-- PM stresses economic engagement as pillar of Pakistan–Kuwait relations -- Raqami becomes Pakistan’s third licensed digital retail bank -- Islamic digital banking seen as key to financial inclusion and innovation -- Kuwait signals stronger cooperation in...

SC names advocate Salman Safdar to review living conditions, health of Imran Khan in jail

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday appointed senior advocate Salman Safdar as a friend of the court to independently review the living conditions and...

Pakistan attaches great significance to its close brotherly relations with Uzbekistan: President Zardari

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday said that Pakistan attached great significance to its close brotherly relations with Uzbekistan, underscoring the importance of...

Pakistan to play India in T20 World Cup clash after appeals from friendly nations

ISLAMABAD: At the request of friendly countries, the federal government on Monday directed the Pakistan national team to play its scheduled ICC Men’s T20...

Pakistan backs down

The excuses are already being trotted out that the greater good of the game was at stake, but the fact remains that Pakistan has backed down from its initial...

Basant’s careful return

The return of Basant to Lahore over the long weekend brought feelings of both nostalgia and anxiety for those that remember the festival in all its glory. While the...

The Imperial Presidency

  WASHINGTON WATCH News broke this week that President Donald Trump was conditioning approval of an infrastructure spending bill on renaming New York City’s Penn Station and Washington’s Dulles Airport in...

Beyond domestic discontent

For weeks, Iran has been convulsed by some of the most intense anti-government protests in its modern history. What began in late December 2025 as localized demonstrations against deepening...

Markets without referees

In 2012, a book came out that reframed international thinking on development, Why Nations Fail, by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, challenged decades of received wisdom, in insisting that...

Security, sovereignty and the information battlefield

In Pakistan’s former tribal districts, particularly Tirah Valley, security operations are increasingly misrepresented through emotionally charged and strategically curated narratives. These portrayals, amplified by PTM-aligned networks and foreign-based echo...