Physical brawl ensues in Pakistan’s National Assembly when lawmakers disagree
A disgraceful event took place in National Assembly Pakistan when representatives sitting in parliament started a physical brawl, fist cuffing each other following the...
Integrity of Political Office Holders: There & Here?
Imtiaz Gul | On January 20, immediately after Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Obama family moved to a rented apartment after spending eight years at...
Was Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif forbidden from speaking at Davos?
News Analysis Pakistani Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif's participation in the World Economic Forum, at Davos, Switzerland, in the third week of January, has created somewhat...
India’s Modi poised to win state elections despite falling economy?
ADDRESSING a conference in his home state of Gujarat on January 10th, Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, exuded confidence. India’s economy is the fastest-growing...
UAE Crown Prince arrives in New Dehli
Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE crown prince, arrived on Tuesday in Indian capital New Dehli as a chief guest to attend India’s...
What does Russia now want in Afghanistan? Peace or further discord
Amina Khan | On December 27, 2016, officials from Russia, China and Pakistan met in Moscow for the third Trilateral Dialogue on Afghanistan, where all...
Modi and Trump have their first call after his inauguration
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had his first conversation with the US President Donald Trump, after his inauguration, late Tuesday night. Prime Minister Modi later...
PML-N’s obssesion with building white elephants to win elections
NEARLY 20 years after it opened, Pakistan’s first motorway still has a desolate feel. There is scant traffic along the 375 KM link between...
Why boundaries in music exist between India & Pakistan?
Laksmi Subramanian | At the end of September 2016, the Indian motion picture producer’s association, India’s largest organisation related to entertainment, announced a ban on...
Where does Pakistan fit into Trump’s World?
Najma Minhas | Trump in his inauguration speech declared that “We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones” with such words he has given...
South Asian weddings: display of ostentatious wealth and networking
Parul Bhandari | Indian weddings are most famously imagined as enormous spectacles. This image is surely real, though representative of a small segment of the...
Taliban tell Trump to get out of Afghanistan
The Taliban has asked President Donald Trump to withdraw US forces from the "quagmire" of Afghanistan, saying that nothing has been achieved in 15...