Stop blaming terrorism on Pashtoons: Fight its origins!
By Imtiaz Gul | As a Pashtoon teenager, I grew up in Punjab with some of the most demeaning cliches of Pashtoons; smugglers, moneylenders at...
Hasina Sheikh’s Politics: Where the fantastic Fig of Three Million came from?
Dr. Junaid Ahmad| The fantastic figure of three million Bengalis massacred by west Pakistani army has been debunked by series of journalists and historians but...
FICA and the “Extensive” security measures for PSL
The Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA) has recently issued a report which advises the players from participating in the Pakistan Super League (PSL)...
Raad-ul-Fasaad Yes; but Raad-ul-Pakhtun No
Abdul Rahim| Why does Punjab look down on the rest of the provinces? Is it natural or due to Punjab’s aristocratic behavior? Why do Baloch separatists...
The importance of ECO summit for Pakistan
Today was the first anniversary of Mumtaz Qadri, the government announced a public holiday for the Twin cities – Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Wednesday,...
Chinese hope US defence spending is beneficial to global peace
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said it hoped U.S. defence spending would be beneficial to maintaining global peace and stability, after...
Chinese President calms markets assuring them of economic stability
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping said the nation must "unswervingly" crackdown on financial irregularities and illegal behaviours, while improving shortcomings in its...
Since when did the Taliban start caring about trees
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban group in Afghanistan on Sunday used a rare public statement in the name of its leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, to...
Zardari condemns PML-N for not telling Pakistan’s story to the world
“Balochistan hasn’t changed much since we left.”- Zardari The Co-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Asif Ali Zardari, criticized the PML (N) lead government on...
Trump’s ‘historic’ levels of defense spending: Republicans say not enough!
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is seeking what he called a "historic" increase in defence spending, but ran into immediate opposition...
Is Pakistan making a conscious choice: removing energy crisis vs environmental disaster?
By Rina Saeed Khan THARPARKAR DISTRICT, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A line of trucks weaves in and out of the open coal pit that...
Government close to getting agreement on the extension of Military Courts
In a meeting held today PML-N and PTI parliamentary leaders have decided to extend the tenure of the military courts for a period of...