Their weak organization doesn’t allow internal accountability

HRW report documents cases of violence in the name of ‘cow protection’

These leeches have been sucking the nation’s blood for the last 10 years, he said

Murad Ali Shah laments that the province did not receive its due share of water

The PPP leader blasted the PM for being “brought into power”

Bangladeshi cricketer is contesting elections on the ticket of Awami Party

He will be contesting elections on Awami League ticket

He was battling cancer

KSE-100 falls 2% in early trade, ending last week’s rally

Despite political differences and a longstanding rivalry, they will be working together ‘for Karachi’

Helmand is a Taliban stronghold

SAMAA TV anchorperson Nadeem Malik spotlights a ‘shameful’ trend in country’s politics: horse-trading. Mr Malik discusses how the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and its ally, the Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam), secretly persuaded at least 15 PML-N and PPP MPAs to switch their loyalties for Thursday’s election of the Speaker. He says more PML-N lawmakers are likely to…

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz called PM-in-waiting Imran Khan on Monday and congratulated him on his party’s victory in the July 25 elections. The king told Imran that Pakistan was an important ally of Saudi Arabia and the kingdom wants a close relationship with the South Asian country. Imran thanked King Salman and said…

Captain of Pakistan cricket team Sarfraz Ahmed said that he will only think of a career in politics in the future

Foreigners are flocking to the Maldives in ever-greater numbers despite an outcry abroad over the strongman president’s crackdown on political dissent and the locking up of opponents, official figures showed. The number of tourists visiting the white-sanded Indian Ocean archipelago soared 10 percent year-on-year to 726,515 in the first half of 2018, according to tourism…

Turkey’s state of emergency which was imposed after the failed 2016 coup came to an end on Thursday, but the opposition fears it will be replaced by even more repressive legislative measures. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared the state of emergency on July 20, 2016, five days after warplanes bombed Ankara and bloody clashes broke…

Sabir Nazar’s take on the electoral playing field and how equal it really is.

Samaa Digital lists down 10 sports stars who have had a political career as well

Microsoft’s chief legal officer on Friday called for regulation of facial recognition technology due to the risk to privacy and human rights. Brad Smith made a case for a government initiative to lay out rules for proper use of facial recognition technology, with input from a bipartisan and expert commission. Facial recognition technology raises significant…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday took on greater powers than any Turkish leader for decades as he was sworn in for a second presidential term, naming his son-in-law to the key post of finance minister in a revamped cabinet. Erdogan, who has already transformed Turkey in 15 years of rule, took his oath of…

Former US President Barack Obama warned in Madrid Friday of “a rise in nationalism” and the potential of new media to accelerate social divisions. “We’re in a difficult time, politically, socially… people feel very anxious,” said Obama, who left office last year. “Change is happening very quickly. People are wondering can I adapt to these…