What we need to do to ensure ‘free and fair’ elections Pakistan?
Dr. Farid A. Malik | The election in 1970 was free and fair as it was the first experience. Manipulative mechanisms were not in place....
What is Qatar’s Strategic Relevance in the Contemporary Middle East?
Zaheer Munir | Qatar’s Strategic Relevance in the Contemporary Middle East Qatar emerged as the regional power broker in 2006 with Israel’s war in Lebanon which...
Blood and Mayhem: The true face of a blind impotent society
Saad Rasool | The barbarity of events that transpired in Abdul Wali Khan University of Mardan, against the helpless Mashal Khan, puts age-old tales...
Pakistan’s quota system: who really benefits from this discrimination?
Khawaja Amer | The Civil Service of Pakistan selects only 7.5 percent of the applicants on merit and the rest on quota basis - a system...
China & U.S Alliance to restrain North Korea’s Nuclear ambition?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The suspense over the possibility of North Korea conducting another nuclear test has dissipated. Almost exactly as Chinese commentators had advised...
Mashal Khan’s murder & Pakistan’s religious cauldron: dark shadow of General Zia
Abdul Rahim | The role of the state, when it comes to controlling religious extremism in Pakistan, is close to zero; operating only under the...
So who was the real target of “Mother of All Bombs”?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The decision by the US commander in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, to drop the ‘mother of all bombs’ on an alleged...
The US in Afghanistan: A tale of follies & miscalculations
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | The decision to use GBU 43 bomb - the mother of all bombs - against hideouts of ISIS in Nangarhar,...
To improve education in Pakistan we need 2-Way communication
Shahid Anwar | Organizational theory tells us that institutions are a function of what they communicate and how! Â Good institutions come from good understanding amongst...
U.S Foreign Policy on Yemen is ‘The Mother of All Lies’
David Swanson | The Mother of All Lies is this: you can fix things by blowing them up. Alcoholics should not drink, and people who...
US Defense Secretary’s clarification over their Syrian actions
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Amidst the contradictory voices from within the US administration regarding Syria over the weekend – American priority in the war (ISIS...
Let us save our country for future generations!
Farid A. Malik | Nehru and his pundits had set a six months deadline for the reunification of the Indian Sub-Continent which they considered ‘Dharti...