Bureaucracy: Between whims and rules
Muhammad Zahid Rifat | Public servants or in other words bureaucracy is an important pillar of the government; be it at national or provincial level....
Don’t kill the “Invaders” – Jacob G. Hornberger
Jacob G. Hornberger | As some of you might know, I was a trial lawyer for 12 years in Texas before I shifted into the...
India has historic role in Moscow format on Afghanistan – M K Bhadrakumar
M K Bhadrakumar | Many a slip between the cup and the lip may be possible when it comes to the Afghan peacemaking, but with...
Move Trump’s wall to D.C – Jacob G. Hornberger
Jacob G. Hornberger | A man who lives in Washington, D.C., was recently taken into custody at his home. The charge? He crossed the border...
New World Order: National Interest supersedes all ethnic & religious identity? – James M Dorsey
James M Dorsey | A global rise of nationalist and populist tendencies has not only given anti-migrant, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic and racist tendencies a new lease...
American troops are not dying for God, family, or country – Jacob G. Hornberger
Jacob G. Hornberger | This past weekend, Major Brent Taylor was killed in action in Afghanistan, where the U.S. government has now been waging war...
Did the Russians influence my vote? – Jacob G. Hornberger
Jacob G. Hornberger | I voted Libertarian yesterday, and the New York Times has me really worried. In an article yesterday entitled “Russians Meddling in...
Water woes: challenges and way forward
Bilal Ghani | The alarm bell is sounding and water bomb is ticking, but I think it has done a little impact on the ears...
Afghanistan’s ethnic divide: Crisis of Identity and Power
Qamar Cheema | The world is moving from liberal leadership and democracy to illiberal democracy and illiberal leadership but Afghanistan has yet to even have these...
The Myth of Civil Military tensions
Qammar Cheema | Pakistan’s second democratic transition has brought political stability and increased trust of people on national institutions. People have started participating in the...
Pak-China Relations weathered yet another storm
Taimur Khan | On September 17, 2018, Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa commenced his three-day official visit to China. The...
Regional rivalries threaten Iran-Pakistan Relations
Fatemeh Aman | A recent abduction of border security forces along the Iran-Pakistan border in southeastern Sistan and Baluchistan province is testing Iran-Pakistan relations. Iran has suggested...