Empire strikes back By Munir Akram
IN a little over a year, US President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ posture has been translated into an extensive and …
Read MoreThreat from IS | Editorial
THE statement by the National Counter Terrorism Authority chief, Ihsan Ghani, at a news conference on Friday that the militant …
Read MoreEducational fault lines By Raja Khalid Shabbir
Pakistan’s education sector has stayed rusted for many decades with minimal remedial measures, forcing the verdict that reforms and Pakistan’s …
Read MorePutin outsmarts rivals: Comes back to power stronger than ever
In what was always thought to be an obvious matter of fact, President of Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin has won …
Read MorePakistan’s current account deficit increases by 50 %
Pakistan’s current account deficit has witnessed a staggering increase of 50% in the current financial year (FY). Pakistan’s economy continues …
Read MorePakistan’s new old foreign policy By Shahzaib Khan
Everything you need to know about the undeniable and drastic shift in Pakistan’s current foreign policy you can find out …
Read MoreUS – Losing Pakistan By Imran Malik
The strategic environment in the South Central Asian Region (SCAR) and the Afghanistan Pakistan Region (APR) within it is witnessing …
Read MoreThe significance of Indo-US alliance for Pakistan By Nawazish Ali
Let me begin by very briefly putting India-US relations in its geopolitical context. There is dangerous instability prevailing in many …
Read MoreHow Syrian Conflict Sparked New Cold War? – OpEd By Nauman Sadiq
On March 4, Sergei Skripal, a Russian double agent working for the British foreign intelligence service, and his daughter Yulia …
Read MoreNuclear weapons | Editorial
We will not invest in our annihilation. Now we can avoid it. Our world and everything we care about is …
Read MoreWhere the economy stands By Waqar Masood Khan
The government has wisely chosen to allow the IMF to release the first post-programme monitoring (PPM) report that was discussed …
Read MoreWhat Putin's Reelection Means for Russia and the World By Nikolas K. Gvosdev
No one should have been surprised by the results of Sunday’s presidential election in Russia. Official figures maintain that nearly …
Read MoreThe Trump-Kim Summit Is No Game Changer By Steven Metz
During the past year the long-running conflict between the United States and North Korea seemed to be lurching toward catastrophe. …
Read MoreTrade for development By Munir Akram
US PRESIDENT Trump’s unilateral tariffs on steel and aluminium imports threaten to unleash a trade war with America’s friends and …
Read MoreCircular debt | Editorial
IN his first budget speech in June 2013, then finance minister Ishaq Dar gave an assurance to the country that …
Read MoreTies with Iran | Editorial
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s visit to Islamabad came at a time when relations between the two countries are more …
Read MoreLip service to gender equality in Pakistan By Yasmeen Aftab Ali
The Charter of United Nations in 1945 was the first international agreement which affirmed the principle of equality between both …
Read MorePendulum-like relationship | Editorial
The Iranian foreign minister, a shrewd diplomat who engineered the Iran nuclear deal with the West against overwhelming odds, is …
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