Has “Mamnoon Hussain” become an “insult” in Pakistani lexicon?
Dr. Moeed Pirzada | Dr. Farooq Sattar, MQM Pakistan's embattled leader while delivering a passioned speech against his detractors, on Sunday, thundered that, "I can...
MQM in disarray
Asif Haroon Raja | The foundations of MQM was laid by mercurial and firebrand Altaf Hussain in 1984 on the pillars of violence, terrorism and...
World Economic Forum is more than a rich man’s club
Ikram Sehgal | Named for the Alpine resort town in which the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting is held, the prevailing misconception is that...
The real difference between PTI and PML-N
Muhammad Talha | With the next general elections around the corner, all political parties of Pakistan are girding up their loins to enter the political...
Trump’s military-centered strategies undermines every opportunity of peace-building in Afghanistan
Hidayatullah Sherzad | Following a wave of late barbaric and heinous attacks claimed by the Taliban in Afghanistan, US President Donald Trump made it clear...
Why devolution has not taken place?
Farid A Malik | Each province shall, by law, establish a local government system and devolve political, administrative, and financial responsibility and authority to the...
MQM will remain the same until immediate changes are made
Junaid Ali Malik | Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) was established on August 22, 2016. It is in fact the Muhajir Qaumi Movement, which is being operated from abroad....
US evacuates ISIS militants from Syria and Iraq to Afghanistan
Sophie Mangal | On Sunday, February 4, 2018, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami stated that the US is transferring ISIS to Afghanistan to...
Is Daesh in Afghanistan benefiting from the mistrust between Islamabad and Washington?
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | President Ashraf Ghani led National Unity Government and Trump administration have been scapegoating Pakistan, instead of critically examining the causes...
What role is India playing in the crisis in the Maldives?
James M. Dorsey | The outcome of a power struggle in the Maldives that has sparked declaration of an emergency, military control of parliament, and...
Time to pluck Pakistan’s political weeds
Dr. Farid A Malik | In order to save democracy ‘political weeds’ have to be culled. While agriculture produces crops to sustain life, ‘political culture’...
Five attacks in the last year that shook Kabul to its core
Ezzatullah Mehrdad | As deportations of Afghan assylum seekers from the West continue apace, the South Asian country's capital Kabul is fast turning into a death...