Change of Guards in the Health Sector: Challenges and Options

Health and nutrition have been key agenda points of the PTI manifesto ever since PTI started parliamentary politics. The Prime Minter in his victory...

UAE and Saudi Arabia want to acquire nuclear weapons, and the US is livid

Nuclear proliferation is bigger than global warming, the US president said in an interview this week amid reports that two leading Gulf States, the...

Coronavirus and Tech: How COVID-19 has brought tech initiative into education

As the deadly Covid-19 marches from country to country, - it ravages the flailing economy, exacerbates social inequity and engenders political upheavals. While it...

Army called in Karachi: Where is the Sindh government?

In line with the directions of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Army troops have arrived in Karachi to assist the civil administration in handling the...

Trump’s ban on Chinese apps: America’s version of internet ‘firewall’

A ban by President Donald Trump's administration on Chinese mobile apps such as TikTok and WeChat risks fragmenting an already fragile global internet and...

Lebanon president rejects international investigation into Beirut port blast

Lebanon's president Friday rejected any international probe into the catastrophic port blast, saying a missile or negligence could have been responsible as rescuers desperately...

Air India plane breaks into two; leaves 17 dead

At least 17 people were killed Friday when an Indian passenger plane crashed and was ripped in two after it overshot and skidded off...

Saudi Arabia feels threatened by “trolls” on social media

Online armies of self-styled Saudi patriots riding a wave of state-led nationalism attack critics and what they call "traitors" of the kingdom -- but...

Kabul “Loya Jirga” will decide Taliban prisoners’ fate: Afghanistan

Thousands of prominent Afghans will gather in Kabul Friday to decide whether to release about 400 Taliban prisoners, including many involved in brutal attacks...

United States bans TikTok citing “national security”

US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered that a ban on interacting with popular social media platform TikTok or its Chinese parent company; it...

Ghosts of Kashoggis past? Saudi Prince MbS embroiled in fresh assassination charge

A former senior Saudi intelligence official said in a US lawsuit Thursday that the country's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman tried to have him...

Roosevelt Hotel sale: Pakistan assigns financial advisors

Financial advisors have been designated for the Roosevelt Hotel sale and privatisation programme. A meeting was held to discuss the details of the process....