US withdrawing troops from Afghanistan: Implications for Region
Opinion | Reports from Washington indicate the US will announce partial troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in the next few days. The withdrawal of 4000 troops...
GCC: Not yet ready to remove blockade from Qatar?
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said the position of the Saudi-led bloc on relations with Qatar remains unchanged. "I affirm that nothing has changed,"...
Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) – An Insurance Policy
The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) was approved by the Indian Parliament. The bill was passed and now in India, religious discrimination is the law...
Fragile Masculinity of Pakistani men seeks ban on ‘Chamkeeli’
A petition has been filed in the civil court Lahore seeking the ban on Abrar-ul-Haq's latest song, 'Chamkeeli'. The application argued that the song...
CJP played no part in Musharraf’s case: Supreme Court of Pakistan
The Supreme Court of Pakistan, on Wednesday, issued a strongly-worded statement to clear out misconceptions associated with Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Asif Saeed...
Delimitation of constituencies: Has Punjab government violated law?
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has expressed some reservations over the way Punjab government introduced the demarcation of cities through various notifications. The...
Pervez Musharraf cries of ‘Personal Vendetta’ at work in his case
Former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf termed the special court’s verdict dubious, saying that no precedent can be found for such a decision where...
A painful journey towards Kaptaan’s Naya Pakistan
Opinion | Transitions are always painful and difficult leaving behind the old and accepting the new order is never easy. Cleansing requires rapid and brutal...
Will Turkey’s Model work in Pakistan?
Opinion | The Indian establishment, including political leadership, is running into a strange predicament. Never before has India’s image looked so visibly sullied in comparison...
Pakistan Air Force: Rising above the Oblivion
The elephant in the room for the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is that its adversary, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is larger, better equipped...
WHO moves step closer to cheaper breast cancer treatment
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Wednesday that it had for the first time approved a "biosimilar" medicine -- one derived from living sources...
US promises to consider India in Afghan withdrawal
The United States promised Wednesday to take into account India's concerns as it looks to pull out of Afghanistan, in high-level talks that agreed...