Despite the apprehensions of terrorism and insurgency, military takeovers, political upheavals and uncertainties during the last five years, democracy has survived in our country. Yesterday, May 11, 2013, 86.20 million registered voters had the option to freely exercise the right to cast their ...

The rejection of nomination papers is a minor setback that former President Musharraf could take in his stride. It might not affect the prospects of his standing for elections since the scrutiny of papers at the three other constituencies, where he has also filed them, has not yet been completed ...

ISLAMABAD - Things may take an ugly turn for ex-president and dictator General Pervez Musharraf who has returned to the country about a fortnight ago from self-exile.On Friday, he was served a double whammy. First his nomination papers for the National Assembly seat from Kasur were rejected by a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Failure by European leaders at their summit this week to fix the fatal flaw in the euro zone, its lack of political union, would risk tremendous market upheaval, a rupture of the common currency and global economic fallout. The world economy already is slowing, leaving it ...

What you need to know about Irelands economic crisis is that its not about Ireland, a small country of slightly more than 4 million people and an economy of roughly $200 billion. Its about Europe. For decades, Europe has pursued two great political projects. One is the democratic welfare state, ...