Blinken Says US Wil Assess Pakistan Ties Over Afghanistan’s Future
WASHINGTON: The United States will be looking at its relationship with Pakistan in the coming weeks, US Secretary of State …
Read MoreKey Consideration of Regional Intelligence Chiefs By Prof Dr Muhammad Khan
IT was an unusual event on 11 September 2021, as Pakistan hosted the meeting of intelligence chiefs from key regional …
Read MoreIran-IAEA Deal | Editorial
ONE of the major factors poisoning relations between Iran and the Western bloc is deep mistrust over Tehran’s nuclear programme. …
Read MoreSustained Engagement | Editorial
In its latest diplomatic effort to develop consensus on the way forward for Afghanistan, Pakistan hosted a meeting of regional …
Read MoreCivil Service Reform By Muhammad Khudadad Chattha | Zahra Mansoor
THE civil service is a vital component of state capacity for countries across the world. This is evident from the …
Read MoreTaliban World Order Rise of Taliban to Usher in a ‘New World Order’ By Rehan Khan Ghauri
WHO on earth could visualize the re-emergence of Taliban in Afghanistan? Even the United States which ruled this war-torn country …
Read MoreBeyond Forever War By Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon
Among the many bitter ironies of the collapse of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan, few are as painful as the …
Read MorePakistan Fulfills Another FATF Requirement | Editorial
The Pakistani government has fulfilled yet another requirement of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) by providing a list of …
Read MoreThe New Afghanistan By Najmuddin A. Shaikh
AFTER the Biden administration announced its intention to withdraw all forces from Afghanistan while continuing to assist Ashraf Ghani’s government, …
Read MoreNo More Universities By Dr Pervez Tahir
It can be said without fear of contradiction that quantitative expansion of the universities is always and invariably at the …
Read MoreUnfolding South Asian Rivalries By Syed Mohammad Ali
The haphazard American withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the sudden takeover by the Taliban, is an evident indictment of twenty wasted …
Read MoreBRICS Leaders Call For Peaceful Settlement in Afghanistan
NEW DELHI: Leaders of the five-nation BRICS club (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi …
Read MoreParadox of US Politics in Afghanistan By Dr Syed Akhtar Ali Shah
The galvanisation of al-Qaeda and their orchestrated attacks — in Bali, US Embassy in Kenya, Europe, and New York’s World …
Read MoreChanging Global Power Dynamics and CPEC By Dr Shoaib Baloch
THE rise and fall of great powers change the dynamics of world politics.When the key players in the global system …
Read MoreChanging Power Dynamics of the Region By Talat Masood
For the last twenty years, the US has been the dominant world power. Its military muscle, economic largesse, and strategic …
Read MoreWhy North Korea Turned Inward After the Trump Era By Doug Bandow
Kim Jong-un continues to abandon what once appeared to be a hallmark of his tenure: a commitment to economic growth …
Read MoreThe World Isn’t Ready for the Next Outbreak By Andrew C. Heinrich and Saad B. Omer
The COVID-19 pandemic is the greatest global health crisis in at least a generation, and international organizations have responded accordingly. …
Read MorePak & Challenge of Nation-Building By Tariq Aqil
NATION-building means the process of building a national identity using the power of the state. This process aims to unify …
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