Government’s attack on free speech for Army or for self interest?
On Sunday, in a statement issued by the interior ministry, the media was told that the Interior Minister Chaudhury Nisar has instructed the Federal...
Pakistan’s defective examination system: reforms or demise?
Miangul Majid Khan | A University professor wrote an expressive message to his students at the doctorate, master's, and bachelor's levels and placed it at...
The Middle-Eastern conflict: Threatening for Pakistan and China’s OBOR
James M. Dorsey | Increasingly caught up in the Middle East’s multiple conflicts, Pakistan is struggling to balance relations with rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran...
Pakistan’s strong economic performance? Questionable
Michael Kugelman| Recent months have seen a proliferation of Western media commentary attesting to Pakistan’s strong economic performance. Factors of economic development Tyler Cowan declared Pakistan’s economy...
Why China wants to ‘speed up’ CPEC’s construction?
News Analysis | The Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday called for pushing faster the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), according to reports...
Pakistan, Afghanistan and the US Joins hands to fight Daesh in the region
News Analysis | In a trilateral meeting held on Friday, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States agreed to act against Daesh through joint efforts in...
Bakhtawar Bhutto says “This is not Islam”; Ramazan bill attracts the public’s ire
The senate has recently passed a bill with which has attached severe punishments to eating and drinking in public during Ramazan. The bill is has...
Dawn leaks and ISPR’s sensible move
Raza Rumi| Pakistan’s military leadership, by issuing its latest statement on the Dawn Leaks issue through the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), has done the democratic...
Pakistan based Terror Groups will Target India and Afghanistan, warns US spymaster
In a statement to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Director National Intelligence, Daniel R Coats talked about the threats emanating from Pakistan to...
Why Imran Khan should NOT have become Prime Minister of Pakistan
Shahid Ahsan Baloch | Being a common man, what I can recall from my early adulthood years (in the nineties) was a Pakistan already broken...
Maryam Nawaz and her army of trolls
Daughter of Nawaz Sharif, referred to as the ‘Princess’ by friends and foes alike, Maryam Nawaz occupies the top seat in the cadre of...
Is it politics that makes us negative?
Huma Zafar | Driving to work, I observe people on the road and in traffic. There is usually a stern expression or a frown, most...