Big names bite the dust

Since its birth Pakistan has undergone an identity crisis and the contested versions of the religious nature of the post-colonial state in large part explain its history of instability The post-colonial state of Pakistan is faced with ...

ISLAMABAD / QUETTA: The devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake that originated in southeast Iran on Tuesday has wreaked havoc in Balochistan's remote area of Mashkhel, flattening nearly 80% of the region. On Tuesday, local officials put the ...

Since Islamist President Mohamed Morsi came to power he and the Muslim Brotherhood, from whose ranks Morsi hails, have been criticised vociferously in the media for failing to formulate coherent policies of their own and instead adopting the ...

According to Morning Star News (http://morningstarnews.org), only a few hours after Pakistan's Supreme Court rebuked Punjab Police for only observing arsonists and other assailants in Lahore's Joseph Colony rioting last month, police allowed Muslims ...

The Kalash people spurn Islamic law by drinking, taking drugs, and partying. For decades, pleasure-seeking Muslims have ventured to these valleys to get drunk on Kalash wine (which tastes like sherry) and the local moonshine known as tara (which ...

The Taliban have claimed credit for a suicide attack in northern Afghanistan that killed the head of the provincial council in Baghlan province. The suicide bomber, who was dressed in a police uniform, attacked and killed Mohammad Rasol Mohseni as ...

Tehran - A vocal Iranian women's rights activist and journalist, charged with "warring against God", has been released after posting bail of around $500 000, an opposition website reported. "Shiva Nazar-Ahari was freed from Evin prison after posting ...

Pakistan's first democratic transfer of power should have been a moment of hope and triumph. But, as it stands, widespread violence has marred the historic elections and all but halted the public campaigning by several prominent parties outside of ...

Lahore: After a delay in release of results allover the country, Election Commission of Pakistan has released results at last. Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz has emerged as the biggest party in the largest province of the country. Here is a detail ...