US encourages Pakistan Afghanistan talks and reconciliation with Taliban looks on the cards
M.K. Bhadrakumar| The United States, China, Afghanistan and Pakistan may be finding themselves on the same page all over again, sooner than one would have...
Indian fears: Is Russia joining Pakistan China in CPEC?
Andrew Korybko | There’s been a lot of confusion about Russia’s role in CPEC over the past week. Pakistani reports circulated over the weekend saying that...
How Tehran is using Red Sea naval bases to encircle Saudi Arabia
Naveed Ahmad| Iran has come out with blazing guns, laying bare its grand strategy, step by step, to the world. Extending the frontier of the...
Pakistan and Afghanistan have no choice but to fight against terrorists together
Imtiaz Gul | Can both Pakistan and Afghanistan step back from their positions and find a middle ground on which to get back to formal...
India’s design for Pakistani cricket is a failure of Pakistani foreign policy!
Abdul Rahim| Deepening of ties of Iran and the GCC with India is due to many reasons but not least the grievance of the Arab-league on...
Mothers told they had stillborn child and babies sold for $1500: Indian Orphanage shut down
By Anuradha Nagaraj CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Police in eastern India have shut down an orphanage and arrested its owner for illegally selling...
What is India spending it’s massive defense budget on?
Daniel Darling | The Indian government has unveiled its budget estimates for the coming fiscal year, with defense once again in line for a 10...
While Indians & Bangladeshis replace Pakistani workers in Gulf countries government of Pakistan sleeps!
By Naveed Ahmad| DOHA: Pakistan is finally receiving blowback from slowing growth in the Gulf economies. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) last week announced...
Will ‘Raadul-Fasaad’ complete the unfinished agenda of Raheel Sharif in Punjab?
Ikram Sehgal| Unfinished agendas are finally being addressed. Chairing a high-level security meeting in Lahore on Wednesday attended by all the Corps Commanders in the...
Charsadda Court Attack: Whose “failure” & whose “success”?
Khalid Aziz | One wonders as to how Pakistani elected and selected leaders could claim “success” in an incident, which took seven innocent lives as...
Can ISIS be stopped from expanding into Asia?
Naveed Ahmed | Quietly but surely, the Islamic State group (IS, formerly known as ISIS) is benefitting from the failures of al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Roughly...
Justice delayed is Justice denied: Panama Case nearing the end?
As hearings ended today on the Panama case regarding the Prime minister and his children, the Supreme Court announced said it had reserved verdict....