Trade 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 More
Circular debt | Editorial
IN his first budget speech in June 2013, then finance minister Ishaq Dar gave an assurance to the country that …Read More
Ties 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 More
Lip 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 More
Pendulum-like relationship | Editorial
The Iranian foreign minister, a shrewd diplomat who engineered the Iran nuclear deal with the West against overwhelming odds, is …Read More
Another US volte-face in Afghanistan? | Editorial
Unannounced visits to Kabul, especially in the dead of night, by US generals, both serving and retired ones holding official …Read More
Water supply, demand gap to reach 31% by year 2025 By Sehrish Wasif
ISLAMABAD: The gap between availability of water and its demand is forecast to increase at an alarming rate from four …Read More
CPEC: western route and Balochistan By Hasaan Khawar
During his recent visit to China, a senator claimed knowing that there was no mention of the western route in …Read More
Saudi Arabia’s dramatic changes By Talat Masood
The young and dynamic Prince Mohammad bin Salman — the virtual Saudi ruler — had come to realise that his …Read More
De-radicalising face of Pakistan By Gulshan Rafiq
Radicalisation has risen as a gigantic challenge for Pakistani society. It is by and large accepted to be activated by …Read More
Syria conflict rages as war enters eighth year
Syria's lacerating conflict entered its eighth year on Thursday with the country riven by international power struggles, as Turkey encircled …Read More
Struggle vs terror By Salman Tarik Kureshi
“ONE man’s terrorist,” goes the received wisdom, “Is another’s freedom fighter”. But this is foggy thinking, the kind of value …Read More
Guns or books By Zubeida Mustafa
THE infamous legacy of ‘enforced disappearances’ that the Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet left behind has, unfortunately, been picked up …Read More
The Truth About the Two-Degree Target By Ted Nordhaus
Upon reading Greenpeace International Executive Director Jennifer Morgan’s response (“Don’t Abandon the Paris Temperature Target,” February 28) to my recent …Read More
How to Save the Iran Nuclear Deal By Ilan Goldenberg and Elizabeth Rosenberg
After a year of complaining about the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), …Read More
The Post-American World Economy By Adam S. Posen
In the aftermath of World War II, the United States set about building a global, rules-based economic order. At the …Read More
What a U.S.–North Korean Summit Means for Japan By Sheila A. Smith
hen news broke on March 8 that U.S. President Donald Trump had agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim …Read More
A U.S. Containment Strategy for Syria By Aaron Stein
The United States’ interests in Syria lie in formalizing its battlefield gains with a negotiated settlement and then leaving the …Read More


