Hooking the Leviathan
Over the last three years NAB has charged prominent politicians and senior bureaucrats with corruption and kept them in custody in cases for over...
Banning books
The seizure of a Grade 7 social studies textbook by the Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board raises a number of disturbing questions, not just...
Former president Mamnoon Hussain passes away
KARACHI: Former president Mamnoon Hussain passed away at the age of 81 in Karachi on Wednesday.
He was suffering from cancer and was undergoing treatment...
Court issues notice on Khuram’s plea
An additional session judge summoned Sadia Jamal Mazhar, mother of two children Ahmad and Hiba.
According to details, Jeddah-born Sadia was married with Khuram Zahoor...
Suspects extorted Rs1.1 million from couple, police inform Senate committee
Rs1.1 million had been extorted from the harrassed Islamabad couple, ICT police told the Senate on Wednesday, adding that the suspects had both threatened...
Kamyab Pakistan programme to be launched on July 29: Tarin
ISLAMABAD:Â Federal Minister for Finance Shaukat Tarin has said that the government is all set to launch the Kamyab Pakistan Programme on July 29, which...
Pakistan, Russia agree to cement ties in all spheres
DUSHANBE:Â Pakistan and Russia have agreed to work closely to further strengthen bilateral relations in all spheres.
The understanding came at a meeting between Foreign Minister...
Taliban deny killing 22 captured Afghan commandos
The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday dismissed a CNN report, claiming that the insurgent group had killed 22 commandos of Afghan special forces while they...
COAS, Tajik defence minister discuss situation in Afghanistan
Defence Minister of Tajikistan Colonel General Sherali Mirzo Wednesday called on Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa here at the General Headquarters.
During...
Twitter sees jump in govt demands to remove content of journalists, news outlets
Twitter Inc saw a surge in demands over the course of last year from governments around the world to take down content posted by...
Afghanistan troop pullout a ‘mistake’, says former US president Bush
Former United States president George W. Bush on Wednesday criticised the withdrawal of Nato troops from Afghanistan and said civilians were being left to...
Push and Pull of Tractors and Trolleys
A friend with an agricultural background, with whom I walk, came up with an interesting theory. According to him a leader of a political...
North Korea after closing the doors to denuclearization
East Asia’s regional politics tend to change the dynamics of international security. Since the end of the Cold War, the geopolitical shift from multipolarity...
Why did India eliminate Father Stan?
In an early morning raid on his house at Ranchi (Jharkhand), social activist and Roman Catholic Father Stan Swamy, 84, was arrested under India’s...
Messi to sign new five-year deal with Barcelona: report
MADRID: Lionel Messi is set to extend his stay at Barcelona by signing a new five-year deal, with the Argentine talisman set to take...