Whither ill-starred SAARC By Khalid Saleem
News from New Delhi has it that India is dropping broad hints of its intention to ‘sabotage’ the already postponed …
Read MoreRationalising the affairs of state By Talat Masood
Pakistan inherited weak political institutions from its inception and since then there have been meagre attempts at strengthening it. Besides, …
Read MoreAre you ready to become a welfare state By Sarah Ahmed
President Abraham Lincoln defined democracy in these words: “It is the government of the people, for the people, by the …
Read MoreElectoral Reforms: The only way forward for sustainable ‘Peace & Governance’ By Kanwar Dilshad
Since its inception in 1947, Pakistan has endured tremendous suffering at the hands of inefficient and ineffective governance, which has, …
Read MoreWhat is wrong with preliminary delimitation By Sarwar Bari
Like the provisional census results, the preliminary delimitation has also triggered a huge controversy. Strangely all this is happening when …
Read MoreBack on the same bridge By M Ziauddin
Pakistan, in a way, had played the bridge for the US to reach out to China for its first-ever highest …
Read MoreEmpire strikes back By Munir Akram
IN a little over a year, US President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ posture has been translated into an extensive and …
Read MorePakistan’s new old foreign policy By Shahzaib Khan
Everything you need to know about the undeniable and drastic shift in Pakistan’s current foreign policy you can find out …
Read MoreDe-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 MorePakistan’s Nuclear Diplomacy | Munir Akram
GIVEN the growing conventional arms imbalance with India, Pakistan’s security is now critically dependent on nuclear deterrence. In the long, …
Read MoreRelations: Iran and Pakistan | Yasmeen Aftab Ali
Iran was the first country to recognize Pakistan as a sovereign state with the Shah of Iran being the first …
Read MoreBhutto & US Nuclear Politics | Rabia Akhtar
ZULFIQAR Ali Bhutto’s ‘eating grass’ comment after the 1965 Indo-Pak war is famously related to his determination to nuclearise Pakistan. …
Read MoreTwo Years of Zarb-e-Azb — What Next?
Pakistan is relatively a safer place today than it was before the launch of Operation Zarb-e-Azb on June 15, 2014. …
Read MoreClimate Threat | Amy Davidson
Last week, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation issued a report called ‘World Heritage and Tourism in a …
Read MoreObama’s ‘Cold Peace’ | Editorial
It has been a while since American take on the Middle East mirrored ground reality. The way it blundered into …
Read MoreSouth Asia Undergoing a Strategic Facelift | Muhammad Ali Ehsan
“Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to meet the Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tashkent”, announced the Russian ambassador, Alexey …
Read MorePakistan can Defend its Nuclear Arsenal: US Secretary of State
The United States has assured the international community that Pakistan is capable of protecting its nuclear arsenal. The US Secretary …
Read MoreUS Presidential Race and Mideast – OpEd | Osama Al Sharif
The United States presidential race is attracting attention outside the US because of the stark contrasts between candidates, especially on …
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