Deadlock in Geneva: who is preventing new dialogue on Syria?
Sophie Mangal | The preparations for the next meetings on Syria in Astana and Geneva scheduled for May are gaining momentum. Politicians continue to express...
Why has Ahmedinejad been disqualified from upcoming Iranian elections?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The ‘known unknown’ in the fateful decision handed down on Thursday by Iran’s Guardian Council on the approved list of candidates...
Battle of Jewish settlements being fought on football ground..!
James M. Dorsey | Next month’s annual congress of world soccer body, FIFA, is likely to become the first international forum since US President Donald...
Recreating the map of Middle East using guns not pens
Zeeshan Munir | The term “New Middle East” was introduced to the world in June 2006 by the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. It...
India’s first use Nuclear Policy: Should Pakistan be worried?
Maimuna Ashraf | "In making tactical dispositions, the highest pitch you can attain is to conceal them." – Sun Tzu ‘Splendid first-strike’ and ‘strategic ambiguity’ are lately...
Justice Khosa’s remarks: Can the nation still hope for justice?
Farooq Yousaf | Scenes of jubilation from the PML -N camp hit the screens, soon after the larger bench of the Supreme Court read out...
Has the Supreme Court just further delayed the process of justice?
Muhammad Azam | The verdict passed by the Supreme Court on the Panama case shows that our institutional structures still lack the 'power' to enforce...
True democracy in Pakistan needs the 1973 Constitution to be followed
Dr. Farid A. Malik | On April 10, 1973, an agreement was reached on the permanent Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Zulfiqar Ali...
Uzair Baloch: better a dead man or living threat to PPP?
Ikram Sehgal | Lyari mobster, crime boss and political worker Uzair Jan Baloch, the former chief of the militant group formed by the Pakistan Peoples...
CPEC’s vulnerabilities: Can Pakistan carve a way out?
Dr. Zafar N. Jaspal | Since April 2015, China and Pakistan have been endeavoring to complete their joint China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. The project...
After Panama: The ‘Untouchable Elites’ survive to live another day
Sufian Qazi | Finally, the hype is over, Supreme Court Of Pakistan (SC) delivered its 'historic' judgment. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, accused of alleged money...
Nawaz still in the game: Does Imran still have hope of accountability?
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery| All eyes were on the 5 jurists of the apex court in Islamabad as they announced the much-awaited decision on the...