Mayhem in NA after attack on Sheikh Rashid
Mayhem ensued in the National Assembly on Friday after Syed Khursheed Shah, Leader of the Opposition, accused the government of dispatching a Pakistan Muslim...
Political elites of Pakistan: Promoting or subverting democracy?
M. Q. Yaaser | Paragraph 124 of Supreme Court’s decision on the Panama Case stated the following: “Some provisions of article 62 of the constitution certainly...
PML-N’s ‘interesting’ rule: Have the 2018 elections already been lost?
Shaukat Qadir | In the Chinese language, if you say, “May you live in interesting times”; it’s a curse. Pakistan seems to have spent its...
The Middle East conundrum: What is the safe passage for Pakistan?
Ghulam Mustafa | Mired in its Afghan Policy quagmire, reeling from Trump led Saudi Arabian stunning uppercut and Panama JIT, Pakistan appears to have been...
Rehman Malik calls for formation of judicial commission to investigate Wikileaks claim
PPP leader and former interior minister Rehman Malik has reportedly written to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, demanding the formation of a judicial commission to investigate...
Ashraf Ghani’s blame game continues: What are Pakistan’s options?
Imtiaz Gul | Ashraf Ghani’s charged Pakistan-focused speech before the Kabul Process Summit on June 6 in the presence of a Pakistani delegation left quite...
Afghan government’s Kabul Process: Do the political elites really want peace?
News Analysis | In order to bring about a negotiated political settlement to the simmering Afghan dispute, Afghanistan led the way and organized a conference...
PML-N leaders U-turn on JIT; Question ISI, MI involvement
The PML-N government has done a backflip on its stance regarding inclusion of the two representatives of MI and ISI in the Panamagate JIT...
PML-N’s latest bid to pressure Panama JIT
On Wednesday, during the latest fortnightly Supreme Court hearing of the six-member Panamagate joint investigation team (JIT), the Supreme Court was informed that the...
2018 Elections: Hope for protected votes or another rigged story?
Dr. Farid A. Malik | “Those who cast votes, change nothing; those who count, change everything.” – Stalin How can protection of the vote be ensured?...
Pakistan’s win over South Africa: The unpredictable Men in Green can do wonders
Shahid Afridi | Any team that takes Pakistan lightly takes a massive risk since the Men in Green have this amazing ability to bounce back...
Ignored and scathed on a global platform: What is the future of Pakistan’s foreign policy?
Dr. Shahbaz Shabbir Gill | Having no political acumen and experience, the US President Donald Trump has been allying with prominent leaders in Asia, to...