Collaboration must for fighting Pakistan’s locust invasion

Since last year, the desert locust has been posing an unprecedented threat to Pakistan’s agriculture sector, and the response of the government was slow...

India at loss as Indo-Pacific strategy collapses

The past two decades of international policy and regional strategy have been a tremendous challenge for Pakistan. In the aftermath of 9/11, and the...

Russian court to deliver verdict on US spy

A Russian court on Monday will deliver a verdict in the trial of former US marine Paul Whelan who risks up to 20 years...

EU-US rifts widen on key issues as Pompeo talks to EU leaders

EU foreign ministers will hold video talks with their US counterpart Mike Pompeo on Monday as transatlantic rifts widen over Israel, international organisations and...

Don’t behave like an expansionist nation, FM Shah advises India

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday advised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government to focus on its domestic issues instead of “behaving like...

Sindh Assembly becomes first in Pakistan to hold online sessions

Spokesman Sindh Government Murtaza Wahab has said that Sindh Assembly will hold online sessions of the assembly in case of emergency. He said that...

Australian PM airs concerns over China death sentence to citizen

Australia's prime minister expressed concern Monday after an Australian man was sentenced to death, in a case that could further inflame tensions between Beijing...

Hospital beds in Delhi scarce, fuelling coronavirus fears

Ashwani Jain succumbed to the coronavirus in an ambulance as his family pleaded with several hospitals to take him in, the latest victim of...

Nuclear arms control outlook bleak amid rapid modernisation: report

Nuclear powers continue to modernise their arsenals, researchers said Monday, warning that tensions were rising, deeming that the nuclear arms control outlook "bleak". This...

Russia hypersonic weapons still ahead of the game?

Moscow knows other nations are hastily designing their own hypersonic weapons – but by the time they are acquired, the Russian military will have...

Good governance, rule of law and the presidential system

Ancient Greek history is full of mythical fables with moral lessons. Pakistan’s dalliance with ‘rule of law’ always makes me recall the Sisyphean ordeal...

Macron rejects statue destruction in France

President Emmanuel Macron vowed on Sunday that France would not seek to erase elements of its history or take down statues of controversial public...