Top ten issues more pertinent for Pakistanis than Gaza

They would not get you as many Facebook likes and retweets, though   Every time there is Israeli aggression in Gaza Pakistani activists make it a...

Ping pong ball appointed Pakistan Cricket Board chairman

Lahore Our Cricket Correspondent The Supreme Court was informed on Friday that in synchrony with the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) constitution, a Chinese ping pong ball...

White Lies

London is these days home to many a politician of different hues and colours. To name a few: Asif Ali Zardari is here for...

It’s always about the oil, stupid!

The insurgency – killing, stealing, lying – is ALL ABOUT THE OIL   Don’t think the rise of Iraq’s, and Syria’s, Allah Akbar fanatics is not...

Al-Baghdadi, the caliph, and Pakistan

Who will bell the cat?    The ISIS, which broke all records of brutality set by previous militant organisations, has decided to call the areas under...

The caliphate returns

What it means for us   Abu Bakar al Baghdadi’s announcement of the caliphate may have gone a little too far, but is the expansion of...

Hitting Pakistan’s education emergency where it hurts

Innovative ways of addressing the country's education deficiency     Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore were host to a one of a kind event recently. Some of the...

PML-N looks to bring Nisar back in the team

Interior minister likely to make his way back into cabinet after meeting with Sharifs today Potohar lawmakers woo ‘angry’ Nisar to take back Interior Ministry...

PPP to join MQM for Army’s cause

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Thursday accepted Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)’s invitation for attending its rally on July 6 to be organised to show...

Govt approves 4,250MW coal-based power projects

Projects include a 660MW plant by HUBCO, 660MW project by Global Benefit Malaysia, 420MW project by Giga Energy, 660MW by Yunus Brothers-Lucky Cement, two...

Suicide bomber kills eight, wounds 13 in Afghan capital

A suicide bomber killed eight people and wounded 13 on Wednesday in an attack on a bus carrying military personnel in the Afghan capital,...