Has PTI’s ‘change’ been killed by ‘corporatisation’?
Dr. Farid A. Malik | Perhaps Kaptaan has now become a brand name for PTI Incorporated (PTI Inc). Corporate resources like jets and helicopters are...
America’s wars around the globe: Necessary and constitutional?
Jacob G. Hornberger | For 45 years, the United States was engaged in a Cold War against the Soviet Union and communism. In the 1960s,...
Rising tensions between the neighbors; Pakistan offers diplomacy to Iran
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Pakistan has scored a hat-trick. On top of the tensions with India that threaten to cascade any moment, and the bloody...
Is Panama Leaks Investigation a zero-sum game?
Ikram Sehgal | The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) mandated by a 3-member Bench of the Supreme Court (SC) has commenced its investigations about the “Panama...
What are Pakistan’s options in ICJ on the Kulbhushan Case
Zeeshan Munir | Everyone in Pakistan seems to have been caught off guard by the desperate Indian act of approaching ICJ to safeguard its national...
Making a success story out of CPEC: Certain, probable, or doubtful?
Nasir Azeem | The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is being talked about a lot in media, policy circles, and academia. This game-changing project is a...
Bringing Afghanistan & Pakistan close: Will China’s efforts bear fruit?
Imtiaz Gul | China is running full-steam ahead with multi-tier diplomacy to create a synergy of thought and action among regional countries as part of...
Rising Iranian-Pakistani tensions: Is Pakistan’s “house of cards” going to collapse?
James M. Dorsey | An Iranian warning that it may attack militant bases in the troubled province of Balochistan threatens to bring Pakistan’s house of cards...
The Butcher of Kabul: Life in times of Gulbuddin “Rocketyar”
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Personally speaking, my ‘encounters’ with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar have not been pleasant experiences. Their setting was Kabul, and the description of him...
Afghanistan’s stubbornness: An obstacle in regional development
Imtiaz Gul | At a May 2015 global forum in Beijing, former President Hamid Karzai had talked of high time to "recommit ourselves to peaceful...
Supporting Baloch insurgency: Where are Indian “high moral grounds”?
Tayyaba Sattar | New Delhi and Islamabad are once again at each other’s throat as tensions between the two continue to escalate. India is finding...
Israel-Palestine soccer battle puts FIFA in a pickle
James M. Dorsey | The perennial dispute between Israel and Palestine has put world soccer body FIFA in a bind. With FIFA groping on how...