Qureshi stresses need for recognition, dialogue of new Afghan reality
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Friday that the world has been waiting and watching the situation in Afghanistan, but it needs to...
20 years on, Ground Zero rebuilding still unfinished
NEW YORK: Two decades after its destruction in the Sept 11 attacks, the work to rebuild the World Trade Centre complex remains incomplete.
Two planned...
US says Taliban ‘businesslike and professional’ in Afghan evacuation
The United States on Thursday praised the Taliban as businesslike and cooperative in facilitating the first evacuation of Americans from Afghanistan since the US...
COAS stresses international support for peace in Afghanistan
The world community's constructive engagement and sustained humanitarian support for Afghanistan is imperative for enduring peace and stability in the country, Chief of Army...
Fawad accuses Election Commission of acting as opposition’s headquarters
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has alleged that the Election Commission of Pakistan has "become the headquarters for opposition parties", further accusing the the chief...
Facing stalemate in ties, Biden and Xi discuss avoiding conflict in first phone call in 7 months
US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke for 90 minutes in their first talks in seven months on Thursday, discussing the...
A two-pronged strategy
AT PENPOINT
There has been a movement by the PTI government to take two steps towards making sure that the elections due by 2023 yield...
JCP ends in tie on Justice Ayesha’s elevation to SC
ISLAMABAD: A session of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) regarding the appointment of Justice Ayesha Malik of the Lahore High Court to the...
Lawyers boycott courts to protest elevation of junior judges
ISLAMABAD: Lawyers across Pakistan went on strike on Thursday and boycotted court proceedings against the proposed appointment of junior judges to the Supreme Court...
Covid-19’s impact on poverty incidenceÂ
There is adire need to look into the drivers of poverty in the country. The existing literature documents several factors that adversely impact the...
The demise of the last man: The USA fallout in Afghanistan
Francis Fukuyama, an American political scientist, economist, and writer, presented a thesis and later published a book The End of the History and the...
The moment of truth for Taliban
The six countries that share borders with Afghanistan have reasons to be most concerned about developments under the Taliban. Pakistan and China have worries...