Sri Lanka defaults on foreign debt

Sri Lanka defaults on foreign debt

Sri Lanka announced Tuesday a default on its $51 billion foreign debt.  The island nation is grappling with its worst economic crisis and surging protests demanding the government's resignation. Daily electricity blackouts and acute food

Is Nawaz Sharif coming back to Pakistan?

Is Nawaz Sharif coming back to Pakistan?

The federal government has asked the Ministry of Interior to renew ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif's and former finance minister Ishaq Dar's passports. The development came on Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was

MQM-P decides against joining Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet

MQM-P decides against joining Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet

The MQM-Pakistan has decided against joining the federal cabinet.  The party has decided on extending support to the broad-based Shehbaz Sharif government from the outside. According to media reports, the decision has been conveyed to

Army huddle takes notice of propaganda campaign

Army huddle takes notice of propaganda campaign

On Tuesday, at the 79th Formation Commanders' Conference, the Pak Army leadership took note of a propaganda campaign by some fragments of society to malign it. The army leadership said the campaign was intended to

The fate of NAB

The fate of NAB

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Javed Iqbal’s tenure has been marred by allegations of the worst kind of political victimisation. The epitome of flawed accountability has already completed his term but is said to continue

US reacts after NA elects Sharif as new PM

US reacts after NA elects Sharif as new PM

Shahbaz Sharif was sworn in as the country's new prime minister on Monday, following a no-trust motion ousting Imran Khan. Sharif was elected by Pakistan's parliament earlier in the day. Sharif was the sole candidate

PML-N’s Abbasi for dissolution of NAB

PML-N’s Abbasi for dissolution of NAB

On Tuesday, PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi told the newly-formulated government to dissolve the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The newly-elected government is being led by his party's president, PM Shehbaz Sharif. Abbasi asked the PM

Nawaz Sharif set to return after Eid

Nawaz Sharif set to return after Eid

On Sunday, PML-N leader Mian Javed Latif said that the party chief, Mian Nawaz Sharif, would be heading back to the country after Eid. Latif said that the coalition government would not last longer than

Has Aamir Liaquat broken up with his third wife?

Has Aamir Liaquat broken up with his third wife?

Politician and television star Aamir Liaquat recently tied the knot to a teenage girl, Syeda Dania Shah. It was Liaquat’s third on-record marriage. He shared his life update on his social media handles. “Last night

PTI resigns from National Assembly

PTI resigns from National Assembly

On Monday, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) decided to announce en masse resignations from the National Assembly. The development took place several minutes before the election for the new prime minister.  The decision was taken in