India and the Kashmir Dispute By Muhammad Abdul Qadeer
During a recent interview to The Indian Express, Indian Army Chief, General Bipin Rawat sent out a message to Kashmiri …
Read MoreWhere are Pak-US Relations Heading? By Hammal Kashani
The unsettled marriage between Pakistan and the US continues to witness ripples since the commencement of Trump’s presidency. Recently, the …
Read MoreThe New World Order: Donald Trump goes it alone By Gideon Rachman
Can America run the world without allies? That, in essence, is the question raised by US president Donald Trump’s decision …
Read MoreWhy Trump Can Safely Ignore Europe By Jeremy Shapiro
Europe has reacted swiftly and with great fury to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision last week to pull out of …
Read MoreWhy America Needs War By Abdul Sattar
US President Trump’s decision to pull out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action has created tensions in the Middle …
Read MorePakistan has Gone From Water Surplus to Water-Stressed By Junaid Zahid
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is a country facing depleting water resources mainly due to climate change and poor water resource management. Failure …
Read MoreWelcome Move by North Korea | Editorial
THE international community is unanimous in welcoming and appreciating the announcement made by North Korea that it will begin dismantling …
Read MoreDevelopment Strategy By Muhammad Zahid Raffat
Federal and provincial budgets, which are currently are being announced or have been presented, mainly comprise two parts i.e. current …
Read MoreIran's Foreign Minister in Moscow to Save Nuclear Deal
MOSCOW: Iran’s foreign minister said on a visit to Moscow on Monday he was seeking “assurances” from the backers of …
Read MorePakistan, Afghanistan To Work Towards Regional Peace Under New Security Plan
ISLAMABAD: The new Pakistan-Afghanistan bilateral engagement framework — Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS) — became operational on …
Read MoreCould North Korea Help Bring the United States and China Closer Together? By Patrick M. Cronin
North Korea is Asia’s most immediate security threat, but confrontation between China and the United States remains the main long-term …
Read MoreCPEC and Capacity Building in Pakistan By Asia Maqsood
Recent decades have seen a tremendous technological progress in computing and telecommunications. The contemporary world will see huge impact of …
Read MoreChina’s Role in Indo-Pak Membership of SCO By Muhammad Asif Noor
The forthcoming summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is scheduled to be held in Qingdao, a province of China, …
Read MoreAlarming Population Growth Rate | Editorial
A result of years of ignorance As with most socioeconomic issues of the country lack of attention, procrastination and complacency …
Read MoreEnergy Imports – An Emerging Threat to Economy By Akhtar Ali
ISLAMABAD: The trade gap and debt trap are being forecast as two major risks to Pakistan’s economy. An interim fall …
Read MoreConfronting Iran By Munir Akram
HOURS after US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal (formally, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of …
Read MoreIran Turns to Diplomacy Amid High Regional Tensions
Iran’s foreign minister will embark on a diplomatic tour to try to salvage the nuclear deal amid high tensions following …
Read MorePutin, Erdogan Stress Preservation of Iran Nuclear Deal
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the preservation of the Iran nuclear …
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