Another setback for US in the neo Middle East
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The bloc of four Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia that imposed an embargo against Qatar on June 5 has finally...
The Ummah : The fresh Princes of Bel Arabia and Muhammad Bin Salman
Haider Mehdi | King Salman, by elevating his son, the 31 years Mohammed Bin Salman, or MBS, as Crown Prince, may actually have signed MBS’s...
Breaking inertia on Kashmir
Saleem Akhtar Malik l The 1965 War Kashmir is simmering with a brazen homegrown resistance movement against the Indian state. Since last year, Kashmir is back...
Eid: How one of the holiest gifts of God divides Pakistan!
It's almost that time of the year when preparations for celebrations have started, making the marketplaces and bazaars come to life with a relatively happy...
Is it high time for international cricket to return to Pakistan?
News Analysis | Legendary cricketers Sir Vivian Richards and Ian Chappell have called for the return of international cricket to Pakistan. They feel that the...
Prince Salman: An outlier in the conservative state
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The royal decree of June 21 by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman appointing his son Mohammed bin Salman as the Crown Prince and next...
Ideological foundations and organizational structure of Islamic State
Nauman Sadiq | The fight against the much-dreaded ISIS is on with varying degrees of resolving and success.It becomes important to trace the ideological antecedents...
Women take over the ICC stage
News Analysis | After the win against India, the Pakistan International cricket team gave the nation a reason to rejoice and believe in them again...
Jadhav makes clemency appeal to the COAS: What will be his fate?
News Analysis | Kulbushan Jadhav, the convicted Indian spy has appealed to COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa to overturn the death sentence awarded to him...
Realities of Internships in Pakistan
News Analysis | It's the time of the year when students from colleges and universities are either attending summer sessions to improve their grades or...
Of drones and sovereignty: Yes there is a good drone too!
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | Pakistan confirmed on Wednesday that it shot down an Iranian drone in Punjgur after it was found in violation of...
Gulf crisis ties global soccer governance into knots
James M. Dorsey | International soccer governance is tying itself up in knots with football associations grappling with the fallout of the Gulf dispute between...