Changing the academic landscape of Pakistan: Genuine educational leaders needed
Shahid Anwar | As the saying goes, “the road to hell is paved with good intentions.” It sounds really true about the higher education of...
Maryam’s tweets indicate PML-N’s divorce from reality
On Tuesday evening Maryam Nawaz took to twitter and challenged the validity of Panama Papers as proof of corruption. The PML-N narrative regarding the publications...
How India botched up with Erdogan’s visit?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The Indian Ministry of External Affairs schedules high-level visits by foreign dignitaries on the basis of clear-cut diplomatic objectives. A visit...
Candidate Donald Trump is surfacing again: A series of pleasant surprises
T.S. Eliot said, “April is the cruelest month”. For those who wanted a Trump administration that was anti-interventionist, diplomatic, and focused mainly on domestic...
RAW fuels terrorists, Pakistan stays strong: Modi’s new strategies?
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Pakistan has been encountering grave internal and external security challenges since the dawn of the twenty-first century. Its adversaries, particularly...
Tariq Fatemi Rejects Inquiry Committee’s Allegation; Implications?
Tariq Fatemi, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, who has been forced out, apparently due to his role in "Dawn Leaks" has categorically rejected...
4 morals to be drawn from Sufi legends
There are many legends attributed to Sufi saints. They were said to perceive and manipulate reality beyond the physical plane because of their devotion...
Govt. to release ‘operative part’ of Dawn Leaks inquiry
News Desk | The government has decided to make public the ‘operative part’ of the report submitted by the inquiry committee on the “ Dawn...
Sartaj Aziz Slams India for declining Turkey’s offer to mediate in Kashmir
The suggestion by the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resolve Kashmir issue through multilateral talks, with Turkey being the stakeholder, has been...
Civil-Military relations on social media: Has Pakistan turned into a laughing stock for the world?
Imtiaz Gul | Pakistan’s state institutions have yet to learn the art of strategic communication. The confessional video statement of the once-dreaded TTP spokesperson, Ehsanullah...
A Restrictive foreign policy: Is India inviting trouble?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | When diplomacy becomes brittle, foreign policies become sub-optimal. India’s diplomacy toward China and Pakistan testifies to it. Dialogue with Pakistan is...
Spies and terrorists seeping into Pakistan: India’s dirty war
Zeeshan Munir | On 3rd March 2016, Kulbhushan Jadhav, a serving commander in the Indian Navy working for RAW, was arrested from Baluchistan. His arrest...