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The passing away of Abdul Sattar Edhi in Karachi has highlighted how philanthropy and social work can transform lives of people. On Saturday thousands of people turned up at the National Stadium to pay their  last...

As people in developing countries fume over Panama Papers revelations about corruption of their venal elites, a new research paper has said the cost of corruption is wide-ranging, diminishing prospects of economic growth and advancement of societies....

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed in a contentious debate to sell their messages ahead of critical New York Primary next week that may well determine the future of the two Democratic presidential nomination race. Senator...

  Seen as the biggest corporate data leak in history, the so-called Panama Papers continue to rattle the tax authorities around the World, as they scramble to plug loopholes that were so immaculately exploited by wealthy...

After making it harder for U.S. companies to avoid taxes through foreign merger, the Obama administration is preparing to unveil a new plan that will expose people using cover of shell companies to hide wealth and...

FEATURED IMAGE above shows Iceland PM and a British Poster on safe havens Photo via Wikimedia Commons A mammoth data of more than 11 million documents – released from the leaked database of a Panama-based law...

The 2016 election campaign has seen a new curve of fear-driven politics, with some Republican candidates repudiating everything that the Democratic President Barack Obama has pursued in the last seven years as inimical to American interest....

The United Nations is reporting a new exodus of tens of thousand of civilians from Syria, with appalling proportions of women and children amidst encirclement of Aleppo and violence in other areas of the bleeding country,...

The impact of information technologies on everyday human activity has been so sweeping that for majority of populations in the digitally connected world life is viewed in two broad ways: online and offline. Increasingly, productivity, GDP...

Sapna Devi, a businesswoman from Indian state of Gujarat, is confident of a good response from Pakistani market for the women wear products she showcased at a regional Trade Fair in Lahore. To her, the issue of...