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Friday, April 4, 2025

Focusing on ISIS: Are we losing sight of a bigger enemy in Afghanistan?

Michael Kugelman | On April 13, the U.S. military dropped a huge bomb on caves and tunnels used by Islamic State fighters in eastern Afghanistan....

Kashmir: An “integral part” of India, the most militarized zone in the world

A sweeping social media gag; dozens of Kashmiri female students defiantly protesting Indian military troop presence; and a Kashmiri man tied to an Indian military vehicle as a human shield against...

“We can think about renaming CPEC” China offers India

On Monday, the Chinese embassy in New Delhi released the transcript of a meeting held at United Services Institute (USI), an Indian think-tank, which...

Pakistan’s route to safety: Revision of the Afghan policy

Asif Haroon Raja | On May 5, 2017, Afghan border security forces carried out unprovoked firing across the Chaman border in Baluchistan on two Pakistani...

JIT: Now is the real test of Pakistan’s institutions

Saad Rasool | Earlier this week, the honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan, pursuant to the Panama Leaks judgment, dated 20th April, 2017, constituted the special...

Dubai police authorities joins hand with Punjab Information Technology Board to curb crimes

Dubai Metropolitan Police had expressed its interest in the Punjab Information Technology Board’s crime mapping and integrated criminal records office systems, this year in...

Super Tax: Government taxing the same few taxpayers again & again

The Super Tax was introduced for the first time in 2015. It was initially supposed to be a temporary measure to fund Pakistan Army’s...

Will the “Aam Admi” really vote for PML-N, again?

Dr. Farid A. Malik | While addressing a public meeting at Jacobabad, Saad Rafiq roared that they will rule the province of Sindh by Aam...

An Indian hand behind Afghan blundering?

The Afghan attack of May 5th is not only a setback for Af-Pak relations but is also a symptom of an increasing deleterious Indian...

Indo-Pak ties: Who will end up on the losing side?

Zeeshan Munir | On May 2, 2017, Indian army accused Pakistani troops of killing and mutilating two of its soldiers patrolling the Line of Control...

Afghan attack on Chaman border: What are Pakistan’s options?

Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | The Chaman-Spin Boldak Border between Pakistan and Afghanistan has become a heated battlefield since Friday's violations by the Afghan forces....

Pakistan: No option but to hit back at India & its Afghan proxy

Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan | Rule one on the page of the book of war is: do not march on Moscow. This was said by...