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In his speech, Prime Minister Imran Khan read from the same script he has used in recent interviews with CNN...

The performance of the ruling PTI in the recently concluded cantonment board elections was lamentable. While the common voter sees...

On Thursday, Pakistan claimed that the warning that there was threat of terror attack from Islamic State-Khorasaan (IS-K Pakistan) against...

The last minute, unilateral cancellation of the cricket series in Pakistan by New Zealand Cricket Board on 17 September without...

The Indian state of the Punjab, which gave enough security headaches in the 1980s, is once again embroiled in political...

Pakistan officials thoroughly mishandled the issue of New Zealand and now England's cancellation of their cricket team's tour to the...

I welcomed an Arab journalist friend in town in the final days of June 2007. The first thing he said...

There are distinct similarities between the first Anglo-Afghan war and the present conflict, chief of which is that it was...

Miltablishment leaders admit that the new Taliban regime in Afghanistan is faced with serious challenges going forward. Equally, they worry...

Balochistan’s black gold workers are forced to work under tough condition with government’s indifference. The miners toil in the mines...

The current debate around how judges should be appointed raises essentially political questions about whether judicial ‘primacy’ in appointments is...

Many Pakistanis – and the world at large – have been wondering how a religious group has been agitating for...

In 2013, Pakistan ranked 127 out of 179 countries in Transparency International’s “Corruption Index”. From 2014-2018 – the Nawaz Sharif...

Every man has his fault, and honesty is his. I ha' told him on't, but I could ne'er get him...

It all began with celebratory fireworks, couched in the vows to quickly turn things around because they were ‘clean,’ which...

This piece does not intend to give away any spoilers — at least not in the literal, or traditional, sense...

The process of registering people from Afghanistan as refugees has not started yet, which is causing problems for people entering...

معروف برطانوی اخبار ”دی گارڈین“ (The Guardian) کا نامہ نگار، بین ڈوہرٹے (Ben Doherty) 31 اگست کے شمارے میں بتاتا...

Pakistani officials at Chaman border have begun to bar Afghan nationals from entering the country without required documents, as illegal...

It was a grand show of whistling in the dark. Fear of being caught empty handed on performance scale had...

The following story is a tribute to all the women who were subjected to rape during wars -- especially during...

شکست خوردہ روسی افواج کے انخلاءکے بعد بننے والی مجاھدین کی حکومتیں ان عزائم کوعملی جامہ نہ پہناسکیں جو غیرملکی...

    As Pakistan celebrates its 75th birthday, it seems as if all the vulnerabilities---political, social, diplomatic and economic--- that...

The lack of respect for the rights of religious minorities is largely due to the virus of intolerance, writes Farhatullah...

اہل سرکار و دربار کے چہروں پر آسودگی اور بشاشت کی شفق بکھری ہوئی ہے۔ اونچے ایوانوں سے مبارک سلامت...

The situation in Afghanistan continues to evolve since I last wrote about Pakistan’s counterterrorism options two weeks ago. Friend and...