Will Pakistanis & Afghans be able to see through the Indian Great Game?
Imtiaz Gul The unilateral border closure by Pakistan on February 15 once again exposed the current extremely brittle and acrimonious nature of its current relations...
1970 Election: The Last Credible Vote in Pakistan’s History?
We, the students of sixties and seventies, not only toppled the impregnable dictatorship of Ayub Khan we also played a pivotal role in holding...
Will Iranian posturing through ballistic tests threaten an arms race in Middle East?
Iran’s attempt to solidify its defensive fence by testing ballistic missiles and conducting military exercises alarmed its Gulf neighbors, Israel and United States. The...
Can Raheel Sharif help to improve tense relations between Saudis and Pakistanis?
James M. Dorsey | Controversy and uncertainty over the possible appointment of a Pakistani general as commander of a 40-nation, Saudi-led, anti-Iranian military alliance dubbed...
Why Pakistan’s finance minister is misleading country on debt figures
Dr. Ashfaque H. Khan, Dr. Hafiz A. Pasha, Dr. Salman Shah and Mr. Sakib Sherani| The speed at which Pakistan’s debt, both domestic and external,...
South China Sea conflict: Far Off? No Pakistani position is important…
Saud Bin Ahsen | In the past few months, the South China Sea region became a hotbed of growing controversy when the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)...
Should political leaders of Pakistan be called terrorists? Constitutional lawyer questions…
Saad Rasool | Last week, the State and people of Pakistan have experienced one of the deadliest surges in extremism, over the recent years. Starting...
How should Pakistan Respond to Regional Hybrid War against it? Russian Analyst
Andrew Korybko | Pakistan was attacked by terrorists over the past five days when eight separate blasts ripped through the country and reminded the world...
Women: We have the “power” to make or break the Society…!
We women live in a male dominated society; this we have heard ever since we are born. I’ll not dwell upon how women are...
What’s wrong if Trump wants good relations with Russia?
Amidst the feeding frenzy that has taken over Washington, D.C., and the U.S. mainstream media over Russia, forgive me for asking a politically incorrect...
Why 19th Century Europe became the richest part of the world? What can we learn?
Joel Mokyr | How and why did the modern world and its unprecedented prosperity begin? Learned tomes by historians, economists, political scientists and other scholars...
Does ‘shariah law’ fit in or clash with Western legal system?
Christopher van der Krogt | Islam, like Judaism, is a religion of law. The usual Arabic word for Islamic law is sharia (pronounced shar-ee-ah), originally...