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...
Were the protestors in Faizabad peaceful?
News Analysis | The Islamabad Police told the Supreme Court that fatigue, among other things, was a factor that led to its failure in last...
Rex Tillerson harshly criticizes Russia in order to rally NATO allies
M K Bhadrakumar | The remarks by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Russia, while speaking at the Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington, DC...
United against terrorism
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The terrorist organisations have been targeting Pakistan since the commencement of war on terrorism. Devastating suicidal attacks and bombings bloodied...
Is CPEC detrimental for Indo-Pak ties?
News Analysis | The multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will deepen China's already formidable presence in the South Asian nation, and "aggravate" tension between...
Khatam-e-Nabuwat crisis continues for PML-N
News Analysis | While showing their loyalty to Tehreek-e-Labbaik, many PML-N parliamentarians of national and provincial assemblies from Vehari, Sargodha, Jhang and Khushab have submitted...
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...