Zainab’s father not allowed to react after daughter’s killer was caught
Shiffa Yousafzai | We caught him. Yes, our agencies, our police force, Chief Justice of Pakistan and the forensic department did it. They all worked...
Iran: Protests and threat of renewed sanctions lead to revolutionary guard involvement in economy
James M Dorsey | Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appears in the wake of recent anti-government protests to have put his weight behind President...
Playing on bouncy pitches
Farid A Malik | Playing on bouncy pitches is not easy, this is why the Pakistan Cricket Team is having problems playing on New Zealand’s...
Fasih Ahmed: Pakistan’s very own Tweeting Trump
Mominah Zahid | In a series of inappropriate and borderline absurd tweets, Fasih Ahmad, the editor of Newsweek Pakistan, has outraged the entire nation. The...
Indian Supreme Court rejects final bid to ban ‘Padmaavat’
AFP | India's top court Tuesday rejected a final bid by two states to ban a Bollywood film about a mythical Hindu queen which sparked...
South China Sea becomes global and regional threat
Jumel G. Estrañero | While China has been making considerable diplomatic and economic inroads in Asia, the US has been reminding the same continent of...
Is the Saudi Crown Prince still encouraging moderate Islam?
James M Dorsey | Recent Algerian media reports detailing Saudi propagation of a quietist, apolitical yet supremacist and anti-pluralistic form of Sunni Muslim ultra-conservatism raises...
US Afghan strategy won’t work: Laments ex US Army Colonel
Jamal Hussain | A point paper by Lawrence Sellin, titled “U.S. Afghan strategy will be governed by events in Balochistan” has been published by the...
What is wrong with our police?
Waqas Khan | Recent events like child molestation and their subsequent murders and the appalling extrajudicial killings of youngsters have brought the inefficiency and the...
Will Pakistan ever see another leader like Jinnah?
Shiffa Yousafzai | Everyone in our country wants to be a leader and wants to become the Prime Minister of Pakistan. More than half of...
Palestinian President seeks EU support after US row
AFP | Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas will seek EU support in Brussels on Monday amid bitter acrimony with the United States, but he looks unlikely...
Bangladesh: Why Nawaz Sharif has a poor understanding of history
K. Hussan Zia | In his op-ed piece, ‘24 years of exploitation created Bangladesh’ in The Daily Times of 17th January Mr. Babar Ayaz defends Mr. Nawaz Sharif’s claim...