Winter in Kashmir – blessing or a curse?

Since schooldays, we have been hearing that due to earth's revolution, seasons are formed and further whenever we used to write an essay on...

Changing Global Perceptions on Kashmir

Not only the internal situation of the State of Jammu and Kashmir but the US approach on the issue underwent a significant change over...

Kashmir Solidarity Day

Yet another Kashmir Solidarity Day to commemorate the Kashmiris’ sacrifices. As usual a public holiday, the Prime Minister to address a public gathering in...

Exports surge to be short-lived?

The cotton crop collapse has merely added to Pakistan’s export woes. It is problematic in itself that Pakistan is so dependent on textiles for...

Buzdar pays tribute to struggles of IOK people

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Thursday paid rich tribute to the just struggles of unarmed people of Indian-occupied Kashmir (IOK) and said...

PIC declares answer sheet a public document

LAHORE: Despite reluctance from the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC), the Punjab Information Commission (PIC) has declared answer sheets of the commission’s exams a public...

PDM announces long march, will contest elections jointly

The Pakistan Democratic Movement has announced that it will hold its long march against the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on March 26, and has...

US calls for dialogue to resolve India’s farmers’ protests

NEW DELHI: Wading into a sensitive issue for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the US embassy in New Delhi on Thursday urged his government to...

Liverpool stunned by Brighton; Man City beat Burnley to move clear at the top

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool’s Premier League title defence suffered a damaging blow as Brighton earned a shock 1-0 win at Anfield, while Manchester City moved three points...

Babar, Fawad help Pakistan fight back against South Africa on rain-hit day

RAWALPINDI: Skipper Babar Azam hit an attractive half-century and in-form Fawad Alam batted solidly to help Pakistan fight back as the opening day of the...

Federal ministers summoned by SC over Steel Mills case

The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday said that the mismanagement of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) was the reason behind its downfall and in this...

IHC denies Veena Malik’s ex-husband’s notice against transfer of children

Asad Khattak, the former husband of Pakistani actor Veena Malik, filed a notice in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday against the transfer...

Police to grill ombudswoman, son in Islamabad accident

ISLAMABAD: Days after four people died and two others injured when one of the five vehicles in the protocol convoy of Federal Ombudswoman Kashmala Tariq...

Scuffles, abuses are ‘new normal’ in parliament now

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi hit out against the opposition for not allowing Law Minister Barrister Forough Naseem to introduce the 26th Amendment Bill...

In first for Europe, Iran envoy sentenced to 20-year prison term over bomb plot

ANTWERP: An Iranian diplomat accused of planning to bomb a meeting of an exiled opposition group was sentenced to 20 years in prison on...