Aid cuts by US to hurt Pak-Afghan border monitoring
News Analysis | A considerable reduction in military and economic aid to Pakistan by the US is likely to hurt Washington’s desire of preventing cross-border...
Musharraf professes newfound love for “LET”
News Analysis | Former President General Pervez Musharraf has said that he is the greatest supporter of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET). While giving a television interview...
NAB preparing to declare Dar “Proclaimed Offender”
News Analysis | The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has begun the process of declaring former finance minister Ishaq Dar a proclaimed offender for continually failing...
Bad news for Punjab: Textile industry will not get gas from December 1st
News Analysis | In a shocking disclaimer, the primary domestic and industrial gas provider, Sui Northern Gas Limited (SNGPL) has refused to supply 150 MMCFD...
Faizabad Dharna: Another Reminder that Pakistan Needs to Beef up State Competence
Mudassir Saeed Laghari | The good news is that Pakistan has successfully moved up from the state when it struggled to establish writ across the...
America’s Waterloo: ‘Scapegoating’ Pakistan for Failures in Afghanistan
Adnan Qaiser | French statesman, Georges Clemenceau had notably observed, “War is too important to be left to the generals.” Since no general ever happily...
Nawaz unhappy with the surrender at Faizabad
News Analysis | Former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif expressed his indignation over how the Faizabad sit-in came to an end. The disqualified lawmaker and current...
Pakistan Railways bringing in three new services
News Analysis | Pakistan railways is set to launch three new train routes. These routes would operate between Kohat-Rawalpindi, Karachi-Mirpurkhas, and Sibbi-Khost said a railway...
Two non-PPP powershows in Sindh go unnoticed
News Analysis | The Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA), amassing a large number of political workers, on Sunday demonstrated a power show in Sukkur, where its...
The rise of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik-ya-Rasool Allah: dawn of a new era?
News Analysis | The recent Faizabad crackdown crisis has unleashed a new religiopolitical party in the Pakistani arena. The emergence of the Tehreek-e-Labaik Ya Rasool...
Can China learn from Pakistan’s counterinsurgency operations?
Syed Ali Hadi | Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is an international organization (IO) which is the initiative of China's foreign policy in the 21st century. SCO came...
Accountability court adjourns reference hearing till 4th December!
News Analysis | On Tuesday, an accountability court adjourned the hearing of the graft references against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter, Maryam Nawaz...