Kailashi and Sheedi communities get their first political representation in the parliament

News Desk | Tanzeela Qambrani, 39, is set to become the first African-Pakistani legislature. Qambrani is expected to take the oath as parliamentarian on 13th...

Tumbling fortunes in Capital: Nawaz in court as convicted criminal and Imran-a PM in waiting sworn in as legislator

Waqas Shabbir | Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appeared today before the accountability court in connection with the Al-Azizia and Flagship Investment corruption references against...

Young blood: Fresh faces grace the new Parliament

News Analysis | Members of Pakistan’s newly-elected parliament have been sworn in following general elections last month that was marred by allegations of fraud. The...

Excerpts from Jinnah-Gandhi letters

News Analysis | On the 71st Independence Day of Pakistan, it is useful that we remind ourselves why there had to be a separate nation...

Challenges for Imran Khan: Facts, comments and analysis

Farah Adeed | After a long political struggle of 22 years, Imran Khan is finally scheduled to take oath as Prime Minister of the Islamic...

PTI wants a “working relationship” with PML-N, PTI’s delegation tells PML-N leader

News Analysis | The leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) visited the PML-N's leader Ayaz Sadiq in Islamabad on Sunday. The delegation of the PTI visited...

Newly elected MNA’s take oath for third consecutive democratic government

AFP | Newly-elected lawmakers took oath for the third consecutive democratic government, in the inaugural session of the 15th National Assembly on Monday (Today). The...

A time for hope

Saad Rasool | This week, Pakistan celebrates its 71st anniversary of independence, members of a new Parliament take their respective oaths of office, a new...

US further sidelines Pakistan in Afghanistan peace efforts

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The National Defense Authorization Act 2019, passed recently by the US Congress, is having a slight impact on the Pakistani...

RTS system failure: Who is responsible?

News Analysis | There has been a huge furor in the media in the country over the failure of the Engineering Council RTS or the...

PEC election and engineer’s community

Sikandar Bilal Khattak | Every community strives to integrate and serve its membership. Unfortunately, Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) have been on the losing side. PEC...

Why Americans don’t really know Pakistan’s Imran Khan?

Najma Minhas | Imran Khan’s unassailable appeal across the world is an oft-mentioned expression, yet, sitting in Washington DC (still the apex power city of...