Circular debt | Editorial
Mar 21,18IN his first budget speech in June 2013, then finance minister Ishaq Dar gave an assurance to the country that …
Read MoreTies with Iran | Editorial
Mar 21,18Iranian 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
Mar 20,18The Charter of United Nations in 1945 was the first international agreement which affirmed the principle of equality between both …
Read MorePendulum-like relationship | Editorial
Mar 20,18The Iranian foreign minister, a shrewd diplomat who engineered the Iran nuclear deal with the West against overwhelming odds, is …
Read MoreAnother US volte-face in Afghanistan? | Editorial
Mar 20,18Unannounced visits to Kabul, especially in the dead of night, by US generals, both serving and retired ones holding official …
Read MoreWater supply, demand gap to reach 31% by year 2025 By Sehrish Wasif
Mar 20,18ISLAMABAD: The gap between availability of water and its demand is forecast to increase at an alarming rate from four …
Read MoreCPEC: western route and Balochistan By Hasaan Khawar
Mar 19,18During his recent visit to China, a senator claimed knowing that there was no mention of the western route in …
Read MoreSaudi Arabia’s dramatic changes By Talat Masood
Mar 19,18The young and dynamic Prince Mohammad bin Salman — the virtual Saudi ruler — had come to realise that his …
Read MoreDe-radicalising face of Pakistan By Gulshan Rafiq
Mar 19,18Radicalisation has risen as a gigantic challenge for Pakistani society. It is by and large accepted to be activated by …
Read MoreSyria conflict rages as war enters eighth year
Mar 17,18Syria's lacerating conflict entered its eighth year on Thursday with the country riven by international power struggles, as Turkey encircled …
Read MoreStruggle vs terror By Salman Tarik Kureshi
Mar 17,18“ONE man’s terrorist,” goes the received wisdom, “Is another’s freedom fighter”. But this is foggy thinking, the kind of value …
Read MoreGuns or books By Zubeida Mustafa
Mar 17,18THE infamous legacy of ‘enforced disappearances’ that the Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet left behind has, unfortunately, been picked up …
Read MoreThe Truth About the Two-Degree Target By Ted Nordhaus
Mar 17,18Upon reading Greenpeace International Executive Director Jennifer Morgan’s response (“Don’t Abandon the Paris Temperature Target,” February 28) to my recent …
Read MoreHow to Save the Iran Nuclear Deal By Ilan Goldenberg and Elizabeth Rosenberg
Mar 17,18After a year of complaining about the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), …
Read MoreThe Post-American World Economy By Adam S. Posen
Mar 17,18In the aftermath of World War II, the United States set about building a global, rules-based economic order. At the …
Read MoreWhat a U.S.–North Korean Summit Means for Japan By Sheila A. Smith
Mar 16,18hen news broke on March 8 that U.S. President Donald Trump had agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim …
Read MoreA U.S. Containment Strategy for Syria By Aaron Stein
Mar 16,18The United States’ interests in Syria lie in formalizing its battlefield gains with a negotiated settlement and then leaving the …
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