Independent Indian journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta is being sued by tycoon Gautam Adani’s business empire in six different courts — and he is not allowed to speak about the conglomerate or its owner. US investment firm Hindenburg Research, whose explosive… Continue Reading
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has stressed that Pakistan needs to protect the poor and tax the wealthy while ensuring that subsidies are targeting those who really need them, it emerged on Sunday. In an interview on… Continue Reading
Former US president Jimmy Carter has decided to receive hospice care and “spend his remaining time at home with his family” instead of additional medical intervention, the Carter Centre said on Saturday. Carter, 98, who has lived longer after leaving… Continue Reading
Pervez Hoodbhoy Don’t blame the Chinese AN exam question for CSS aspirants: what’s higher than the Himalayas, deeper than the seas, stronger than steel, and sweeter than honey? Well, dear candidate, any hesitation suggests your patriotism level needs checking in… Continue Reading
THE PTI’s ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’, which it plans to commence from Lahore on Wednesday, Feb 22, will be an acid test of the party’s as yet untested street power. There is no denying that the party is capable of pulling… Continue Reading
Friday’s brazen attack by the banned TTP on the Karachi Police Office came as a violent jolt to the system. It underscored the high vulnerability of what should be well-protected cities to terrorist threats. The raid should lead to some stocktaking… Continue Reading
After years of a US-led economic blockade, a short humanitarian break is not enough The effects of the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake which hit both Türkiye and Syria earlier this month, are being compounded by US sanctions. But despite a… Continue Reading
Similar to Ukraine, Serbia’s breakaway province is an exercise in the ‘rules-based order’, where rules are made up for the convenience of Western power On February 17, 2008, a group of US-backed “democratic leaders” headed by a former Western-sponsored terrorist declared… Continue Reading
TEHRAN: Protests rocked Iran again overnight after a seeming slowdown in recent weeks, with marchers calling for the overthrow of the government, online video posts purportedly showed on Friday. The marches in numerous cities including Tehran that began on Thursday… Continue Reading
ISLAMABAD: Amid a global economic slowdown, Pakistan’s exports of rice posted a negative growth of 15.82 per cent in the first seven months of the current fiscal year mainly due to the flood devastation of paddy fields in Sindh. In… Continue Reading