Pak-China Armed Drone deal and its implications for the region
News Analysis | As per the reports, Pakistan is buying 48 advanced armed drones, Wing Loong II, from China in the biggest ever sale of...
RAW, Sri Lanka & its President: Who is after whom?
News Analysis | Media reports in India and Sri Lanka claimed that the President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena had accused India’s external intelligence agency,...
Pakistan’s Bureaucracy: A legacy of British colonial era?
Dr. Zafar A. Bokhari | Worldwide bureaucrats are educated and talented people to run respective government departments, not cities, municipalities, and towns. Bureaucracy plays a...
IMF assistance: more detrimental than beneficial for Pakistan
M Fazal Elahi | Eventually, the incumbent coalition government of Pakistan has chosen to jump into the lap of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for...
Airline steward stole Dh18,500 from 3 brothers on plane
Gulf News Courts | Dubai: A flight steward has been accused of stealing Dh18,500 from three brothers in an airplane’s business class cabin, while they...
Cutting Financial Aid To Pakistan May Not Bring Peace To Afghanistan
Fatemeh Aman | A new report by the State Department on terrorism criticizes Pakistan for failing to prevent terrorist groups, especially the Afghan Taliban and Haqqani Network...
‘More to do’ is the new ‘do more’
Imran Jan | General Joseph Votel, Commander of the US Central Command, said of Pakistan, “I do acknowledge that they have done a lot in...
Khashoggi crisis highlights why investment in Asia is more productive than in the Middle East – James M Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | Growing Western political and corporate reluctance to be associated with Saudi Arabia in the wake of the suspected killing of journalist...
Why SC did not disqualify PM Imran Khan?
News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has dismissed a review petition seeking disqualification of Prime Minister of Imran Khan. The petition was filed...
IHC seeks GHQ inquiry report against former ISI chief
News Analysis | In an interesting move, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ordered the interior ministry to explain as to why has the name...
Pakistan favors open diplomacy in response to India’s coercive diplomatic Approach
Merwah Qureshi | Pakistan and India do not share the warmth of friendship and good neighborhood owing to the mutual mistrust inherited since inception. Whenever,...
Iran stays quiet on Khashoggi case
AFP | Iran has been playing it cool as it watches the furore over the disappearance of writer Jamal Khashoggi create a crisis for its...