Contributing Factors for Bringing Peace in Afghanistan | Imran Qamar
The Afghan government actions seem to be in conformity of the fact that diplomatic solution with Taliban is the only …Read More
US in Middle East | Fawad Kaiser
Instead of a peaceful, united Arab world, we have a handful of the most powerful states using proxy warfare, covert …Read More
Our Nuclear and Debt Bombs | K. Iqbal
During the recently concluded sixth ministerial-level Pakistan-US Strategic Dialogue, Pakistan’s nuclear programme and economy attracted the maximum attention of the …Read More
Iran’s New Political Alignment | Afrasiab Khattak
Elections for Parliament in Islamic Republic of Iran held on February 26 did grab headlines in international media in terms …Read More
Pakistan’s Big Threat Isn’t Terrorism—It’s Climate Change | Sualiha Nazar
For decades, Pakistan has struggled to manage urgent crises, ranging from infrastructure woes to terrorism. While its policies focus on …Read More
US-India Relations | Editorial
Two weeks ago, India was up in arms about the proposed sale of up to eight Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter …Read More
Refugee Crisis | Sikander Ahmed Shah | Abid Rizvi
THE continued presence of some 1.7 million registered and 1.3m unregistered Afghan refugees in Pakistan highlights the state’s inability to …Read More
Pak-US Ties: a Familiar Pattern
THE Pakistan-US Strategic Dialogue was conceived at a time when bilateral ties were in trouble and the two states were …Read More
Nuclear Arms Race: Marshall Islands to file Lawsuit Against India,
The tiny Marshall Islands will seek to convince the UN’s highest court on Monday to take up a lawsuit against …Read More
Is Pakistan’s Problem Urdu? | Pervez Hoodbhoy
For Pakistan’s founders, Urdu was to be the glue cementing together the new country. The pre-partition Muslim League rejected suggestions …Read More
The Economy and National Security | M Ziauddin
Very rarely have we seen economy being given much importance while formulating our defence and foreign policies. On the other …Read More
Why the West is Keen on Dividing the Arabs – OpEd | Ramzy Baroud
When Arab streets exploded with fury, from Tunis to Sanaa, pan-Arabism seemed, then, like a nominal notion. Neither did the …Read More
Expanding World of Nuclear Power Plants | Editorial
ACCORDING to President of China National Nuclear Corp, his country has set an ambitious target of building around 30 nuclear …Read More
Getting Kashmir’s Priorities to the Table | Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai
With India and Pakistan engaging in small talk, holding hands and contemplating (maybe) a discussion of their differences over Kashmir, …Read More
One-Belt One-Road: A Ride Through the Well-Connected Region – OpEd | Nasurullah Brohi
The One-Belt One-Road initiative has significantly come up with the manifold opportunities enabling China to connect with the rest of …Read More
A Bad Decision
The decision to defer the planned and imminent census indefinitely may prove to be one of the worst decisions taken …Read More
Pak, US Agree on N Non-Proliferation Cooperation
Will cooperate on matters of security, Kashmir issue; US to build knowledge corridor for Pakistan, help in energy sector Washington—Advisor …Read More
US too Acknowledges CPEC’s Importance | Editorial
DURING Pak-US strategic level parleys in Washington, the United States has also reportedly put its weight behind multi billion dollars …Read More


