New Govt in Afghanistan & Its Implication For Pakistan By Umar Khalid Dar, UK
THE wait finally ends. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesperson, announced the formation of a long-awaited 33-member interim government for Afghanistan …
Read MoreCPEC Phase II | Editorial
The benefits of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) entail not just the completion of several infrastructure projections but also the …
Read MoreBlinken Says US Wil Assess Pakistan Ties Over Afghanistan’s Future
WASHINGTON: The United States will be looking at its relationship with Pakistan in the coming weeks, US Secretary of State …
Read MoreaKashmir and the World | Editorial
The question of why the massive human rights violations taking place in Kashmir are not taken up by the world …
Read MorePakistan’s Educational Policy By Aliya Anjum
Pakistan’s ranking on the Human Development Index (HDI) in 2020 was 154 out of a total of 189 countries. The …
Read MoreKey Consideration of Regional Intelligence Chiefs By Prof Dr Muhammad Khan
IT was an unusual event on 11 September 2021, as Pakistan hosted the meeting of intelligence chiefs from key regional …
Read MoreIran-IAEA Deal | Editorial
ONE of the major factors poisoning relations between Iran and the Western bloc is deep mistrust over Tehran’s nuclear programme. …
Read MoreSustained Engagement | Editorial
In its latest diplomatic effort to develop consensus on the way forward for Afghanistan, Pakistan hosted a meeting of regional …
Read MoreCivil Service Reform By Muhammad Khudadad Chattha | Zahra Mansoor
THE civil service is a vital component of state capacity for countries across the world. This is evident from the …
Read MoreTaliban World Order Rise of Taliban to Usher in a ‘New World Order’ By Rehan Khan Ghauri
WHO on earth could visualize the re-emergence of Taliban in Afghanistan? Even the United States which ruled this war-torn country …
Read MoreBeyond Forever War By Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon
Among the many bitter ironies of the collapse of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan, few are as painful as the …
Read MorePakistan Fulfills Another FATF Requirement | Editorial
The Pakistani government has fulfilled yet another requirement of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) by providing a list of …
Read MoreJinnah’s Brilliance By Muhammad Ali Siddiqi
IT is amazing that a 23-year-old American journalist on a scholarship to British India should display an astonishing degree of …
Read MoreThe New Afghanistan By Najmuddin A. Shaikh
AFTER the Biden administration announced its intention to withdraw all forces from Afghanistan while continuing to assist Ashraf Ghani’s government, …
Read MoreNo More Universities By Dr Pervez Tahir
It can be said without fear of contradiction that quantitative expansion of the universities is always and invariably at the …
Read MoreUnfolding South Asian Rivalries By Syed Mohammad Ali
The haphazard American withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the sudden takeover by the Taliban, is an evident indictment of twenty wasted …
Read MoreFull Spectrum Defence | Editorial
The National Command Authority’s huddle on Wednesday stressed upon the need to counter India’s increasingly aggressive posturing in the region. …
Read MoreBRICS Leaders Call For Peaceful Settlement in Afghanistan
NEW DELHI: Leaders of the five-nation BRICS club (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi …
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