Gunmen kill 11 soldiers at Iran army parade, Tehran blames US ally

AFP | Militants shot dead at least 11 people at a military parade in southwestern Iran on Saturday, state media reported, in a rare attack...

Amid Adiala humiliation, DIG Rawalpindi transfers Hanif Abbasi to Attock Jail

News Analysis | Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N’s) senior leader Hanif Abbasi has been shifted from Rawalpindi’s Adiala to Attock jail on Saturday . The incarcerated outspoken leader...

Is KSA’s inclusion in CPEC an answer to Pakistan’s economic crises?

News Analysis | Pakistan has struck a $10 billion deal with and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after taking the Chinese authorities in confidence over the...

Middle Eastern black swans dot China’s Belt and Road – James M. Dorsey

James M. Dorsey | If any one part of the world has forced China to throw its long-standing foreign and defense policy principles out the...

Imran Khan! Can he be Pakistan’s Nehru?

 Ajaz Khan | “Imran Can’t”. That is how he was described in the 1970s when he graced the cricketing fields across the world. The rest,...

U.S move of sanctioning China for buying Russian military hardware is not going to play well

News Analysis | U.S state department has imposed fresh economic sanctions over Russia, blacklisting further companies, military and intelligence personnel for “malign activities”. It is...

Figures speak louder than words – Muhammad Zahid Rifat

Muhammad Zahid Rifat | Federal  and provincial budgets, as and when these are presented in the national and provincial legislatures by the respective governments for...

Saudi Arabia to become third partner in CPEC but what about China?

News Analysis | Pakistan has taken China into confidence over Saudi Arabia, Pakistan’s ally and a brotherly country, joining the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project...

How will the new government tackle SDGs? – Dr. Kalsoom Sumra

Dr. Kalsoom Sumra | The rising income inequalities, regional disparities and gender inequalities vindicate a longstanding demand by new government to localize 2030 agenda into...

Nawaz to architect a plan to defeat PTI in by-polls

News Analysis | Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to restart the political engagements today after his release from Adiala Jail on bail...

India dumps peace again – Mustansar Hussain Tasir

Mustansar Hussain Tasir | Many saw it as a ray of hope when the Indian external affairs ministry confirmed that, in response to Pakistan’s plea,...

Hope for peace talks tumble as India calls off UNGA meeting

News Analysis | The Indian government has rescinded its decision to accept Pakistan’s proposal for a meeting between the Foreign Ministers on the sidelines of...