Once elected office is reduced to theatre, useful only for maintaining appearances, it becomes a stage for managing perceptions rather than exercising power.

THE government’s plan to import 350,000 tonnes of sugar, months after allowing the export of more than twice that...

THE US’ move to sanction Francesca Albanese, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied...

PAKISTAN today finds itself at a critical turning point — grappling with economic hardship, political uncertainty...

WESTERN movies, especially from the United States and the United Kingdom, are incredibly powerful. They shape how we...

IN the wake of recent Pakistani success over India in the limited armed conflict, social discussion invariably veers...

FOR over four decades, Iran’s foreign policy has been marked by its Marg bar Amrika (Death to America) slogan....

PAVER BRICKS: For the last few days, the Garden Lane leading to Garden Road is being converted to paver bricks....

NOT everyone would agree immediately, but the fact is that we need to focus on our coal reserves to produce...

JEDDAH: King Khalid of Saudi Arabia gave a clarion call for Islamic solidarity here this morning [July 12] and said...

LONDON: “What perhaps is the source of greatest satisfaction to us is … that Pakistan is politically and...

RAWALPINDI: The [DG ISI], Lt-Gen. Ghulam Jilani, submitted before the Supreme Court today [July 10] that Mr Abdul...

...[T]HE government tends to have the federal budget approved hurriedly while playing up its ‘successes’ in...

AFGHANISTAN has announced that the second phase of its presidential election [will take place on] June 14. ... Dr...

DEFENCE Minister Kim Kwan-jin’s hawkish stance against North Korea has made him No. 1 target of Pyongyang’s...