INSIGHT: Debating a Dictator

Akbar Ahmed recalls a time when he couldn’t resist questioning General Zia-ul-Haq on his vision…

Kashmir at OIC Summit: Special Envoy Appointed to Monitor Rights Violations

DESPARDES News Monitor — The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has appointed Saudi Arabia’s Yousef…

London Mayor Sadiq Khan Likens Donald Trump to ‘a 20th-Century Fascist’

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, accuses Donald Trump of ‘shamelessly’ interfering in the Conservative party…

Pushing the Edges: FBR Drive Yields Incremental Successes

The IMF’s has been pushing Pakistan to make tax efforts equal to 1.7 per cent…

Trade Fears Erase Over $2Tr From Global Stocks in May

DESPARDES News Monitor — President Donald Trump has opened a new front in his ongoing…

Request Made to Hide USS John McCain During Trump Visit to Japan

Trump has criticized McCain when he was alive and after his death last year The…

Pakistan Needs to Increase Tax Compliance, Not New Taxes: World Bank

99 Pct People Can’t Be Served On 1 Pct People’s Tax, Says PM Khan in…

Three Kashmiri Youth Killed By Indian Forces in Occupied Valley

DESPARDES News Monitor — Three Kashmiri youth were killed by Indian security forces in occupied…

A Conversation On Pakistan Affairs In Riyadh, December 2011

“Irshad Salim, a consultant, journalist, writer, motivational speaker, and a dual national from New York,…

Russia Refused To Sell S-400 Air Defense Missile System To Iran: Report

DESPARDES News Monitor — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has turned down a request by Iran…

US Pulls Tax Exemption From Pakistani Diplomats

DESPARDES News Monitor– The United States said Friday that it had suspended tax exemption privileges…

Paragon Housing: NAB Files Reference Against Saad Rafique, Brother

The Paragon City case is one of the NAB’s first references filed using a newly…