Charles has been a controversial royal over the years, from his affair while married to Princess Diana, and alleged persistent political interference, to occasional gaffes and scandals involving aides. Queen…
Barely six months after my marriage, economic needs forced me to seek greener pastures and I moved to Saudi Arabia. My eldest son, Hassan, travelled regularly to Pakistan till age…
CRITICISM, however scathing, is a thing to be appreciated when it stems from a place of good faith. That’s a great general rule to remember in life, and even better…
ECONOMIC stabilisation through tough, unpopular measures such as withdrawal of the fuel subsidy or a cut in development expenditure, against the backdrop of public mobilisation by the Imran Khan-led PTI, seems a…
The war in Ukraine has rapidly positioned TikTok as the number one source of misinformation thanks to its gigantic number of users and minimal filtering of content, experts say. Every…
For Vladimir Putin, the news from Ukraine is not good. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is not going particularly well, by many Western and Ukrainian accounts. As the masters of the…
In eastern Europe, a region once ruled by Moscow with deep resentment against Russia, unverified claims and anti-Western disinformation are making surprising inroads as the regional crisis deepens. In Slovakia,…
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s support for a tough new law to curb so-called ‘fake news’ on social media platforms is neither smart nor progressive. It is hardly surprising that within…
Something very significant is under way in Pakistan, the government in Islamabad would like you to believe. A small group of foreign journalists, Reuters correspondents included, was given Pakistan's new…
Money laundering is a worldwide menace. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, money laundering accounts for up to 5% of global GDP - or $2 trillion…
