Jackson report puts Saudi Arabia and UK in a tight spot
James Dorsey | A report charging Saudi Arabia with funding extremism in Britain puts both the Kingdom and Prime Minister Teresa May on the spot. The report...
Divas of Bollywood slammed on Social Media for Cosmetic Surgery
It is not just about the layman but social media have more than often been cruel to the celebrities as well. This time it...
Contempt for the constitutional bounds in Federal and Sindh
Ikram Sehgal | Formation of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) by the SC in the PanamaGate case became a cause for PML (N) party stalwarts...
Empower women to fight radicalization in Southeast Asia!
Women have always been a quiet force to be reckoned with in uprisings worldwide. But, until recently, most studies focused on their roles as suicide bombers and...
Don’t pass the buck on Zia; political parties are far off democracy
Abdul Qayyum Khan Kundi l There were many talk shows, editorials and op-ed pieces about the martial law imposed on July 5th, 1977. There were...
Is China using trade as leverage to control North Korea?
North Korea got the world’s attention – and President Donald Trump’s – when it said on July 4 that it had successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic...
China seeking to make inroads in Europe
News Analysis | On this weekend, much of the world’s attention at the Group of 20 Economic Summit will be on President Trump’s first meeting with...
How popular is Trump in Poland?
As Donald Trump began speaking in Warsaw at noon on July 6, I was sitting in my apartment a few blocks away. A government-sponsored “picnic”...
North Korea latest test, will Trump be irrational?
Given that North Korea can already produce a nuclear weapon, it is vital to keep it from developing an intercontinental ballistic missile. On this...
Western liberal totalitarianism: friendly and subordinate fascism
Leonid Savin l Professor of Political Science and President of the US Society for General Systems Research, Bertram Myron Gross, introduced the term “friendly fascism”...
Deep inside Kashmir militancy: how damaging can the cracks be for the movement?
Abubakar Farooqui | On April 7, 2017, a group of unidentified militants appeared in the death anniversary of a Kashmiri Freedom fighter Naseer Pandit in...
Sparring between PML-N and PTI continues in the ECP
On Thursday, The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) conveyed its dissatisfaction over Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan's reply to a petition seeking his...