Will UK extradite Ishaq Dar?
News Desk | British and Pakistan authorities’ different stance over a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for repatriation of the former finance minister Ishaq Dar, who...
“The only poster I had in my room was of Imran Khan” clarifies Shoaib Akhtar
News Desk | Pakistan's former pacer Shoaib Akhter slammed social media reports of rumors alleging him being in love with Bollywood actress Sonali Bendre. He...
Pakistan to set up gender-based violence courts
AFP| Pakistan's top judge has vowed to set up more than 100 gender-based violence courts in the patriarchal country regularly ranked as among the...
US drone shot down in Iran – A message to Washington?
News Desk | An American official who spoke on condition of anonymity told ABC News Thursday that Iran shot down a US military drone over...
PM Khan mistakenly attributes Indian Poet’s quote to Kahlil Gibran
News Desk | Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan wrongly attributed a famous quote of Indian poet, Rabindranath Tagore, to Lebanese-American poet Kahlil Gibran. Yesterday, PM Khan...
Iran in 2019: A SWOT Analysis
Abdul Rasool Syed | The Strengths One of Iran’s key strengths is its geography. It is ideally located between Middle East and Central Asia, with access...
New Zealand mosque attacks: Government starts gun buyback scheme
AFP| New Zealand opened a gun buyback scheme Thursday aimed at ridding the country of semi-automatic weapons similar to those used in the Christchurch mosque...
Pak-Iraq intensify defence cooperation & security assistance
News Desk | On Wednesday, Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa extended security assistant and defence cooperation to Iraq. In a meeting with Iraq’s...
US trying to lobby in Middle East against Iran
Anadolu | The State Department's top official for Iran will travel to the Middle East this week to meet with key allies, the agency said. Brian...
Pressure builds with more protests in Hong Kong, but what’s the end game?
Caitlin Byrne | The latest protests in Hong Kong on Sunday, which organisers said brought some 2 million people to the streets, represented yet another striking show...
China’s Belt and Road Initiative will change 32m lives: World Bank
News Desk | World Bank has said that China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) can lift 32 million people out of poverty if fully implemented. In...
Justice for Sudan: International Criminal Court steps in
Anadolu | The International Criminal Court (ICC) urged Sudan on Wednesday to hand over former leader Omar al-Bashir to stand trial for mass killings in...