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Iran is eager to join the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, or CPEC – a part of the gigantic One-Belt One- Road initiative envisioned by President...
Elections are around the corner in India — which is the bash-Pakistan season for the far right. The suicide attack on a military convoy in Pulwama...
As many as six children have died at government-run hospitals in Dadu and Mithi of Sindh after doctors there boycotted their duties. Doctors are...
The law-enforcement agencies in Pakistan are known for employing varying methods of torture as part of their so-called investigation techniques. The...
Remember memogate? The scandal that had whipped up a terrible political storm in the country some eight years back, with allegations of treason...
Employees of various government departments from Khyber tribal district have demanded an end to the traditional Jirga system in the erstwhile...
Asfandyar spent 10 years in jail for a crime he had never committed. An anti-terrorism court had found him guilty of murdering a student in 2009 and...
Man has been using addictive substances — mostly derived from herbs or botanical roots — since time immemorial. These substances have formed the...
The Senate is miffed by the fact that Pakistan International Airlines has sacked dozens of employees for possession of fake degrees. Senator...
It was 40 years ago when Iran’s army declared its neutrality and paved the way for the fall of the US-backed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was...
Regarded as eyes, ears, hands and even brain of parliament, the National Assembly committees are still not fully functional, even though the incumbent...
The brutal killing of a local Sindhi nationalist leader in Karachi and the conduct of the police in handling the gruesome incident has left the civil...
Indian troops over the weekend killed five more innocent Kashmiris and injured 10 protesters, armed with stones and snowballs, in the disputed...
The IMF has described as ‘constructive’ the meeting between PM Imran Khan and its MD. PHOTO: FILE It is unusual, if not unprecedented, for a...
We recently had a hint from the Supreme Court of Pakistan that it was mulling over bringing private schools under government control. Shockwaves could...
In days of yore when the world of cyberspace was a fantasy and for those who remember, life was simple and easy. However the downside was that things...
A meddlesome tweet by Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani is being seen here as unprecedented and clearly crossing a red line. In a fitting riposte,...
The Supreme Court is set to resume hearing a case concerning the implementation of the 2012 ruling in the high-profile Asghar Khan case on Monday...
Gas is both pricier and in short supply in the country — something that was not the case just months back. The crisis, on the supply side, has...
Resourceful might be a term often used to describe some Pakistanis who are forced to survive and navigate without much of a system to follow with...
Pakistan’s ranking on the 2019 Index of Economic Freedom by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation, although having improved in some...
Until recently deemed the biggest irritant to peace in Afghanistan by the US, Pakistan is now regarded by the world’s sole superpower as a...
Despite some initial shuffling on a seemingly futile endeavour, Pakistan and India have finally moved ahead on finalising the Kartarpur Corridor...
After months of wrangling, the issue of chairmanship of the Public Accounts Committee was seemingly resolved with the position going to Leader of the...
The Supreme Court has issued a strongly-worded order in the case relating to the TLP’s sit-in at the Faizabad interchange in Islamabad in November...
It is mostly mismanagement that creates scarcity in the midst of plenty. Two recent World Bank reports bring this point home with regard to...
The National Finance Commission (NFC) has finally had a meeting to set agenda for resource distribution between the Centre and provinces for the next...
How far we have come. Less than 30 years ago, it was the Mujahideen meeting in Washington to plan how to overthrow the Soviet client regime in Kabul....
Provincial minister and senior PTI leader Aleem Khan has been taken into custody by NAB. Under question is the financial uprightness of the senior...
Sindh has come out with yet another grievance against the federal government. Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has blamed the Centre for holding back...
The Benami Act is finally coming into force — after a delay of more than two years — to enable the tax authorities to curb proxy transactions in...
Cancer does not kill. Cancer treatment has made great strides over the years. Cancer in children is fully curable and so are other cancers. Awareness...
Pressure is building on the Kashmir front or so we would like to think after years of the issue being ignored on the global front. As Prime Minister...
Americans are going to vote the next year and President Donald Trump’s haste to pull US forces out of Afghanistan, as well as Syria — gracefully...
The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) was instituted to provide relief to underserved communities across Pakistan – a programme that perhaps...
Another trusted friend has jumped into the fray to help shore up Islamabad’s fast depleting state coffers. China has signaled its willingness to...
Pakistan is host to some of the most picturesque peaks in the world and when they turn white in winters, tourists and most importantly skiers come...
Nawaz Sharif has been shifted to hospital from jail for a ‘much-needed medical treatment’, but rumours are rife that the move is part of a...
India is becoming cranky by the day over Kashmir and the support Pakistan is gaining with regard to rights violations in the region. On January 31,...
The government has decided to withdraw the subsidy on Hajj, causing the expenses for the pilgrimage to rise. The withdrawal of the Rs45,000 subsidy...
True to its commitment, Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf — which leads governments at the Centre and in the provinces of Punjab and...
A senior officer of the Sindh police believes that the crime rate will automatically fall if policemen stop seeking bribes. Additional Inspector...
Is it because of our feudal mindset that we have instinctive disregard for the lives of the poor and the weak? Besides various incidents of inhuman...
Amendments in the finance bill proposed by the government on January 23 — i.e. the second mini-budget of the fiscal year 2019 — have still to pass...
The constitutional mess created by the 18th Amendment continues to add to the confusion in the working relationship between the federation and its...
Protests and strikes are fundamental rights of citizens when they are agitating for their genuine grievances and demands. But it involves ethical...
The WHO estimates more than 300 million people suffer from depression worldwide. Most of them suffer in silence, some seek help while others go...
Bangladesh has refused to accept the credentials of Saqlain Syedah as Pakistan’s new high commissioner in Dhaka, causing further damage to the...