Is Afghanistan Ready for Peace? By Barnett R. Rubin
Aug 7,18We used to appreciate the hard work of the United States for development in Afghanistan,” Iqbal Khyber, a 27-year-old medical …
Read MoreOvercoming economic and financial crises | Editorial
Aug 7,18PTI leader and would-be Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Asad Omer has dropped hints as to what the new …
Read MoreThe US: An unfriendly friend By Malik Ashraf
Aug 7,18SINCE the advent of Trump erathe US has been employing different tactics to put Pakistan under pressure and the relations …
Read MorePainful British Exit From EU By Shahid M Amin
Aug 7,18NEARLY two years have passed since British voters decided, in a referendum held on June 30, 2016, in favour of …
Read MoreChina’s Growing Influence in South Asia By Rida Khan
Aug 6,18“Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world,” Napoleon’s words seem spookily veracious today, as the …
Read MorePak-Russia Rapprochement By Misbah Arif
Aug 6,18At the end of the Cold War, Moscow’s influence and interest significantly declined in South Asia. However, after almost two …
Read MorePak-China Ties: New Era of Unanimity By Muhammad Saad Khattak
Aug 6,18PAKISTAN-China relations are always on a positive trajectory, in fact anything to the contrary is seen with a lot of …
Read MoreRenewing NFC Award | Editorial
Aug 6,18THE politics of recent days notwithstanding, the moment when all the parties in parliament will have to sit down and …
Read MoreTies With US and Afghanistan By Najmuddin A. Shaikh
Aug 6,18THE tasks for the new government, whenever it takes charge, are enormous. Its first focus must be on internal reform. …
Read MoreAnother IMF Loan: What’s Different This Time? By Dewan Mushtaq
Aug 4,18Recent allegations by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who has said Pakistan may try to acquire an International Monetary …
Read MoreTrump, Iran and Talks | Editorial
Aug 3,18There is considerable irony to be perceived in the possibility that the ever-shifting position of President Trump vis-à-vis Iran will …
Read MoreA Revolutionary Foreign Policy By Shahzaib Khan
Aug 3,18International relations ought to be based on principles of reciprocity and mutual respect and bound by some semblance of international …
Read MoreClimate Challenges | Editorial
Aug 3,18YEAR after year, the findings of the annual State of the Climate report make increasingly evident the rapid pace at …
Read MoreNATO In Changing Global Power Equation By Dr. Imran Khalid
Aug 2,18The last NATO summit in Brussels, thanks to US President Donald Trump’s constant bickering and squabbling with other leaders there, …
Read MoreChina’s Neo-Mercantilism And Sino-Pak Strategic Relations By Quratul Ain Hafeez
Aug 2,18The economic reforms of 1978 in China brought about an increase in its Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Following the-neo mercantilist …
Read MoreCurrent Economic Situation of Pakistan By Aminah Mohsin
Aug 2,18Escaping a vicious circle Many discussions regarding the deteriorating situation of Pakistani economy have surfaced since the devaluation of Pakistani …
Read MoreSignificance of Tactical Nuclear Weapons By Sonia Naz
Aug 2,18A Tactical Nuclear Weapon (TNW) is smaller in its explosive power, which is developed to be used in the military …
Read MoreKashmir Awaits World Attention By Reema Shaukat
Aug 2,18HISTORY has witnessed many freedom movements world over. The struggles sooner or later succeeded with varying price tag ranging from …
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