PTI rendered “bat less” by ECP; Will it now oblige system with a cosmetic elections like others do?
News Analysis The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) today, issued formal written directives to the four provincial election commissions across Pakistan not to assign the...
Facebook vs Real Life
Saba Waqas | Phew I can say it, I have finally QUIT Facebook! The last couple of years I have had this love-hate relationship with Facebook....
Why isn’t the World talking about Kashmir?
Michael Kugelman | Today, the trend lines for Jammu & Kashmir are quite troubling, to say the least. Nearly a year after Indian security forces...
Why do we buy more stuff than we need?
Joshua Becker | The amount of stuff we own these days is staggering. What thinking compel somebody to spend money on things they didn’t actually need in the first...
US-Russia Lethal Arms Race: Beginning of a New Cold War?
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The trends in the global politics manifest that Great Powers are investing immensely in advancing their military arsenals. They are...
US vows to force N.Korea back to nuclear talks
The United States pledged Wednesday to step up sanctions to force North Korea to resume dialogue over its nuclear program but said it was...
Judiciary of Pakistan: preserving democracy or saluting gangsters?
Ikram Sehgal | Governor Amir Muhammad Khan Kalabagh’s logic behind not closing down the red light area “Hiramandi” is very revealing, “If you ban them...
Vinod Khanna’s top 10 Movies
Vinod Khanna has left us and the world lost an icon. Vinod Khanna was a generation-defining actor and his death marks the end of an era....
Clandestine Indian visit sparks outcry
On Wednesday, TV news anchor Arshad Sharif reported a rumor that was circulating in Islamabad that a 3 member delegation had flown in from...
Imran Khan’s Bribery claim adds to allegations of Nawaz’s questionable Modus Operandi
Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf, Imran Khan alleges that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif offered him Rs.10 billion in exchange for his silence regarding the Panama...
Any hope from JIT for Justice?
The six departments, which were assigned the task to submit names for the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), have submitted their list of names to...
Soft Power: Japan has turned its culture into a powerful political tool
Much has been made of Japan’s recent turn away from pacifism and growing military muscle, but Tokyo is also extending its global reach in...