Reviving the backchannel | Editorial
Dialogue is the best way forward on conflicts and disputes. And in case of those involving nuclear-capable neighbours Pakistan and …
Read MoreWill there be a détente with India after the elections By Jehangir Khattak
As India elects a new parliament in the world’s largest electoral exercise, its partners and rivals anxiously await results. Will …
Read MoreNuclear Trigger-Happy: India or Pakistan By Dr. Zafar Jaspal
India and Pakistan have successfully developed and institutionalized the nuclear-triad but simultaneously manifested their unwillingness to adhere to any nuclear …
Read MoreHow Pakistan views Indian elections By Qamar Cheema
There are two traditional assumptions about Indian elections and there is one non traditional approach to Indian elections. First traditional …
Read MoreSCO and Pak-India tension By News desk
Fareha Iqtidar Khan AS per the charter of Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the members of the organization ought not to have …
Read MoreWar or peace By Dr Akmal Hussain
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmud Qureshi on Sunday, April 7, in a press briefing in Multan, announced that the government had …
Read MoreProbable outcomes of Indian elections and Pakistan By Dr Raza Khan
The first phase of the extensive process of national elections in India has ended as people went to the polls …
Read MoreIndian Lake – A Broken Dream By Muhammad Azam Khan
‘India has long dreamed to be the dominant power in the Indian Ocean’. It envisions of turning the Indian Ocean …
Read MoreIndia’s dangerous delusions By Zamir Akram
During an election rally on April 14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that he had called Pakistan’s nuclear “bluff” by …
Read MoreIndia Pakistan conflict By Babar Ayaz
Recently, Prime Minister Imran Khan who does not tire in saying that he and the army are on the same …
Read MorePakistan’s missile and nuclear technology: The flawless deterrence to India’s anti-satellite missile test By Ammar Akbar
At 1.39 A.M EST on 27th March 2019, India successfully launched its first anti-satellite missile from the Dr. APJ Abdul …
Read MoreJallianwala Bagh Massacre of 1919 and Kashmir Connection By Dr Syed Nazir Gilani
13 April 1919 marked the centenary of Jallianwala Bagh massacre. It was ordered by Colonel Reginald Dyer who was commanding …
Read MoreForeign policy pronouncements By Arif Nizami
A litany of statements purported to be taken ‘out of context’ has become the hallmark of the PTI government. Starting …
Read MorePeace is difficult By Munir Akram
THE recent military crisis with India was a baptism of fire for Prime Minister Imran Khan and the PTI government. …
Read MoreWhy Jadhav became so important for India By Dr Moeed Pirzada
Prominent Indian journalist, Praveen Swami, in his groundbreaking piece, “India’s Secret War” (Frontline, 16 February 2018) raises an interesting question: …
Read MoreBuying up Kashmir | Editorial
One of the many promises by the Bharatiya Janata Party in its Election 2019 manifesto is one to allow the …
Read MorePak-India stand-off By Najmuddin A. Shaikh
THE revelation by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in a press conference in Multan that Pakistan had credible intelligence about …
Read MoreNuclear-tinged Crisis: India’s Deployment of Nuclear Assets By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
THE risks of accidental or inadvertent use of nuclear weapons in South Asia have incalculably increased with the deployment of …
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