Trump’s European Tour ends on Negative Note By Imran Khalid
A new day, a new tweet, a new comment and a new controversy. So, finally the week-long European tour of …Read More
Unstable Economy | Editorial
A mammoth task for the incoming government Back in 2013 the PPP government got a fair bit of criticism for …Read More
The Boiling Point of our Education Emergency By Hisham Khan
The general elections in Pakistan are just a few days away. As is the environment in the days running up …Read More
Dams And Water Scarcity | Editorial
The scarcity of water is one of the most pressing issues of Pakistan at this time; however, in the last …Read More
Melting Glaciers | Editorial
NEWS coming in from Gilgit about the potential formation of another glacial lake in Ghizer district should give pause to …Read More
The Trump-Putin Summit and Reliving the Cold War By Daniel McCarthy
Donald Trump has the magic touch. After eighteen months in office, and eighteen more before that as the pre-eminent figure …Read More
The Case For US Global Leadership – OpEd By Marc Grossman
During almost three decades as a member of the US Foreign Service, I was privileged to play a modest role …Read More
SCO: A Harbinger of Peace and Security By Malik Muhammad Ashraf
In the backdrop of the new global politics and the challenges and threats that it has thrown up, the Shanghai …Read More
Pak-Afghan Dissonance and Democratic Peace By Mueen Uddin Ahmed
As expressed by Immanuel Kant, an 18th century philosopher, constitutional republics are one of the prerequisites of achieving perpetual peace …Read More
Human Rights in Kashmir | Editorial
The main reason India has been able to get away with its brutal occupation of Kashmir for over seven decades …Read More
South Asia’s Nuclear Problem By Asma Khalid
The three main nuclear players of Asia, China, India and Pakistan, have established a “triangular” dilemma due to their security …Read More
Helsinki Summit | Editorial
The bromance between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin appears stronger than ever. At least this was the takeaway from the …Read More
Monetary Mess By K K Shahid
Not much to write home about While everyone would be out to pin them on someone else, but the fact …Read More
Free Education! | Editorial
CARETAKER Prime Minister (Retd) Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk has directed to prepare a comprehensive and robust mechanism to provide free and compulsory …Read More
Transformation in Global Politics By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
THE transformation in the global politics entailing strategic realignment at the regional and global levels has been ensuing new challenges …Read More
Poor CSS Results Need Government’s Attention By Umar Riaz
The recent CSS (Central Superior Services) examination result has again stirred a debate about the quality of civil servants, examination …Read More
Challenging The Neoliberal Paradigm By Taimur Arbab
Neoliberal or new right philosophy is based on the economic premise that market systems are necessary for distributing resources. Markets …Read More
From Crisis to Consensus By Shakil Durrani
The efforts being made to open the debate on the Kalabagh Dam are laudable. There are undoubtedly some problems. But …Read More


