The PM House became the site of a full day of action on Tuesday as the top civilian and military brass huddled together to discuss both the threat of terrorism and the escalation of tensions with India. Three separate meetings were held; one of the National Security Council, one on the National Action Plan and one between Prime Minister Nawaz …

TURKEY`S massive post-coup purge shows no signs of abating. In fact, the targets of President Erdogan`s wrath only seem to be increasing. On Tuesday, nearly 13,000 police officers were suspended for alleged links to Mr Erdogan`s arch-nemesis, US based cleric Fethullah Gulen, while a Kurdish TV station was shut down. Moreover, the three-month state of emergency declared in Turkey af …

National Oct 05: Babar Azam hit his third successive hundred to steer Pakistan to a 3-0 clean sweep of the ODI series against West Indies. Batsmen who score 3 successive 100s: Zaheer Abbass and Saeed Anwar (Pakistan) Herschelle Gibbs, AB de Villiers and de Kock (South Africa) Ross Taylor (New Zealand) Oct 05: Pakistan officially invited the Russian Federation to …

The bombing of Quetta’s Civil Hospital that claimed the lives of more than 70 people, most of them lawyers who had gathered there after their leader’s killing earlier in the day, has once again left our wounds agape and the entire nation was engulfed by the feeling of intense pain. The nation wants an end to such agonizing and despicable …

The year 2016 has seen a lot of provocations from North Korea. After conducting a series of missile tests in complete defiance to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, went on with its intransigence by hitting the button on its fifth and potentially most powerful nuclear test on 09 September. Since these tests will potentially jeopardize peace on the …

Globalization is entering a new era, defined not only by cross-border flows of goods and capital, but also, and increasingly, by flows of data and information. This shift would seem to favour the advanced economies, whose industries are at the frontier in employing digital technologies in their products and operations. Will developing countries be left behind? For decades, vying for …

“Unfortunately, despite all our progress against ISIL on the battlefield and in the financial realm, our efforts have not reduced the group’s terrorism capability and global reach … The resources needed for terrorism are very modest, and the group would have to suffer even heavier losses of territory, manpower, and money for its terrorist capacity to decline significantly. Daesh is …

 “Toward an Innovative, Invigorated, Interconnected and Inclusive World Economy” The Group of Twenty (G20) is a forum that has played a vital role in responding to the global financial crisis of 2008 and strengthening the global financial architecture. In 2009, former British Premier, Mr Gordon Brown, orchestrated a deal wherein world leaders agreed on a $1.1 trillion injection of financial …

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National Oct 04: The White House shut down an ongoing petition, hosted on a White House web page called “We the People,” that sought to designate Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism. Oct 04: The 3rd session of the EU-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue was held in Brussels, Belgium. About the Dialogue The EU-Pakistan ad hoc Summits were held in 2009, 2010 …