Halimah Yacob to be the First Muslim Malay President for Singapore
News Analysis | Amid widespread criticism, Halima Yacob has been formally elected as the eighth and the first Muslim female President for the city-state of...
Kunming: China’s South Eurasian Connectivity Hub
Andrew Korybko | The capital of China’s southern landlocked Yunnan Province has suddenly turned into the central hub of the country’s South Eurasian connectivity initiatives. China’s...
Violence escalates in Myanmar: Will Rohingya Muslims continue to face persecution?
News Analysis | Militants belonging to Rohingya Muslim community in Myanmar staged a coordinated attack on 30 police posts and an army base in Rakhine...
Disqualified Nawaz Sharif’s road journey to Lahore-Part 2
Asif Haroon Raja | IK’s improper sarcasm IK has sarcastically asked Nawaz Sharif that he should tell who signaled him to come on roads. Before NS...
NRO: What it was and what it became?
Saleem Akhtar Malik l National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) stands prominently in the cliché ridden Pakistani society. Unmindful of the grammatical connotations, our political jargon has...
New Afghan Policy – Implications for Pakistan
Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan | Pakistan is eagerly awaiting the announcement of the Trump administration’s new Afghan policy – likely to be made public shortly....
The Maldives Crisis Is An Outgrowth Of The Chinese-Indian New Cold War
Andrew Korybko | The escalating situation in the majority-Muslim archipelago country of the Maldives is detail-heavy and has been steadily unfolding in one way or another...
The Afghan quagmire
News Desk | The Afghan Taliban on Friday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) patrol north of Kabul...
India’s hysterical military stockpiling
Dr. Zafar Jaspal | India’ hysterical military stockpiling is alarming for the South Asian strategic environment. It made more than 10% of the global arms...
Indian propaganda trying to save Nawaz’s skin
Dr. Shahbaz Shabbir Gill | Indian media’s recent public expression of affection for Nawaz Sharif is quite uncharacteristic of its typical hostile treatment towards Pakistani...
Pakistan-US ties: A reality check
Dr. Zafar Jaspal | The transformation in the global politics, cementing Indo-US strategic partnership and deteriorating situation in Afghanistan are shaping Americans perception about Pakistan’s...
The dusk of Nawaz Sharif era
Shaukat Qadir | It seems Nawaz Sharif has finally left the political scene. But time will tell. His political history makes interesting reading. His real political...