The Zarb-e-Azb and After | Ikram Sehgal
The Army’s well-planned military operations to rid North Waziristan of militants has been a major success; there is a sharp …
Read MorePutins Initiative for Global Peace | Gen (r) Mirza Aslam Beg
Russian military intervention in Syria is a deliberate act, based on years of planning. Putin solved domestic problems; re-juvinated the …
Read MoreCivilian-Military Showdown | Arif Nizami
Recipe for disaster? Historically, civilian-military relations have always been rocky. Whenever politicians have been in charge they have had to …
Read MoreStrengthening Democratic Values | Iftikhar Ahmad
Clear verdict against Indian Prime Minister’s “cow politics” in elections has provided a way forward for opposition to unite against …
Read MoreInsecure Ambitions | Rizwan Asghar
“In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, …
Read MoreThe Ecological War | Azal Zahir
The human race is reactionary, that is to say, it waits for a crisis to happen and only then, does …
Read MoreRussia, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia | Shahab Jafry
And a new confrontation in the Middle East Russia buying into American suspicion that ISIS bombed the Metro jet (“99.9pc …
Read MoreEconomics of self-respect | Sakib Sherani
The prime minister’s visit to the US in October had all the trappings of recent previous ones by Pakistani heads …
Read MoreDemocracy at tipping point, says Gen Beg
LAHORE: Former army chief Gen Mirza Aslam Beg says the army and the political government have a clash of interests …
Read MorePakistan Once Again on the map of Emerging Markets | Farhat Ali
It was in the year 2007 when Pakistan was rated as one of the four leading emerging economies of Asia …
Read MoreAfghanistan: Moving Forward | Khalid Aziz
Pakistan’s adviser to the prime minister on foreign affairs stated recently that the time was not yet ripe for restarting …
Read MoreFeudal cartwheel | Nazish Brohi
‘INTERIOR’ Sindh, referring to anything beyond Karachi and Hyderabad, is a caricature in the urban imaginary: the hinterland where landlords …
Read MoreModi on the Back Foot | Shahid M Amin
The “wave” that brought Narendra Modi to power in India last year clearly seems to be over. In the past …
Read MoreIMF: The Ninth Review | Dr Hafiz A Pasha
The IMF has once again adopted a soft and sympathetic approach to reviewing Pakistan’s performance under the Extended Fund Facility. …
Read MorePakistan-Iran Relations Revisited | Javed Hussain
Iran was the first country to recognize Pakistan as an independent state after its inception in August, 1947. In keeping …
Read MoreIqbal: An Epitome of Wisdom | M Zafar Khan Safdar
Over the years through his poems and philosophy, through his speeches and writings, his letters andlectures, Allama Muhammad Iqbal laid …
Read MoreUS in Afghanistan
A PLACARD denouncing the US is hardly a novelty in most parts. But when it is hoisted aloft at a …
Read MoreGlobal Response to Intolerance in India | Dr Muhammad Khan
The rapidly growing intolerance in Indian state and society is not only a concern for the Indian intellectuals and liberal …
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