Choices for the foes and saviors of the system
Nawal Amjad | The Panama Case has ‘seemed’ to have been the most straightforward of all cases, but just in the words of a very...
Chinese and Indian troops face off in Bhutan border dispute
News Analysis | China has conveyed to foreign diplomats in Beijing that troops of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have been waiting patiently at the...
Of slapping sanctions and regime change; the noose tightens on Tehran.
News Analysis | A day after dishing-out the second certificate of Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal, the Trump administration announced new sanctions on individuals...
Brig Jafar Khan: A Soldier and a Gentleman
Ikram Sehgal | The words of one of late Brig Jafar Khan’s closest friends Brig (Retd) Asmat Beg Humayun best describes one of Pakistan Army’s...
Elitocracy: The Pakistani democratic system
Nauman Sadiq | The biggest fault in democracy, as it is practiced all over the world, is the election campaign funding part, because the individuals...
Trump’s Afghanistan strategy is simply old wine in a new bottle
Michael Kugelman | Afghanistan has suffered through a harrowing summer, even by the nightmarish standards of a country convulsed by conflict for decades. A cycle of...
Young Saudi girl sparks hot debate in Saudi Arabia after her viral video
News Analysis | A young Saudi girl became a recent online sensation when she sparked a heated debate between the orthodox and liberal mindsets after...
The funny brown guys promoting multiculturalism in America
M. Usama Khawar | Brown comedians in the United States are no longer conforming to the traditional white-comedian style of performance. Instead, they are wearing...
Is Panama gate a foreign conspiracy to derail Pakistan? Part II
Asif Haroon Raja | The traitors within The PPP-MQM-ANP dream team carved out by USA and UK in March 2008 with the help of infamous NRO...
Trump shows realism toward Iran
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The United States’ regional strategies in the Middle East face multiple challenges and it needs strong nerves and robust realism not...
Nelson Mandela: a 99th anniversary
News Analysis | Nelson Mandela was an anti-apartheid revolutionary and a philanthropist often referred to as the father of his nation. He served as his...
An ever-weakening Afghan National Army
News Analysis | As casualties mounted to dramatic levels in 2017, even according to official figures that are most likely underestimated, the Afghan National Army...