Our government needs to stop looking at our private parts
M. Usama Khawar | Last month Pakistan’s government handed out its first death penalty for the charge of blasphemy online. While the question of the...
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...