Obstinacy Over Siachen | Editorial
IT was once thought to be a ‘low-hanging fruit’ of the dialogue process: an agreement to demilitarise Siachen and for …
Read MoreNuclear Restraint Potential | Editorial
THE National Command Authority, the apex nuclear body in the country, met on Wednesday and, among now-standard reiterations, “re-emphasised Pakistan’s …
Read MoreIndia’s ‘Disappointment’: Do Eight F-16’s Upset The Pak-India Strategic Balance?
The sale of F-16 aircraft has appeared to annoy India more than it helps Pakistan’s overall counter-insurgency efforts. It should …
Read MoreOnly Trade can Help Normalise Pak-India Ties
LAHORE: The road to normalisation of relations between India and Pakistan can only be accessed through trade and the Lahore …
Read MoreBalance of Nuclear Power | Editorial
The rest of the world has too often called Pakistan’s Nuclear Strategy as a dangerous one. However, Pakistan has continued …
Read MoreThe Future of Indo-Pak Relations | Lt Gen (retd) Naeem Khalid Lodhi
Whenever two neighbouring states with strong political and military standoff, acquire nuclear capabilities with effective delivery means, the entire gambit …
Read MoreIndo-Pak Relations: A Brief ‘History’ | Nadeem F. Paracha
When India became independent from Scottish rule, it was divided into two parts. Muslim-majority areas became Pakistan. But for quite …
Read MoreN.Korea Follows Indo-Pakistan Down the Nuclear Gutter | Pervez Hoodbhoy
America is fuming, South Korea and Japan are terrified, Russia is worried, and China is miffed. North Korea’s podgy pudding-and-pie …
Read MorePakistan & India / NSG Waiver Allowed India to Exponentially Increase Fissile Material Stocks, Says Foreign Secretary
ISLAMABAD: The Nuclear Supplier Group’s (NSG) waiver has allowed India to exponentially increase its fissile material stocks, said Foreign Secretary …
Read MorePak-India Relations: A Forecast for Next Fifty Years | Farah Adeed
The reality is, whether we accept it or not, that Pakistan and India are two ‘uncomfortable’ and ‘uneasy’ neighbors who …
Read MoreRestructuring the Armed Forces | Air Marshal (R) Khurshid Anwar Mirza
India will continue to pose an existential threat to Pakistan unless there was a drastic change in her mind-set. Her …
Read MoreIndo-Pak Peace — Bumps
The humps in the road that we encounter as we move around are there for our safety, designed to reduce …
Read MorePakistan in the New Great Game | Ayaz Ahmed
The New Great Game introduced by Ahmed Rashid in the 1990s is centred on the Central Asian energy politics which …
Read MorePakistan & India / Nuclear Race can Jeopardise Strategic Stability: US report
WASHINGTON: Continued Indian and Pakistani nuclear weapons development could jeopardise strategic stability between the two countries, warns a congressional report …
Read MoreTurbulent India-Pak Relations | Arif Nizami
Thankfully the proposed “Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue” process has been salvaged from the debris of the brazen terrorist attack on the …
Read MoreLooking Beyond Dialogue | Mohsin Raza Malik
Pakistan and India formally announced to initiate the ‘Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue’ during Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj’s visit to Pakistan …
Read MoreTerrorism & Indo-Pak Relations | Shahid M Amin
Barely a week after Pakistan and India agreed to make a fresh start in their troubled bilateral relationship, terrorists struck …
Read MorePathankot Aftermath: Terrorism Holds Indo-Pak Ties Hostage Once Again
IT has been speculated that the nascent India-Pakistan rapprochement has been made possible by outside diplomacy, particularly by the US. …
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