Pakistan’s foreign policy and current challenges-part 1
Asif Haroon Raja | Overview Pakistan has, since birth, been faced with one crisis after another. The tense geopolitical environment created by hostile India and unfriendly...
Census 2017 raises suspicion from many quarters…
The national census 2017 results have been made public and are expected to have significant short term implications. The census reveals that Pakistan’s population has...
Indian troops disengage from Doklam; China claims victory
News Analysis | India on Monday announced that it has decided to disengage its troops from the Doklam region where they were eyeball to eyeball...
PM Abbasi says Afghan war cannot be fought on Pakistani soil
News Analysis | Prime Minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that the Afghan war should be fought in Afghanistan; Pakistan will not allow anyone to...
COAS tells his Afghan counterpart, “your war must not spread out into Pakistani territory”
News analysis | Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Sunday said Pakistan would not allow the Afghan war to spill into...
Personalities vs institutions in Pakistan: An endless struggle for dominance
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Another twist: Faryal Makhdoom reveals her pregnancy weeks after bitter split from Amir Khan
News analysis | Nothing can be more dramatic than the twist and turns that are happening in the lives of this couple; boxer Amir Khan...
The US whips up tensions in South Asia; Delhi’s NSG membership to be pushed
News analysis | The Trump administration is looking at options to support India's membership of the coveted Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). Officials in the White...
CEO Club Pakistan launches “100 CEOs-Leaders & Companies of Pakistan”
News Desk | CEO Club Pakistan launched latest edition of "100 CEOs - Leaders & Companies of Pakistan" this week, in Islamabad. Event at the...
Gen Nicholson talks about hideouts in Quetta and Peshawar; what’s the mood in USA?
News Analysis | General Nicholson, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan, said that he is well aware of the presence of Taliban leadership in...
Who are Afghan Taliban and why the US won’t be able to defeat them?
K. Hussain Zia | The Afghans are not a nation as such but a composition of numerous tribes. These form loose groupings based on ethnicity....
Law of the mafia: PML-N lawyers on fire
Saad Rasool | This has been a harrowing week for the legal community, particularly in Punjab. What started off, earlier in the month, as the latest...