Why Improving female conditions depends on outlawing dowry
In a survey released yesterday by Gallup Pakistan, 56 percent of Pakistanis believe that it is not possible for a girl to get married...
Honor killings: Pakistan’s continuing shame
In Pakistan’s second largest city Lahore, an anti-terrorism court has punished a woman with the death penalty for murdering her 17 year old daughter, last year, in the name of...
Rafsanjani’s death: A shift in Indo-Iran relationship?
Shashank Joshi | While Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s death comes as a blow to Iran’s reformists, the template of Tehran-New Delhi ties established during his...
Narendra Modi’s family: Holding Mirror to all South Asian politicians?
Modi is India's Prime Minister, its 'pardhan mantri' and supposedly the most powerful man in India. A politician feared by richest of the 'babus'...
Dangerous implications of India’s cold start doctrine
Dr. Zafar Jaspal | India's Army Chief, General Bipin Rawat's, confirmation about the existence of the’ Cold Start Doctrine’ verified Pakistan’s serious concerns about India’s...
Amazon creates ruckus in India again: selling sandals with Gandhi face on them
Amazon, a web based retail giant is facing another commotion in India. First it was the Indian Flag door mats being sold by Amazon Canada,...
Are KP police capable of fighting terror and crime?
Imtiaz Gul | Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province has seen a remarkable turnaround in the fight against terrorist and extremist groups in the last couple of...
Damning BBC Urdu report on Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Claims on ownership of London Flats
BBC Urdu' s report hit prime time news yesterday with the revelation that the London Park Lane flats were purchased by the Sharif family in...
Officers question Army Chief on “Dawn Leaks” & “Rana’s comments on Military Courts”
News Analysis Pakistan army chief, Gen. Â Qamar Javed Bajwa, in a detailed briefing on operational preparedness at the Headquarters Central Command Jhelum and Kharyan, on...
Cold War new norm between India & Pakistan..?
Fahd Humayun | If there is to be a regional policy takeaway from 2016, it is that New Delhi’s apathy for a rapprochement with...
Why Nawaz Government rushing to dilute Supreme Court’s Suo Moto?
This week as the Pakistani population was busy following the daily media hype over the Panamagate issue in the Supreme Court, Nawaz team was...
No rules apply to Raheel Sharif taking a job in Saudi Arabia
Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif finally revealed that General (r) Raheel Sharif has not yet asked for permission from any institution in the country;...