Trump to give Iran a thumbs up once again
News Analysis | US President Donald Trump will most likely endorse Iran's compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a historic deal signed in...
US-Russia relations under President Trump
News Analysis | US President Donald Trump is willing to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to the White House, but not yet, according to official...
OIC resolution: will India face kickbacks in Kashmir?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | India will surely reject – if South Block has not done it already – the resolution passed by the Organization of Islamic...
Questioning the merger of FATA with KPK
The government took the first steps to make the tribal areas of Pakistan a part of Khyber PakhtunÂkhwa by introducing a merger with a 10-year...
Changing mood in Washington towards Pakistan
News Analysis | In recent days, senior US officials and lawmakers have both sent clear messages to Pakistan, urging it to help the United States...
Nawaz’s losing grip perturbs India
News Analysis | The deep trouble that prime minister Nawaz Sharif finds himself in following the damning JIT report against him and his family has...
Panama-Gate: Circumventing accountability and disrespecting the rule of law
Ikram Sehgal | Monday, July 10, 2017, will go down as a day of some consequence for accountability in Pakistan’s history, and maybe its destiny....
Is it time to face the reality?
Imtiaz Gul | If the Joint Investigation Team’s (JIT) finding of two declarations submitted by Maryam Nawaz is correct, she will be facing criminal prosecution...
The rise and fall of secularism in modern Turkey
Yasir M’alik | Secularism has been a dominant belief system in the republic of Turkey since 1928, the times when it was constitutionally recognized and enforced...
The South Asian dilemma
News Analysis | India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Gopal Baglay has made it clear that India is, "ready to have a dialogue with...
Islamic Radicalism: A Product of Western Imperialism
Nauman Sadiq | Peaceful, or not, Islam is only a religion just like any other cosmopolitan religion whether it’s Christianity, Buddhism or Hinduism. Instead of...
Achakzai bats for Nawaz once again
News Analysis | Chairman of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, Mahmood Khan Achakzai has come out in full support of the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif. While...