Pakistan looks for realignment as Indo-US alliance strengthens
News Analysis | Ever since Donald Trump became the President of USA, its relationship with India has transformed into a strategic rapport. Indo-US enmity for...
Will NAB references compel “natural allies” to shake hands?
News Analysis | Former President and Co-Chairman of the Pakistan People's Party(PPP) Asif Ali Zardari has iterated he would not come to rescue the dwindling...
Self-aware Pakistanis vs the influential and power-wielding elite
Saeed Afridi | This Pakistan This unworkable and wholly undemocratic architecture rendered Pakistan’s democracy in a state of constant struggle between two forms of authoritarian dictatorships,...
Will an assertive Iran turn out to be Trump’s greatest challenge?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The White House readout of US President Donald Trump’s phone call to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday highlighted that the latter “thanked”...
The Political Demise of Dar; finance minister out of favor!
News Analysis | After being relieved from the chairmanship of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC), Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has now also been removed from...
Qadri adds to Sharifs’ misery: The Model Town Case is back to the fore
News Analysis | It seems that the Sharif family has to fend-off multiple threats simultaneously. If the Panama verdict and its follow-up in shape of...
Lull before the storm: where are Washington and Pyongyang headed ?
News Analysis | The nuclear brinkmanship on the Korean Peninsula lessened somewhat on Wednesday with reports coming out that the fiery leader of DPRK, Kim...
100 new cases of child abuse reported in Sheikhupura
News Desk | While Children have remained one of the extremely vulnerable groups of the society, the rising abuse cases against them is an interpretation...
Pakistan at 70
Adil Najam | Pakistan turned 70 on August 14, 2017. It has been a tumultuous journey. Exciting. Adventurous. Unpredictable. Sometimes uplifting. Often heartbreaking. And, often,...
Charlottesville and America’s death machine
Jacob G. Hornberger | Amidst all the furor over President Trump’s suggestion that “both sides” are to blame for the recent violence in Charlottesville, I...
No cherry picking of law breakers
Ikram Sehgal | Sharif’s utter contempt of the Supreme Court’s (SC) recent ruling, and by default the rule of law, was exposed blatantly for public...
Can Sharifs be held accountable in Pakistan?
Dr. Farid A. Malik | Despite being in politics/power for over three decades, the Sharifs have been able to dodge accountability. On the other hand,...