What halts India & Afghanistan from making peace with Pakistan?
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Pakistan's bilateral relations with its eastern and western neighbors severely deteriorated during the last two years. Though Islamabad did its...
Trump’s ‘America First’ reappears centre stage
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy team bears an appearance of being dominated by the military brass. This, in turn,...
Democracy in Pakistan: Preferring the Electable over the Deliverable?
Sahib Khan | For the first time, PML(N)-led government is about to complete its constitutional tenure in Pakistan and the next elections are expected to...
How the USA ensures that its ‘desired parties’ are elected abroad
Daniel McAdams | Washington's hysteria about Russian interference in the US presidential election has long since metastasized to a good chunk of the rest of the country....
Dawn Leaks: Government’s next cover-up strategy?
Ikram Sehgal | Facing the storm unleashed by the leaking of the Cyril Almeida story, “Act Against Militants or Face International Isolation, Civilians Tell Military,” the...
Dawn Leaks notification: Is the PM side-stepping from real case?
Imtiaz Gul | Government’s actions based on the JIT report on Dawn Leaks (dismissal of two technocrats) has unfortunately resuscitated the latent fault lines in...
Public forced resignation: Has the PM left us with no choice?
Dr. Farid A. Malik | ‘Awami Astifa’, or a public forced resignation, is an interesting concept. After the Panama case verdict, PML-N leadership is constantly...
Education reforms in KP: Right steps at the right time
Muhammad Ali | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf: the first thing that enters our minds is their mammoth rallies or extended sit-ins. While the people and analysts question...
Islamic Military Alliance: Give it a chance it might actually become Muslim World’s NATO
Abubakar Farooqui | Following a period of ambiguity over the approval of NOC from the Government of Pakistan, former Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif is finally in...
Blasphemy & Terrorism: Tools to repress Opponents?
James M. Dorsey | Blasphemy has joined terrorism as a catchall phrase to intimidate, incarcerate and kill critics and political opponents as well as stifle...
The Moscow-Islamabad ties: A fling or a marriage?
Yasir M’alik | Of late, Russia, Pakistan, and China have shown a willingness to establish a tripartite alliance based on mutual interests. Events of tactical...
Iran’s resilience: The rise of a powerful Neo-Persian empire?
Zeeshan Munir | From Aleppo in the North to Hama in the center and Dara in the South, the strategic initiative on the complex Syrian...