by the acquittal of a Christian woman for blasphemy in Pakistan said Friday they would end mass protests after reaching...

Will government use force against the TLP protesters?

News Analysis | Despite stern warning by the Prime Minister Imran Khan, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan is protesting and reportedly challenging the writ of the state. PM...

‘DIRECTORATE S‘ by Steve Coll’: Biasness at its peak

Imran Jan | Yet another ISI-bashing book unsurprisingly by Steve Coll. It is merely a repetition of the boring and bias-laden anti-ISI narrative. It is...

Oppressed Kashmiris and the right of self-determination

Abdul Rasool Syed | Like every year, the people of Kashmir marked 27th October as a black day. On this very fateful day in 1947,...